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NBA Oct 23 DraftKings ownership: HOU @ SAS Showdown

What the field actually played on the NBA Fri Oct 23 DraftKings HOU @ SAS Showdown, next to what we projected before lock. Our misses are shown in full.

October 23, 2026 · Updated October 24, 2026 · After The Timeout

1 game · showdown

The slate at a glance

Sport
NBA
Site
DraftKings
Format
Showdown (single game)
Games
1
Teams
HOU, SA, SAS
First lock
Fri Oct 23, 9:30 PM ET
Player pool
20 players
Projections
Captured Fri Oct 23, 8:37 PM ET, before lock

Top 12 by real ownership

The chalk: who the field played most

Field ownership is the share of lineups that used each player, from 1 large-field tournament contest, 2,972 entries. Gap is the field minus our projection: green means the field played him more than we expected.

Some field numbers read low. Part of the real ownership here comes from a results source that counts each player in one roster slot only, so a player the field used in more than one slot can show less ownership than he really had.

Ours vs the field, 1 large-field tournament contest, 2,972 entries
PlayerPosOursFieldGap
Victor WembanyamaSAC100.0%81.6%−18.4
Kevin DurantHOUSF99.7%71.9%−27.7
Dylan HarperSAPG/SG20.0%55.8%+35.8
Fred VanVleetHOUPG10.1%53.0%+42.9
Alperen SengunHOUPF/C100.0%52.8%−47.2
Julian ChampagnieSAPF3.4%49.3%+45.8
Stephon CastleSASG47.4%48.4%+1.0
Amen ThompsonHOUPG/SG51.3%41.2%−10.1
Marcus SmartHOUPG/SG1.1%26.1%+25.0
Jabari Smith Jr.HOUPF/C28.8%24.7%−4.1
De'Aaron FoxSAPG34.0%24.3%−9.7
Keldon JohnsonSASF/PF1.2%22.4%+21.2

10 players where we were furthest off

Our biggest misses

We publish these on purpose. The players the field played far more than we expected, and the ones it passed on.

The field played him more than we projected
PlayerPosOursFieldGap
Julian ChampagnieSAPF3.4%49.3%+45.8
Fred VanVleetHOUPG10.1%53.0%+42.9
Dylan HarperSAPG/SG20.0%55.8%+35.8
Marcus SmartHOUPG/SG1.1%26.1%+25.0
Keldon JohnsonSASF/PF1.2%22.4%+21.2
The field played him less than we projected
PlayerPosOursFieldGap
Alperen SengunHOUPF/C100.0%52.8%−47.2
Kevin DurantHOUSF99.7%71.9%−27.7
Victor WembanyamaSAC100.0%81.6%−18.4
Amen ThompsonHOUPG/SG51.3%41.2%−10.1
De'Aaron FoxSAPG34.0%24.3%−9.7

1 contest · not enough to grade

Why there is no grade

We grade a contest type once it has at least 2 contests behind it. This slate has results from one large-field tournament contest (2,972 entries), so the tables above show that contest, and we do not put a grade on it.

The 2 contests behind these numbers
ContestGroupEntriesFeeMax entries
NBA Showdown $2.5K And-One (HOU @ SAS)large-field tournament2,972$1-
NBA Showdown $15K Fadeaway [$5K to 1st] (HOU @ SAS)small-field or limited-entry tournament1,176$15-
How our fantasy point projections held up

Across 20 players, our point projections missed by 6.3 fantasy points on average (6.3 on players who scored), with a correlation of 0.91 against what they actually scored.

Biggest point misses
PlayerOursActualGap
Julian ChampagnieSA25.612.5−13.1
Jabari Smith Jr.HOU31.920.2−11.6
Amen ThompsonHOU36.347.5+11.2
Tari EasonHOU14.625.0+10.4
Marcus SmartHOU19.310.8−8.6
By position
PosPlayersAvg missBias
C44.5−2.1
PF113.1−13.1
PF/C29.8−1.9
PG23.8+3.8
PG/SG38.2−0.7
SF34.5−4.5
SF/PF36.8+0.1
SG13.8−3.8
SG/SF15.5−5.5

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