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NBA Oct 24 DraftKings ownership: MIL @ PHI Showdown

What the field actually played on the NBA Sat Oct 24 DraftKings MIL @ PHI Showdown, next to what we projected before lock. Our misses are shown in full.

October 24, 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
MIL, PHI
First lock
Sat Oct 24, 7:30 PM ET
Player pool
28 players
Projections
Captured Sat Oct 24, 7:07 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 2 small-field or limited-entry tournament contests, 2,607 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, 2 small-field or limited-entry tournament contests, 2,607 entries
PlayerPosOursFieldGap
Tyrese MaxeyPHIPG100.0%83.4%−16.6
Jaylen BrownPHISF100.0%77.9%−22.1
Joel EmbiidPHIC100.0%68.2%−31.8
Tyler HerroMILSG98.1%58.6%−39.6
VJ EdgecombePHIPG/SG22.5%52.3%+29.9
Jaime Jaquez Jr.MILSF25.2%47.8%+22.6
Kyle KuzmaMILPF5.3%43.5%+38.2
Anfernee SimonsPHIPG/SG0.8%27.9%+27.1
Myles TurnerMILC11.9%25.7%+13.8
Ryan RollinsMILPG31.7%22.9%−8.8
Kasparas JakucionisMILPG1.2%19.9%+18.7
Dean WadePHIPF0.3%18.2%+18.0

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
Kyle KuzmaMILPF5.3%43.5%+38.2
VJ EdgecombePHIPG/SG22.5%52.3%+29.9
Anfernee SimonsPHIPG/SG0.8%27.9%+27.1
Jaime Jaquez Jr.MILSF25.2%47.8%+22.6
Kasparas JakucionisMILPG1.2%19.9%+18.7
The field played him less than we projected
PlayerPosOursFieldGap
Tyler HerroMILSG98.1%58.6%−39.6
Joel EmbiidPHIC100.0%68.2%−31.8
Jaylen BrownPHISF100.0%77.9%−22.1
Tyrese MaxeyPHIPG100.0%83.4%−16.6
Ryan RollinsMILPG31.7%22.9%−8.8

Small-field or limited-entry tournament contests · n = 28 players

How our projections held up

We compared our projected ownership with the real field for 28 players across 2 small-field or limited-entry tournament contests (2,607 entries). On average our number was 11.7 percentage points away from the field's. On the 13 players at 10% ownership or more, the average gap was 23.4 points. Across the board the field owned these players 3.2 points more than we projected, on average.

11.7 ptsaverage gap, ours vs the field (28 players)
0.88correlation with real ownership, 1.00 is a perfect match (n = 28)
23.4 ptsaverage gap on the 13 players at 10%+
2small-field or limited-entry tournament contests, 2,607 entries
The grade by contest type
Contest typeContestsEntriesPlayersAvg gapCorr
Small-field or limited-entry tournament22,6072811.70.88

We grade a contest type once it has at least 2 contests. Cash games are not used to grade tournament ownership.

What these numbers mean

Average gap is how far our projected ownership sat from the real field, in percentage points, averaged over every player compared. If we had a player at 20% and the field played him at 26%, that player adds a 6-point gap.

Correlation measures whether we had the order right: who the field would play most and least. 1.00 would be a perfect match and 0 would be no relationship at all.

Players compared covers our whole player pool plus anyone the field used that we did not have in it.

The 2 contests behind these numbers
ContestGroupEntriesFeeMax entries
NBA Showdown $400 Quarter Jukebox [Just $0.25!] (MIL @ PHI)small-field or limited-entry tournament1,902$0.25-
NBA Showdown $6K Pull Up Jumper [$2K to 1st] (MIL @ PHI)small-field or limited-entry tournament705$10-
How our fantasy point projections held up

Across 28 players, our point projections missed by 8.6 fantasy points on average (9.6 on players who scored), with a correlation of 0.81 against what they actually scored.

Biggest point misses
PlayerOursActualGap
Kel'el WareMIL17.943.8+25.9
Myles TurnerMIL28.18.2−19.9
Tyler HerroMIL38.924.0−14.9
Ousmane DiengMIL14.70.0−14.7
AJ GreenMIL1.515.2+13.8
By position
PosPlayersAvg missBias
C58.3−3.3
PF25.8+5.8
PF/C125.9+25.9
PG64.2−3.0
PG/SG48.5+0.9
SF35.0+5.0
SF/PF213.4−13.4
SG114.9−14.9
SG/SF411.7−0.3

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