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NBA Oct 25 DraftKings ownership: IND @ BKN Showdown

What the field actually played on the NBA Sun Oct 25 DraftKings IND @ BKN Showdown, next to what we projected before lock. Our misses are shown in full.

October 25, 2026 · Updated October 25, 2026 · After The Timeout

1 game · showdown

The slate at a glance

Sport
NBA
Site
DraftKings
Format
Showdown (single game)
Games
1
Teams
BKN, IND
First lock
Sun Oct 25, 6:00 PM ET
Player pool
27 players
Projections
Captured Sun Oct 25, 5:37 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 2 small-field or limited-entry tournament contests, 1,842 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, 1,842 entries
PlayerPosOursFieldGap
Julius RandleBKNPF100.0%80.8%−19.2
Michael Porter Jr.BKNSF100.0%77.0%−23.0
Tyrese HaliburtonINDPG100.0%73.8%−26.2
Pascal SiakamINDPF100.0%57.4%−42.6
Day'Ron SharpeBKNC13.5%51.7%+38.2
Ivica ZubacINDC42.4%50.6%+8.2
Andrew NembhardINDPG/SG35.1%32.8%−2.4
Chaney JohnsonBKNC0.0%32.5%+32.5
Egor DeminBKNPG/SG8.1%30.9%+22.8
Obi ToppinINDPF4.4%29.9%+25.4
Nolan TraoreBKNPG0.1%11.6%+11.5
Quenton JacksonINDPG/SG0.2%11.5%+11.2

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
Day'Ron SharpeBKNC13.5%51.7%+38.2
Chaney JohnsonBKNC0.0%32.5%+32.5
Obi ToppinINDPF4.4%29.9%+25.4
Egor DeminBKNPG/SG8.1%30.9%+22.8
Nolan TraoreBKNPG0.1%11.6%+11.5
The field played him less than we projected
PlayerPosOursFieldGap
Pascal SiakamINDPF100.0%57.4%−42.6
Tyrese HaliburtonINDPG100.0%73.8%−26.2
Michael Porter Jr.BKNSF100.0%77.0%−23.0
Julius RandleBKNPF100.0%80.8%−19.2
Andrew NembhardINDPG/SG35.1%32.8%−2.4

Small-field or limited-entry tournament contests · n = 31 players

How our projections held up

We compared our projected ownership with the real field for 31 players across 2 small-field or limited-entry tournament contests (1,842 entries). On average our number was 10.1 percentage points away from the field's. On the 13 players at 10% ownership or more, the average gap was 21.1 points. Across the board the field owned these players 2.8 points more than we projected, on average.

10.1 ptsaverage gap, ours vs the field (31 players)
0.90correlation with real ownership, 1.00 is a perfect match (n = 31)
21.1 ptsaverage gap on the 13 players at 10%+
2small-field or limited-entry tournament contests, 1,842 entries
The grade by contest type
Contest typeContestsEntriesPlayersAvg gapCorr
Small-field or limited-entry tournament21,8423110.10.90

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 $200 Quarter Jukebox (IND @ BKN)small-field or limited-entry tournament951$0.25-
NBA Showdown $750 And-One [20 Entry Max] (IND @ BKN)small-field or limited-entry tournament891$120
How our fantasy point projections held up

Across 27 players, our point projections missed by 10.3 fantasy points on average (10.8 on players who scored), with a correlation of 0.43 against what they actually scored.

Biggest point misses
PlayerOursActualGap
Josh MinottBKN3.433.5+30.1
Michael Porter Jr.BKN40.113.5−26.6
Ivica ZubacIND31.25.8−25.4
Nolan TraoreBKN10.733.0+22.3
Egor DeminBKN24.67.5−17.1
By position
PosPlayersAvg missBias
C711.3+0.1
PF37.5−0.1
PF/C14.6+4.6
PG315.3+4.3
PG/SG39.8−8.5
SF415.2+1.0
SF/PF25.8−4.2
SG17.2−7.2
SG/SF35.8+2.9

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