Graded · 2 contests · 2,615 entries
NBA Oct 25 DraftKings ownership: LAL @ UTA Showdown
What the field actually played on the NBA Sun Oct 25 DraftKings LAL @ UTA Showdown, next to what we projected before lock. Our misses are shown in full.
1 game · showdown
The slate at a glance
- Sport
- NBA
- Site
- DraftKings
- Format
- Showdown (single game)
- Games
- 1
- Teams
- LAL, UTA, UTAH
- First lock
- Sun Oct 25, 5:00 PM ET
- Player pool
- 28 players
- Projections
- Captured Sun Oct 25, 9:37 AM 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, 2,615 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.
| Player | Pos | Ours | Field | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luka DoncicLAL | PG | 100.0% | 85.6% | −14.4 |
| Walker KesslerLAL | C | 95.3% | 61.4% | −33.9 |
| Austin ReavesLAL | PG/SG | 100.0% | 54.2% | −45.8 |
| Ziaire WilliamsLAL | SG/SF | 2.0% | 54.1% | +52.2 |
| Jaren Jackson Jr.UTAH | PF/C | 47.4% | 46.5% | −0.9 |
| Keyonte GeorgeUTAH | PG | 51.7% | 41.2% | −10.4 |
| Jaxson HayesUTAH | C | 2.6% | 37.0% | +34.4 |
| Quentin GrimesLAL | SG/SF | 3.0% | 28.3% | +25.3 |
| Lauri MarkkanenUTAH | SF/PF | 86.4% | 24.1% | −62.3 |
| Matisse ThybulleLAL | SF/PF | 1.1% | 23.8% | +22.7 |
| Sandro MamukelashviliLAL | PF/C | 1.6% | 22.2% | +20.6 |
| Ace BaileyUTAH | SG/SF | 5.5% | 19.1% | +13.6 |
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.
| Player | Pos | Ours | Field | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ziaire WilliamsLAL | SG/SF | 2.0% | 54.1% | +52.2 |
| Jaxson HayesUTAH | C | 2.6% | 37.0% | +34.4 |
| Quentin GrimesLAL | SG/SF | 3.0% | 28.3% | +25.3 |
| Matisse ThybulleLAL | SF/PF | 1.1% | 23.8% | +22.7 |
| Sandro MamukelashviliLAL | PF/C | 1.6% | 22.2% | +20.6 |
| Player | Pos | Ours | Field | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lauri MarkkanenUTAH | SF/PF | 86.4% | 24.1% | −62.3 |
| Austin ReavesLAL | PG/SG | 100.0% | 54.2% | −45.8 |
| Walker KesslerLAL | C | 95.3% | 61.4% | −33.9 |
| Luka DoncicLAL | PG | 100.0% | 85.6% | −14.4 |
| Keyonte GeorgeUTAH | PG | 51.7% | 41.2% | −10.4 |
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 (2,615 entries). On average our number was 15.2 percentage points away from the field's. On the 17 players at 10% ownership or more, the average gap was 24.2 points. Across the board the field owned these players 3.2 points more than we projected, on average.
The grade by contest type
| Contest type | Contests | Players | Avg gap | Corr |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Small-field or limited-entry tournament | 2 | 28 | 15.2 | 0.76 |
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
| Contest | Entries | Fee |
|---|---|---|
| NBA Showdown $300 Quarter Jukebox [Just $0.25!] (LAL @ UTA) | 1,426 | $0.25 |
| NBA Showdown $1K And-One [20 Entry Max] (LAL @ UTA) | 1,189 | $1 |
How our fantasy point projections held up
Across 28 players, our point projections missed by 6.6 fantasy points on average (7.7 on players who scored), with a correlation of 0.85 against what they actually scored.
| Player | Ours | Actual | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Luka DoncicLAL | 54.1 | 84.5 | +30.4 |
| Walker KesslerLAL | 39.6 | 12.2 | −27.4 |
| Ace BaileyUTAH | 23.0 | 41.0 | +18.0 |
| Keyonte GeorgeUTAH | 34.6 | 51.8 | +17.1 |
| Quentin GrimesLAL | 20.6 | 5.8 | −14.9 |
| Pos | Players | Avg miss | Bias |
|---|---|---|---|
| C | 5 | 8.6 | −8.6 |
| PF | 1 | 1.1 | −1.1 |
| PF/C | 3 | 10.1 | −10.1 |
| PG | 4 | 12.2 | +11.6 |
| PG/SG | 3 | 3.1 | +0.5 |
| SF | 3 | 0.9 | −0.9 |
| SF/PF | 3 | 3.9 | +2.0 |
| SG/SF | 6 | 6.5 | +0.2 |
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