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NBA Oct 25 DraftKings ownership: Night slate

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

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

2 games · classic

The slate at a glance

Sport
NBA
Site
DraftKings
Format
Classic
Games
2
Teams
DET, MEM, PHI, SAC
First lock
Sun Oct 25, 7:30 PM ET
Player pool
53 players
Projections
Captured Sun Oct 25, 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 1 large-field tournament contest, 2,378 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, 2,378 entries
PlayerPosOursFieldGap
Paul ReedDETC29.6%66.3%+36.7
Ty JeromeMEMPG/SG56.8%51.9%−5.0
Zach LaVineSACSG/SF62.7%50.2%−12.5
Jaylen BrownPHISF49.3%46.4%−2.9
Tyrese MaxeyPHIPG51.9%45.7%−6.3
Cameron BoozerMEMPF45.9%44.4%−1.5
John CollinsDETPF/C33.0%41.5%+8.5
Darius Acuff Jr.SACPG/SG35.9%41.2%+5.2
Domantas SabonisSACC46.7%40.5%−6.2
Precious AchiuwaSACPF/C41.9%37.4%−4.6
Duncan RobinsonDETSG/SF36.0%35.1%−0.9
LeBron JamesPHIPF24.3%34.7%+10.4

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
Paul ReedDETC29.6%66.3%+36.7
Daniss JenkinsDETPG/SG14.3%31.1%+16.8
Dean WadePHIPF7.4%23.0%+15.6
Adem BonaPHIC1.1%14.1%+13.0
LeBron JamesPHIPF24.3%34.7%+10.4
The field played him less than we projected
PlayerPosOursFieldGap
Taylor HendricksMEMPF/C25.4%0.0%−25.4
Rayan RupertPHISG/SF16.3%1.2%−15.2
Zach LaVineSACSG/SF62.7%50.2%−12.5
Taurean PrinceDETPF12.9%0.4%−12.4
Kentavious Caldwell-PopePHISG/SF15.3%6.9%−8.4

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 (2,378 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 $500 Quarter Jukebox [Just $0.25!] (Night)large-field tournament2,378$0.25-
NBA $10K Fadeaway [$2K to 1st] (Night)small-field or limited-entry tournament784$15-
How our fantasy point projections held up

Across 53 players, our point projections missed by 7.8 fantasy points on average (7.5 on players who scored), with a correlation of 0.82 against what they actually scored.

Biggest point misses
PlayerOursActualGap
Daniss JenkinsDET18.339.5+21.2
Adem BonaPHI10.030.2+20.2
Taurean PrinceDET18.60.0−18.6
Taylor HendricksMEM19.31.2−18.1
Rayan RupertPHI16.50.0−16.5
By position
PosPlayersAvg missBias
C77.2+0.7
PF67.8−0.5
PF/C412.8+3.8
PG59.6−3.2
PG/SG106.9+2.0
SF67.1−2.7
SF/PF44.0−4.0
SG38.0+2.8
SG/SF88.6−2.3

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