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NBA Oct 29 DraftKings ownership: CLE @ ATL Showdown

What the field actually played on the NBA Thu Oct 29 DraftKings CLE @ ATL Showdown, next to what we projected before lock. Our misses are shown in full.

October 29, 2026 · Updated October 29, 2026 · After The Timeout

1 game · showdown

The slate at a glance

Sport
NBA
Site
DraftKings
Format
Showdown (single game)
Games
1
Teams
ATL, CLE
First lock
Thu Oct 29, 8:00 PM ET
Player pool
25 players
Projections
Captured Thu Oct 29, 7:37 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
Jalen JohnsonATLPF100.0%78.8%−21.2
Donovan MitchellCLESG100.0%70.2%−29.8
Evan MobleyCLEPF/C100.0%63.3%−36.7
Peyton WatsonCLESF/PF9.0%46.8%+37.8
Jarrett AllenCLEC24.6%44.1%+19.5
James HardenCLEPG89.2%42.1%−47.1
Nickeil Alexander-WalkerATLPG/SG33.1%35.6%+2.5
Kingston FlemingsATLPG0.7%33.7%+33.0
Onyeka OkongwuATLC12.1%33.3%+21.2
Dyson DanielsATLPG/SF24.0%30.3%+6.2
Jaylon TysonCLESG/SF1.1%26.7%+25.6
Aaron WigginsATLSG2.7%24.6%+21.8

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
Peyton WatsonCLESF/PF9.0%46.8%+37.8
Kingston FlemingsATLPG0.7%33.7%+33.0
Jaylon TysonCLESG/SF1.1%26.7%+25.6
Aaron WigginsATLSG2.7%24.6%+21.8
Onyeka OkongwuATLC12.1%33.3%+21.2
The field played him less than we projected
PlayerPosOursFieldGap
James HardenCLEPG89.2%42.1%−47.1
Evan MobleyCLEPF/C100.0%63.3%−36.7
Donovan MitchellCLESG100.0%70.2%−29.8
Jalen JohnsonATLPF100.0%78.8%−21.2
Thomas BryantCLEC0.5%0.2%−0.2

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 (CLE @ ATL)large-field tournament2,972$1-
NBA Showdown $10K Pull Up Jumper [$2K to 1st] (CLE @ ATL)small-field or limited-entry tournament1,176$10-
How our fantasy point projections held up

Across 25 players, our point projections missed by 8.3 fantasy points on average (8.9 on players who scored), with a correlation of 0.74 against what they actually scored.

Biggest point misses
PlayerOursActualGap
Onyeka OkongwuATL27.154.0+26.9
Thomas BryantCLE18.20.0−18.2
Aaron WigginsATL19.236.8+17.6
Tyrese ProctorCLE3.518.0+14.5
Evan MobleyCLE42.028.0−14.0
By position
PosPlayersAvg missBias
C511.2+1.1
PF111.0−11.0
PF/C37.4−7.4
PG35.7−5.7
PG/SF19.0−9.0
PG/SG36.4+5.0
SF13.8−3.8
SF/PF29.2−0.2
SG214.7+2.9
SG/SF45.6−0.3

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