Graded · 2 contests · 2,427 entries

NBA Oct 30 DraftKings ownership: NYK @ PHI Showdown

What the field actually played on the NBA Fri Oct 30 DraftKings NYK @ PHI Showdown, next to what we projected before lock. Our misses are shown in full.

October 30, 2026 · Updated October 30, 2026 · After The Timeout

1 game · showdown

The slate at a glance

Sport
NBA
Site
DraftKings
Format
Showdown (single game)
Games
1
Teams
NY, PHI
First lock
Fri Oct 30, 7:30 PM ET
Player pool
27 players
Projections
Captured Fri Oct 30, 6:37 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, 2,427 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, 2,427 entries
PlayerPosOursFieldGap
Joel EmbiidPHIC100.0%67.5%−32.5
Jalen BrunsonNYPG97.7%67.2%−30.5
Tyrese MaxeyPHIPG100.0%66.1%−33.9
LeBron JamesPHIPF61.0%65.1%+4.0
Karl-Anthony TownsNYPF/C100.0%50.4%−49.6
OG AnunobyNYPF17.6%49.6%+32.0
Josh HartNYSG/SF15.6%39.1%+23.6
VJ EdgecombePHIPG/SG13.0%33.6%+20.6
Andre DrummondNYC0.6%28.4%+27.8
Dean WadePHISF/PF0.2%27.1%+26.9
Anfernee SimonsPHIPG/SG1.2%22.5%+21.2
Mikal BridgesNYSF1.2%20.2%+19.1

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
OG AnunobyNYPF17.6%49.6%+32.0
Andre DrummondNYC0.6%28.4%+27.8
Dean WadePHISF/PF0.2%27.1%+26.9
Josh HartNYSG/SF15.6%39.1%+23.6
Anfernee SimonsPHIPG/SG1.2%22.5%+21.2
The field played him less than we projected
PlayerPosOursFieldGap
Karl-Anthony TownsNYPF/C100.0%50.4%−49.6
Tyrese MaxeyPHIPG100.0%66.1%−33.9
Joel EmbiidPHIC100.0%67.5%−32.5
Jalen BrunsonNYPG97.7%67.2%−30.5
Rayan RupertPHISG/SF0.5%0.1%−0.3

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 (2,427 entries). On average our number was 13.3 percentage points away from the field's. On the 14 players at 10% ownership or more, the average gap was 24.7 points. Across the board the field owned these players 2.9 points more than we projected, on average.

13.3 ptsaverage gap, ours vs the field (28 players)
0.86correlation with real ownership, 1.00 is a perfect match (n = 28)
24.7 ptsaverage gap on the 14 players at 10%+
2small-field or limited-entry tournament contests, 2,427 entries
The grade by contest type
Contest typeContestsEntriesPlayersAvg gapCorr
Small-field or limited-entry tournament22,4272813.30.86

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 $1.25K And-One [20 Entry Max] (NYK @ PHI)small-field or limited-entry tournament1,486$120
NBA Showdown $8K Pull Up Jumper [$2K to 1st] (NYK @ PHI)small-field or limited-entry tournament941$10-
How our fantasy point projections held up

Across 27 players, our point projections missed by 6.4 fantasy points on average (6.8 on players who scored), with a correlation of 0.89 against what they actually scored.

Biggest point misses
PlayerOursActualGap
Joel EmbiidPHI49.931.2−18.6
Rayan RupertPHI16.80.0−16.8
Landry ShametNY14.71.0−13.7
OG AnunobyNY31.520.0−11.5
Mikal BridgesNY17.327.8+10.4
By position
PosPlayersAvg missBias
C49.5−9.5
PF37.4−1.6
PF/C11.6+1.6
PG34.5−2.3
PG/SG64.1−0.8
SF26.3+4.2
SF/PF25.2−5.2
SG/SF68.2−5.7

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