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NBA Oct 20 FanDuel ownership: Tuesday slate

What the field actually played on the NBA Tue Oct 20 FanDuel Tuesday slate, next to what we projected before lock. Our misses are shown in full.

October 20, 2026 · Updated October 20, 2026 · After The Timeout

3 games · classic

The slate at a glance

Sport
NBA
Site
FanDuel
Format
Classic
Games
3
Teams
BOS, DET, NY, OKC, PHI, SA
First lock
Tue Oct 20, 3:00 PM ET
Player pool
76 players
Projections
Captured Tue Oct 20, 2:08 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 small-field or limited-entry tournament contest, 1,322 entries. Gap is the field minus our projection: green means the field played him more than we expected.

Ours vs the field, 1 small-field or limited-entry tournament contest, 1,322 entries
PlayerPosOursFieldGap
Dylan HarperSASG/PG/G/F14.6%64.7%+50.1
Karl-Anthony TownsNYC/F22.6%51.4%+28.8
OG AnunobyNYPF/SF/G/F/C23.6%49.5%+25.9
Victor WembanyamaSAC/F25.5%47.7%+22.2
Jalen BrunsonNYPG/G/F33.5%44.0%+10.5
Jayson TatumBOSPF/SF/G/F/C39.7%41.6%+1.9
Jalen DurenDETC/F27.7%39.0%+11.3
Isaiah HartensteinOKCC/F9.2%37.9%+28.6
Mitchell RobinsonBOSC/F0.6%36.6%+36.0
Josh HartNYSF/PF/G/F/C25.8%35.9%+10.1
Cason WallaceOKCSG/G/F7.8%31.0%+23.2
Jalen WilliamsOKCSF/SG/G/F/C23.8%30.9%+7.1

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
Dylan HarperSASG/PG/G/F14.6%64.7%+50.1
Mitchell RobinsonBOSC/F0.6%36.6%+36.0
Karl-Anthony TownsNYC/F22.6%51.4%+28.8
Isaiah HartensteinOKCC/F9.2%37.9%+28.6
OG AnunobyNYPF/SF/G/F/C23.6%49.5%+25.9
The field played him less than we projected
PlayerPosOursFieldGap
Tyrese MaxeyPHIPG/G/F38.3%13.8%−24.5
VJ EdgecombePHISG/G/F29.9%7.5%−22.4
Jaylen BrownPHISF/G/F/C40.5%19.1%−21.4
Joel EmbiidPHIC/F45.3%25.8%−19.5
Daniss JenkinsDETPG/G/F19.9%2.3%−17.6

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 small-field or limited-entry tournament contest (1,322 entries), so the tables above show that contest, and we do not put a grade on it.

The 1 contest behind these numbers
ContestGroupEntriesFeeMax entries
$10K Tue NBA Shot ($2K to 1st)small-field or limited-entry tournament1,322$9-
How our fantasy point projections held up

Across 76 players, our point projections missed by 7.1 fantasy points on average (7.2 on players who scored), with a correlation of 0.82 against what they actually scored.

Biggest point misses
PlayerOursActualGap
Andre DrummondNY10.643.8+33.2
Paul GeorgeBOS31.160.5+29.4
Shai Gilgeous-AlexanderOKC44.861.2+16.4
Daniss JenkinsDET25.28.9−16.3
Javonte GreenDET8.023.8+15.8
By position
PosPlayersAvg missBias
C/F146.4+0.8
PF/C/G/F23.9+0.5
PF/G/F/C56.0−3.7
PF/SF/G/F/C29.8−9.8
PG/G/F138.0−0.4
PG/SG/G/F14.9−4.9
SF/G/F/C128.5−0.6
SF/PF/G/F/C22.0+0.1
SF/SG/G/F/C36.1−3.6
SG/G/F197.3−2.2
SG/PG/G/F25.5+1.9
SG/SF/G/F/C17.5+7.5

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