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NBA Oct 22 FanDuel ownership: CLE @ PHI Single Game

What the field actually played on the NBA Thu Oct 22 FanDuel CLE @ PHI Single Game, next to what we projected before lock. Our misses are shown in full.

October 22, 2026 · Updated October 22, 2026 · After The Timeout

1 game · showdown

The slate at a glance

Sport
NBA
Site
FanDuel
Format
Showdown (single game)
Games
1
Teams
CLE, PHI
First lock
Thu Oct 22, 7:00 PM ET
Player pool
19 players
Projections
Captured Thu Oct 22, 6:38 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, 5,988 entries. Gap is the field minus our projection: green means the field played him more than we expected.

Ours vs the field, 1 large-field tournament contest, 5,988 entries
PlayerPosOursFieldGap
Joel EmbiidPHIC100.0%66.6%−33.4
Tyrese MaxeyPHIPG100.0%65.4%−34.6
Donovan MitchellCLESG100.0%63.9%−36.1
Jaylen BrownPHISF61.2%62.9%+1.7
Evan MobleyCLEPF/C38.0%59.9%+21.9
LeBron JamesPHIPF57.9%53.3%−4.6
VJ EdgecombePHISG3.0%47.1%+44.1
Peyton WatsonCLESF/PF1.9%42.3%+40.4
Jarrett AllenCLEC/PF3.4%35.3%+31.9
James HardenCLEPG72.7%34.2%−38.5
Jaylon TysonCLESF0.6%21.6%+21.0
Kentavious Caldwell-PopePHISG0.1%16.1%+16.0

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
VJ EdgecombePHISG3.0%47.1%+44.1
Peyton WatsonCLESF/PF1.9%42.3%+40.4
Jarrett AllenCLEC/PF3.4%35.3%+31.9
Evan MobleyCLEPF/C38.0%59.9%+21.9
Jaylon TysonCLESF0.6%21.6%+21.0
The field played him less than we projected
PlayerPosOursFieldGap
James HardenCLEPG72.7%34.2%−38.5
Donovan MitchellCLESG100.0%63.9%−36.1
Tyrese MaxeyPHIPG100.0%65.4%−34.6
Joel EmbiidPHIC100.0%66.6%−33.4
LeBron JamesPHIPF57.9%53.3%−4.6

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 large-field tournament contest (5,988 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
$250 Thu NBA Piggy Bank Shotlarge-field tournament5,988$0.05-
$12K Thu NBA Shot ($3K to 1st)small-field or limited-entry tournament1,587$9-
How our fantasy point projections held up

Across 19 players, our point projections missed by 7.4 fantasy points on average (7.2 on players who scored), with a correlation of 0.86 against what they actually scored.

Biggest point misses
PlayerOursActualGap
James HardenCLE38.324.1−14.2
Joel EmbiidPHI46.532.9−13.6
Anfernee SimonsPHI17.94.6−13.3
Donovan MitchellCLE39.952.5+12.6
Thomas BryantCLE12.00.0−12.0
By position
PosPlayersAvg missBias
C311.2−11.2
C/PF14.5+4.5
PF34.6+0.7
PF/C17.4−7.4
PG37.7−1.8
SF23.1−1.9
SF/PF17.6−7.6
SG58.8+2.3

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