NBA DFS Matchup: Thunder-Pelicans (2024-01-26)

The Oklahoma City Thunder, currently 2nd in the Northwest Division, are set to face off against the New Orleans Pelicans, leading the Southwest Division, in an exciting NBA DFS confrontation tonight at 8:00 PM EST (Fri, January 26th). The showdown is slated to take place at the Smoothie King Center in New Orleans, LA. The Thunder carry an impressive away record of 17-5 and stand at 31-13 overall. On the other hand, the Pelicans boast a solid home performance of 14-9 and an overall record of 26-18. The Thunder, schooled by Mark Daigneault, have 1 player sidelined for tonight’s game, while the Pelicans, under the guidance of Willie Green, will be missing 2 players on their roster for tonight’s game.

Please note, the team rosters provided below reflect the seasonal averages recorded as of this morning.

Thunder-Pelicans NBA DFS Matchup

The Thunder enters the game boasting 5,364 points, 1,810 rebounds, 1,210 assists, and a successful field goal percentage of 50.5%. Conversely, the Pelicans move into the basketball match holding 5,170 points, 1,959 rebounds, 1,197 assists, and a field goal success rate of 48.9%.

Status & Injury Report

No. Player Name Team Status Issue
37 Matt Ryan New Orleans Pelicans Out Soreness (Arm)
0 Dereon Seabron New Orleans Pelicans Day-To-Day Not Specified (Other)
30 Olivier Sarr Oklahoma City Thunder Out Strain (Torso)

Oklahoma City Thunder Roster

No. Player Position Status DraftKings Salary FanDuel Salary FPPG
2 Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
Point Guard Active $10,100 $11,000 39.14
MPG 3PM APG BPG FGM FTM PPG RPB SPG TOPG
32.8 1.1 4.8 0.7 7.8 5.6 22.3 4.7 1.4 2.3
No. Player Position Status DraftKings Salary FanDuel Salary FPPG
7 Chet Holmgren
Power Forward Active $7,200 $8,200 37.86
MPG 3PM APG BPG FGM FTM PPG RPB SPG TOPG
30.2 1.6 2.8 2.6 6.4 2.6 17.1 7.3 0.6 1.7
No. Player Position Status DraftKings Salary FanDuel Salary FPPG
3 Josh Giddey
Shooting Guard Active $5,900 $6,600 32.6
MPG 3PM APG BPG FGM FTM PPG RPB SPG TOPG
29.7 1.0 5.8 0.4 5.9 1.2 14.1 7.5 0.8 2.7
No. Player Position Status DraftKings Salary FanDuel Salary FPPG
8 Jalen Williams
Forward Active $7,000 $7,800 30.13
MPG 3PM APG BPG FGM FTM PPG RPB SPG TOPG
30.9 1.1 3.7 0.5 6.1 2.3 15.7 4.4 1.3 1.7
No. Player Position Status DraftKings Salary FanDuel Salary FPPG
5 Luguentz Dort
Guard Active $4,700 $4,900 22.68
MPG 3PM APG BPG FGM FTM PPG RPB SPG TOPG
29.4 1.9 1.6 0.4 4.4 2.3 13.0 3.9 0.9 1.3
No. Player Position Status DraftKings Salary FanDuel Salary FPPG
17 Aleksej Pokusevski
Forward Active N/A N/A 18.34
MPG 3PM APG BPG FGM FTM PPG RPB SPG TOPG
20.8 1.0 2.0 0.8 2.9 0.6 7.5 4.7 0.5 1.6
No. Player Position Status DraftKings Salary FanDuel Salary FPPG
34 Kenrich Williams
Small Forward Active $3,100 $3,800 17.33
MPG 3PM APG BPG FGM FTM PPG RPB SPG TOPG
21.4 0.9 1.9 0.3 2.7 0.4 6.6 4.4 0.8 0.8
No. Player Position Status DraftKings Salary FanDuel Salary FPPG
23 Tre Mann
Point Guard Active N/A N/A 15.45
MPG 3PM APG BPG FGM FTM PPG RPB SPG TOPG
19.1 1.3 1.7 0.2 3.2 0.8 8.5 2.5 0.6 1.0
No. Player Position Status DraftKings Salary FanDuel Salary FPPG
22 Cason Wallace
Guard Active $3,500 $4,400 14.76
MPG 3PM APG BPG FGM FTM PPG RPB SPG TOPG
21.1 1.1 1.4 0.5 2.6 0.5 6.8 2.3 0.7 0.5
No. Player Position Status DraftKings Salary FanDuel Salary FPPG
9 Davis Bertans
Small Forward Active N/A N/A 13.95
MPG 3PM APG BPG FGM FTM PPG RPB SPG TOPG
17.9 1.8 0.9 0.4 2.5 0.9 7.7 2.5 0.4 0.5
No. Player Position Status DraftKings Salary FanDuel Salary FPPG
6 Jaylin Williams
Forward Active $3,000 $3,800 13.72
MPG 3PM APG BPG FGM FTM PPG RPB SPG TOPG
15.7 0.9 1.4 0.3 1.7 0.6 4.9 4.1 0.5 0.6
No. Player Position Status DraftKings Salary FanDuel Salary FPPG
21 Aaron Wiggins
Shooting Guard Active $3,200 $4,000 13.55
MPG 3PM APG BPG FGM FTM PPG RPB SPG TOPG
18.8 0.7 1.1 0.2 2.7 0.9 7.0 3.0 0.5 0.8
No. Player Position Status DraftKings Salary FanDuel Salary FPPG
30 Olivier Sarr
Center Out N/A N/A 12.46
MPG 3PM APG BPG FGM FTM PPG RPB SPG TOPG
15.1 0.4 0.6 0.6 2.0 0.9 5.2 3.8 0.2 0.7
No. Player Position Status DraftKings Salary FanDuel Salary FPPG
11 Isaiah Joe
Shooting Guard Active $4,200 $4,200 11.61
MPG 3PM APG BPG FGM FTM PPG RPB SPG TOPG
15.2 1.6 0.9 0.1 2.2 0.7 6.7 1.8 0.5 0.4
No. Player Position Status DraftKings Salary FanDuel Salary FPPG
12 Lindy Waters III
Forward Active N/A N/A 11
MPG 3PM APG BPG FGM FTM PPG RPB SPG TOPG
13.7 1.6 0.8 0.3 1.9 0.2 5.7 2.0 0.4 0.3
No. Player Position Status DraftKings Salary FanDuel Salary FPPG
13 Ousmane Dieng
Forward Active N/A N/A 9.83
MPG 3PM APG BPG FGM FTM PPG RPB SPG TOPG
13.4 0.7 1.1 0.1 1.8 0.4 4.7 2.4 0.3 0.6
No. Player Position Status DraftKings Salary FanDuel Salary FPPG
29 Vasilije Micic
Guard Active N/A N/A 8.69
MPG 3PM APG BPG FGM FTM PPG RPB SPG TOPG
11.9 0.4 2.5 0.1 1.3 0.4 3.3 0.7 0.4 0.8
No. Player Position Status DraftKings Salary FanDuel Salary FPPG
18 Keyontae Johnson
Forward Active N/A N/A 2.9
MPG 3PM APG BPG FGM FTM PPG RPB SPG TOPG
8.3 0.0 1.0 0.0 0.5 0.0 1.0 1.0 0.0 0.8

New Orleans Pelicans Roster

No. Player Position Status DraftKings Salary FanDuel Salary FPPG
1 Zion Williamson
Power Forward Active $7,800 $7,900 39.97
MPG 3PM APG BPG FGM FTM PPG RPB SPG TOPG
31.6 0.2 3.9 0.5 9.6 5.4 24.9 6.6 0.9 2.8
No. Player Position Status DraftKings Salary FanDuel Salary FPPG
14 Brandon Ingram
Small Forward Active $7,600 $8,000 32.94
MPG 3PM APG BPG FGM FTM PPG RPB SPG TOPG
33.0 1.4 4.2 0.5 7.0 3.9 19.4 5.2 0.7 2.5
No. Player Position Status DraftKings Salary FanDuel Salary FPPG
3 CJ McCollum
Shooting Guard Active $7,200 $7,900 31.52
MPG 3PM APG BPG FGM FTM PPG RPB SPG TOPG
32.0 2.4 3.8 0.4 7.4 2.2 19.4 3.6 0.9 1.8
No. Player Position Status DraftKings Salary FanDuel Salary FPPG
17 Jonas Valanciunas
Center Active $6,700 $7,100 29.45
MPG 3PM APG BPG FGM FTM PPG RPB SPG TOPG
26.0 0.3 1.3 1.0 5.4 2.5 13.5 9.5 0.4 1.7
No. Player Position Status DraftKings Salary FanDuel Salary FPPG
5 Herbert Jones
Small Forward Active $4,600 $5,300 23.63
MPG 3PM APG BPG FGM FTM PPG RPB SPG TOPG
29.5 0.9 2.3 0.8 3.6 1.8 9.9 3.9 1.5 1.3
No. Player Position Status DraftKings Salary FanDuel Salary FPPG
22 Larry Nance Jr.
Power Forward Active $3,900 N/A 22.26
MPG 3PM APG BPG FGM FTM PPG RPB SPG TOPG
23.3 0.4 1.8 0.5 3.2 1.0 7.8 6.3 1.2 0.9
No. Player Position Status DraftKings Salary FanDuel Salary FPPG
40 Cody Zeller
Center Active N/A N/A 19.54
MPG 3PM APG BPG FGM FTM PPG RPB SPG TOPG
21.2 0.1 1.4 0.6 3.0 1.9 8.1 5.7 0.6 1.0
No. Player Position Status DraftKings Salary FanDuel Salary FPPG
25 Trey Murphy III
Shooting Guard Active $4,900 N/A 19.42
MPG 3PM APG BPG FGM FTM PPG RPB SPG TOPG
23.7 2.0 1.2 0.4 3.6 1.6 10.8 3.1 0.8 0.5
No. Player Position Status DraftKings Salary FanDuel Salary FPPG
15 Jose Alvarado
Point Guard Active N/A N/A 17.07
MPG 3PM APG BPG FGM FTM PPG RPB SPG TOPG
18.1 1.1 2.7 0.2 2.8 0.9 7.5 2.1 1.1 1.0
No. Player Position Status DraftKings Salary FanDuel Salary FPPG
24 Jordan Hawkins
Guard Active $3,800 $4,500 16.96
MPG 3PM APG BPG FGM FTM PPG RPB SPG TOPG
21.8 2.2 1.4 0.1 3.6 1.4 10.9 2.8 0.4 0.8
No. Player Position Status DraftKings Salary FanDuel Salary FPPG
8 Naji Marshall
Small Forward Active $3,300 $4,100 16.65
MPG 3PM APG BPG FGM FTM PPG RPB SPG TOPG
19.5 0.7 2.1 0.2 2.7 1.6 7.7 3.5 0.7 1.1
No. Player Position Status DraftKings Salary FanDuel Salary FPPG
11 Dyson Daniels
Guard Active $3,600 $4,200 15.35
MPG 3PM APG BPG FGM FTM PPG RPB SPG TOPG
19.6 0.5 2.5 0.2 1.8 0.6 4.6 3.5 1.0 0.9
No. Player Position Status DraftKings Salary FanDuel Salary FPPG
50 Jeremiah Robinson-Earl
Forward Active N/A N/A 15.27
MPG 3PM APG BPG FGM FTM PPG RPB SPG TOPG
19.2 0.9 0.9 0.3 2.5 0.7 6.7 4.6 0.5 0.6
No. Player Position Status DraftKings Salary FanDuel Salary FPPG
37 Matt Ryan
Forward Out N/A N/A 7.54
MPG 3PM APG BPG FGM FTM PPG RPB SPG TOPG
12.8 1.4 0.6 0.0 1.6 0.5 5.1 1.2 0.2 0.5
No. Player Position Status DraftKings Salary FanDuel Salary FPPG
33 Malcolm Hill
Guard Active N/A N/A 6.77
MPG 3PM APG BPG FGM FTM PPG RPB SPG TOPG
9.2 0.6 0.3 0.1 1.1 0.5 3.2 1.6 0.3 0.1
No. Player Position Status DraftKings Salary FanDuel Salary FPPG
0 Dereon Seabron
Guard Day-To-Day N/A N/A 4.26
MPG 3PM APG BPG FGM FTM PPG RPB SPG TOPG
6.4 0.1 0.4 0.1 0.6 0.5 1.8 0.8 0.2 0.0
No. Player Position Status DraftKings Salary FanDuel Salary FPPG
32 E.J. Liddell
Forward Active N/A N/A 2.2
MPG 3PM APG BPG FGM FTM PPG RPB SPG TOPG
2.8 0.0 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.7 0.5 0.0 0.3

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