Draftkings NBA Showdown Picks: Pelicans vs. Clippers 10/31/25

This Friday night, the NBA presents Draftkings basketball fans with an NBA regular season matchup featuring the New Orleans Pelicans and the Los Angeles Clippers. Let’s take a look at this game from a DFS perspective.

Before we dive into the New Orleans Pelicans vs. Los Angeles Clippers game let’s review the rules for the Draftkings single game showdown contest.

Draftkings Single Game Showdown Contest Rules

You have $50,000 to utilize on five players from either team. However, one of those players will be designated as your team captain. The captain accumulates 1.5 times the standard fantasy points. Additionally, the captain is 1.5 times the standard cost of the flex position.

The remaining four players in your lineup will receive the standard fantasy points. Having stated that, it is highly important for you to identify the correct player for your captain position if you hope to win a large field DFS GPP (guaranteed prize pool) showdown contest.

If you have additional questions regarding the rules for the single game showdown contest, I recommend that you check out the Draftkings website for more details.

*I recommend that all readers review the starting lineups for both teams prior to setting your DFS lineup for this one game slate.

Here are my Draftkings picks for tonight’s Pelicans vs. Clippers matchup.

Draftkings NBA Showdown Picks

Captain-James Harden, Point Guard, Los Angeles Clippers $10,000

Talented point guard James Harden has been a solid performer for the Los Angeles Clippers in 2025. Having stated that, how has Harden performed from a statistical standpoint? Let’s review the veteran point guard’s recent game data from the 2025 NBA regular season to better shed light on his overall contributions to his team.

In the four games that James Harden has played for the Los Angeles Clippers in the 2025 NBA regular season, Ball has averaged a robust 21.3 points, 4.8 rebounds, 8.1 assists, 1.3 steals and 0.3 blocks a game.

Examining the data just presented more closely, in the four games that point guard James Harden has played for the Clippers this season, Harden has compiled a 49% field goal percentage, a 35.7% percent three-point percentage and a 92.6% free throw percentage.

Five days ago, in the Los Angeles Clippers 114-107 win over the Portland Trail Blazers, Los Angeles point guard James Harden certainly played at a high level. For clarity, let me elaborate on my previous statement. In the Clippers defeat of the Portland Trail Blazers, Harden amassed 20 points, six rebounds, 13 assists and three blocks.

Looking at the data just presented more closely, in the Los Angeles Clippers victory over the Trail Blazers, James Harden tallied a massive 52 Draftkings points.

What did we learn from the data just presented? Clearly, the data illustrates that James Harden has the potential to post a large number of DFS points on any given night. With that said, I fully expect that trend to continue in this evening’s NBA regular season matchup with the New Orleans Pelicans.

As I noted in the rules section above, selecting the correct player at the captain position for a Draftkings NBA showdown lineup is absolutely vital if you hope to win a large field GPP (guaranteed prize pool) DFS contest. Keep that in mind as you construct your lineups.

In my opinion, James Harden is the most likely player to post the most Draftkings points in this NBA regular season game. For that specific reason, I am backing Los Angeles Clippers point guard James Harden at the captain position for this one game Draftkings NBA Showdown contest.