Draftkings NBA Showdown Picks: Kings vs. Bucks 11/1/25
Sacramento Kings vs. Milwaukee Bucks
November 1, 2025 5:00 pm EDT
The NBA presents Draftkings basketball fans with an NBA regular season matchup featuring the Sacramento Kings and the Milwaukee Bucks. Let’s take a look at this game from a DFS perspective.
Before we dive into the Sacramento Kings vs. Milwaukee Bucks 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 tomorrow afternoon’s Kings vs. Bucks matchup.
Draftkings NBA Showdown Picks
Captain-Giannis Antetokounmpo, Forward, Milwaukee Bucks $12,200
Veteran forward Giannis Antetokounmpo has been a standout performer for the Milwaukee Bucks in 2025. With that said, how has the talented forward performed from a statistical perspective? Let’s examine Antetokounmpo’s relevant key player data to answer that question.
In the four games that Giannis Antetokounmpo has played for the Milwaukee Bucks in the 2025 NBA regular season, Antetokounmpo is averaging 36.3 points, 14.1 rebounds, 7.1 assists, 1.3 blocks and 0.8 steals a game.
Looking at the data just presented more closely, in the four games that Giannis Antetokounmpo has played this season, Antetokounmpo has compiled a 69.5% field goal percentage, a 57.1% three-point percentage and a 64.3% free throw percentage.
More recently, in the Milwaukee Bucks 121-111 win over the New York Knicks three days ago, Giannis Antetokounmpo certainly played at a high level. In the Bucks victory over the Knicks, Antetokounmpo amassed 37 points, eight rebounds, seven assists, two blocks and one steal.
Examining the data just presented more closely, in the Milwaukee Bucks defeat of the New York Knicks, Giannis Antetokounmpo tallied a robust 61.5 Draftkings points.
What did we learn from the data just presented? The data clearly illustrates that Giannis Antetokounmpo is playing at a high level. Having stated that, I fully expect that trend to continue in tomorrow afternoon’s NBA regular season matchup with the Sacramento Kings.
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 view, Giannis Antetokounmpo is the most likely player to post the most Draftkings points in this NBA regular season game. For that specific reason, I am backing Milwaukee Bucks forward Giannis Antetokounmpo at the captain position for this one game Draftkings NBA Showdown contest.
Flex Plays
Russell Westbrook, Point Guard, Sacramento Kings $4,800
Five days ago, in the Oklahoma City Thunder’s 107-101 victory over the Sacramento Kings, Sacramento point guard Russell Westbrook amassed 16 points, nine rebounds, four assists and one steal.
Additional flex plays I like to play well in this NBA regular season game (Draftkings price noted): Domantas Sabonis, Forward (Sacramento Kings) $9,200: Zach LaVine, Guard (Sacramento Kings) $8,200.
