This Sunday night, the NBA presents Draftkings basketball fans with an NBA regular season matchup featuring the Los Angeles Lakers and the Sacramento Kings. Let’s take a look at this game from a DFS perspective.
Before we dive into the Los Angeles Lakers and the Sacramento Kings 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 Lakers vs. Kings matchup.
Captain-Luka Doncic, Point Guard, Los Angeles Lakers $12,600
Veteran point guard Luka Doncic was a standout performer for the Boston Celtics last season. With that said, how did White perform from a statistical standpoint? Let’s review Doncic’s relevant player data from the 2024 NBA season to better shed light overall contributions to his team.
In the 28 games that point guard Luka Doncic played for the Los Angeles Lakers in the 2024 NBA regular season, Doncic averaged a massive 28.2 points, 8.2 rebounds, 7.7 assists, 1.8 steals and 0.4 blocks a game.
Looking closer at the data just presented, in the 28 games that point guard Luka Doncic played for the Los Angeles Lakers last season, Doncic compiled a 43.8% field goal percentage, 36.8% three-point percentage and a 78.2% free throw percentage.
More recently, in the Golden State Warriors 119-109 victory over the Los Angeles Lakers four days ago, Los Angeles point guard Luka Doncic played exceptionally well. Let me be more specific. In the Warriors defeat of the Lakers, Doncic amassed 43 points, 12 rebounds, nine assists, two steals and one block.
Examining the data just presented more closely, in the Golden State Warriors win over the Lakers just mentioned, Luka Doncic tallied a whopping 78.5 Draftkings points.
*It is noteworthy that the Los Angeles Lakers have officially declared Lebron James as inactive for this evening’s game. The absence of James in the Lakers lineup should open additional opportunities for Luka Doncic from an offensive perspective.
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, Luka Doncic is the most likely player to post the most Draftkings points in this NBA playoff game. With that said, I am backing Los Angeles Lakers point guard Luka Doncic at the captain position for this one game Draftkings NBA Showdown contest.
Additional flex plays I like to play well in tonight’s NBA regular season game (Draftkings price noted): Domantas Sabonis, Forward (Sacramento Kings) $10,000: Deandre Ayton, Center (Los Angeles Lakers) $7,600: Malik Monk, Guard (Sacramento Kings) $7,200.