The WNBA presents Draftkings basketball fans with a regular season matchup featuring the Minnesota Lynx and the New York Liberty. Let’s take a look at this game from a DFS perspective.
Before we dive into the Minnesota Lynx vs. New York Liberty 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 this afternoon’s Lynx vs. Liberty matchup.
Draftkings WNBA Showdown Picks
Captain-Sabrina Ionescu, Guard, New York Liberty $11,200
Talented guard Sabrina Ionescu has been the floor general that the New York Liberty have needed to win games this season. With that said, how has the veteran guard performed from a statistical perspective? Let’s review Ionescu’s relevant player data from the 2025 WNBA regular season to answer that question.
In the 29 games that Sabrina Ionescu has played for the New York Liberty in the 2025 WNBA regular season, Ionescu is averaging 20.1 points, 4.9 rebounds, 5.5 assists, 1.4 steals and 0.5 blocks a game.
Looking at the data just presented more closely, in the 29 games that Sabrina Ionescu has played for the Liberty this season, Ionescu has compiled a 41.2% field goal percentage, a 31.5% three-point percentage and a 93.2% free throw percentage.
More recently, in the New York Liberty’s 89-76 win over the Connecticut Sun last month, New York guard Sabrina Ionescu certainly played at a high level. Ionescu amassed 29 points, five rebounds, eight assists, one steal and one block in Liberty’s victory over the Sun.
As I noted in the rules section above, selecting the correct player at the captain position for a Draftkings WNBA 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, New York guard Sabrina Ionescu is the most likely player to post the most Draftkings points in this WNBA regular season game. Having stated that, I am backing Sabrina Ionescu at the captain position for this one game FanDuel WNBA single game contest.
Flex Plays
Jonquel Jones, Forward, New York Liberty $10,000
In the 18 games that Jonquel Jones has played for the New York Liberty in the 2025 WNBA regular season, Jones is averaging 14.2 points, 9.1 rebounds, 2.5 assists, 1.1 blocks and 0.5 steals a game.
Looking at the data just presented more closely, in the 18 games that Jonquel Jones played for the Liberty this season, Jones has averaged 32.5 Draftkings points a contest.
Additional flex plays I like to play well in this WNBA regular season game (FanDuel price noted): Alanna Smith, Forward (Minnesota Lynx) $7,600: Emma Meesseman, Forward (New York Liberty) $3,800.