Draftkings NBA Showdown Picks: Spurs vs. Lakers 11/5/25
San Antonio Spurs vs. Los Angeles Lakers
November 5, 2025 10:00 pm EDT
Later today, the NBA presents Draftkings basketball fans with an NBA regular season matchup featuring the San Antonio Spurs and the Los Angeles Lakers. Let’s take a look at this game from a DFS perspective.
Before we dive into the San Antonio Spurs vs. Los Angeles Lakers 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 evening’s Spurs vs. Lakers matchup.
Draftkings NBA Showdown Picks
Captain-Victor Wembanyama, Center, San Antonio Spurs $11,200
Talented center Victor Wembanyama has certainly been an essential part of the San Antonio Spurs starting lineup this season. With that said, how has Wembanyama played from a statistical perspective? Let’s look at the veteran center’s relevant game data from the 2025 NBA regular season to answer that question.
In the six games that Victor Wembanyama has played for the San Antonio Spurs in the 2025 NBA regular season, Wembanyama has averaged a massive 61 Draftking points a game.
Examining the data just presented more closely, in the six games that center Victor Wembanyama has played for the Spurs this season, Wembanyana has compiled a 52.7% field goal percentage, a 28.6% percent three-point percentage and a 79.2% free throw percentage.
Last month, in the San Antonio Spurs 118-107 win over the Brooklyn Nets, Spurs center Victor Wembanyama played rather well. More specifically, in the Spurs defeat of the Nets, Wembanyama amassed 24 points, 15 rebounds, four assists, one block and one steal.
Looking at the data just presented more closely, in the San Antonio Spurs victory over the Nets, Wembanyama tallied 74.5 Draftkings points.
What did we learn from the data just presented? The data clearly illustrates that Victor Wembanyama has the potential to post a large number of DFS points on any given night. Having stated that, I fully expect that trend to continue in this evening’s NBA regular season matchup with the Los Angeles Lakers.
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, Victor Wembanyama is the most likely player to post the most Draftkings points in this NBA regular season game. For that specific reason, I am backing San Antonio Spurs center Victor Wembanyama at the captain position for this one game Draftkings NBA Showdown contest.
