Draftkings NBA Showdown Picks: Trail Blazers vs. Lakers 10/27/25
Portland Trail Blazers vs. Los Angeles Lakers
October 27, 2025 10:30 pm EDT
On Monday night, the NBA presents Draftkings basketball fans with an NBA regular season matchup featuring the Portland Trail Blazers and the Los Angeles Lakers. Let’s take a look at this game from a DFS perspective.
Before we dive into the Portland Trail Blazers 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 tonight’s Trail Blazers vs. Lakers matchup.
Draftkings NBA Showdown Picks
Captain-Austin Reaves, Guard, Los Angeles Lakers $9,000
Talented guard Austin Reaves was a solid performer for the Los Angeles Lakers last season. With that said, how did Reaves perform from a statistical perspective? Let’s review Reaves relevant player data from the 2024 NBA season to better shed light overall contributions to his team.
In the 73 games that Austin Reaves played for the Los Angeles Lakers in the 2024 NBA regular season, Reaves averaged a robust 20.2 points, 4.5 rebounds, 5.8 assists, 1.1 steals and 0.3 blocks a game.
More recently, in the Los Angeles Lakers dominant 128-110 win over the Minnesota Timberwolves three days ago, Los Angeles guard Austin Reaves played rather well. Let me be more specific. In the Lakers defeat of the Timberwolves, Reaves amassed 25 points, seven rebounds, 11 assists and one steal.
Looking closer at the data just presented, in the Los Angeles Lakers victory over the Timberwolves, Reaves tallied a robust 52.2 Draftkings points.
*It is noteworthy that the Los Angeles Lakers have officially declared Lebron James and Luka Doncic as inactive for this evening’s game. The absence of James and Doncic 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, Austin Reaves is the most likely player to post the most Draftkings points in this NBA regular season game. With that said, I am backing Los Angeles Lakers guard Austin Reaves at the captain position for this one game Draftkings NBA Showdown contest.
Flex Plays
Deandre Ayton, Center, Los Angeles Lakers $8,200
In addition to guard Austin Reaves, center Deandre Ayton has been a key contributor for the Los Angeles Lakers this season.
In the three games that Deandre Ayton has played for the Los Angeles Lakers in the 2025 NBA regular season, Ayton has averaged 15.7 points, 9.7 rebounds, 0.7 assists, 1.1 steals and 0.3 blocks a game.
Additional flex plays I like to play well in tonight’s NBA regular season game (Draftkings price noted): Jrue Holiday, Point Guard (Portland Trail Blazers) $7,800: Toumani Camara, Forward (Portland Trail Blazers) $7,000.
