FanDuel Best NBA DFS Picks: Rockets vs. Lakers 3/31/25
Houston Rockets vs. Los Angeles Lakers
March 31, 2025 10:00 pm EDT
The NBA presents FanDuel basketball fans with a regular season matchup featuring the Los Angeles Lakers and the Houston Rockets. Let’s take a look at this game from a DFS perspective.
Before we dive into the Los Angels Lakers vs. Houston Rockets game let’s review the rules for the FanDuel single game showdown contest.
FanDuel Single Game Contest Rules
Here are the single game contest rules. You have $60,000 to utilize on five players from either team. However, one of those players will be designated as your team MVP. The MVP accumulates 2x times the standard FanDuel fantasy points value.
The remaining four players in your lineup will be the star, pro, and flex plays. The star player will receive 1.5x the standard fantasy points value. The pro player will accumulate 1.2x the standard fantasy points value.
The final two flex positions will receive the standard points value. Having stated that, it is important for you to identify the correct player for your MVP position if you hope to win a FanDuel single game contest.
If you have additional questions regarding the rules for the single game contest, I highly recommend that you check out the FanDuel 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 FanDuel picks for tonight’s Houston Rockets vs. Los Angeles Lakers matchup.
FanDuel NBA DFS Picks
MVP-Alperen Sengun, Center, Houston Rockets $8,600
Center Alperen Sengun has been the leader in the paint for the Houston Rockets this season. Let’s analyze Sengun’s game data from the 2024 NBA regular season to reveal the significant impact that the talented young center has made on the team’s overall performance.
In the 71 games that Alperen Sengun has played for the Houston Rockets in the 2024 NBA regular season, Sengun is averaging 19.1 points, 10.5 rebounds, 4.9 assists, 1.1 steals and 0.8 blocks a game.
More recently, in the Houston Rockets 121-110 win over the Utah Jazz four days ago, Houston center Alperen Sengun tallied 33 points, ten rebounds, two assists, one block and two steals. It should also be mentioned that in the Rockets victory over the Jazz, Sengun amassed a massive 51 FanDuel points.
As I noted in the rules section above, selecting the correct player at the MVP position for a FanDuel 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, Alperen Sengun is the most likely player to post the most FanDuel points in this NBA regular season game. With that said, I am rolling with Houston Rockets center Alperen Sengun at the MVP position for this one game FanDuel NBA Showdown contest.
Star-Amen Thompson, Guard, Houston Rockets $13,000
In addition to center Alperen Sengun, guard Amen Thompson been a key contributor for the Houston Rockets this season.
In the 64 games that guard Amen Thompson has played for the Houston Rockets in the 2024 NBA regular season, Thompson is averaging 14 points, 8.4 rebounds, 3.7 assists, 1.4 blocks, and 1.3 steals a game.
In conclusion, I fully expect Houston Rockets guard Amen Thompsson to continue his outstanding play in tonight’s matchup with the Los Angeles Lakers.
Additional flex plays I like to play well in tonight’s NBA regular season contest (FanDuel price noted): Luka Doncic, Point Guard (Los Angeles Lakers) $16,000: Austin Reaves, Guard (Los Angeles Lakers) $12,000: Jaxson Hayes, Center (Los Angeles Lakers) $8,500.
