Draftkings NBA Showdown Picks: Lakers vs. Trail Blazers 2/20/25
Draftkings picks and predictions for tomorrow night's Lakers vs. Trail Blazers matchup.
Los Angeles Lakers vs. Portland Trail Blazers
February 20, 2025 10:00 pm EDT
The NBA presents Draftkings basketball fans with a 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 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 Los Angeles Lakers vs. Portland Trail Blazers matchup.
Draftkings NBA Showdown Picks
Captain-LeBron James, Point Guard, Los Angeles Lakers $11,200
In my opinion, forward LeBron James has been the driving force behind the Los Angeles Lakers success on the offensive side of the basketball this season. Having stated that, how has the veteran forward performed from a statistical perspective? Let’s review James recent game data to answer that question.
In the 33 games that LeBron James has played for the Los Angeles Lakers in the 2024 NBA regular season, James is averaging 24.3 points, 7.7 rebounds, 9.1 assists, 0.5 blocks and 0.9 steals a game.
It is noteworthy that these two teams met previously this season. Who prevailed? How did LeBron James perform in the game? In the Los Angeles Lakers 114-106 win over the Portland Trail Blazers last month, James played exceptionally well. More specifically, LeBron James tallied a massive 38 points, three rebounds and eight assists in the Los Angeles Lakers victory over the Trail Blazers.
It should be noted that the Los Angeles Lakers have listed LeBron James as questionable for Thursday night’s game. Keep that in mind as you construct your lineups for this NBA DFS contest.
In my view, LeBron James is the most likely player to post the most Draftkings points in this NBA regular season game. For that specific reason, I am rolling with talented Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James at the captain position for this one game Draftkings NBA Showdown contest.
Flex Plays
Anfernee Simons, Guard, Portland Trail Blazers $7,600
In the 51 games that shooting guard Anfernee Simons has played for the Portland Trail Blazers in the 2024 NBA regular season, Simons has averaged 18.6 points, 2.7 rebounds, 5.1 assists and 0.8 steals a game.
More recently, in the Portland Trail Blazers 102-97 win over the Charlotte Hornets last month, Anfernee Simons accumulated 27 points, five rebounds, two assists, two steals and one block in the Trail Blazers victory over the Charlotte Hornets.
Looking closer at the data just presented, in the Trail Blazers victory over the Hornets, Simons compiled 36.3 Draftkings points.
Additional flex plays I like to play well in this Thursday’s NBA regular season game (Draftkings price noted): Luka Doncic, Guard (Los Angeles Lakers) $11,600: Austin Reaves, Guard (Los Angeles Lakers) $9,200: Deni Avdija, Forward (Portland Trail Blazers) $7,400.
