NBA DFS Showdown Tool: Pacers vs. Lakers
On tonight’s Showdown slate, DraftKings will be offering huge single-game contests with massive prize pools. We’re more excited than ever to help our members achieve success in these fun and exciting tournaments. To assist, we will use the power of our projections to simulate the slate and provide ideas on how we might best attack this slate.
Tonight’s Matchup: Pacers vs. Lakers
There are two main components to each Showdown slate analysis that you’ll find below:
- Optimal lineup allocations (CPT and UTIL) for both teams based on the results of our simulation.
- Comparison of player ownership projections to optimal allocations.
Methodology
To analyze this specific Showdown slate, we simulated every possession for thousands of NBA matchups based on tonight’s expected rate stats. Each possession has a designated probability of an event occurring for each player. Each trial is its own realistic box score of within the range of possible outcomes tonight, and within each box score a fantasy score on DraftKings is calculated.
From there, it is just a matter of finding the optimal lineups and tabulating the outcomes for your information.
Optimal DFS Lineups Simulation
Choosing the Right Captain
The most unique part of the format, and therefore the biggest opportunity for competitive advantage, is choosing your CPT.
We went through the mountain of possible lineup combinations and found who the CPT selection was on the top-scoring lineup for each matchup.
Please be advised that NBA projections and ownership are subject to change, and this data is not updated in real-time. For the latest real-time projections, please visit LineupHQ
Breaking Down UTIL Optimal Rosters
This graph illustrates the full range of allocations for the different positions to measure how many of the optimal rosters had this player in an optimal lineup at the UTIL roster position.
Please be advised that NBA projections and ownership are subject to change, and this data is not updated in real time. For the latest real time projections, please visit LineupHQ
Optimal Stacks
Stacking compositions worked out for the most optimal rosters.
Feature Range of Outcomes
We simulated the results of tonight’s game at high frequency and this is an example distribution range from one of tonight’s key players.
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On tonight’s Showdown slate, DraftKings will be offering huge single-game contests with massive prize pools. We’re more excited than ever to help our members achieve success in these fun and exciting tournaments. To assist, we will use the power of our projections to simulate the slate and provide ideas on how we might best attack this slate.
Tonight’s Matchup: Pacers vs. Lakers
There are two main components to each Showdown slate analysis that you’ll find below:
- Optimal lineup allocations (CPT and UTIL) for both teams based on the results of our simulation.
- Comparison of player ownership projections to optimal allocations.
Methodology
To analyze this specific Showdown slate, we simulated every possession for thousands of NBA matchups based on tonight’s expected rate stats. Each possession has a designated probability of an event occurring for each player. Each trial is its own realistic box score of within the range of possible outcomes tonight, and within each box score a fantasy score on DraftKings is calculated.
From there, it is just a matter of finding the optimal lineups and tabulating the outcomes for your information.
Optimal DFS Lineups Simulation
Choosing the Right Captain
The most unique part of the format, and therefore the biggest opportunity for competitive advantage, is choosing your CPT.
We went through the mountain of possible lineup combinations and found who the CPT selection was on the top-scoring lineup for each matchup.
