It doesn’t seem like that long ago that the NBA season was just beginning and DraftKings rolled out its King of the Court promotion for the first time in the 2025-26 season. But the end of the regular season is approaching; today is the second-to-last Tuesday of the regular season, with SoFi Play-In Tournament games scheduled for two weeks from today.
Here’s how King of the Court works: if users opt into the contest and use their King of the Court token on a player prop bet (minimum $5 wager) with -200 or longer odds, that bet will become an eligible entrant to the contest. Any user who used their token on the player who finishes with the most combined points, rebounds, and assists tonight will receive a share of the $1 million prize pool of bonus bets to be paid out the next day, proportional to the number of users who used their token that player.
The bet doesn’t have to hit: for instance, if a user bets on the Los Angeles Lakers’ Luka Dončić to finish with 50+ points + rebounds + assists and he only records 47 but ends up leading all players in P/R/A, that user will still be paid out their share of the bonus bets. Regardless, hitting on a bet never hurts.
The three players with the highest P/R/A over-unders are Dončić (49.5), the Portland Trail Blazers’ Deni Avdija (40.5), and the LA Clippers’ Kawhi Leonard (39.5). I’ll break down my favorite prop bets for these three players so you know where to start as you bet on the stars.
Luka Dončić 35+ Points (+102)
The fact that Dončić has plus-odds to score 35 points represents excellent value, given that he’s averaged 39.7 points in his last 12 games, a span in which the Lakers have gone 11-1. In that span, he’s topped the 35-point threshold eight times, and because he missed Los Angeles’ win last night over the Washington Wizards while serving a one-game suspension, he’s on three days’ rest, a split in which he’s averaged 36.0 points per game in eight games this season. Plus, because the Cleveland Cavaliers are good, he won’t risk being forced out of the game in garbage time, which arguably cost him a 35-point game against the Sacramento Kings on March 1.
The Cavaliers probably raised their championship probability by flipping the 26-year-old, six-foot-one Darius Garland for the 36-year-old, six-foot-five James Harden, since the back-court pairing of Garland and Donovan Mitchell had some size concerns. But Cleveland hasn’t been great defensively since dealing for Harden, ranking just 19th in defensive rating since February 7, when The Beard made his team debut. Harden has had a negative-2.7 defensive RAPM this season, the worst mark of his career, so Dončić should be hunting him on switches.
Deni Avdija U26.5 Points (-113)
Overall, Avdija’s four-year, $55 million contract is one of the best in the league, as he’ll be paid well below his market value for the 2026-27 and 2027-28 seasons, and he deservingly received his first career All-Star nod. But he just hasn’t been the same since; since returning from a back strain on March 8, he’s averaged just 21.3 points per game on 44-20-78 shooting splits, scoring 27 points only once. He’s still made an impact — Portland has gone 8-4 in that span and out-scored opponents with him on the floor — but 27 points is an extremely high bar for any player.
Plus, it’s not like the Clippers have completely fallen apart defensively since trading away All-Defensive honoree Ivica Zubac and Harden at the trade deadline. Since the centerpiece of the Zubac deal, Bennedict Mathurin, made his team debut, LA has still gone 14-9 with the 13th-best defensive rating in basketball. The Clippers have also given up just the sixth-fewest free-throw attempts per game across that span, and 7.2 of Avdija’s points per game since his return have come at the charity stripe. Plus, Leonard has played some pretty strong defense on him this season, limiting him to three points in 28.5 partial possessions.
Kawhi Leonard 3+ Steals (+196)
Going for 2+ steals (-157) is also a solid option, but Leonard has a good opportunity to make an even bigger defensive impact than usual. Leonard is averaging his highest steals per game average since 2014-15, when he led the league with 2.3 per game and won his first of back-to-back Defensive Player of the Year awards. He’s not as good of an overall defender as he was at age 23, as he ranks in just the ninth percentile in points saved per 100 possessions, but he’s still capable of getting his massive paws into passing lanes and poking the ball out of loose handles. He’s had at least three steals in two of his last four games.
The Trail Blazers, who have been without a point guard for much of the season because of injuries to Damian Lillard, Jrue Holiday, and Scoot Henderson, have a major turnover issue. Since Avdija returned, Portland has had a great defense overall, allowing the fewest points and the third-fewest assists per game, but it has allowed a league-leading 10.8 steals per contest. Individually, Avdija ranks second in the league in turnovers per game and both the injured Shaedon Sharpe (fibula) and Holiday sit in the top 30.
How to Play King of the Court
- Opt in to receive your King of the Court token in the Promotions page.
- Bet on an NBA Player Prop bet ($5 minimum wager) on DraftKings Sportsbook and apply your token (Minimum leg odds of -200 apply).
- If the player you wagered on with your token applied was the combined points, rebounds and assists leader that night, win a share of the $1 million in bonus bets paid out the next day.
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