NBA DFS · Thursday, November 5, 2026

NBA DFS picks for Thursday, November 5, 2026

This slate locked Thu 9:00 PM ET. These are the picks StatWarrior published before lock, kept unchanged. The Actual column is each player's DraftKings fantasy points from the official box scores.

DraftKings · Main slate · 2 games.

How these picks scored

  • Top values: 4 of 10 met or beat their projection; they averaged 40.3 DraftKings points against 43.3 projected.
  • Highest projections: 3 of 8 met or beat their projection; they averaged 42.4 DraftKings points against 45.9 projected.

One day is a small sample; the track record grades every slate over the last 30 days.

Top values (points per $1K)

Best projected points per $1,000 of salary, as published before lock
PlayerSalaryProjValueActual
Stephen Curry
PG · GSW vs MIA
$8,20050.06.10x41.3
Franz Wagner
SF/PF · ORL vs PHX
$8,70050.75.83x54.0
Devin Booker
PG/SG · PHX vs ORL
$8,50048.65.72x49.8
Bam Adebayo
C · MIA vs GSW
$7,80043.25.54x36.0
Yaxel Lendeborg
SF/PF · GSW vs MIA
$7,90043.65.53x43.5
Giannis Antetokounmpo
PF · MIA vs GSW
$11,00058.45.31x43.5
Miles Bridges
PF · PHX vs ORL
$7,10037.15.22x48.3
Brandin Podziemski
PG/SG · GSW vs MIA
$6,70033.65.02x25.5
Davion Mitchell
PG · MIA vs GSW
$6,40031.94.99x38.0
Desmond Bane
SG/SF · ORL vs PHX
$7,20035.24.89x23.0

Highest projections

Highest projected points on the slate, as published before lock
PlayerSalaryProjCeilingActual
Giannis Antetokounmpo
PF · MIA vs GSW
$11,00058.494.843.5
Franz Wagner
SF/PF · ORL vs PHX
$8,70050.782.854.0
Stephen Curry
PG · GSW vs MIA
$8,20050.081.741.3
Devin Booker
PG/SG · PHX vs ORL
$8,50048.679.549.8
Yaxel Lendeborg
SF/PF · GSW vs MIA
$7,90043.671.743.5
Bam Adebayo
C · MIA vs GSW
$7,80043.271.036.0
Miles Bridges
PF · PHX vs ORL
$7,10037.161.348.3
Desmond Bane
SG/SF · ORL vs PHX
$7,20035.258.323.0

Stack ideas

Teams whose top players projected the most points together
TeamProjectionImplied team total
MIA vs GSW133.6—
GSW vs MIA127.3—
ORL vs PHX115.8—
PHX vs ORL114.3—

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