Yahoo Perfect 5: Luka Dončić, Evan Mobley and Walker Kessler lead my Friday lineup

Yahoo Sports is giving fans another way to play fantasy basketball with Perfect 5, a free-to-play game featuring each week’s NBA on Prime doubleheader. The rules are simple: pick five players, stay within a $15 budget and rack up fantasy points through scoring, rebounds, assists, defensive stats and 3s.

Friday’s slate features the 76ers at Cavaliers (7:30 p.m. ET) and Trail Blazers at Lakers (10 p.m. ET). There’s plenty of star power, but the key to building a competitive lineup is finding the right matchups and the values in the $1 tier.

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Using RotoWire’s data and Yahoo projections, I ran 20,000 simulations of the slate. I’m paying up for Luka Dončić and leaning on two $4 bigs with great setups. Here’s my lineup:

My Perfect 5 lineup

Player

Team

Salary

Proj. pts

Luka Dončić

Lakers

$5

50.14

Evan Mobley

Cavaliers

$4

42.46

Walker Kessler

Lakers

$4

37.90

Sidy Cissoko

Trail Blazers

$1

17.58

Meleek Thomas

Cavaliers

$1

12.00

Total

$15

159.91

In my sims, this group averaged 159.91 fantasy points and finished in the top 1% of the field 21.7% of the time, the best rate of any lineup I tested.

Luka Dončić – PG, Los Angeles Lakers – ($5, 76% picked)

The chalkiest pick in the pool feels necessary because he’s been one of the best, if not the best, players to start the season. Dončić is averaging 38.5 points, 8.2 rebounds, 8.0 assists and 5.9 3s, and he’s gone for 40+ points in three straight games. Portland is middle of the pack against point guards, but when a guy is as hot as Luka, with a usage rate north of 40%, you play ’em.

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He was in the single best lineup in 55% of my simulations, more than any other player. Portland beat the Lakers 136-129 in L.A. on Oct. 27, even though Luka went for 41 points, nine assists and 6 3s. He’ll want this one back. Lock him in.

Evan Mobley – PF, Cleveland Cavaliers – ($4, 12% picked)

Mobley is projected for 42.46 fantasy points at $4, within about a point of Donovan Mitchell, whose salary is $5. He’s putting up 18.8 points, 8.2 rebounds, 3.5 assists and 1.3 blocks, while hitting 2.1 3s a night. The matchup is neutral (Philly ranks 19th in fantasy points allowed to power forwards),…

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Author : Dan Titus

Publish date : 2026-11-06 16:32:00

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