Draftkings NBA Showdown Picks: Suns vs. Thunder 2/5/25
Draftkings picks and predictions for tonight's Suns vs. Thunder matchup.
Phoenix Suns vs. Oklahoma City Thunder
February 5, 2025 9:30 pm EDT
On Wednesday night, the NBA presents Draftkings basketball fans with a regular season matchup featuring the Phoenix Suns and the Oklahoma City Thunder. Let’s take a look at this game from a DFS perspective.
Before we dive into the Phoenix Suns and the Oklahoma City Thunder 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 Phoenix Suns vs. Oklahoma City Thunder matchup.
Draftkings NBA Showdown Picks
Captain-Devin Booker, Guard, Phoenix Suns $10,400
Talented guard Devin Booker has certainly been a solid player for the Phoenix Suns this season. With that said, how has Booker performed from a statistical perspective? Let’s take a look at Booker’s game data from the 2024 NBA regular season to answer that question.
In the 44 games that power forward Devin Booker has played for the Phoenix Suns in the 2024 NBA regular season, Booker is averaging a rather impressive 44.2 Draftkings points a game.
More recently, in the Phoenix Suns thrilling 111-109 win over the Los Angeles Clippers last month, Phoenix guard Devin Booker played rather well. Let me be more specific. Booker compiled 26 points, seven rebounds, eight assists, one block, and one steal in the Phoenix Suns victory over the Los Angeles Clippers.
Looking closer at the data just presented, in the Phoenix Suns win over the Los Angeles Clippers just mentioned, Devin Booker amassed a robust 50.3 Draftkings points.
As I noted in the rules section above, selecting the correct player at the captain position for a Draftkings NBA showdown lineup is absolutely vital if you hope to win a large field GPP (guaranteed prize pool) DFS contest. Keep that in mind as you construct your lineups for this one game DFS slate.
In my view, Devin Booker is the most likely player to post the most Draftkings points in this evening’s NBA regular season game. Having stated that, I am backing Phoenix Suns guard Devin Booker at the captain position for this one game Draftkings NBA Showdown contest.
Flex Plays
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Point Guard, Oklahoma City Thunder $12,000
If the NBA playoffs started today, the Oklahoma City Thunder would be the number one seed in the Western Conference. A big reason why the Thunder have played so well this season is point guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander. Let’s examine Shai Gilgeous-Alexander’s game data from the 2024 NBA regular season to better shed light on my previous statement.
In the 47 games that point guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander has played for the Oklahoma City Thunder in the 2024 NBA regular season, Gilgeous-Alexander is averaging 32.5 points, 5.2 rebounds, 6.1 assists, 2.1 steals, and 1.1 blocks a game.
Additional flex plays I like to play well (Draftkings price noted): Isaiah Hartenstein, Center (Oklahoma City Thunder) $8,400: Aaron Wiggins, Small Forward (Oklahoma City Thunder) $6,200.
