Draftkings NBA Showdown Picks: 76ers vs. Celtics 10/22/25
Philadelphia 76ers vs. Boston Celtics
October 22, 2025 7:30 pm EDT
On Wednesday night, the NBA presents Draftkings basketball fans with an NBA regular season matchup featuring the Philadelphia 76ers and the Boston Celtics. Let’s take a look at this game from a DFS perspective.
Before we dive into the Philadelphia 76ers vs. Boston Celtics game let’s review the rules for the 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 tonight’s Philadelphia 76ers vs. Boston Celtics matchup.
Draftkings NBA Showdown Picks
Captain-Derrick White, Point Guard, Boston Celtics $8,400
Talented point guard Derrick White was a standout performer for the Boston Celtics in 2025. With that said, how did White perform from a statistical perspective last season? Let’s review Brunson’s relevant player data from the 2024 NBA season to better shed light overall contributions to his team.
In the 76 games that point guard Derrick White played for the Boston Celtics in the 2024 NBA regular season season, White averaged a rather impressive 16.4 points, 4.5 rebounds, 4.8 assists, 1.1 blocks and 0.9 steals a game.
Looking closer at the data just presented, in the 76 games that Derrick White played for the Boston Celtics in the 2024 NBA regular season, White compiled a 44.2% field goal percentage, a 38.4% three point percentage and an 83.9% free throw percentage.
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.
In my opinion, Derrick White’s reasonable Draftkings price of $8,400 presents the best fantasy value on this slate. For that specific reason, I am backing Boston Celtics point guard Derrick White at the captain position for this one game NBA DFS Showdown slate.
Flex Plays
Payton Pritchard, Guard, Boston Celtics $7,200
In addition to point guard Derrick White, guard Payton Pritchard was a key contributor for the Boston Celtics last season.
In the 80 games that Payton Pritchard played for the Boston Celtics in the 2024 NBA regular season, Pritchard averaged 14.3 points, 3.8 rebounds, 2.1 assists, 0.9 steals and 0.3 blocks a game.
Examining the data just presented more closely, in the 80 games that Payton Pritchard played for the Celtics last season Pritchard averaged a robust 26.6 Draftkings points a game.
In conclusion, I fully expect Boston Celtics guard Payton Pritchard to continue his quality play in tonight’s NBA regular season matchup with the Philadelphia 76ers.
Additional flex plays I like to play well in this NBA regular season game (Draftkings price noted): Joel Embiid, Center (Philadelphia 76ers) $8,800: Tyrese Maxey, Point Guard (Philadelphia 76ers) $9,400: Andre Drummond, Center (Philadelphia 76ers) $3,000.
