Draftkings Best NBA Showdown Picks: Bucks vs. Pacers 3/11/25
Draftkings picks and predictions for tonight's Bucks vs. Pacers matchup.
Milwaukee Bucks vs. Indiana Pacers
March 11, 2025 7:30 pm EDT
Later today, the NBA presents Draftkings basketball fans with a regular season matchup featuring the Indiana Pacers and the Milwaukee Bucks. Let’s take a look at this game from a DFS perspective.
Before we dive into the Indiana Pacers and the Milwaukee Bucks 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 Milwaukee Bucks vs. Indiana Pacers matchup.
Draftkings NBA Showdown Picks
Captain-Giannis Antetokounmpo, Forward, Milwaukee Bucks $12,000
How important has forward Giannis Antetokounmpo been to the Milwaukee Bucks success on the basketball court this season? Let’s take a look at Antetokounmpo’s relevant game data from the 2024 NBA regular season to answer that question.
In the 51 games that Antetokounmpo has played for the Milwaukee Bucks in the 2024 NBA regular season, Antetokounmpo is averaging a massive 30.9 points, 12.1 rebounds, 5.8 assists, 1.2 blocks and 0.8 steals a game.
Looking at the data just presented more closely, Antetokounmpo has compiled a 60.5% field goal percentage, a 19% three-point percentage and a 59.5% free throw percentage.
More recently, in the Milwaukee Bucks 137-107 win over the Dallas Mavericks six days ago, Giannis Antetokounmpo certainly played at a high level. More specifically, Antetokounmpo accumulated a whopping 32 points, 15 rebounds, four assists, one block and one steal in the Bucks victory over the Dallas Mavericks.
What did we learn from the data just presented? Clearly, Giannis Antetokounmpo can post a high number of Draftkings points on any given night. I fully expect that trend to continue in tonight’s matchup with the Indiana Pacers.
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.
Earlier today, the Milwaukee Bucks announced the Giannis Antetokounmpo is questionable for this evening’s contest. Keep that in mind as you construct your lineups.
In my opinion, Milwaukee Bucks forward Giannis Antetokounmpo is the most likely player to post the most Draftkings points in this NBA regular season game. For that specific reason, I am backing Antetokounmpo at the captain position for this one game Draftkings NBA Showdown contest.
Flex Plays
Pascal Siakam, Forward, Indiana Pacers $9,200
Forward Pascal Siakam has certainly been a key contributor to the Indiana Pacers team achievements this season.
In the 33 games that Pascal Siakam has played for the Indiana Pacers in the 2024 NBA regular season, Siakam is averaging an impressive 37.7 Draftkings points a game.
Additional flex plays I like to play well this evening’s NBA regular season game. (Draftkings price noted): Tyrese Haliburton, Point Guard (Indiana Pacers) $9,600: Brook Lopez, Center (Milwaukee Bucks) $6,600.
