Draftkings Best NBA Showdown Picks: Bucks vs. Pacers 4/22/25
Milwaukee Bucks vs. Indiana Pacers
April 22, 2025 7:00 pm EDT
Tomorrow night, the NBA presents Draftkings basketball fans with a playoff matchup featuring the Milwaukee Bucks and the Indiana Pacers. Let’s take a look at this game from a DFS perspective.
Before we dive into the Milwaukee Bucks and the Indiana Pacers 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 this evening’s Milwaukee Bucks vs. Indiana Pacers matchup.
Draftkings NBA Showdown Picks
Captain-Pascal Siakam, Power Forward, Indiana Pacers $8,800
Veteran power forward Pascal Siakam has certainly been an essential part for the Indiana Pacers starting lineup this season. With that said how has the talented power forward contributed to his team from a statistical perspective? Let’s dive into Siakam’s game data from this season to answer that question.
In the 79 games that power forward Pascal Siakam has played for the Indiana Pacers in the 2024 NBA season (including playoff games), Siakam has averaged a robust 20.2 points, 6.9 rebounds, 3.4 assists, 0.9 steals and 0.5 blocks a game.
More recently, in the Indiana Pacers 117-98 win over the Milwaukee Bucks two days ago, Indiana power forward Pascal Siakam played exceptionally well. More specifically, Siakam accumulated 25 points, seven rebounds, two assists, one block and one steal and in the Indiana Pacers victory over the Bucks.
Looking closer at the data just presented, in the Indiana Pacers win over the Bucks just mentioned, Pacers power forward Pascal Siakam amassed a massive 41.8 Draftkings points. What did we learn from the data just presented? Clearly, Pascal Siakam can post a high number of DFS points on any given night. I fully expect that trend to continue in this evening’s matchup with the Milwaukee Bucks.
In my view, Pascal Siakam’s low Draftkings price of only $8,800 presents the best fantasy value on this NBA DFS slate. For that specific reason, I am backing Indiana Pacers power forward Pascal Siakam at the captain position for this single game DraftKings NBA Showdown contest.
Flex Plays
Myles Turner, Center, Indiana Pacers $8,000
In addition to power forward Pascal Siakam, center Myles Turner has been a key contributor to the Indiana Pacers overall team achievements this season.
In the 73 games that Myles Turner has played for the Indiana Pacers in the 2024 NBA season, Turner has averaged 15.6 points, 6.5 rebounds, 1.5 assists, 1.5 steals, 2.1 blocks and 0.8 steals a game.
Examining the data just presented more closely, in the 73 games that Myle Turner has played for the Indiana Pacers this season, Turner has averaged 32.2 Draftkings points a game.
Additional flex plays I like to play well in this NBA playoff game (Draftkings price noted): Giannis Antetokounmpo, Power Forward (Milwaukee Bucks) $14,400: Kevin Porter Jr., Point Guard (Milwaukee Bucks) $5,800.
