Draftkings NBA Showdown Picks: Bulls vs. Thunder 3/31/25
Chicago Bulls vs. Oklahoma City Thunder
March 31, 2025 8:00 pm EDT
The NBA presents Draftkings basketball fans with a regular season matchup featuring the Chicago Bulls and the Oklahoma City Thunder let’s take a look at this game from a DFS perspective.
Before we dive into the Chicago Bulls vs. Oklahoma City Thunder 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 Chicago Bulls vs. Oklahoma City Thunder matchup.
Draftkings NBA Showdown Picks
Captain-Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Point Guard, Oklahoma City Thunder $12,000
Talented point guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander has been the driving force behind the Oklahoma City Thunder’s team achievements this season. Let’s examine the veteran point guard’s statistics from the 2024 NBA regular season.
In the 71 games that Shai Gilgeous-Alexander has played for the Oklahoma City Thunder this season, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander is averaging a robust 32.9 points, 5.1 rebounds, 6.3 assists, 1.8 steals and 1.1 blocks a game.
Looking closer at the data just presented, in the 71 games that point guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander has played for the Oklahoma City Thunder in the 2024 NBA regular season, Gilgeous-Alexander has compiled a 52.5% field goal percentage, a 37.3% three-point percentage and a 90.1% free throw percentage.
More recently, in the Oklahoma City Thunder’s 141-106 win over the Charlotte Hornets earlier this month, Oklahoma City point guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander tallied 30 points, six rebounds, nine assists, one block and one steal. It should also be mentioned that in the Thunder’s win over the Hornets, Gilgeous-Alexander amassed a whopping 53.5 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.
In my view, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander is the most likely player to post the most Draftkings points in this NBA regular season game. With that said, I am backing Oklahoma City point guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander at the captain position for this one game Draftkings NBA Showdown contest.
Flex Plays
Jalen Williams, Forward, Oklahoma City Thunder $9,400
In addition to point guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, forward Jalen Williams has been a key contributor to the Oklahoma City Thunder’s success on the basketball court this season.
In the 63 games that Jalen Williams has played for the Oklahoma City Thunder in the 2024 NBA regular season, Williams is averaging 21.2 points, 5.4 rebounds, 5.3 assists, 1.7 steals and 0.7 blocks a game.
Examining the data just presented more closely, in the 63 games that Jalen Williams has played this season, Williams has compiled a 47.9% field goal percentage, a 36.1% three-point percentage and a 79.4% free throw percentage.
Additional flex plays I like to play well (Draftkings price noted): Josh Giddey, Point Guard (Chicago Bulls) $10,400: Coby White, Guard (Chicago Bulls) $9,000: Luguentz Dort, Guard (Oklahoma City Thunder) $5,400.
