Draftkings NBA Showdown Picks: Cavaliers vs. Celtics 10/29/25
Cleveland Cavaliers vs. Boston Celtics
October 29, 2025 7:00 pm EDT
On Wednesday night, the NBA presents Draftkings basketball fans with an NBA regular season matchup featuring the Cleveland Cavaliers and the Boston Celtics. Let’s take a look at this game from a DFS perspective.
Before we dive into the Cleveland Cavaliers 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 this evening Cavaliers vs. Celtics matchup.
Draftkings NBA Showdown Picks
Captain-Derrick White, Point Guard, Boston Celtics $10,000
Talented point guard Derrick White has been a solid performer for the Boston Celtics this season. With that said, how has White performed from a data perspective? Let’s review White’s relevant player data from the 2025 NBA season to better shed light on his overall contributions to his team.
In the four games that point guard Derrick White has played for the Boston Celtics in the 2025 NBA regular season season, White has averaged a robust 16.5 points, 3.5 rebounds, 4.5 assists, 1.3 blocks and 1.5 steals a game.
Looking closer at the data just presented, in the four games that Derrick White played for the Boston Celtics in the 2025 NBA regular season, White has compiled a 32.9% field goal percentage, a 25% three point percentage and a 90% free throw percentage.
More recently, in the Philadelphia 76ers thrilling 117-116 victory over the Boston Celtics seven days ago, Boston point guard Derrick White certainly played at a high level. More specifically, in the 76ers win over the Celtics, White tallied 25 points, three rebounds, four assists, one steal and one block.
Examining the data just presented more closely, in the Philadelphia 76ers defeat of the Boston Celtics just mentioned, Derrick White accumulated a whopping 40.8 Draftkings points.
What did we learn from the data just presented? The data clearly illustrates that Derrick White has the potential to post a large number of DFS points on any given night. Having stated that, I fully expect that trend to continue in today’s NBA regular season matchup with the Cleveland Cavaliers.
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, Derrick White is the most likely player to amass the most Draftkings points in this NBA regular season game. 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.
Additional flex plays I like to play well in this NBA regular season game (Draftkings price noted): Payton Pritchard, Guard (Boston Celtics) $8,200: Donovan Mitchell, Guard (Cleveland Cavaliers) $11,000: Craig Porter, Guard (Cleveland Cavaliers) $2,400.
