Draftkings NBA Showdown Picks: Cavaliers vs. Hornets 3/7/25
Draftkings picks for tomorrow night's Cleveland Cavaliers vs. Charlotte Hornets matchup.
Cleveland Cavaliers vs. Charlotte Hornets
March 7, 2025 7:00 pm EDT
The NBA presents Draftkings basketball fans with a regular season matchup featuring the Cleveland Cavaliers and the Charlotte Hornets. Let’s take a look at this game from a Draftkings perspective.
Before we dive into the Cleveland Cavaliers vs. Charlotte Hornets 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 tomorrow night’s Cleveland Cavaliers vs. Charlotte Hornets matchup.
Draftkings NBA Showdown Picks
Captain-LaMelo Ball, Point Guard, Charlotte Hornets $10,600
Point guard LaMelo Ball has been a standout performer for the Charlotte Hornets this season. Having stated that, how has the talented young point guard performed from a statistical standpoint? Let’s review LaMelo Ball’s recent game data to answer that question.
In the 39 games that LaMelo Ball has played for the Charlotte Hornets in the 2024 NBA regular season, Ball has averaged 26.2 points, 5.4 rebounds, 7.1 assists, 1.2 steals and 0.3 blocks a game.
Looking closer at the data just presented, in the 39 games that LaMelo Ball has played this season, Ball has compiled a 40.8% field goal percentage, a 33.6 three-point percentage and an 82.4% free throw percentage.
More recently, in the Charlotte Hornets 110-97 victory over the Los Angeles Lakers last month, Charlotte point guard LaMelo Ball certainly played at a high level. Let me be more specific. Ball compiled 27 points, five rebounds, six assists, and one steal in the Hornets win over the Los Angeles Lakers.
In my opinion, Charlotte Hornets point guard LaMelo Ball is the most likely player to post the most Draftkings points in this NBA regular season game. For that specific reason, I am backing point guard LaMelo Ball at the captain position for this one game Draftkings NBA Showdown contest.
Flex Plays
Donovan Mitchell, Guard, Cleveland Cavaliers $10,000
In the 55 games that guard Donovan played for the Cleveland Cavaliers in the 2024 NBA regular season, Mitchell has averaged a whopping 40.9 Draftkings points a game.
Two days ago, in the Cleveland Cavaliers 139-117 victory over the Chicago Bulls, Donovan Mitchell played exceptionally well. Mitchell compiled 28 points, seven rebounds, five assists and one steal in the Cavaliers win over the Bulls.
Examining the data just presented more closely, in the Cleveland Cavaliers win over the Chicago Bulls, Donovan Mitchell accumulated a robust 46.3 Draftkings points. What did we learn from the data just presented? Clearly, Cleveland guard Donovan Mitchell can post a high number of DFS points on any given night.
Additional flex plays I like to play well in this NBA regular season game (Draftkings price noted): Evan Mobley, Power Forward (Cleveland Cavaliers) $9,400: Miles Bridges, Guard (Charlotte Hornets) $9,600: Ty Jerome, Point Guard (Cleveland Cavaliers) $6,400.
