Draftkings NBA Showdown Picks: Cavaliers vs. Pacers 4/10/25

The NBA presents Draftkings basketball fans with a regular season matchup featuring the Indiana Pacers and the Cleveland Cavaliers. Let’s take a look at this game from a DFS perspective.

Before we dive into the Indiana Pacers vs. Cleveland Cavaliers 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 tonight’s Cleveland Cavaliers 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 a standout performer for the Indiana Pacers 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 77 games that power forward Pascal Siakam has played for the Indiana Pacers in the 2024 NBA regular season, Siakam has averaged a robust 20.4 points, 6.9 rebounds, 3.4 assists, 0.9 steals and 0.5 blocks a game.

More recently, in the Indiana Pacers dominant 140-112 win over the Utah Jazz six days ago, Indiana power forward Pascal Siakam played exceptionally well. More specifically, Siakam accumulated 22 points, five rebounds, five assists, four blocks and three steals and in the Indiana Pacers victory over the Jazz.

Looking closer at the data just presented, in the Indiana Pacers win over the Pacers just mentioned, Pacers power forward Pascal Siakam amassed 50.8 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 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, Pascal Siakam appears to be the player most likely to accumulate the highest number of DraftKings points in this NBA regular season game. Consequently, I am backing Indiana Pacers power forward Pascal Siakam at the captain position for this single game DraftKings NBA Showdown contest.

Flex Plays

Tyrese Haliburton, Point Guard, Indiana Pacers $10,400

In addition to power forward Pascal Siakam, point guard Tyrese Haliburton has been a key contributor to the Indiana Pacers overall team achievements this season.

In the 72 games that Tyrese Haliburton has played for the Indiana Pacers in the 2024 NBA regular season, Haliburton has averaged 18.6 points, 3.5 rebounds, 9.2 assists, 1.5 steals, and 0.6 blocks a game.

Examining the data just presented more closely, in the 72 games that Tyrese Haliburton has played for the Indiana Pacers this season, Haliburton has averaged 42.2 Draftkings points a game.

Additional flex plays I like to play well in this NBA regular season game (Draftkings price noted): Jarrett Allen, Center (Cleveland Cavaliers) $7,600: Ty Jerome, Point Guard (Cleveland Cavaliers) $5,200.