Draftkings NBA Showdown Picks: Celtics vs. Knicks 10/24/25

On Thursday night, the NBA presents Draftkings basketball fans with an NBA regular season matchup featuring the Boston Celtics and the New York Knicks. Let’s take a look at this game from a DFS perspective.

Before we dive into the Boston Celtics vs. New York Knicks 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 Celtics vs. Knicks matchup.

Draftkings NBA Showdown Picks

Captain-Derrick White, Point Guard, Boston Celtics $8,600

Veteran point guard Derrick White was a solid performer for the Boston Celtics last season. With that said, how did White perform from a statistical perspective? Let’s review Brunson’s relevant player data from the 2024 NBA season to better shed light overall contributions to his team.

In the 76 games that point guard Derrick White played for the Boston Celtics in the 2024 NBA regular season season, White averaged a rather impressive 16.4 points, 4.5 rebounds, 4.8 assists, 1.1 blocks and 0.9 steals a game.

Looking closer at the data just presented, in the 76 games that Derrick White played for the Boston Celtics in the 2024 NBA regular season, White compiled a 44.2% field goal percentage, a 38.4% three point percentage and an 83.9% free throw percentage.

More recently, in the New York Knicks 117-116 victory over the Boston Celtics two days ago, Boston point guard Derrick White certainly played at a high level. More specifically, in the Knicks win over the Celtics, White tallied 25 points, three rebounds, four assists, one steal and one block.

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 tonight’s NBA regular season matchup with the New York Knicks.

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 opinion, Derrick White’s reasonable Draftkings price of $8,600 presents the outstanding fantasy value. 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.

Flex Plays

Payton Pritchard, Guard, Boston Celtics $7,400

In the 80 games that Payton Pritchard played for the Boston Celtics in the 2024 NBA regular season, Pritchard averaged 14.3 points, 3.8 rebounds, 2.1 assists, 0.9 steals and 0.3 blocks a game.

Examining the data just presented more closely, in the 80 games that Payton Pritchard played for the Celtics last season Pritchard averaged a robust 26.6 Draftkings points a game.

Additional flex plays I like to play well in this NBA regular season game (Draftkings price noted): Jalen Brunson, Point Guard (New York Knicks) $9,000: Jaylen Brown, Forward (Boston Celtics) $9,200: Mikal Bridges, Forward (New York Knicks) $6,800.