Draftkings NBA Showdown Picks: Celtics vs. Spurs 3/29/25
Boston Celtics vs. San Antonio Spurs
March 29, 2025 8:00 pm EDT
The NBA presents Draftkings basketball fans with a regular season matchup featuring the Boston Celtics and the San Antonio Spurs. Let’s take a look at this game from a DFS perspective.
Before we dive into the Boston Celtics vs. San Antonio Spurs 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 pots. 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 Boston Celtics vs. San Antonio Spurs matchup.
Draftkings NBA Showdown Picks
Captain-Devin Vassell, Guard, San Antonio Spurs $7,800
The San Antonio Spurs have had to deal with major injuries to key players (De’Aaron Fox, Victor Wembanyama) all season. Fortunately for the Spurs, Devin Vassell has seized the opportunity to contribute when given the opportunity. Vassell’s offensive versatility and his ability on the defensive side of the basketball have made him one of the rising stars for the Spurs this season.
In the 57 games that guard Devin Vassell has played for the San Antonio Spurs in the 2024 NBA regular season, Vassell is averaging 16.5 points, 4.1 rebounds, 2.9 assists, 1.3 steals and 0.6 blocks a game.
Looking closer at the data just presented, in the 57 games that Devin Vassell has played for the San Antonio Spurs this season, Vassell has compiled a 44.3% field goal percentage, a 36.3% three-point percentage and an 80.5% free throw percentage.
More recently, in the San Antonio Spurs impressive 127-113 win over the Brooklyn Nets earlier this month, San Antonio guard Devin Vassell certainly played at a high level. More specifically, Vassell amassed 37 points, 11 rebounds, five assists, four steals and one block in the Spurs victory over the Brooklyn Nets.
What did we learn from the data just presented? Clearly, Devin Vassell 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 Boston Celtics.
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, Devin Vassell’s affordable Draftkings price ($7,800) presents the best fantasy value relative to the other players on this one game DFS slate. With that said, I am backing San Antonio Spurs guard Devin Vassell at the captain position for this one game Draftkings NBA Showdown contest.
Flex Plays
Derrick White, Guard, Boston Celtics $8,800
In the 66 games that guard Derrick White has played for the Boston Celtics in the 2024 NBA regular season, White has averaged 16.5 points, 4.3 rebounds, 4.5 assists, 1.1 steals and 1.1 blocks a game.
Additional flex plays I like to play well (Draftkings price noted): Jaylen Brown, Forward (Boston Celtics) $8,800: Jeremy Sochan, Forward (San Antonio Spurs) $5,000: Stephon Castle, Guard (San Antonio Spurs) $7,400.
