Draftkings Best NBA Showdown Picks: Hawks vs. Heat 3/27/25
Atlanta Hawks vs. Miami Heat
March 27, 2025 7:30 pm EDT
This Thursday night, the NBA presents Draftkings basketball fans with a regular season matchup featuring the Atlanta Hawks and the Miami Heat. Let’s take a look at this game from a DFS perspective.
Before we dive into the Atlanta Hawks vs. Miami Heat 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 Atlanta Hawks vs. Miami Heat matchup.
Draftkings NBA Showdown Picks
Captain-Tyler Herro, Point Guard, Miami Heat $10,200
Veteran point guard Tyler Herro has been the driving force behind the Miami Heat’s success on the basketball court this season. With that said, how has the talented point guard performed from a statistical perspective? Let’s review Herro’s game data from the 2024 NBA regular season to answer that question.
In the 69 games that point guard Tyler Herro has played for the Miami Heat in the 2024 NBA regular season, Herro has averaged 41.1 Draftkings points a game.
These two teams have met multiple times this season. In the two teams most recent matchup in February, the Miami Heat defeated the Atlanta Hawks 131-109. In the game just mentioned, Miami point guard Tyler Herro certainly played at a high level. Let me be more specific. Tyler Herro amassed a robust 24 points, two rebounds, ten assists, one block and three steals in the Miami Heat’s win over the Atlanta Hawks.
Examining the data just presented more closely, in the Miami Heat’s win over the Atlanta Hawks, Tyler Herro accumulated a rather impressive 50.1 Draftkings points.
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, Tyler Herro is the most likely player to post the most Draftkings points in this NBA regular season game. Having stated that, I am backing Miami Heat point guard Tyler Herro at the captain position for this one game Draftkings NBA DFS Showdown contest.
Flex Plays
Trae Young, Point Guard, Atlanta Hawks $11,600
Atlanta point guard Trae Young has been the floor general that the Atlanta Hawks have needed to win games this season. With that said, let’s review the veteran point guard’s relevant player data from this season to better shed light on my previous statement.
In the 67 games that point guard Trae Young has played for the Atlanta Hawks in the 2024 NBA regular season, Young has averaged 24.1 points, 3.2 rebounds, 11.4 assists, and 1.2 steals a game.
Additional flex plays I like to play well in this evening’s NBA regular season game (Draftkings price noted): Bam Adebayo, Center (Miami Heat) $10,200: Dyson Daniels, Shooting Guard (Atlanta Hawks) $9,000.
