Draftkings NBA Showdown Picks: Hawks vs. Pacers 2/1/25
Draftkings picks for tomorrow afternoon's Hawks vs. Pacers matchup.
Atlanta Hawks vs. Indiana Pacers
February 1, 2025 5:00 pm EDT
The NBA presents Draftkings basketball fans with a regular season matchup featuring the Indiana Pacers and the Atlanta Hawks. Let’s take a look at this game from a DFS perspective.
Before we dive into the Indiana Pacers vs. Atlanta Hawks 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 afternoon’s Atlanta Hawks vs. Indiana Pacers matchup.
Draftkings NBA Showdown Picks
Captain-Pascal Siakam, Forward, Indiana Pacers $8,800
Forward Pascal Siakam has certainly been a standout performer for the Indiana Pacers this season. Let’s dive into Siakam’s game data from this season to better shed light on my previous statement.
More recently, in the Indiana Pacers dominating 136-98 win over the San Antonio Spurs six days ago, Indiana forward Pascal Siakam played rather well. More specifically, Siakam accumulated 23 points, 11 rebounds, three assists, three blocks and two steals in the Indiana Pacers victory over the Spurs.
Looking closer at the data just presented, in the Indiana Pacers victory over the San Antonio Spurs, Pacers forward Pascal Siakam compiled a whopping 51.5 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.
In my view, Pascal Siakam appears to be the player most likely to accumulate the highest number of DraftKings points in tomorrow afternoon’s NBA regular season game. Consequently, I am backing Indiana Pacers forward Pascal Siakam at the captain position for this single game DraftKings NBA Showdown contest.
Flex Plays
Trae Young, Point Guard, Atlanta Hawks $10,600
Talented point guard Trae Young has been a solid player for the Atlanta Hawks this season. Having stated that, how has the versatile young point guard played from a statistical perspective? Let’s review Young’s recent game data from the 2024 NBA regular season to answer that question.
In the 44 games that point guard Trae Young has played for the Atlanta Hawks in the 2024 NBA regular season, Young has averaged 22.5 points, 3.3 rebounds, 11.4 assists, and 1.3 steals a game.
Examining the data just presented more closely, in the 44 games that point guard Trae Young has played for the Atlanta Hawks this season, Young is averaging a robust 46.8 Draftkings points a game.
It is noteworthy that the Atlanta Hawks have listed point guard Trae Young as questionable for this evening’s game. Keep that in mind as you construct your lineups for this one game DFS slate.
Additional flex plays I like to play well this evening (Draftkings price noted): Tyrese Haliburton, Point Guard (Indiana Pacers) $9,400: Dyson Daniels, Shooting Guard (Atlanta Hawks) $8,200: T.J. McConnell, Point Guard (Indiana Pacers) $5,000.
