Draftkings Best NBA Showdown Picks: Knicks vs. Cavaliers 2/21/25
Draftkings picks and predictions for tomorrow night's Knicks vs. Cavaliers matchup.
New York Knicks vs. Cleveland Cavaliers
February 21, 2025 7:00 pm EDT
This Friday night, the NBA presents Draftkings basketball fans with a regular season matchup featuring the Cleveland Cavaliers and the New York Knicks. Let’s take a look at this game from a DFS perspective.
Before we dive into the Cleveland Cavaliers vs. New York Knicks 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 evening’s New York Knicks vs. Cleveland Cavaliers matchup.
Draftkings NBA Showdown Picks
Captain-Jalen Brunson, Point Guard, New York Knicks $9,800
Talented point guard Jalen Brunson has certainly established himself as an essential part of the New York Knicks starting lineup this season. Having stated that, how has the veteran point guard played from a statistical perspective in 2024? Let’s take a look at Brunson’s game data from the 2024 NBA regular season to answer that question.
In the 34 games that point guard Jalen Brunson has played for the New York Knicks in the 2024 NBA regular season, Brunson is averaging 42.5 Draftkings points a game.
More recently, in the New York Knicks 149-148 win over the Atlanta Hawks six days ago, Jalen Brunson tallied 36 points, three rebounds and eight assists.
Looking closer at the data just presented, in the New York Knicks victory over the Atlanta Hawks, Jalen Brunson compiled a rather impressive 51.8 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 for this evening’s NBA regular season game.
In my view, Jalen Brunson is the player most likely to score the highest Draftkings points in this NBA regular season game. With that said, I am backing talented New York Knicks point guard Jalen Brunson at the captain position for this one game Draftkings NBA DFS Showdown contest.
Flex Plays
Karl-Anthony Towns, Center, New York Knicks $10,800
In addition to Jalen Bruson, center Karl-Anthony Towns has been a key contributor for the New York Knicks this season. Let’s review Towns game data from this season to better shed light on my previous statement.
In the 49 games that center Karl-Anthony Towns played for the New York Knicks in the 2024 NBA regular season, Anthony Towns is averaging a robust 24.7 points, 13.4 rebounds, 3.3 assists, 0.9 steals, and 0.9 blocks a game.
In conclusion, I fully expect Karl-Anthony Towns to continue his outstanding play in tomorrow night’s NBA regular season game.
Additional flex plays I like in this matchup (Draftkings price noted): Donovan Mitchell, Guard (Cleveland Cavaliers) $9,200: Darius Garland, Point Guard (Cleveland Cavaliers) $8,400: De’Andre Hunter, (Forward) Cleveland Cavaliers) $5,600.
