Draftkings NBA Showdown Picks: Knicks vs. Pacers 5/27/25
New York Knicks vs. Indiana Pacers
May 27, 2025 8:00 pm EDT
The NBA presents Draftkings basketball fans with an Eastern Conference playoff matchup featuring the Indiana Pacers and the New York Knicks. Let’s take a look at this game from a DFS perspective.
Before we dive into the Indiana Pacers 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 tomorrow evening’s Knicks vs. Pacers matchup.
Draftkings NBA Showdown Picks
Captain-Karl-Anthony Towns, Center, New York Knicks $10,200
Veteran forward Karl-Anthony Towns has been the leader in the paint that the New York Knicks have needed to win games this season. With that said, how has Towns performed from a statistical perspective? Let’s examine Towns relevant game data from the 2024 NBA season to answer that question.
In the 87 games that center Karl-Anthony Towns has played for the New York Knicks in the 2024 NBA season (including playoff games), Towns is averaging 23.9 points, 12.6 rebounds, 2.9 assists, 1.1 steals, and 0.7 blocks a game.
Examining the data just presented more closely, in the 87 games that Karl-Anthony Towns has played for the New York Knicks this season, Towns has compiled a 52.6% field goal percentage, a 42% three-point percentage and an 82.9% free throw percentage.
It is noteworthy that these two teams have met multiple times this season. How did Towns perform in the most recent matchup? In the New York Knicks 106-100 victory over the Indiana Pacers two days ago, Karl-Anthony Towns amassed 24 points, 15 rebounds and one assist.
What did we learn from the data just presented? Clearly, Karl-Anthony Towns can post a high number of DFS points on any given night. I fully expect that trend to continue in tomorrow evening’s playoff matchup with the Indiana Pacers.
In my view, Karl-Anthony Towns is the most likely player to accumulate the most DFS points in this NBA playoff game. For that specific reason, I am backing New York Knicks forward Karl-Anthony Towns at the captain position for this one game Draftkings NBA single game contest.
Flex Plays
Pascal Siakam, Forward, Indiana Pacers $8,800
In the 90 games that power forward Pascal Siakam has played for the Indiana Pacers in the 2024 NBA season (including playoff games), Siakam has averaged 20.1 points, 6.8 rebounds, 3.4 assists, 0.9 steals and 0.5 blocks a game.
Looking closer at the data just presented, in the 90 games that Pascal Siakam has played for the Pacers this season, Siakam is averaging a robust 36.9 Draftkings points a contest.
Additional flex plays I like to play well in this NBA playoff game (Draftkings price noted): Josh Hart, Forward (New York Knicks) $7,600: Tyrese Haliburton, Point Guard (Indiana Pacers) $11,000: Myles Turner, Center (Indiana Pacers) $8,200.
