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Draftkings NBA Showdown Picks: Mavericks vs. Cavaliers 2/2/25

Draftkings picks for this evening's Cleveland Cavaliers vs. Dallas Mavericks matchup.

Dallas Mavericks vs. Cleveland Cavaliers
February 2, 2025 3:30 pm EDT

The NBA presents Draftkings basketball fans with a regular season matchup featuring the Cleveland Cavaliers and the Dallas Mavericks. Let’s take a look at this game from a DFS perspective.

Before we dive into the Cleveland Cavaliers vs. Dallas Mavericks 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 afternoon’s Cleveland Cavaliers vs. Dallas Mavericks matchup.

Draftkings NBA Showdown Picks

Captain-Kyrie Irving, Guard, Dallas Mavericks $10,400

Guard Kyrie Irving has proven to be the pivotal backcourt leader for the Dallas Mavericks this season. To evaluate his performance statistically, we will review Irving’s latest game statistics from the 2024 NBA regular season.

In the 39 games that guard Kyrie Irving has played for the Dallas Mavericks in the 2024 NBA regular season, Irving has averaged a rather impressive 24.3 points, 4.6 rebounds, 4.8 assists, 1.2 steals, and 0.4 blocks a game.

Upon closer analysis of the recently presented data, Kyrie Irving has averaged a substantial 40.8 Draftkings points per game in the 30 games he has played for the Dallas Mavericks in the 2024 NBA regular season.

Earlier today, the Dallas Mavericks announced that point guard Luka Doncic was traded to the Los Angeles Lakers. In my view, the absence of Doncic in the Dallas Mavericks lineup should result in Kyrie Irving being more involved in the team’s offense in tonight’s NBA regular season game. Keep that in mind as you construct your lineups for today’s game.

As I noted in the rules section above, selecting the correct player at the captain position for a FanDuel NBA showdown lineup is absolutely vital if you hope to win a large field GPP (guaranteed prize pool) DFS contest.

In conclusion, I believe that Dallas Mavericks guard Kyrie Irving is the player most likely to score the highest number of Draftkings points in this afternoon’s NBA regular season game. Consequently, I am selecting Kyrie Irving at the captain for this single game FanDuel NBA Showdown contest.

Flex Plays

Donovan Mitchell, Guard, Cleveland Cavaliers $10,000

In the 46 games that Donovan Mitchell played for the Cleveland Cavaliers in the 2024 NBA regular season, Mitchell has averaged a whopping 40.5 Draftkings points a game.

Two days ago, in the Cleveland Cavaliers 126-106 victory over the Miami Heat, Donovan Mitchell certainly played at a high level. Let me be more specific. In the Cavaliers win over the Heat just noted, Mitchell compiled 34 points, two rebounds, six assists and one steal.

Looking closer at the data just presented, in the Cavaliers win over the Miami Heat, Mitchell tallied 50.3 Draftkings points.

Additional flex plays I like to play well in this evening’s NBA game (Draftkings price noted): Evan Mobley, Power Forward (Cleveland Cavaliers) $9,400: Daniel Gafford, Center (Dallas Mavericks) $8,800.

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Hans Geevers

I have been an avid fan of sports since I was a kid. Additionally, I have been betting on sports for the better part of the last two decades! I have been married to my wife Dawn for over 21 years. I am also the proud father of Hannah! These ladies provide me the inspiration to live each day to it's fullest.

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