Draftkings NBA Showdown Picks: Nuggets vs. Thunder 3/10/25
Breaking down the best Draftkings picks for tonight's Nuggets vs. Thunder matchup.
Denver Nuggets vs. Oklahoma City Thunder
March 10, 2025 8:00 pm EDT
Later today, the NBA presents Draftkings basketball fans with a regular season matchup featuring the Denver Nuggets and the Oklahoma City Thunder. Let’s take a look at this game from a DFS perspective.
Before we dive into the Denver Nuggets vs. Oklahoma City Thunder 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 this evening’s Denver Nuggets vs. Oklahoma City Thunder matchup.
Draftkings NBA Showdown Picks
Captain-Nikola Jokic, Center, Denver Nuggets $12,800
Denver center Nikola Jokic has certainly established himself as one of the best players in the National Basketball Association today. With that said, how has the veteran center played from a statistical perspective this season? Let’s examine Jokic’s relevant player data from the 2024 NBA regular season to answer that question.
In the 58 games that Nikola Jokic has played for the Denver Nuggets this season, Jokic is averaging 28.8 points, 12.9 rebounds, 10.5 assists, 1.8 steals and 0.7 blocks a game.
Looking closer at the data just presented, in the 58 games that center Nikola Jokic has played for the Denver Nuggets in the 2024 NBA regular season, Jokic has compiled a 57.4% field goal percentage, a 43.1% three-point percentage and an 80.9% free throw percentage.
These two teams met earlier this season. Who prevailed? How did Nikola Jokic perform in the game? In the Oklahoma City Thunder’s 127-103 win over the Denver Nuggets last week, Denver center Nikola Jokic compiled a whopping 24 points, 13 rebounds, nine assists, three blocks and one steal.
What did we learn from the data just presented? Clearly, Nikola Jokic can post a high number of DFS points on any given night. I fully expect that trend to continue later today.
In my view, Denver Nuggets center Nikola Jokic is the player most likely to accumulate the highest number of DraftKings points in this evening’s NBA regular season game. For that specific reason, I am rolling with Nikola Jokic as the captain for this single game DraftKings NBA Showdown contest slate.
Flex Plays
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Point Guard, Oklahoma City Thunder $11,000
If the NBA playoffs began today, the Oklahoma City Thunder would be the number one seed in the Western Conference. A big reason why that is the case is Thunder point guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander.
In the 62 games that the veteran point guard has played for the Oklahoma City Thunder in the 2024 NBA regular season, Gilgeous-Alexander is averaging 32.7 points, 5.1 rebounds, 6.1 assists, 1.8 steals, and 1.1 blocks a game.
Additional flex plays I like to play well in this evening’s NBA game (Draftkings price noted): Jamal Murray, Point Guard (Denver Nuggets) $7,800: Jalen Williams, Forward (Oklahoma City Thunder) $8,400.
