Draftkings NBA Showdown Picks: Pacers vs. Thunder 6/16/25
Indiana Pacers vs. Oklahoma City Thunder
June 16, 2025 8:30 pm EDT
The NBA presents Draftkings basketball fans with an NBA Finals matchup featuring the Oklahoma City Thunder and the Indiana Pacers. Let’s take a look at this game from a DFS perspective.
Before we dive into the Oklahoma City Thunder vs. Indiana Pacers 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 night’s Pacers vs. Thunder matchup.
Draftkings NBA DFS Picks
Captain-Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Guard, Oklahoma City Thunder $14,000
Point Guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander has been a standout performer for the Oklahoma City Thunder this season. With that said, how has Gilgeous-Alexander performed from a statistical standpoint? Let’s review the veteran point guard’s relevant player data from the 2024 NBA season to answer that question.
In the 96 games (including playoff games) that point guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander has played for the Oklahoma City Thunder this season, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander is averaging 32.1 points, 5.1 rebounds, 6.3 assists, 1.7 steals and 0.9 blocks a game.
Examining he data just presented more closely, in the 96 games that Shai Gilgeous-Alexander played for the Thunder this season, Gilgeous-Alexander has compiled a 51.9% field goal percentage, a 37.5% three-point percentage and an 89.8% free throw percentage.
These two teams have met multiple times this season. How did Gilgeous-Alexander perform in the most recent matchup? Who prevailed? In the Oklahoma City Thunder’s 111-104 win over the Indiana Pacers two days ago, Thunder point guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander amassed 35 points, three rebounds, three steals and one block in the Thunder’s defeat of the Indiana Pacers.
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.
In my view, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander is the most likely player to post the most Draftkings points in this NBA Finals game. For that specific reason, I am backing Oklahoma City point guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander at the captain position for this one game NBA DFS slate.
Flex Plays
Jalen Williams, Forward, Oklahoma City Thunder $9,800
In addition to point guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, forward Jalen Williams has been a key contributor for the Oklahoma City Thunder in 2025.
In the 89 games that Jalen Williams has played for the Oklahoma City Thunder in the 2024 NBA season (including playoffs), Williams is averaging 21.4 points, 5.4 rebounds, 5.1 assists, 1.6 steals and 0.6 blocks a game.
Looking closer at the data just presented, in the 89 games that Jalen Williams has played for the Thunder this season, Williams has averaged 40.1 Draftkings points a game.
Additional flex plays I like to play well in Monday night’s NBA Finals game (Draftkings price noted): Tyrese Haliburton, Point Guard (Indiana Pacers) $11,000: Pascal Siakam, Forward (Indiana Pacers) $10,000.
