Draftkings NBA Showdown Picks: Pistons vs. Bucks 4/13/25
Detroit Pistons vs. Milwaukee Bucks
April 13, 2025 1:00 pm EDT
The NBA presents Draftkings basketball fans with a regular season matchup featuring the Milwaukee Bucks and the Detroit Pistons. Let’s take a look at this game from a DFS perspective.
Before we dive into the Milwaukee Bucks and the Detroit Pistons 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 evening’s Milwaukee Bucks vs. Detroit Pistons matchup.
Draftkings NBA Showdown Picks
Captain-Cade Cunningham, Point Guard, Detroit Pistons $11,000
Detroit point guard Cade Cunningham is an exceptional young talent that is quickly establishing himself as one of the best guards in the National Basketball Association. Let’s dive into Cunningham’s relevant player data from this season to better shed light on my previous statement.
In the 70 games that point guard Cade Cunningham has played for the Detroit Pistons in the 2024 NBA regular season, Cunningham has averaged 26.1 points, 6.1 rebounds, 9.1 assists, 1.1 steals and 0.8 blocks a game.
Looking closer at the data just presented, in the 70 games that Cade Cummingham has played for the Pistons this season, Cunningham has compiled a 46.9% field goal percentage, a 35.6% three-point percentage and an 84.6% free throw percentage.
More recently, in the Detroit Pistons 115-106 victory over the New York Knicks two days ago, Detroit point guard Cade Cunningham certainly played at a high level. Let me be more specific. Cunningham amassed 36 points, two rebounds, eight assists, one steal and one block in the Pistons win over the New York Knicks.
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. Remember to keep that in mind as you determine which player to select for this coveted position in your lineup.
In my view, Cade Cunningham is the most likely player to post the most Draftkings points in this NBA regular season game. With that said, I am rolling with Detroit Pistons point guard at the captain position for this one game Draftkings NBA Showdown contest.
Flex Plays
Kyle Kuzma, Forward, Milwaukee Bucks $7,200
Veteran forward Kyle Kuzma has been a key contributor to the Milwaukee Bucks overall team achievements this season.
In the 64 games that forward Kyle Kuzma has played in the 2024 NBA regular season, Kuzma is averaging 14.7 points, 5.8 rebounds, 2.3 assists, 0.5 steals and 0.5 blocks a game.
Additional flex plays I like to play well in tomorrow afternoon’s NBA regular season contest (Draftkings price noted): Jalen Duren, Center (Detroit Pistons) $8,000: Tobias Harris, Power Forward (Detroit Pistons) $7,000: Ryan Rollins, Point Guard (Milwaukee Bucks) $5,000.
