Draftkings Best NBA Showdown Picks: Pistons vs. Spurs 2/21/25
Draftkings picks and predictions for tonight's Pistons vs. Spurs matchup.
Detroit Pistons vs. San Antonio Spurs
February 21, 2025 8:30 pm EDT
The NBA presents a regular season matchup featuring the San Antonio Spurs and the Detroit Pistons. Let’s take a look at this game from a Draftkings perspective.
Prior to discussing the San Antonio Spurs vs. Detroit Pistons 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 pots. 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 Detroit Pistons vs. San Antonio Spurs matchup.
Draftkings NBA Showdown Picks
Captain-Cade Cunningham, Point Guard, Detroit Pistons $12,400
Point guard Cade Cunningham has been an essential part of the Detroit Pistons starting lineup this season. Having stated that, how has the talented point guard performed from a statistical perspective? Let’s dive into Cunningham’s game data from this season to answer that question.
In the 50 games that Cade Cunningham has played for the Detroit Pistons in the 2024 NBA regular season, Cunningham has averaged 25.1 points, 6.3 rebounds, 9.2 assists, 0.9 steals and 0.8 blocks a game.
Looking at the data just presented more closely, in the 50 games that Cade Cunningham has played for the Detroit Pistons this season, Cunningham is averaging a robust 50.1 Draftkings points a game.
Earlier this month, in the Cleveland Cavaliers 118-115 win over the Detroit Pistons, Pistons point guard Cade Cunningham certainly played at a high level. More specifically, Cunningham amassed a whopping 38 points, seven rebounds, nine assists, four steals and one block in the Cleveland Cavaliers victory over the Detroit Pistons.
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.
In my view, Cade Cunningham is the most likely player to accumulate the highest number of DraftKings points in this NBA regular season game. For that specific reason, I am rolling with Detroit Pistons point guard Cade Cunningham at the captain position for this single game DraftKings NBA Showdown contest.
Flex Plays
Chris Paul, Point Guard, San Antonio Spurs $7,200
San Antonio point guard Chris Paul has been the leader in the backcourt that the San Antonio Spurs have needed to win games this season. Let’s take a look at the veteran point guard’s recent game data to better shed light on my previous statement.
In the 53 games that point guard Chris Paul has played for the San Antonio Spurs in the 2024 NBA regular season, Paul has averaged 9.2 points, 4.1 rebounds, 8.2 assists, and 1.4 steals a game.
In conclusion, I fully expect Chris Paul to continue his outstanding play in this evening’s NBA regular season game.
Additional flex plays I like to play well in this NBA regular season game (Draftkings price noted): Jalen Duren, Forward (Detroit Pistons) $8,800: De’Aaron Fox, Guard (San Antonio Spurs) $8,000.
