Later today, the NBA presents Draftkings basketball fans with a regular season matchup featuring the Phoenix Suns and the Boston Celtics. Let’s take a look at this game from a DFS perspective.
Before we dive into the Phoenix Suns vs. Boston Celtics 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 tonight’s Phoenix Suns vs. Boston Celtics matchup.
Draftkings NBA Showdown Picks
Captain-Devin Booker, Guard, Phoenix Suns $11,200
Veteran guard Devin Booker has been a standout performer for the Phoenix Suns this season. To evaluate his performance from a statistical perspective, let’s examine Booker’s relevant game data from the 2024 NBA regular season.
In the 70 games that guard Devin Booker has played for the Phoenix Suns in the 2024 NBA regular season, Booker has averaged a rather impressive 25.5 points, 4.1 rebounds, 7.1 assists, and 1.1 steals a game.
Looking closer at the data just presented, in the 70 games that guard Devin Booker has played for the Phoenix Suns in the 2024 NBA regular season, Booker has compiled a 45.6% field goal percentage, a 33.8% three-point percentage and an 89.5% free throw percentage.
More recently, in the Milwaukee Bucks 133-123 win over the Phoenix Suns three days ago, Phoenix guard Devin Booker certainly played at a high level. Let me be more specific. Booker amassed a massive 39 points, three rebounds and 11 assists in the Milwaukee Bucks victory over the Suns.
What did we learn from the data just presented? Clearly, Devin Booker can post a high number of DFS points on any given night. I fully expect that trend to continue in this evening’s matchup with the Boston Celtics.
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 opinion, Devin Booker is the most likely player to post the most Draftkings points in this NBA regular season game. With that said, I am rolling with Phoenix Suns guard Devin Booker at the captain position for this one game Draftkings NBA Showdown contest.
Flex Plays
Derrick White, Guard, Boston Celtics $8,800
In the 72 games that guard Derrick White has played for the Boston Celtics in the 2024 NBA regular season, White has averaged 16.4 points, 4.4 rebounds, 4.6 assists, 1.1 steals and 1.1 blocks a game.
Examining the data just presented more closely, in the 70 games that Derrick White has played this season, White is averaging a rather impressive 33.8 Draftkings points a game.
Additional flex plays I like to play well in this NBA regular season game (Draftkings price noted): Jayson Tatum, Forward (Boston Celtics) $12,000: Al Horford, Power Forward (Boston Celtics) $5,800.