Draftkings Best NBA Showdown Picks: Suns vs. Lakers 3/16/25
Draftkings picks for this afternoon's Phoenix Suns vs. Los Angeles Lakers matchup.
Phoenix Suns vs. Los Angeles Lakers
March 16, 2025 3:30 pm EDT
Later today, the NBA presents Draftkings basketball fans with a regular season matchup featuring the Phoenix Suns and the Los Angeles Lakers. Let’s take a look at this game from a DFS perspective.
Before we dive into the Phoenix Suns vs. Los Angeles Lakers 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 afternoon’s Phoenix Suns vs. Los Angeles Lakers matchup.
Draftkings NBA Showdown Picks
Captain-Kevin Durant, Forward, Phoenix Suns $10,200
Talented forward Kevin Durant has certainly been a standout performer for the Phoenix Suns this season. To evaluate his performance from a statistical standpoint, let’s examine Durant’s game data from the 2024 NBA regular season.
In the 54 games that Kevin Durant has played for the Phoenix Suns in the 2024 NBA regular season, Durant has averaged a robust 26.7 points, 6.1 rebounds, 4.3 assists, 1.3 blocks and 0.9 steals a game.
Examining the data just presented more closely, in the 54 games that Kevin Durant has played for the Phoenix Suns this season, Durant has compiled a 52.8% field goal percentage, a 41.7% three-point percentage and an 83.2% free throw percentage.
More recently, in the Houston Rockets 119-111 win over the Phoenix Suns last month, Phoenix forward Kevin Durant compiled a whopping 37 points, five rebounds, nine assists and two steals.
What did we learn from the data just presented? Clearly, Kevin Durant can post a high number of DFS points on any given night. I fully expect that trend to continue in today’s matchup with the Los Angeles Lakers.
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, Kevin Durant is the most likely player to post the most Draftkings points in this NBA regular season game. For that specific reason, I am rolling with Phoenix Suns forward Kevin Durant at the captain position for this one game Draftkings NBA Showdown contest.
Flex Plays
Devin Booker, Guard, Phoenix Suns $10,200
In addition to forward Kevin Durant, guard Devin Booker has been a key contributor to the Phoenix Suns team achievements this season.
In the 61 games that guard Devin Booker has played for the Phoenix Suns in the 2024 NBA regular season, Booker has averaged an impressive 26.1 points, 4.1 rebounds, 6.9 assists, and 1.1 steals a game.
Additional flex plays I like to play well (Draftkings price noted): Bradley Beal, Guard (Phoenix Suns) $7,400: Austin Reaves, Guard (Los Angeles Lakers) $9,400: Luka Doncic, Point Guard (Los Angeles Lakers) $12,000.
