Draftkings NBA Showdown Picks: Suns vs. Timberwolves 3/28/25
Draftkings picks for this evening's Phoenix Suns vs. Minnesota Timberwolves matchup.
Phoenix Suns vs. Minnesota Timberwolves
March 28, 2025 8:00 pm EDT
The NBA presents a regular season matchup featuring the Minnesota Timberwolves and the Phoenix Suns. Let’s take a look at this game from a Draftkings perspective.
Before we dive into the Minnesota Timberwolves vs. Phoenix Suns 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 evening’s Minnesota Timberwolves vs. Phoenix Suns matchup.
Draftkings NBA Showdown Picks
Captain-Kevin Durant, Power Forward, Phoenix Suns $10,800
Veteran forward Kevin Durant has certainly been the driving force behind the Phoenix Suns success on the basketball court 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 60 games that Kevin Durant has played for the Phoenix Suns in the 2024 NBA regular season, Durant has averaged a robust 26.9 points, 6.1 rebounds, 4.3 assists, 1.3 blocks and 0.8 steals a game.
Examining the data just presented more closely, in the 60 games that Kevin Durant has played for the Phoenix Suns this season, Durant has compiled a 53% field goal percentage, a 43% three-point percentage and an 83.7% free throw percentage.
More recently, in the Phoenix Suns thrilling 108-106 win over the Milwaukee Bucks four days ago, Suns forward Kevin Durant played exceptionally well. Let me be more specific. Durant tallied a massive 38 points, eight rebounds, five assists and three blocks in the Phoenix Suns victory over the Bucks.
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 this evening’s matchup with the Minnesota Timberwolves.
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, Kevin Durant is the most likely player to post the most Draftkings points in this NBA regular season game. Having stated that, I am backing Phoenix Suns forward Kevin Durant at the captain position for this one game Draftkings NBA Showdown contest.
Flex Plays
Anthony Edwards, Guard, Minnesota Timberwolves $11,000
How significant has talented guard Anthony Edwards been to the Minnesota Timberwolves this season? Let’s analyze Edwards recent game data from 2024 NBA regular season to answer that question.
In the 70 games that Minnesota guard Anthony Edwards has played for the Minnesota Timberwolves in the 2024 NBA regular season, Edwards is averaging 45.3 Draftkings points a game.
Additional flex plays I like to play well in this evening’s NBA game (Draftkings price noted): Naz Reid, Forward (Minnesota Timberwolves) $7,000: Devin Booker, Guard (Phoenix Suns) $10,600.
