Draftkings NBA Showdown Picks: Thunder vs. Hawks 10/25/25

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 Thunder vs. Hawks matchup.

Draftkings NBA Showdown Picks

Captain-Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Guard, Oklahoma City Thunder $10,800

Talented point guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander was the driving force behind the Oklahoma City Thunder’s success on the basketball court last season. With that said, how did Gilgeous-Alexander perform from a data perspective? Let’s review the veteran point guard’s relevant player data from the 2024 NBA season to answer that question.

In the 76 games that point guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander played for the Oklahoma City Thunder in the 2024 NBA regular season season, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander averaged 32.7 points, 5.1 rebounds, 6.4 assists, 1.7 steals and 1.1 blocks a game.

Looking closer at the data just presented, in the 76 games that Shai Gilgeous-Alexander played for the Oklahoma City Thunder in the 2024 NBA regular season, Gilgeous-Alexander averaged a massive 53.1 Draftkings points a contest.

More recently, in the Oklahoma City Thunder’s 125-124 victory over the Houston Rockets four days ago, Oklahoma point guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander certainly played at a high level. Let me be more specific. In the Thunder’s defeat of the Houston Rockets, Gilgeous-Alexander amassed 35 points, five rebounds, five assists, two steals and two blocks.

Examining the data just presented more closely, in the Thunder’s win over the Rockets just mentioned, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander tallied a whopping 55.8 Draftkings points.

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, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander is the most likely player to post the most Draftkings points in this NBA regular season game. Having stated that, I am backing Oklahoma City point guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander at the captain position for this one game NBA DFS Showdown slate.

Flex Plays

Isaiah Hartenstein, Center, Oklahoma City Thunder $6,800

In the 57 games that Isaiah Hartenstein played for the Oklahoma City Thunder in the 2024 NBA regular season, Holmgren averaged 11.2 points, 10.7 rebounds, 3.8 assists, 0.8 steals and 1.1 blocks a game.

Examining the data just presented more closely, in the 57 games that Isaiah Hartenstein played for the Thunder last season, Hartenstein compiled a 58.1% field goal percentage and a 67.5% free throw percentage a game.

Additional flex plays I like to play well in this NBA regular season game (Draftkings price noted): Chet Holmgren, Forward (Oklahoma City Thunder) $8,000: Trae Young, Point Guard (Atlanta Hawks) $9,800: Luke Kennard, Guard (Atlanta Hawks) $2,800.