Draftkings NBA Showdown Picks: Thunder vs. Kings 3/25/25
Oklahoma City Thunder vs. Sacramento Kings
March 25, 2025 10:00 pm EDT
The NBA presents Draftkings basketball fans with a regular season matchup featuring the Sacramento Kings and the Oklahoma City Thunder let’s take a look at this game from a DFS perspective.
Before we dive into the Sacramento Kings vs. Oklahoma City Thunder 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 Oklahoma City Thunder vs. Sacramento Kings matchup.
Draftkings NBA Showdown Picks
Captain-Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Point Guard, Oklahoma City Thunder $11,200
Talented point guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander has been the driving force behind the Oklahoma City Thunder’s team achievements this season. Let’s examine the veteran point guard’s statistics from the 2024 NBA regular season.
In the 68 games that Shai Gilgeous-Alexander has played for the Oklahoma City Thunder this season, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander is averaging a robust 32.8 points, 5.1 rebounds, 6.3 assists, 1.8 steals and 1.1 blocks a game.
Looking closer at the data just presented, in the 68 games that point guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander has played for the Oklahoma City Thunder in the 2024 NBA regular season, Gilgeous-Alexander has compiled a 52.5% field goal percentage, a 37.3% three-point percentage and a 90.1% free throw percentage.
More recently, in the Oklahoma City Thunder’s 141-106 win over the Charlotte Hornets four days ago, Oklahoma City point guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander tallied 30 points, six rebounds, nine assists, one block and one steal. It should also be mentioned that in the Thunder’s win over the Hornets, Gilgeous-Alexander amassed a whopping 53.5 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. With that said, I am backing Oklahoma City point guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander at the captain position for this one game Draftkings NBA Showdown contest.
Flex Plays
DeMar DeRozan, Small Forward, Sacramento Kings $8,200
Small forward DeMar DeRozan has been a key contributor for the Sacramento Kings this season.
In the 66 games that small forward DeMar DeRozan has played for the Sacramento Kings in the 2024 NBA regular season, DeRozan is averaging 22.2 points, 3.9 rebounds, 4.2 assists, 1.9 steals and 0.9 blocks a game.
In conclusion, I fully expect Sacramento Kings small forward DeMar DeRozan to continue his outstanding play in tonight’s matchup with the Chicago Bulls.
Additional flex plays I like to play well in this NBA regular season game (Draftkings price noted): Zach LaVine, Guard (Sacramento Kings) $8,600: Keegan Murray, Power Forward (Sacramento Kings) $6,200.
