Draftkings NBA Showdown Picks: Trail Blazers vs. Knicks 3/30/25
Portland Trail Blazers vs. New York Knicks
March 30, 2025 6:00 pm EDT
The NBA presents Draftkings basketball fans with a regular season matchup featuring the Portland Trail Blazers and the New York Knicks let’s take a look at this game from a DFS perspective.
Before we dive into the Portland Trail Blazers vs. New York Knicks 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 Portland Trail Blazers vs. New York Knicks matchup.
Draftkings NBA Showdown Picks
Captain-Karl-Anthony Towns, Center, New York Knicks $10,400
Center Karl-Anthony Towns has been the leader in the paint that the New York Knicks have needed to win games this season. Having stated that, how has the veteran center performed from a statistical perspective? Let’s review Towns game data from the 2024 NBA regular season to answer that question.
In the 66 games that center Karl-Anthony Towns has played for the Knicks in the 2024 NBA regular season, Anthony Towns is averaging a robust 24.4 points, 12.9 rebounds, 3.1 assists, 1.1 steals, and 0.7 blocks a game.
Examining the data just presented more closely, in the 66 games that Karl-Anthony Towns has played for the New York Knicks this season, Towns has compiled a 52.3% field goal percentage, a 42.4% three-point percentage and an 82.6% free throw percentage.
More recently, in the New York Knicks 116-112 win over the Miami Heat earlier this month, New York center Karl-Anthony Towns amassed 19 points, 16 rebounds, one block and one steal. What did we learn from the data just presented? Clearly, Karl-Anthony Towns can post a high number of DFS points on any given night. I fully expect that trend to continue in tonight’s matchup with the Portland Trail Blazers.
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, Karl-Anthony Town is the player most likely to accumulate the highest number of DraftKings points in this NBA regular season game. Having stated that, I am rolling with center Karl-Anthony Towns at the captain position for this one game DraftKings NBA Showdown contest slate.
Flex Plays
Josh Hart, Forward, New York Knicks $8,200
In addition to center Karl-Anthony Towns, forward Josh Hart has been a standout performer for the New York Knicks this season.
In the 70 games that forward Josh Hart has played for the New York Knicks in the 2024 NBA regular season, Hart is averaging a rather impressive 39.1 Draftkings points a game.
Additional flex plays I like to play well (Draftkings price noted): Deni Avdija, Forward (Portland Trail Blazers) $8,000: Mikal Bridges, Guard (New York Knicks) $7,200.
