Draftkings Best NBA Showdown Picks: Warriors vs. Suns 4/8/25
Golden State Warriors vs. Phoenix Suns
April 8, 2025 10:00 pm EDT
The NBA presents a regular season matchup featuring the Golden State Warriors and the Phoenix Suns. Let’s take a look at this game from a Draftkings perspective.
Before we dive into the Golden State Warriors vs. Phoenix Suns 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 this evening’s Golden State Warriors vs. Phoenix Suns matchup.
Draftkings NBA Showdown Picks
Captain-Stephen Curry, Point Guard, Golden State Warriors $10,400
Point guard Stephen Curry has been the driving force behind the Golden State Warriors success on the basketball court this season. Having stated that, how has the veteran guard performed from a statistical perspective? Let’s take a look at Curry’s game data from the 2024 NBA regular season to answer that question.
In the 66 games that point guard Stephen Curry has played for the Golden State Warriors in the 2024 NBA regular season, Curry is averaging 24.4 points, 4.3 rebounds, 6.1 assists, 1.1 steals, and 0.4 steals a game.
Looking at the data just presented more closely, in the 66 games that Stephen Curry has played for the Warriors this season, Curry has compiled a 44.8% field goal percentage, a 40% three-point percentage and a 93% free throw percentage.
Last week, in the Golden State Warriors 118-104 vicory over the Denver Nuggets, Golden State point guard Stephen Curry certainly played at a high level. Curry tallied 36 points, two rebounds, five assists and two steals in the Golden State Warriors victory over the Nuggets.
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, point guard Stephen Curry is the most likely player to post the most Draftkings points in this evening’s NBA regular season game. With that said, I am backing Golden State Warriors point guard Stephen Curry at the captain position for this one game Draftkings NBA Showdown contest.
Flex Plays
Draymond Green, Forward, Golden State Warriors $7,600
In addition to point guard Stephen Curry, forward Draymond Green has been a key contributor for the Golden State Warriors this season.
In the 64 games that forward Draymond Green has played for the Golden State Warriors this season, Green is averaging a respectable 9.1 points, 6.1 rebounds, 5.7 assists, 1.4 steals and 1.1 blocks a game.
Additional flex plays I like to play well in this evening’s NBA game (Draftkings price noted): Jimmy Butler, Small Forward (Golden State Warriors) $9,400: Devin Booker, Guard (Phoenix Suns) $10,600: Bradley Beal, Guard (Phoenix Suns) $8,000.
