FanDuel Best NBA DFS Picks: Knicks vs. Hornets 3/20/25
Breaking down the best FanDuel picks for this evening's Knicks vs. Hornets matchup.
New York Knicks vs. Charlotte Hornets
March 20, 2025 7:00 pm EDT
The NBA presents FanDuel basketball fans with a regular season matchup featuring the New York Knicks and the Charlotte Hornets. Let’s take a look at this game from a DFS perspective.
Before we dive into the New York Knicks vs. Charlotte Hornets game let’s review the rules for the FanDuel single game showdown contest.
FanDuel Single Game Contest Rules
Here are the single game contest rules. You have $60,000 to utilize on five players from either team. However, one of those players will be designated as your team MVP. The MVP accumulates 2x times the standard FanDuel fantasy points value.
The remaining four players in your lineup will be the star, pro, and flex plays. The star player will receive 1.5x the standard fantasy points value. The pro player will accumulate 1.2x the standard fantasy points value.
The final two flex positions will receive the standard points value. Having stated that, it is important for you to identify the correct player for your MVP position if you hope to win a FanDuel single game contest.
If you have additional questions regarding the rules for the single game contest, I highly recommend that you check out the FanDuel 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 FanDuel picks for tonight’s New York Knicks vs. Charlotte Hornets matchup.
FanDuel NBA DFS Picks
MVP-Karl-Anthony Towns, Center, New York Knicks $15,000
Center Karl-Anthony Towns has certainly been a key contributor for the New York Knicks this season. With that said, 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 61 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, 13.1 rebounds, 3.1 assists, 1.1 steals, and 0.7 blocks a game.
Looking closer at the data just presented, in the 61 games that Karl-Anthony Towns has played this season, Towns has compiled a 52.6% field goal percentage, a 42.8% three-point percentage and an 83.5% 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 tallied 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 Charlotte Hornets.
As I noted in the rules section above, selecting the correct player at the MVP position for a FanDuel 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 for this one game DFS contest.
In my view, Karl-Anthony Towns is the most likely player to post the most FanDuel points in this NBA regular season game. Having stated that, I am rolling with New York Knicks center Karl-Anthony Towns at the MVP position for this one game FanDuel NBA Showdown contest.
Star-Josh Hart, Forward, New York Knicks $13,000
In addition to center Karl-Anthony Towns, forward Josh Hart has been a standout performer for the New York Knicks this season.
In the 65 games that forward Josh Hart has played for the New York Knicks in the 2024 NBA regular season, Hart is averaging a rather impressive 39.3 FanDuel points a game.
Additional flex plays I like to play well (FanDuel price noted): Mark Williams, Center (Charlotte Hornets) $12,500: Damion Baugh, Point Guard (Charlotte Hornets) $10,000.
