Draftkings NBA Showdown Picks: Trail Blazers vs. Mavericks 12/23/24
Draftkings picks and predictions for tonight's Trail Blazers vs. Mavericks matchup.
Portland Trail Blazers vs. Dallas Mavericks
December 23, 2024 8:30 pm EDT
The NBA presents a regular season matchup featuring the Dallas Mavericks and the Portland Trail Blazers. Let’s take a look at this game from a Draftkings perspective.
Before we dive into the Dallas Mavericks vs. Portland Trail Blazers game let’s review the rules for 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 Portland Trail Blazers vs. Dallas Mavericks matchup.
Draftkings NBA Showdown Picks
Captain-Kyrie Irving, Guard, Dallas Mavericks $9,400
Talented guard Kyrie Irving has emerged as the backcourt leader that the Dallas Mavericks have needed to secure victories this season. To assess his performance from a statistical standpoint, let’s examine Irving’s recent game data from the 2024 NBA regular season.
In the last 25 games that guard Kyrie Irving has played for the Dallas Mavericks in the 2024 NBA regular season, Irving has averaged a rather impressive 23.5 points, 4.6 rebounds, 5.4 assists, 1.2 steals, and 0.5 blocks a game.
Upon closer analysis of the recently presented data, Kyrie Irving has averaged a robust 40.6 DraftKings points per game in the last 25 games he has played for the Dallas Mavericks this season.
It is noteworthy that the Dallas Mavericks have listed point guard Luka Doncic as questionable for today’s NBA regular season game. In my view, the potential of absence of Doncic from the Dallas Mavericks lineup could result in more offensive opportunities for Kyrie Irving tonight.
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.
In summary, I think Dallas Mavericks guard Kyrie Irving is the most likely player to post the most Draftkings points in this evening’s NBA regular season game. For that specific reason, I am backing Kyrie Irving at the captain position for this one game Draftkings NBA Showdown contest.
Flex Plays
Klay Thompson, Guard, Dallas Mavericks $6,600
In the last 21 games that Klay Thompson has played for the Dallas Mavericks in the 2024 NBA regular season, Thompson has averaged 14.4 points, 3.5 rebounds, 1.8 assists, and 0.9 steals a game.
More recently, in the Dallas Mavericks dominating 143-133 win over the Golden State Warriors eight days ago, Klay Thompson played exceptionally well. Thompson compiled an impressive 29 points, five rebounds, four assists, two steals, and one block in the Mavericks victory over the Golden State Warriors.
Looking closer at the data just presented, in the Mavericks victory over the Warriors just mentioned, Thompson tallied a massive 50.3 Draftkings points.
Additional flex plays I like to play well in this evening’s NBA game (Draftkings price noted): Anfernee Simons, Point Guard (Portland Trail Blazers) $7,800: Deandre Ayton, Center (Portland Trail Blazers) $7,600.
