Draftkings NBA Showdown Picks: Pacers vs. Magic 10/28/24

The NBA presents a regular season matchup featuring the Indiana Pacers and the Orlando Magic. Let’s take a look at this Game from a Draftkings perspective.

Before we dive into the Indiana Pacers vs. Orlando Magic 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 Indiana Pacers vs. Orlando Magic matchup.

Draftkings NBA Showdown Picks

Captain-Pascal Siakam, Forward, Indiana Pacers $10,200

How important was forward Pascal Siakam to the Indiana Pacers success on the offensive side of the basketball last season? Let’s review Siakam’s game data from the 2023 NBA regular season to answer that question.

In the 41 games that forward Pascal Siakam played for the Indiana Pacers in the 2023 NBA regular season, Siakam averaged a robust 21.3 points, 7.8 rebounds, 3.7 assists, 0.8 steals, and 0.5 blocks a game.

Now that we have determined how Siakam played in 2023, let’s shift our focus to this season. In the three games that Pascal Siakam has played for the Indiana Pacers in the 2024 NBA regular season, Siakam is averaging 31.8 Draftkings points a game.

More recently, in the Indiana Pacers 115-109 win over the Detroit Pistons five days ago, Pascal Siakam certainly played at a high level. More specifically, Siakam accumulated 19 points, eight rebounds, nine assists, and two steals in the Pacers victory over the Pistons. It has to be said, those are the type of DFS numbers I need to see from a player that I select at the captain position for a Draftkings NBA Showdown contest.

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 Indiana Pacers forward Pascal Siakam is the most likely player to post the most Draftkings points in this NBA regular season game. For that specific reason, I am backing Pascal Siakam at the captain position for this one game Draftkings NBA Showdown contest.

Flex Plays

Paolo Banchero, Forward, Orlando Magic $10,800

Orlando forward Paolo Banchero was the leader in the paint that the Orlando Magic needed to advance to the NBA playoffs last season. In the 77 games that Jalen Brunson played for the New York Knicks in the 2023 NBA regular season, Brunson averaged a massive 28.7 points, 3.6 rebounds, 6.7 assists, and 0.9 steals a game.

In the three Games that Paolo Banchero has played for the Orlando Magic in the 2024 NBA regular season, Banchero is averaging a massive 35.1 Draftkings points a Game.

Additional flex plays I like to play well this evening (Draftkings price noted): Tyrese Haliburton, Point Guard (Indiana Pacers) $10,600: Wendell Carter, Center (Orlando Magic) $7,600: T.J. McConnell, Point Guard (Indiana Pacers) $5,400.