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Why this pick

The pick is I. Hartenstein Under 3.5 assists. Over his last 20 games, Isaiah Hartenstein went over the line of 3.5 assists in 4 of 20, averaging 2.55 per game. Applied to this pick, it would have landed in 16 of 20 (80%).

Across the sample his range runs from 0 to 5, with 1 blanks in those 20.

Isaiah Hartenstein's last 20 games

16 of 20 under 3.5

3.5

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AI Pick for Houston Rockets vs Oklahoma City Thunder – NBA

For this matchup the AI picked a prop: Isaiah Hartenstein, Under 3.5 assists, at 1.68.

The final score changes nothing; all that counts is what Isaiah Hartenstein does.

Isaiah Hartenstein has been averaging 2.55 assists over 20 games, and the book set the line at 3.5: 0.95 above that average.

The model doesn't settle for the bare average: it gives recent games more weight and arrives at a projection of 2.6, practically the same as the plain average, 0.9 below the line.

Game by game against this line, 16 out of 20 would have cashed.

For odds of 1.68 to pay off you need to hit about 11.9 out of every 20: the Isaiah Hartenstein record sits comfortably above that.

The latest games don't change the picture: 3, 3, 1, 2 in the last 4, 4 of 4 on the pick's side, a similar rate to the full sample.

In the sample, his standard deviation is 1.23 assists: a normal spread, and the line sits 0.8 deviations from his average.

He plays on the road today: in that setting, within the sample, he averages 3 over 9 games, a bit above his norm.

The Houston Rockets defense: 24.17 assists allowed per game over 6 games, against a league average of 26.21 (rank 23 of 30, where 1 gives up the most).

The assists Under likes a cold night from his teammates, a slow pace or another player taking over the ball handling.

If his team wins big and rests the starters, that also helps.

Where does the edge come from? From comparing two things: how often Isaiah Hartenstein clears this line or not in real life, and the market's consensus price.

When the odds on offer pay more than that blend, there's value.

A rule to keep in mind: without Isaiah Hartenstein in the game, the bet is void.