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Why this pick

The pick is S. Cissoko Under 3.5 rebounds. Over his last 20 games, Sidy Cissoko went over the line of 3.5 rebounds in 7 of 20, averaging 2.3 per game. Applied to this pick, it would have landed in 13 of 20 (65%).

Across the sample his range runs from 0 to 7, with 5 blanks in those 20.

Sidy Cissoko's last 20 games

15 of 20 under 3.5

3.5

1vs New Orleans Pelicans · 04/03

1vs Denver Nuggets · 04/07

0vs San Antonio Spurs · 04/09

0vs LA Clippers · 04/11

0vs Sacramento Kings · 04/13

1vs San Antonio Spurs · 04/20

0vs San Antonio Spurs · 04/25

0vs San Antonio Spurs · 04/26

4vs San Antonio Spurs · 04/29

4vs Phoenix Suns · 10/22

7vs Sacramento Kings · 10/24

2vs Los Angeles Lakers · 10/28

6vs Memphis Grizzlies · 10/30

3vs Utah Jazz · 10/31

3vs Denver Nuggets · 11/03

4vs Phoenix Suns · 11/05

2vs Los Angeles Lakers · 11/07

3vs San Antonio Spurs · 11/08

3vs Oklahoma City Thunder · 11/11

2vs Oklahoma City Thunder · 11/12

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AI Pick for Sacramento Kings vs Portland Trail Blazers – NBA

For this matchup the AI picked a prop: Sidy Cissoko, Under 3.5 rebounds, at 1.88.

The final score changes nothing; all that counts is what Sidy Cissoko does.

The starting point is his average: 2.3 per game over the last 20, against a line of 3.5.

That's a 1.2 cushion in the pick's favour.

The model doesn't settle for the bare average: it gives recent games more weight and arrives at a projection of 3, higher than the plain average because his most recent games came in above it, 0.5 below the line.

Against this same line, the pick would have landed in 15 of his last 20 games.

For odds of 1.88 to pay off you need to hit about 10.6 out of every 20: the Sidy Cissoko record sits comfortably above that.

Recent form backs it: 2, 3, 3, 2 in the last 4, with 4 of 4 on the pick's side, above the rate for the full sample (15 of 20).

In the sample, his standard deviation is 2.03 rebounds: a boom-or-bust player, capable of games far above and far below his average, and the line sits 0.6 deviations from his average.

He plays on the road today: in that setting, within the sample, he averages 2.7 over 10 games, a bit above his norm.

He has already faced Sacramento Kings within the sample: 7, 0 rebounds in those games.

The Sacramento Kings defense: 43.3 rebounds allowed per game over 10 games, against a league average of 43.62 (rank 17 of 30, where 1 gives up the most).

The rebounds Under depends on there being little to grab: shots that go in, a slow pace or minutes trimmed by a wide margin.

The model doesn't settle for a single number: it crosses the real Sidy Cissoko frequency against this line with the bookmakers' consensus, and only publishes the pick when the available odds pay more than that count says.

If Sidy Cissoko ends up not playing, the bet is voided: the risk of a late scratch isn't on the bettor.