The Oklahoma City Thunder are on a hot streak with Shai Gilgeous-Alexander leading the charge, but Isaiah Hartenstein's recent dominance should be a key factor in their matchup against the Boston Celtics.
While Shai Gilgeous-Alexander has been rightfully getting all of the attention for the surging Thunder , our NBA picks are centered around Isaiah Hartenstein . Two of the NBA ’s top teams collide this afternoon at Paycom Center when the Oklahoma City Thunder host the Boston Celtics . The Thunder come into the contest on a nine-game winning streak with Shai Gilgeous-Alexander on a scoring tear, but I’ll be looking for center Isaiah Hartenstein to snag a double-double in my Celtics vs.
Thunder predictions and, and for good reason, as he’s led the team in scoring in eight of their last nine games during the club’s win streak.. The center has been a double-double machine over the last few weeks with nine in his last 13 outings. Despite playing in just 19 games this season, he’s already piled up 14 double-doubles, or 0.73 per game — the sixth-best mark in the NBA. The 7-foot-center, who ranks tied for third among all players this season with 9.6 defensive rebounds per game, should cause terror on the glass against the Celtics were outrebounded 41-31 by the Timberwolves in a narrow 118-115 win on Thursday, and Jayson Tatum, who leads the team with 9.4 boards per game, has seen that number fall to just 7.0 over his last two contests. Hartenstein has also scored at least 10 points in 12 of his last 13 games while shooting an insane 95.3% on his 2-point attemptsSince returning from injury in late November, Hartenstein has helped the Thunder go 18-1, and I don’t see them slowing down this afternoon against the Celtics. Gilgeous-Alexander is the hottest scorer in the NBA right now, with 33 points per game since the start of December, but it’s not like he’s done it alone. The Thunder also own the NBA’s best defense, allowing a stingy 103.3 points per game, and it won’t help the C’s that Jaylen Brown (shoulder) is also questionable for today’s matchu
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