Oklahoma City Thunder vs. Atlanta Hawks Prediction, Preview, and Odds

Oklahoma City Thunder are on the road to play the Atlanta Hawks on Monday night. The Thunder beat Minnesota on Saturday night 135-128. Atlanta beat Denver 117-109 on Friday night as a 4.5-point underdog. In the all-time regular season series, the Hawks have won the last three games.

Oklahoma City Thunder won their second straight game against Minnesota. They are 4.5 games behind the Nuggets for the top spot in the Northwest Division. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 33 points and had six assists. Chet Holmgren will miss the season with a Lisfranc injury. The team is 6th in scoring offense and 28th on the league in defense. The Thunder are 20 in field goal percentage and shoot 46.4% from the floor. Their team shot 11.3% on three-point shots. Mike Muscala is day-to-day and his status is unknown.

Atlanta Hawks beat Denver Nuggets at home on Friday night. It was the team's second straight win after a three-game slide. Atlanta is the top team in the Southeast Division. Trae Young leads the Hawks with 27.8 points and 9.6 assists per game. John Collins is injured and is expected to miss at least two weeks. Clint Capela, AJ Griffin, Onyeka Okongwu, Justin Holiday, Jalen Johnson, Aaron Holiday and Frank Kaminsky are injured. The team is also 15th in scoring defense. They allow opponents to score 113.3 points per night this season.

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Oklahoma City Thunder vs. Atlanta Hawks is a game on Monday at 7 p.m. ET. Call 1-213-205-3114 to get the game prediction and odds.

Atlanta has a couple of days of rest before the game. Oklahoma City kicked off their five-game road trip on Saturday night. The Hawks haven't been great at home, going 6-6, but they have momentum on their side after taking down the Nuggets Friday night and they are the better team right now.

Oklahoma City Thunder play at a fast pace and have a top-10 scoring offense and the third-worst scoring defense this season. The Thunder have seen the over post a 16-7 mark in their games this year. Atlanta is 8th in the league in pace with 100.5 possessions per contest. They commit the 3rd-fewest turnovers in NBA this term with 13.2 per game.

Oklahoma City Thunder are playing against Atlanta Hawks. Chris King has been involved in professional and collegiate sports for more than three decades. He has written books about college basketball, the NBA, NFL, MLB, NHL, golf and the World Cup.