HAWKS AT THUNDER
Dec. 19, 2016, 8 p.m., Chesapeake Energy Arena
Probable starters
Hawks (13-14)
Dennis Schroder
Kent Bazemore
Thabo Sefolosha
Paul Millsap
Dwight Howard
Injury report: Out – Tiago Splitter (right hamstring strain), Questionable - Dwight Howard (back tightness)
Inactives: Splitter, TBA
Thunder (16-11)
Russell Westbrook
Anthony Morrow
Andre Roberson
Domantas Sabonis
Steven Adams
Injury report: Out - Victor Oladipo (right wrist sprain), Cameron Payne (right foot fracture)
Inactives: Victor Oladipo, Cameron Payne
Officials: Derrick Stafford, Mitchell Ervin, Gary Zielinski
From the Hawks
The Hawks are coming off a 107-99 home loss to the Hornets Saturday. … They have lost 12 of the past 16 games. … Dennis Schroder has scored in double figures 12 consecutive games. He is averaging 19.7 points with a .490 shooting percentage in the span. … Dwight Howard is averaging 18.0 points and 15.6 rebounds, including 6.0 offensive rebounds, over the last five games.
From the Thunder
The Thunder are coming off a 114-101 home win over the Suns on Saturday. ... Russell Westbrook has 13 triple-doubles this season. The rest of the NBA has 15 combined triple-doubles. … Westbrook is averaging a triple-double through 27 games with 30.4 points (leads the NBA), 10.5 rebounds (13th) and 11.0 assists (2nd).
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