<p>ATLANTA — Trae Young and Bogdan Bogdanovic each scored 23 points, fueling the Atlanta Hawks to their seventh straight victory, 116-93 over the Oklahoma City Thunder on Thursday night.</p>
<p>The Hawks have put together their winning streak since Nate McMillan took charge as interim coach and have won seven in a row for the first time since Dec. 28, 2016, to Jan. 10, 2017. </p>
<p>The Hawks took their biggest lead at 27 points late in the third quarter on Bogdanovic’s 3-pointer and never let the Thunder get closer than 17 points in the second half. Bogdanovic, who played 29 minutes in a reserve role, scored a season high. </p>
<p>Atlanta led 61-41 halftime behind 17 points from Young, who went 6 for 8 from the field in the first two quarters. He hit a pair of free throws late in the second to give the Hawks their first 20-point lead. Thunder starters Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Al Horford were a combined 3 for 18 in the first half.</p>
<p>Young did not play in the fourth quarter as McMillan went with Rajon Rondo to give the team’s leading scorer some extra rest.</p>
<p>The Hawks took their first double-digit lead at 17-6 on Tony Snell’s baseline jumper midway through the first. Young and Bogdanovic each hit 3s to close an 18-2 run to make it 25-8 at the 4:04 mark.</p>
<p>John Collins finished with 15 points for Atlanta, which outrebounded the Thunder 47-36 and shot 54.8% from the field, 17.7% better than Oklahoma City.</p>
<p>TIP-INS</p>
<p>Thunder: Lu Dort (left big toe sprain) started and Theo Maladon (left thumb sprain) played 22 minutes in a reserve role after being listed as questionable before the game. Dort finished with eight points and Maladon had 10. … G Svi Mykhailiuk, acquired in a trade with Detroit last week, made his debut with Oklahoma City and went scoreless in 10 minutes. … Darius Bazley (left shoulder contusion) is healing slower than anticipated. Coach Mark Daigneault said Bazley is now “a week-to-week thing” rather than the day-to-day status he first received. Bazley has pain in his shoulder and hasn’t responded quickly to treatment. … G George Hill is still wearing a cast (right thumb procedure) and is not close to returning. </p>
<p>Hawks: C Clint Capela had eight points and eight rebounds in his return from a two-game absence with left heel pain. Both he and Onyeka Okongwu (right adductor strain) were questionable before the game. Okongwu entered the game in the closing minutes. …. F De’Andre Hunter (right knee surgery) practiced in at full capacity on Wednesday and hopes to return when the Hawks begin an eight-game road trip that begins Saturday. … G Kris Dunn, out the entire season after undergoing right ankle surgery, is getting closer to a return and could make his Atlanta debut on the road trip. … F Cam Reddish (right Achilles soreness) has yet to resume basketball activities. </p>
<p>UP NEXT</p>
<p>Thunder: Visit Houston on Sunday and Minnesota on Monday.</p>
<p>Hawks: Visit the Los Angeles Lakers on Saturday and the Clippers on Monday.</p>
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