ATLANTA — No double overtime, not many tense moments or subsequent buckets of sweat, and no problem against a Hawks’ team missing three starters. That summarized the night for the defending champions.

By comparison to its first two games of the season, which lasted a combined 12 periods, Saturday was breezy in so many ways for the Thunder, who remained unbeaten if not untested.

And while on the subject of positive consistency, there’s Shai Gilgeous-Alexander. His scorching start to 2025-26 expanded to a third game when once again he scored almost at will, despite whatever defense was thrown his way, first by the Rockets on opening night, then Pacers, now Hawks.

Therefore, the rollover from June for OKC keeps rolling. Here are the four takeaways from Saturday’s 117-100 win over Atlant

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