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Oklahoma City visits Boston following Tatum's 43-point performance

Oklahoma City Thunder (6-7, 10th in the Western Conference) vs. Boston Celtics (10-3, second in the Eastern Conference)

Boston; Monday, 7:30 p.m. EST

FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK NBA LINE: Celtics -11; over/under is 229.5

BOTTOM LINE: Boston plays the Oklahoma City Thunder after Jayson Tatum scored 43 points in the Boston Celtics' 117-108 win against the Detroit Pistons.

The Celtics have gone 5-1 in home games. Boston scores 119.5 points while outscoring opponents by 6.0 points per game.

The Thunder are 2-4 in road games. Oklahoma City is sixth in the Western Conference scoring 115.8 points per game and is shooting 46.4%.

TOP PERFORMERS: Tatum is scoring 32.3 points per game and averaging 7.2 rebounds for the Celtics. Jaylen Brown is averaging 23.4 points and 6.3 rebounds over the last 10 games for Boston.

Tre Mann is shooting 33.3% from beyond the arc with 1.8 made 3-pointers per game for the Thunder, while averaging 11.1 points. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander is shooting 54.3% and averaging 28.7 points over the last 10 games for Oklahoma City.

LAST 10 GAMES: Celtics: 7-3, averaging 119.1 points, rebounds, assists, steals and blocks per game while shooting % from the field. Their opponents have averaged 113.5 points per game.

Thunder: 6-4, averaging 117.5 points, rebounds, assists, steals and blocks per game while shooting % from the field. Their opponents have averaged 114.9 points.

INJURIES: Celtics: Danilo Gallinari: out for season (knee), Robert Williams III: out (knee), Malcolm Brogdon: out (hamstring).

Thunder: Chet Holmgren: out for season (foot), Darius Bazley: day to day (ankle).

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.

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