TELEVISION: ESPN, ESPN3
CHAT: Daily Dime Live
GAME NOTES: Hawks/Trailblazers
ATLANTA INJURY REPORT: None.
PORTLAND INJURY REPORT: Marcus Camby, Greg Oden, and Elliot Williams are out.
BY THE NUMBERS
| 2010-11 | Poss | Off Eff | eFG% | FT Rate | OR% | TO% |
| ATL (off) | 89.6 | 1.072 | 50.4 | 21.2 | 23.8 | 15.1 |
| POR (def) | 88.5 | 1.073 | 50.8 | 31.9 | 27.8 | 15.3 |
| 2010-11 | Poss | Off Eff | eFG% | FT Rate | OR% | TO% |
| ATL (def) | 89.7 | 1.06 | 49 | 27.2 | 25.1 | 14.2 |
| POR (off) | 88.5 | 1.08 | 48.3 | 22.4 | 29.6 | 12.8 |
OTHER PERSPECTIVES: Portland Roundball Society, Blazers Edge
FOR ENTERTAINMENT PURPOSES ONLY: Portland -5, 183.5 o/u
PREVIOUSLY...the Portland Trailblazers beat the Denver Nuggets 107-106 in overtime on Friday night. It was Portland's seventh win in eight games with the lone loss coming in overtime against the Lakers.
Scheduling quirk: the Hawks and Trailblazers have not played each other in over 15 months.
Analytical quirk leading to tactical error: Larry Drew plans on keeping Josh Powell ahead of the far, far superior* player Zaza Pachulia in the rotation in part due to Powell grabbing seven rebounds in a quarter's worth of garbage time in Oakland Friday night.
Larry Drew:
"I’m looking for certain things out of our big guys. I need presence, I need physicality, I need rebounding, I need screens being set to open up our perimeters.Looking at the facts here, Josh Powell last posted a higher rebounding rate in a season than Zaza Pachulia...in 2007-08. Powell has never posted a higher offensive rebounding rate than Pachulia and has a lower offensive rebounding rate, defensive rebounding rate, True Shooting Percentage, assist rate, steal rate, and block rate than Pachulia this season.
Josh Powell came in and did a good job for us. He came in and got eight rebounds in 18 minutes."
Oh, and the Hawks are 14.9 points per 100 possessions worse this season with Powell on the court than with him on the bench. The degree to which Powell has hurt the team with his play may be extraordinary but that Powell has hurt the team with his play should surprise no one.
*Which is not to say good, in absolute terms.
Consider this an open thread for all pre-game, in-game, and post-game (but pre-recap) thoughts.
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