TELEVISION: SportSouth
GAME NOTES: Hawks/Trailblazers
ATLANTA INJURY REPORT: Al Horford is out.
PORTLAND INJURY REPORT: Greg Oden and Elliot Williams are out.
BY THE NUMBERS
| 2010-11 | Poss | Off Eff | eFG% | FT Rate | OR% | TO% |
| POR (off) | 88.4 | 1.079 | 48.4 | 22.1 | 29.3 | 12.7 |
| ATL (def) | 89.4 | 1.063 | 49 | 27.1 | 25.7 | 14.2 |
| 2010-11 | Poss | Off Eff | eFG% | FT Rate | OR% | TO% |
| POR (def) | 88.4 | 1.07 | 51 | 31.2 | 27.8 | 15.6 |
| ATL (off) | 89.3 | 1.065 | 49.9 | 21 | 24.2 | 15.5 |
OTHER PERSPECTIVES: Portland Roundball Society, Blazers Edge
FOR ENTERTAINMENT PURPOSES ONLY: Atlanta -1, 181 o/u
PREVIOUSLY...the Portland Trail Blazers lost 97-92 at the Charlotte Bobcats last night. Their four-game Southeastern swing began with impressive back-to-back wins in Orlando and Miami.
The Hawks beat the Blazers 90-83 in Portland on February 27th.
On a four-game losing streak and having lost TK of TK since the scheduled stiffened, the Hawks have now outscored their opponents by just five points over 65 games and 5,827 possessions. Twenty-five games and 2,220 possessions ago, the Hawks were +120 on the season.
Unfortunately, the two most likely changes I envision for the Hawks are either Damien Wilkins starting in place of Marvin Williams* or Josh Powell getting rewarded for his two garbage time buckets last night with another futile reappearance in the rotation.
*At what point does giving Marvin Williams a 5-year, $37.5 million extension becomes a worse decision than drafting Williams second overall?
Consider this an open thread for all pre-game, in-game, and post-game (but pre-recap) thoughts.
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Jeff Teague.
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