Portland’s Maurice Harkless had 14 points, including three straight baskets in the second quarter – a 3-pointer, a left-handed layup and a jam. Mason Plumlee, who had 11 points, added two free throws to cut Atlanta’s lead to 40-39. Damian Lillard is averaging 24.3 points and 6.7 assists while C.J. McCollum is averaging 20.1 points and 3.4 rebounds.
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The Blazers, with a record of 11-18, will also be without starting guard CJ McCollum on Monday due to ankle injuries.
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The answer wasn’t exactly pretty – with neither of the Blazers primary playmakers around to disrupt the Atlanta defense, the Hawks stuck its nails onto the perimeter and forced Portland’s rag-tag bunch of role players to make plays to beat them.
The Atlanta Hawks had six players in double-figures scoring, including three players coming off the bench.
The team announced early Monday that Lillard (left foot plantar fasciitis) and McCollum (bilateral ankle sprains) would not play against the Hawks, sapping the Blazers’ of their top two scorers and playmakers.
“I know it won’t be long”, he said.
The Hawks led 55-43 at halftime, behind 10 points from Sefolosha.
Just when it seemed like this rebuilding of season of “process” and “growth” couldn’t get any more trying, the Trail Blazers encountered perhaps their most ominous moment of the season Sunday in Miami. However, the Atlanta Hawks will gladly take the win, which now has the club in 3rd place in the super tight Eastern Conference at 18-12. “If you miss more shots, the other team has a chance at more rebounds”. Portland has given up 108 points per game, a 56.9 2-point percentage and averaged 18.7 turnovers on the skid. Lillard, who had started 275 games in a row – the second-longest streak in franchise history – missed the first game of his National Basketball Association career.
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Atlanta has been executing offensively on a three-game winning streak, and Portland’s losing streak reached three after one of its worst defensive halves of the season.
