Atlanta at Portland

The Atlanta Hawks have not started the season the way that they had hoped. They lost some scoring punch from a year ago and have not found a way to replace it yet. So far in the early going it has cost them. The Hawks are on their fourth straight road game and in the first three have failed to reach the 90 point mark in any of them. Portland has lost three straight games themselves, after opening 2-1. With losses to the Clippers and Spurs aren't all so bad. Atlanta has had trouble in the turnover department, commiting ten in the fourth quarter alone in their last game, 22 overall. This game will likely be decided at the free throw line where Atlanta has been awful all season, converting just 7-16 in yesterday's loss. Portland has won ten of the last 13 meetings here and are poised to add one more to that total. Play on Portland.