Portland Blazers 91, Atlanta Hawks 97: Blazers Fall Short with Poor Effort

BOX SCORE After so many thrilling, and ultimately positive endings to games against the Atlanta Hawks, Joe Johnson got revenge with a 97 to 91 victory over the Blazers in Portland tonight. Confidence seems to be down, already two losses at home, and the team with such high expectations is really struggling to keep it together here early in the season. Once again it's the same old story. In the second half the Hawks got more than their fair share of easy buckets thanks to Portland not getting back on defense. Transition D was a killer. The Hawks are a young athletic team, why wouldn't they take advantage of our poor efforts in transition? I'm so fed up with our struggles on offense too. All I ever see are jump shots. Travis forcing it and Blake ice cold from the field. At one point in the game, as I watched Andre Miller dribble around at the top of the key, I saw absolutely no one cutting or looking for the ball. The Blazers don't look smooth at all right now. The good news in this game? ... (link)