The Portland Trail Blazers faced the Atlanta Hawks on Friday needing a win to turn around their rapidly-flagging season. Portland mustered 111 points behind Damian Lillard, but they couldn’t stop Trae Young or Dejounte Murray. Ultimately Atlanta scored 129 and sent Portland to another road loss. The Blazers now hold a 29-34 record, remaining outside of the precious Play-In seeds in the Western Conference playoffs race.
If you missed the action, you can find our quarter-by-quarter recap here. After that, here are the reasons the Blazers found things less than peachy in Georgia.