PORTLAND -- Despite being down one starter in the first half and two in the second, the Portland Trail Blazers managed to stiffen up defensively in the third and fourth quarters to defeat the Atlanta Hawks 112-106 Saturday night at the Moda Center.
“(Atlanta) scored 66 in the first half and they scored 40 in the second, 20 and 20,” said Trail Blazers head coach Terry Stotts. “Really, to me, the story of the win was Dame taking a charge down the stretch, getting a defensive stop, Gary Trent working on Trae Young, Enes Kanter big rebounds, Derrick Jones Jr.