The Portland Trail Blazers (19-18) return home from a three-game road trip to host the Atlanta Hawks (10-27) at Moda Center Friday night. The Blazers began last week’s trek with a 104-89 loss in Atlanta to end 2017.
Portland went 1-2 on the road trip, earning an overtime win in Chicago on New Year’s Day. Despite falling in Cleveland Tuesday, Damian Lillard returned to the lineup to score a game-high 25 points after missing five games with a right hamstring strain. Over the last four games, center Jusuf Nurkiu0107 is averaging 15.8 points and 11.3 rebounds to go with CJ McCollum’s 25.