Portland Trail Blazers vs Atlanta Hawks game thread

It is Saturday night and the Atlanta Hawks are in action in front of their home crowd at Philips Arena. In an odd twist, the game will tip off at 6:00 pm ET but the Portland Trail Blazers are the opponent and they are the focus for Atlanta. The Hawks will be looking to bounce back after a disappointing showing on Thursday and, as always, the backdrop is the playoff chase that is on in earnest. However, there was a (very) late bomb dropped by the Hawks, as Paul Millsap was ruled out as a result of a knee issue.

Stay tuned throughout the evening for all the latest and, as always, let's keep the discussion civil in the comments.

Probable Starters

Hawks

PG - Dennis Schröder

SG - Kent Bazemore

SF - Thabo Sefolosha

PF - Ersan Ilyasova

C - Dwight Howard

Blazers

PG - Damian Lillard

SG - C.J. McCollum

SF - Mo Harkless

PF - Noah Vonleh

C - Jusuf Nurkic

Injury Report:

Atlanta - Paul Millsap (knee) and Mike Dunleavy (ankle) are out.

Portland - None