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Continuing where they left off last year, the young Blazers’ squad started the 2009-10 season with a lot of energy and is currently holding on to a fifth place in the competitive Western Conference. Thus, Brandon Roy and company will face the Atlanta Hawks at Philips Arena on Tuesday at midnight GMT.

Even though the Blazers were unable to acquire Hedo Turkoglu during the off-season, they are still one of the deepest playoff teams in the league and are hoping to compete for home-court advantage in this year’s NBA campaign. Without any doubts, the acquisition of veteran point guard Andre Miller already paid dividends as he put up 10.0 points, 4.9 assists and 3.0 rebounds per contest. Likewise, Brandon Roy is on his way to become one the best shooting guards in the league, not only putting up big numbers but also showing leadership to close out contested games. Given the fact that Portland Trail Blazers had a fairly difficult schedule in the first two weeks of play, the franchise is fairly content with a 5-3 record so far.

Similarly, the Atlanta Hawks got off to a great started as they managed to win five out of seven games and underlined their ambitions to make some noise in 2009-10. Coming off a 125-100 blowout win versus the Denver Nuggets, Joe Johnson and company can be expected to stay in the upper echelon of the Eastern Conference. Especially the acquisition of Jamal Crawford had a huge impact on coach Mike Woodson’s squad as he did not only improve Atlanta’s depth on the wing positions, but provided instant scoring off the bench. In fact, Crawford is the second leading scorer on the team, averaging 18.1 points, 3.0 assists and 2.1 rebounds in just 29 minutes per game. Taking everything into consideration, the game between the Blazers and Hawks could go either way as both teams are among the best in their respective conference. One match-up to watch out for will be the battle between All-Star guards Brandon Roy and Joe Johnson who have a similar style of play that should provide for an entertaining ball game on Tuesday night.

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