A recap of the Hawks’ 104-98 win over the Trail Blazers on Wednesday:

Noteworthy

* The Hawks won after being outrebounded 50-43 and but gave up just eight second-chance points.

* Tiago Splitter led the Hawks with a plus-11 rating.

* Dennis Schroder finished with five turnovers.

* Schroder inadvertently crashed into a court-side photographer during the game. The photographer required nine stitches.

* Mike Scott had his streak of nine straight games with a 3-pointer snapped.

* Jeff Teague has played less than 30 for the fifth time in the past six games. The lone exception was the overtime game against the Bucks.

* The Hawks are 10-6 against the Western Conference.

* The Hawks are 11-10 on the road.

Key stat

4 of 7

The Hawks’ fourth-quarter shooting percentage from 3-point range. They were 10 of 24 from long range on the night but the final-period makes were huge.

Quote of the game

“It’s a theme. For a team to be a winning team you have to have a bench. I feel like we have one of the elite benches in the league. The things they do for our team, obviously, help us out a lot.” – Paul Millsap on Hawks’ bench

Report card

Offense: B-plus

The Hawks were solid offensively most of the time. They turned in a 30-point fourth quarter to seal the victory. They came back after the Trail Blazers took two fourth-quarter leads.

Defense: B

The Hawks were excellent in the first quarter, holding the Trail Blazers to 18 points. They got several big stops and defensive rebounds down the stretch. Damian Lillard and CJ McCollum got their points but they needed a lot of shots to get them.

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