Portland Trail Blazers at Atlanta Hawks: Game preview, prediction, time, TV channel, how to watch free live stream online

Portland Trail Blazers guard Anfernee Simons will miss a third consecutive game since suffering a knee injury Friday night at home against the LA Clippers.

Deandre Ayton and Matisse Thybulle are questionable while Jerami Grant is doubtful.

Ayton has missed four games with elbow tendinitis. Thybulle (ankle) has also missed four games.

Grant has missed eight games since injuring a hamstring.

Blazers rookie Scoot Henderson said Saturday that he was excited to play at Atlanta, 20 miles south of his hometown of Marietta, Georgia.

Prediction: The Hawks are nearly as banged up as the Blazers. But unless Ayton and Thybulle return, Atlanta is the pick.

PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS AT ATLANTA HAWKS

What: Trail Blazers (19-53) at Hawks (32-39), 4:30 p.m., Wednesday.

Where: State Farm Arena, Atlanta.

Radio: Rip City Radio (KPOJ 620 AM).

TV channel: Root Sports (in Portland: Comcast 734; DirecTV: 687) and Root Sports PLUS (in Portland: Comcast 1253; DirecTV: 688).

Watch the game live online: You can watch this game live for FREE with Fubo (free trial). You can also get this game on DirecTV Stream’s “CHOICE” package (promotional offers), if you are out of fuboTV trials, or simply prefer that platform and their pricing plans. If you already have a cable or satellite provider that carries Root Sports and want to watch online, you can watch this game live on Root Sports Live.

ODDS (Oregon Lottery/DraftKings)

Moneyline: POR +440 | ATL -600

Spread: POR +11 | Over/Under: 214.5

INJURIES

Blazers: Deandre Ayton (elbow, tendinitis) and Matisse Thybulle (right ankle, soreness) are questionable. Jerami Grant (right hamstring, strain) is doubtful. Anfernee Simons (left knee, tendinitis), Malcolm Brogdon (right elbow, tendinitis), Shaedon Sharpe (lower abdominal, surgery) and Robert Williams III (season-ending right knee surgery) are out.

Hawks: Dejounte Murray (Lower Back; Soreness) is questionable. Saddiq Bey (left knee; torn ACL), Kobe Bufkin (left big toe; sprain), AJ Griffin (right ankle; sprain), Mouhamed Gueye (right UCL; sprain), Jalen Johnson (right ankle; sprain), Onyeka Okongwu (left big toe; sprain) and Trae Young (left fifth finger; torn ligament) are out.

NEXT UP

The Blazers continue their trip with a 5 p.m. game Friday at the Miami Heat (39-33).

-- Aaron Fentress | afentress@Oregonian.com | @AaronJFentress (Twitter), @AaronJFentress (Instagram), @AaronFentress (Facebook)

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