Atlanta (0-2) at Portland (0-2), 10:00 pm EST

PORTLAND, Oregon (Ticker) -- Nate McMillan hopes his first homestand with the Portland Trail Blazers goes much better than his first road trip.

McMillan will coach his first home game at the Rose Garden on Saturday when the Trail Blazers open a five-game homestand against the Atlanta Hawks.

After guiding Seattle to a surprising 52-30 record last season, McMillan was hired to rebuild the struggling Trail Blazers, who have not performed well for their new coach.

Following a 90-86 loss in its opener at Minnesota on Wednesday, Portland fell flat in an embarrassing 107-68 rout at Denver on Friday.

Darius Miles, who scored 32 points on Wednesday, was limited to 13 in 30 minutes against the Nuggets. Unfortunately for the Trail Blazers, Miles was their leading scorer on Friday.

Miles was 1-of-7 from the line against Denver, part of Portland's miserable 7-of-20 (35 percent) effort.

Atlanta also has struggled mightily, suffering back-to-back losses to Golden State and the Los Angeles Clippers to start a season-opening three-game road trip.

In Friday's 92-77 loss to the Clippers, rookie Salim Stoudamire was one of the few bright spots for the Hawks with 15 points. He made 5-of-8 shots from the field, including three 3-pointers, but Atlanta's starters shot just 12-of-45 from the field (27 percent).

Portland has won the last seven meetings between the teams and six straight here.