"After two weeks of training camp, including three exhibition games, Hawks coach Mike Woodson is sure of one thing. His team isn't close to being ready to play regular-season basketball.

While there has been much to savor from early victories over Orlando and Phoenix to start the week, Friday night's 102-80 blowout loss at the hands of the Portland Trail Blazers at the Sprint Center exposed some of those holes Woodson is still working to fill.

"We're still not in the kind of shape we need to be in to play real games," Woodson said. "Sure, we've looked pretty good in spurts. But we're going to have to put an entire game together in a few weeks. That's why I push as hard as I do in the preseason, because you've got to be ready to take it to that next level in a few weeks. And these guys need to understand that."

They certainly didn't appear to get that message Friday. Most of the starters for both teams were long gone by the time the Blazers' reserves busted the game open, but the Hawks didn't have any real answers before that.

Blazers rookie center Greg Oden and third-year starters Brandon Roy and LaMarcus Aldridge made it look easy, attacking the Hawks inside and out when they were on the floor together.

Oden finished with 11 points on 5-for-6 shooting, five rebounds and two assists, leaning on Hawks center Al Horford as much as possible.

Roy and Aldridge each added 14 points. Aldridge also grabbed seven rebounds. Rookie point guard Jerryd Bayless turned in an impressive 15 points, seven rebounds and seven assists in his second pro start.

Josh Smith (12 points), Acie Law IV (12) and Joe Johnson (11) were the only Hawks starters to reach double figures. Flip Murray added 10 off the bench.

Even though they shot an ugly 37 percent (29-for-77) and managed just 17 assists, the Hawks were more focused on their lethargic defensive effort than anything after the game.

The Blazers shot 58 percent from the floor and got huge games from role players like Shavlik Randolph, who finished with a game-high 19 points on 9-for-9 shooting and added 10 rebounds.

"The first two games we shot the ball really well, and tonight it caught up with us," Horford said. "Orlando and Phoenix scored just about the same number of points as Portland did. But we were way below what we had been producing. And we have to realize that we're not going to shoot it well every night, so we have to be able to count on defending better to help carry us through."

The Hawks did play without both Mike Bibby and Zaza Pachulia - neither made the trip with the team from Phoenix on Thursday as they welcomed newborn children to their respective families."