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CBS SportsMillsap returns to Atlanta as Nuggets face Hawks
The Atlanta Hawks finally play their home opener Friday night against the Denver Nuggets after beginning the season with five consecutive road games.
The Hawks, who are 1-4 after a 91-86 loss at Chicago on Thursday, were expected to be a work in progress, and that is certainly the case.
New GM Travis Schlenk would only forecast before the season that the team would "play hard and play together and play the right way, and we are going to be able to live with the results."
Point guard Dennis Schroder helped lead the Hawks to a season-opening victory at Dallas but has missed the past two games with a sprained left ankle. He may return against the Nuggets.
The home opener will debut the first phase of Philips Arena's two-year makeover, which will cost $192.5 million. The team played its two home exhibition games at Georgia Tech.