"The puzzle that is the Trail Blazers on Wednesday night departed Atlanta for Canada in search of that elusive missing piece.

Where's the offense? Where's the fight? Where's that all-out aggressive play that propelled the team to a hot start?

All those pieces and more were missing during the Blazers' 92-89 loss to the Atlanta Hawks at Philips Arena, after which the Blazers conducted a players-only meeting and coach Nate McMillan openly questioned how hard his team played. "