He was sick of turnover talk. Sick of hearing about the lows and sick of losing. Raymond Felton was thrown into the Portland Trail Blazers' lineup as the offense's tone setter but has struggled to stay consistent.
Understatement. He's struggled to remain stable, teetering on the edge of the cliff that lands him near the end of the bench. Felton understood. He knew full well that all eyes were on him and that nowadays people expected turnovers and missed shots.
Then, Felton flipped the script. Though it didn't seem that way after the opening tip.
It seemed he was treading familiar ground when his pass to Nicolas Batum was ripped away by a defender. On paper, the turnover didn't go to Felton. It went to Batum. It marked the temporary end to Felton the Flawed and the start of a new day.
In leading the Trail Blazers to a 97-77 rout of the Atlanta Hawks, which snapped Portland's four-game losing streak at the Rose Garden, Felton racked up 14 points to go alo...
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