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Tuesday, November 18, 2008
Not another one
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
INDIANAPOLIS - Every team is always just one injury away from the danger zone in the NBA. That’s the prhase tossed around frequently in NBA circles.
The Hawks probably thought they’d already dealt with their big injury blow of this early season when Josh Smith went down with a high ankle sprain two weeks ago against Toronto.
But things took a sinister turn here Tuesday night when Al Horford sprained his right ankle with just over five minutes to play in the first quarter against Indiana at Conseco Fieldhouse.
He limped to the locker room where he was examined (the ankle was x-rayed and there was no determination made about the severity of the injury) and stayed in the locker room icing his ankle for the rest of the game.
The prospect of playing for a half, let alone any extended period of time without both Smith and Horford has to be a frightening one for the Hawks, whose interior defense has been non-existent here tonight.
Things just got really interesting for these Hawks. We’re going to see what kind of fight these birds have without their two young guns.
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