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Still no word on when Millsap will return to starting lineup

Brooklyn Nets guard Spencer Dinwiddie (8) looks to pass around Atlanta Hawks forward Paul Millsap (4) during the first half of an NBA basketball game Sunday, April 2, 2017, in New York. (AP Photo/Adam Hunger)
Brooklyn Nets guard Spencer Dinwiddie (8) looks to pass around Atlanta Hawks forward Paul Millsap (4) during the first half of an NBA basketball game Sunday, April 2, 2017, in New York. (AP Photo/Adam Hunger)
By Chris Vivlamore
April 5, 2017

Hawks coach Mike Budenholzer would not say whether Paul Millsap would return to the starting lineup for Thursday’s game against the Celtics. Millsap is listed as probable on the team’s injury report Wednesday after missing eight consecutive games with synovitis in his left knee. Millsap returned in Sunday’s loss to the Nets and played 26 minutes off the bench.

The team’s injury report also lists Kent Bazemore (right-knee bone bruise), Malcolm Delaney (back spasms) and Tim Hardaway Jr. (right-knee contusion) as probable.

Bazemore has come off the bench in his three games since returning from injury. Delaney missed the past two games. Budenholzer said the reserve point guard participated in much of practice Wednesday, but was still limited. Hardaway briefly left the game against the Nets with the injury.

Thabo Sefolosha (right groin strain) is listed as out and will miss his sixth consecutive game.

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Chris Vivlamore is the sports editor at The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. He has served as reporter and editor at the AJC since 2003.

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