The Atlanta Hawks suffered another painful loss on Wednesday night at the hands of the Orlando Magic, but Thursday proved to deliver potentially an even worse blow. The team announced on Thursday afternoon that starting center Clint Capela suffered a right calf strain in the fourth quarter of Wednesday’s loss, ruling him out for one-to-two weeks.
Capela joins Dejounte Murray and John Collins in the injured department, though Collins could be nearing a return as he’s inching closer to the two-week timeline he was given for his left ankle sprain. Losing Capela is obviously massing for Atlanta, as he has arguably been the team’s best all around player to this point in this season when factoring Trae Young’s poor shooting and Dejounte Murray missing the last several games.