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Porzingis Returns on Minutes Limit in Hawks' 134-133 Loss to Nuggets

Atlanta applied a return-to-competition reconditioning plan that brought the center off the bench following a four-game illness absence.

Overview

  • Head coach Quin Snyder said Porzingis would be closely monitored and kept on a minutes restriction for his first game back.
  • Porzingis came off the bench, scored 25 points and returned after roughly 10 days out, with Onyeka Okongwu starting at center.
  • Jalen Johnson was cleared after right calf tightness and posted 21 points, 18 rebounds and 16 assists in his return.
  • The Hawks updated Porzingis’ designation to “return to competition reconditioning” rather than listing an illness.
  • It remains unclear whether Porzingis’ recent illness relates to the POTS diagnosis that sidelined him late last season.