Atlanta Hawks center Al Horford and forward Marvin Williams were held out of Monday’s game against the Toronto Raptors because of injuries.

Backup point guard Acie Law also left in the second quarter with a bruised quadriceps.

Horford missed his fifth straight game with a bone bruise in his right knee. He didn’t accompany the team on its three-game road trip to the West Coast that ended with a loss at Golden State on Friday night.

Williams was taken to a hospital after suffering a concussion in the loss to the Warriors. He was fouled hard by Golden State’s Ronny Turiaf and then hit his head on the court.

Williams said he was still experiencing headaches Monday after returning to Atlanta on Saturday.

“It was the scariest moment I’ve had in basketball,” Williams said. “I was really scared.”

Hawks coach Mike Woodson said Horford still has some swelling in his knee.

“I don’t know when he’s going to be better,” Woodson said.

Woodson said Zaza Pachulia and Maurice Evans would start for Horford and Williams, respectively.

Posted on January 20th, 2009 by admin
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