Hawks forward John Collins will attempt to play in the series opener against the Heat, tweets Shams Charania of The Athletic. Collins, who has been sidelined since March 11 with foot and finger injuries, has been upgraded to questionable for Sunday’s game.
Collins is still dealing with a sprained right foot and plantar fascia tear, along with a sprain to his right ring finger. He was able to participate in some 4-on-4 drills at Thursday’s practice, coach Nate McMillan told Chris Vivlamore of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
Injuries have limited Collins to 54 games this season. He is Atlanta’s second-leading scorer at 16.2 PPG and second-leading rebounder at 7.8 RPG.
If Collins can’t return for Game 1, the teams will have just one night off before Tuesday’s Game 2. The series will shift to Atlanta for Game 3 on Friday.
Well dam. This is spicy. The team has been playing well lately without John but he makes us SO much deadlier offensively. & makes us better defensively & rebounding & every other way as well. Miami is in trouble. That much should be obv to everyone by now
In trouble meaning what? Winning the series in five or six games instead of four or five?
They said the same thing about the hawks last year against the 76ers and they beat them I believe the hawks will beat the heat in 6 .
To be fair, that was partly due to terrible coaching by doc rivers. This is a much better matchup for Atlanta than that should have been
Heat will sweep ….
If they were playing the Knicks, for sure. Hawks should be able to steal one or two at home. But the Heat should still win the series, probably in six.