Atlanta Hawks vs Orlando Magic: Official Injury Report For Tomorrow's NBA Play-In Tournament Game

The Atlanta Hawks are going to take on the Orlando Magic tomorrow night in the NBA Play-In Tournament, with the winner clinching a spot in the playoffs against the Boston Celtics. Ahead of the game tomorrow night, the Hawks have released their injury report for the game.

Trae Young (Achilles) is probable, while Larry Nance Jr and Clint Capela remain out. Earlier today, Hawks head coach Quin Snyder was asked about the possibility of Nance being able to play tomorrow vs the Magic:

Asked Quin Snyder about Larry Nance Jr’s status for Tuesday given we’ve seen him warming up the last few games. ⁦@929TheGame⁩ pic.twitter.com/6pALnxyK5Y
— Caleb Johnson (@ATLjohnson18) April 14, 2025

Without Nance and Capela, it will be interesting to see how the Hawks try and handle the size of Orlando. Expect to see heavy minutes from Onyeka Okongwu tomorrow and Snyder use Mouhamed Gueye as the backup five. Gueye has been starting at the four, but due to the Hawks lack of size, may have to play the backup minutes for Okongwu. This will be one of the main storylines of the game tomorrow.

Atlanta has to limit their turnovers in this game on Tuesday night. Orlando is one of the best teams in the NBA at forcing turnovers, ranking 2nd in the league with a 16.9% turnover percentage. Atlanta on the other hand is near the bottom of the league in turnovers, ranking 22nd on offense with a 15.0% turnover percentage per Cleaning the Glass. In the first three games against Orlando this season, the Hawks averaged 14.3 turnovers per game, including games where they had 18 and one where they had 16. Orlando loves to create chaos with turnovers and the Hawks have to limit that if they want to advance to the playoffs.

Without Jalen Suggs (their best perimeter defender), the Magic don't have a great guard option to defend Trae Young. He has scored 19 points, 38 points, and 28 points in his three games against the Magic this year, but the Hawks supporting cast has not always been there. For example, in the February 20th matchup against the Magic, Young scores 38 points, but no other player had more than 13. Zaccharie Risacher was 4-15 from the field, Onyeka Okongwu only had 11, and Dyson Daniels was 3-15 from the field. The bench unit of Caris LeVert, Terance Mann, and Georges Niang was ineffective as well. No matter what Young does, the supporting cast has to be better on Tuesday night.

This is a lot to put on a rookie, but given their injuries, the Hawks need a big game from Zaccharie Risacher on Tuesday. He has been ineffective in the first three matchups against Orlando, but his three-point shooting can change the game. Risacher is critical to Atlanta's three-point shooting and spacing, and unless Orlando has a horrific game on offense (always possible), Atlanta needs scoring and shooting from Risacher in this game if they want to advance to the playoffs.

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