Atlanta Hawks Release Injury Report Ahead of Tomorrow's Matchup With the Bulls

The Hawks have won six of their last eight games ahead of their matchup with the Chicago Bulls tomorrow night, a game that is important in terms of the playoff standings. They only had nine players last night and they might be a little shorthanded tomorrow night.

Atlanta just released its injury report for tomorrow and Bruno Fernando (illness) is Probable, Patty Mills (illness) is Doubtful and Clint Capela (left adductor strain), Mouhamed Gueye (right low back stress fracture), and Wesley Matthews (illness) are all out.

The Hawks were missing Fernando and De'Andre Hunter last night, but it appears that both players are going to be able to play. Mills, and Matthews have missed the last two games.

An @emoryhealthcare injury report for tomorrow’s game vs. Chicago:

Bruno Fernando (illness): Probable

Patty Mills (illness): Doubtful

Clint Capela (left adductor strain): Out
Mouhamed Gueye (right low back stress fracture): Out
Wesley Matthews (illness): Out pic.twitter.com/OyzfIetgkp
— Atlanta Hawks (@ATLHawks) February 11, 2024

Hawks fans have been hoping to see more of rookie guard Kobe Bufkin this season, but he was dealing with an injury during the first part of the year and has been playing with the Hawks G-League team, the College Park Skyhawks, for the other part of the year. Due to the Hawks being shorthanded, there was a good chance that Bufkin could get some real minutes.

He would play nearly 16 minutes and scored three points on 1-4 shooting, but the offense was not where he was going to make an impact. He played good defense and showed that he could compete out there, which is what you want to see out of a young player getting his first minutes of extended game action.

How did his head coach evaluate his performance? Quin Snyder loved it.

"I thought he did a terrific job. He took shots when he was open, which is what we want. There were a couple of possessions where most importantly... it is hard to stay in front of those guys, they are quick. You know, he was down in his stance, moving his feet, he had his hands out and moving in space and doing the things that you need to do to be a defender in this league. To be thrown in the situation that he was thrown in tonight, he was ready and we talked about this before the game, I think a lot of this has to dow with playing in the G-League. I have mentioned it before, he is watching tape and is not fortunate enough to fly on a private plane , he is in Grand Rapids looking to get the first commercial flight out the next morning and what that does is allow you time with your next coach and he has done a lot of film. A lot of what he does, he is not just down there hooping, he is getting better and being disciplined and it showed tonight and he really played well."

Hawks vs Bulls tips off at 7:30 tomorrow night at State Farm Arena.

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