ATLANTA (AP) - Hawks center Al Horford returned to the lineup for Friday night's game against Charlotte after missing the previous contest with a sprained right ankle.
Horford was injured in the first quarter of a loss at Indiana on Tuesday. He did not return to that game, and sat out the following night against Washington.Even without Horford, the Hawks defeated the woeful Wizards to snap a four-game losing streak.
Atlanta played its eighth straight game without another starter, forward Josh Smith, who's still recovering from a badly sprained left ankle.
