Overview
- Johnson left Tuesday’s 119-98 win over Washington after six minutes with a left hip flexor injury and did not return.
- The team initially listed him as questionable for Thursday before ruling him out on the final injury report.
- Head coach Quin Snyder said the medical staff chose caution and kept Johnson out after the early evaluation.
- Nickeil Alexander-Walker is also out with a left foot sprain; Jonathan Kuminga and Zaccharie Risacher join Dyson Daniels, Onyeka Okongwu and CJ McCollum in the starting lineup.
- Kuminga scored a team-high 27 in his Hawks debut as Atlanta, 29-31 and ninth in the East, navigates Johnson’s absence during a tight postseason race.