Marvin and Salim to miss Detroit game

[WraithSentinel]

• ROOKIES DON'T MAKE TRIP: Hawks rookies Marvin Williams and Salim Stoudamire both will miss tonight's game in Detroit.

Williams left the team after Sunday's game to go to North Carolina, where his father and other family members are with his ailing grandfather. He said he planned to meet the team in Philadelphia in time for Wednesday night's game against the 76ers.

Stoudamire stayed back to have further tests on his right elbow. He got caught between two Magic players on a pick late in the third quarter and did not return. Hawks coach Mike Woodson said Stoudamire had a sprained elbow. Stoudamire said he wasn't sure when he would be back in uniform.

"All I know is I heard something pop," he said after the game. "I'll just have to wait and see what they [doctors] say and go from there."

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Let hope and pray Marvin grandfather will get well. Salim injury isn't something real serious.

[DJlaysitup]

Wow...prayers for MW's G'pa. It's going to be a pretty slim bench. Not much room for Woody to make any matchup moves (as if he would anyway?).

[Diesel]

This means that we should see:

Donta and Lang playing more minutes.

[swolehawk2]

I think it means JJ Chillz and Smoove will play a ton of minutes.