Aaron Wiggins Probable, Jock Landale Available as Hawks Host Heat

Aaron Wiggins is probable with a left knee contusion on the NBA's 2:15 p.m. ET injury report Wednesday. The Atlanta Hawks had listed him as questionable in a player health update Tuesday.  

Tip-off against the Miami Heat is at 7 p.m. ET at State Farm Arena. Atlanta is 2-2 after back-to-back losses to the Houston Rockets, the second a 120-110 defeat Monday at Toyota Center. Miami is 0-4.  

Wiggins has come off the bench in all four games. He is averaging 15.8 points, 3.3 rebounds, and 1.5 assists in 27.0 minutes while shooting 53.5% from the field and 48% from 3-point range.

He scored 16 points in the Oct. 21 opener at Orlando, after which Hawks coach Quin Snyder laid out why Wiggins had already earned a big role. He followed with 19 two nights later and 16 in Saturday's home opener. Monday at Houston, he had 12 points on 5-of-12 shooting, 4 rebounds, and 3 assists in 26:39.

Jock Landale is available again with a nasal fracture. The Hawks announced the fracture Oct. 23, hours before a 128-81 win over the Charlotte Hornets, and he has played through it since.

In each of Atlanta's four games, Landale has played 18 to 19 minutes. He had 10 points on 4-of-5 shooting in the opener, then 8 points, 6 rebounds, and 4 assists at Charlotte. In Saturday's 121-114 home loss to Houston, he finished with 2 points and 5 turnovers in 18:38. He again had 8 points, 6 rebounds, and 4 assists in 18 minutes Monday.

Mouhamed Gueye remains out with a left foot fracture. He was hurt during a July 8 workout and had surgery July 14 at the Emory Sports Medicine Complex, and the Hawks said at the time he would be re-evaluated in three to four months. He has not appeared in a game this season.

Last season, Gueye averaged 4.4 points and 3.6 rebounds in 15.3 minutes over 77 games, including 8 starts. He also played in every game of Atlanta's six-game first-round series.

Henri Veesaar is out for the season. The rookie center tore the ACL in his right knee during a Sept. 15 workout, and the Hawks announced the diagnosis Sept. 21. Surgery was scheduled for October with Dr. Kyle Hammond. Atlanta acquired Veesaar's draft rights after he went 52nd overall in June.

Zuby Ejiofor is questionable while on G League assignment. On Tuesday, the Hawks sent the rookie forward, the No. 23 overall pick in June, to the College Park Skyhawks. He played one minute Monday at Houston after scoring 3 points in 8 minutes at Charlotte.

RayJ Dennis, Keshon Gilbert, and Jalen Wilson are questionable on G League two-way assignments. Dennis and Gilbert were inactive Monday in Houston.

Simone Fontecchio is out for Miami with an illness. He opened at doubtful on the initial report and was ruled out by the league's 11:30 a.m. ET update. Fontecchio has appeared in two of Miami's four games.

Pelle Larsson is available with a right ankle sprain. He had 12 points and 4 assists in Monday's 113-109 loss to the Dallas Mavericks at Kaseya Center.

Giannis Antetokounmpo had 29 points, 15 rebounds, and 11 assists in that game for his first triple-double with the Heat. Davion Mitchell scored 21. Miami is 0-4 for the fifth time in franchise history and the first time since 2008-09.

Atlanta hosts the Cleveland Cavaliers on Thursday at 8 p.m. ET, the second night of a back-to-back for both teams. Neither team had submitted a report for that game as of 2:15 p.m.