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MINNEAPOLIS — Karl-Anthony Towns made his long-awaited return to the Target Center floor on Wednesday night, and there were seemingly few restrictions or rust on him. That was tested in a major way when Towns stepped to the free-throw line to win the game with 3.6 seconds left.

The Hawks have three players born or with family in Russia, where a law was passed in December banning “gay propaganda.” Conversations with security officials prompted an organizational decision to scrap the jersey plans, per sources.

ATLANTA — The Pistons are short-handed most nights, which has become routine down the final stretch of the regular season. However, that fact becomes more glaring when they face opponents with prominent frontcourts, especially without two of their best big men.

MINNEAPOLIS — Another turn of the wheel in the Timberwolves' recent injury drama came Tuesday as fans were teased with the prospect that Karl-Anthony Towns and Anthony Edwards might both play in Wednesday night's home game against the Hawks — only for coach Chris Finch to throw water on that…

Johnson has gone 11 consecutive games without scoring despite recording 43 shots and 30 scoring chances over the same time period. He has been particularly snakebitten during the Hawks’ last two losses in Arizona and Colorado.

Mitchell was exploited on three Avalanche goals as the Hawks lost 5-0 on Monday. Plus, Jack Johnson describes his trade process and coach Luke Richardson gives some injury updates.

After struggling for most of the season, Katchouk has struck gold recently on a line with Joey Anderson and Jujhar Khaira. He has doubled his season point total in just six games.

SAN ANTONIO — The Hawks gave up eight 3-pointers in the third quarter, giving the Spurs plenty of confidence to erase a 24-point deficit. The Hawks (35-36) fell 126-118 on Sunday.

Caleb Jones scored and the Hawks’ power-play units produced a season-high 21 shots Saturday. Considering their 11.6% conversion rate since Dec. 4 ranks last in the NHL, they need that to build momentum.