The Celtics may be down a star point guard, while the Hawks expect to get theirs back as Boston hosts Atlanta on Friday.
Kemba Walker has been ruled questionable for the contest by Boston after missing practice Thursday with flu-like symptoms. He'll be a game-time decision for the Celtics, who enter having won six of their last seven games to end 2019.
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