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Atlanta Hawks star Kristaps Porzingis to miss at least next 2 weeks with ongoing mystery illness
- The Atlanta Hawks announced Sunday that Kristaps Porzingis will miss the next two weeks and undergo further evaluations while limiting his basketball activities.
- Diagnosed last season with postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome while with the Boston Celtics, Kristaps Porzingis and his team doctors found solutions over the summer and he felt recovered before this illness.
- Porzingis last played Dec. 5, scoring 25 points in a 134-133 loss to the Denver Nuggets and is averaging 19.2 points, 5.6 rebounds and 1.6 blocks in 13 games this season.
- The Hawks, already without star point guard Trae Young, star point guard , face roster strain as Kristaps Porzingis is sidelined, disrupting postseason hopes.
- Since POTS sidelined him in Boston, Kristaps Porzingis missed significant time as the condition `causes a number of symptoms when you transition from lying down to standing up, such as a fast heart rate, dizziness and fatigue,` the Cleveland Clinic said.
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Kristaps Porzingis to miss two weeks with illness, Trae Young nears return
The Atlanta Hawks announced that Kristaps Porzingis will be out for the next two weeks on Sunday. Porzingis has missed seven of the past eight games with to an illness.
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