"After missing two games with a back injury, Hawks center Al Horford will play Saturday night against the Charlotte Bobcats at Philips Arena. Horford took part in the team's morning shootaround and pronounced himself ready to go.

"I went out there and tested it out and I feel good for tonight," he said.

Horford injured his lower back when he fell hard after getting fouled by the Los Angeles Clippers' Blake Griffin and landed on his back in the Hawks' Feb. 4 win at Philips.

"Just his presence means all the world to us," coach Larry Drew said."