Jalen Johnson's breakout season is over. The Atlanta Hawks forward will have season-ending shoulder surgery, the team confirmed Wednesday. Johnson, 23, suffered the shoulder injury during last Thursday's 122-119 loss against the Toronto Raptors.

Johnson, star point guard Trae Young, defensive-minded swingman (and NBA steals leader) Dyson Daniels and rookie wing Zaccharie Risacher are Atlanta’s core players. For the rest of this season, however, the Hawks must soldier on without one of those four names.

Dyson Daniels showered the Rockets with some very high praise on the defensive end after the Hawks' loss on Tuesday night.

Good to go Tuesday

I think you see a lot of growth, especially with guys like Jalen Johnson and Dyson Daniels, who came from New Orleans, where he didn’t play too much. You can see what kind of defensive player he is. JJ (Johnson) has grown into being a star himself.

Early in Thursday's loss to the Toronto Raptors, Hawks star forward Jalen Johnson left the game early with a shoulder injury and was quickly ruled out for the r

It was another tough situation for the Hawks tonight vs the team with the third-best record in the NBA, the Houston Rockets. They were missing Jalen Johnson, Za

Simmons, who was initially listed as ‘available’ for the Brooklyn Nets’ clash with the Miami Heat and had recently battled a bout of illness, was a late scratch due to lower back soreness. In Atlanta, Dyson Daniels and the undermanned Hawks fell to the lowly Toronto Raptors.

Daniels (ankle) has been ruled out for Monday's game against Minnesota, Brad Rowland of the Locked On Podcast Network reports. The swingman will sit out after he was a late addition to the injury report with left ankle soreness.

Anthony Edwards scored 23 points and Julius Randle added 20 to help the Minnesota Timberwolves hold off the short-handed Atlanta Hawks 100-92.

The Atlanta Hawks are back home tonight and hoping they can end their five-game losing streak when they face the Houston Rockets, the team with the second-best

In Denver, Nikola Jokic romped to his 20th triple-double of the season as the Nuggets overpowered the Sacramento Kings 132-123. Serbian star Jokic finished with 35 points, 22 rebounds and 17 assists in a dominant Denver performance.