Williams could miss two weeks with knee injury

Hawks coach Larry Drew said starting small forward Marvin Williams could miss up to two weeks because of the knee injury he suffered Wednesday at Detroit.

Williams has a bone bruise in his right knee. He will be examined later this week.

"After the first week, it will be about how much he can tolerate the pain," Drew said.

Drew said he doesn't know when reserve forward Mo Evans (knee) would return; Evans hasn't played since the season opener at Memphis. With Williams and Evans out, Drew has had to go without a true small forward.

His solution has been to start power forward Josh Smith at the position with center Al Horford at power forward and reserve Jason Collins at center. At times Drew also has shifted shooting guard Joe Johnson to small forward.

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