Hawks' Ekezie out for now

ATLANTA - Atlanta forward Obinna Ekezie will be out indefinitely after tearing a ligament in his right knee. An MRI Friday showed that Ekezie tore his anterior cruciate ligament. <br> <br> Ekezie, who was invited to the Hawks&#39; camp as a free agent, averaged eleven-point-eight points in four exhibition games, third-best on the team. He was injured in the fourth quarter of Thursday night&#39;s preseason game against the Miami Heat. He fell awkwardly going for a rebound and didn&#39;t return. <br> <br> Forward Shareef Abdur-Rahim, Atlanta&#39;s leading scorer last season, is expected to play in Memphis Saturday night. Abdur-Rahim had back surgery in July.

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