Hawks center Clint Capela exits Game 5 vs. Heat with right knee injury

Clint Capela scored 2 points and pulled down 8 rebounds before leaving the game.

Atlanta Hawks center Clint Capela left Game 5 vs. the Miami Heat with a right knee injury and will not return.

It’s the same knee he hyperextended in the final Play-In Tournament game.

Capela missed the first three games of the first-round series and returned for Game 4 and played 21 minutes.

Capela logged 19 minutes in Game 5 before departing with the injury, scoring two points on 1-of-2 shooting from the floor. He also had eight rebounds, a block and a steal.