For the first time this season, Rick Carlisle will have every player on the roster healthy and available tonight against the Atlanta Hawks.
J.J. Barea said after the Saturday morning shootaround that he will play against the Hawks after missing the last seven games and 24 of the last 26 with a lower leg muscle strain.
"I feel good, I'm excited, I missed it," Barea said. "I just want to get through tonight and go from there."
Barea said he's confident there will be no recurrence of the injury, which migrated from the upper calf to the lower calf, which was the area that forced him to sit out the last couple weeks.