Atlanta Hawks

After 'up and down' season, Hawks' Muscala gets back to work

Updated Mar. 4, 2020 3:34 p.m. ET

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Mike Muscala was literally running over Head Coach Mike Budenholzer's head.

Budenholzer had only called on his 6-foot-11 reserve forward/center for four minutes of the Hawks' 102-101 Game 1 win over a Celtics team that featured numerous small lineups. So while Budenholzer took the podium for a postgame press conference on the Philips Arena practice court, Muscala squeezed in some extra cardio, jogging on a treadmill behind the tinted glass of the fitness room that overlooks the court.