We hoped it wouldn't be the case, but the league announced today that Al Horford will be suspended one game for his flagrant foul on Toronto's TJ Ford during Tuesday night's game.

Nothing out of the ordinary here - you often see one-game suspensions for Type 2 flagrants (or whatever they are called), but obviously we hoped that extenuating circumstances (the fact that Horford clearly didn't mean to injure Ford) would help him avoid the punishment.

So, presumably, the Hawks will be shorthanded Friday night at Detroit, but will get Big Al back for Saturday's home game against Charlotte.