Atlanta Hawks guard Trae Young cleared the concussion protocol and was available for Friday night’s game against the Dallas Mavericks .
Young missed two games after he was diagnosed with the concussion. He suffered the injury when he was elbowed in the face during a loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers on Saturday night.
Mavericks guard Kyrie Irving , who suffered a sprained right thumb in the team’s 119-110 setback to the Boston Celtics on Monday, has been ruled ou t for Friday’s game against Atlanta.
Young leads Atlanta with his average of 26.9 points per game and ranks second in the league with 10.8 assists per game.
The 25-year-old Young became the 10th-youngest player in NBA history to reach 10,000 career points Jan. 15 against San Antonio.
Information from The Associated Press and Field Level Media was used in this report.