Blaylock in Hospital in Atlanta

Atlanta Hawk point guard Mookie Blaylock was taken to the hospital Thursday night and may be suffering from anemia, the team announced.

Blaylock attended the Thursday morning shootaround but was not feeling well. It was feared he was anemic, so he was taken to Piedmont Hospital in Atlanta for tests.

Blaylock was not at Thursday night’s home game against the Milwaukee Bucks, won by the Hawks, 84-81.

He could rejoin the team tonight at New York if tests prove negative.

Blaylock is second in the NBA in steals at 2.5 per game. He also is averaging 12.7 points and a team-leading 6.6 assists in 55 games.

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New Jersey Net all-star center Jayson Williams, the NBA’s second-leading rebounder, was activated from the injured list after missing six games because of a strained abdominal muscle.

Williams rejoined the struggling Nets for their 93-87 loss to the Orlando Magic at East Rutherford, N.J., on Thursday night. He scored six points and had 10 rebounds.

He strained the muscle during a 94-91 loss to the New York Knicks on March 3. Since then, the Nets have lost nine of 10 games.

Williams, 29, returned to share time in the pivot and play alongside center Rony Seikaly, who was acquired from the Magic on Feb. 19.

He was named to the all-star team this season for the first time in his eight-year career. He is averaging 13.1 points and 13.7 rebounds, second only to six-time rebounding champion Dennis Rodman.

To make room for Williams, the Nets placed former UCLA forward Don MacLean on the injured list because of tendinitis in both knees. MacLean has only three points and four rebounds in eight games since being activated Feb. 20.

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Dallas Mavericks forward Cedric Ceballos will have surgery today for partially torn cartilage in his left knee.

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Toronto released guard Shawn Respert and activated Chris Garner. . . . Raptors forward Gary Trent was originally expected to miss five games with a hip flexor, but now may be sidelined two more weeks. . . . With his first assist Thursday, Indiana’s Mark Jackson passed Maurice Cheeks for fifth place on the all-time assist list. Jackson now has 7,404 to Cheeks’ 7,392.