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Celtics' Al Horford: Magic playing with 'extra' physicality

BOSTON -- Celtics veteran Al Horford reiterated his belief on Tuesday that the Orlando Magic stepped over the line with their physicality on Jayson Tatum in Boston's Game 1 win Sunday.

"Yeah, there was something extra," Horford said. "There was a lot. It was the second or third time that -- especially [Kentavious Caldwell-Pope] -- went at him in that way."

The play that appeared to irk Horford the most was one in which Caldwell-Pope and Wendell Carter Jr. collided with Tatum midair while the Celtics forward was driving for a two-handed dunk in the fourth quarter.