Jayson Tatum was scratched from the Celtics’ lineup minutes before Boston tipped off in it’s loss against the Magic on Monday night.
Tatum, who was ruled out with a non-COVID illness, told reporters that he tried to play through the sickness but was too fatigued to make it happen.
“It was just a little virus, a 24-48 hour bug,” he said. “I felt fine the entire day during warmups and it just hit me during our meeting right before the game. Let’s just say I lost a lot of fluids over the last two days.