ORLANDO — It took six plays for Jayson Tatum and Kentavious Caldwell-Pope to meet in the former’s return.
Tatum fell to floor after the Celtics knocked the ball away from Cory Joseph and ripped it from Caldwell-Pope, rising to from the floor quickly. He drew another hard foul early from the Magic forward who injured him on Sunday and knocked him out for Game 2 with a hard foul. It was the first of countless times both teams crashed to the floor in a game that featured over 40 fouls and 32 turnovers. The final one, with Jaylen Brown out of the game in foul trouble and Payton Pritchard dribbling into the paint down by four points — where Gary Harris stripped him.