Celtics Jayson Tatum enters COVID-19 protocol, will miss Mondays game at Timberwolves – The Boston Globe

MINNEAPOLIS Celtics star Jayson Tatum will miss Mondays game against the Timberwolves because he has entered COVID-19 health and safety protocols.

Tatum joins Dennis Schrder, Josh Richardson, Aaron Nesmith, Bruno Fernando, Enes Freedom, Justin Jackson, and C.J. Miles, who all missed Saturdays game against the Bucks because they are in protocol. Grant Williams, who has missed the last five games while in COVID-19 protocol, has been upgraded to questionable, and Marcus Smart is questionable with a hand laceration.

Tatum was sidelined for nearly three weeks last January after testing positive for COVID-19 and said he dealt with aftereffects for about three months. He used an inhaler before games during that time.

This season, the two-time All-Star is averaging 25.6 points and 8.6 rebounds per game, but shooting a career-low 41.7 percent from the field and 32.9 percent from the 3-point line. After the 117-113 loss to Milwaukee in which the Celtics remained severely shorthanded, Tatum was asked about these unusual challenges.

Its definitely a unique circumstance, like anything this league or this world has ever seen, he said. I think unfortunately its kind of like the new normal, and its not just us, its everybody in the league.

Every day its kind of like a tossup, trying to figure out whos going to be there, whos available, whos out. Just a lot of uncertainty. But I think at the end of the day. its our job, whoevers available, whoever weve got, weve got to go out there and try to figure it out.

Adam Himmelsbach can be reached at adam.himmelsbach@globe.com. Follow him on Twitter @adamhimmelsbach.

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