Boston Celtics star Kristaps Porzingis missed the second half of his team's stunning Game 1 loss to the New York Knicks with an illness, and coach Joe Mazzulla told reporters on T

BOSTON (AP) — Celtics center Kristaps Porzingis didn’t play in the second half of Boston’s 108-105 overtime loss to the New York Knicks in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference semifinals because of an illness. Porzingis wasn’t on the floor initially with the team Monday night as they warmed up prior to the start of the second half.

In March, an upper respiratory illness cost Kristaps Porzingis eight games. It sounds as if that problem hasn’t completely gone away for the ex-Knick.