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Celtics wing Evan Fournier talks his recovery from COVID, how lingering symptoms remain

It might not have been obvious as veteran shooting guard Evan Fournier was putting up his best game yet since returning from a lengthy stay in the NBA’s health and safety protocols for a positive, symptomatic case of COVID-19 that really knocked him on his posterior.

But, the former Orlando Magic wing is still feeling the effects of the virus behind the ongoing deadly pandemic in a big way Sunday night as he connected on a sizzling 8-of-10 shots from the field against the Portland Trail Blazers in the Celtics’ 129 – 119 loss to score 21 points and 5 rebounds.

But, much like teammate Jayson Tatum before him and many others around the league, the St. Maurice native has had to fight through lingering after-effects still impacting his game.

“[I’ve been] feeling really weird to be honest,” he explained to the press after the loss to the Blazers.

"My plan was to stop talking about it," he continued.

"It might help me, but the thing is I feel like I have a concussion. It's like I have a concussion. Right now, it's actually doing a little bit better. But at first, the bright lights were bothering my eyes, and my vision was blurry and everything was just going too fast for me. It's still the case. Some stuff is better, but at times I am really struggling to focus, and my eyes keep struggling focusing on one thing."

"My depth perception is really bad right now, but I saw a specialist and she gave me some exercises," noted Fournier, "and hopefully, I'll get better." https://twitter.com/TheCelticsWire/status/1389284859571474437?s=20

"It's been two, three days now, maybe four where things are a little bit better," he added, voicing frustration at the timing, which -- for Fournier -- has been nothing but bad luck since being dealt to Boston at the trade deadline. First, he was waylaid by a false positive test, then the real thing for what turned out to be one of the longer COVID absences by any Celtic. He's since been hard it work fighting his way back to game shape on a team that truly needs him, but feels he has a way to go yet. "It's nowhere where it needs to be, but I am going to keep pushing, and I'm going to keep working on my stuff, and things are going to get better." This post originally appeared on Celtics Wire. Follow us on Facebook! [lawrence-related id=49838,49821,49786,49779] [listicle id=49824]

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