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LeBron James Had Illness During Game 3 vs. Celtics, Says Richard Jefferson

LeBron James struggled mightily in the Cleveland Cavaliers' Game 3 loss to the Boston Celtics, but teammate Richard Jefferson believes the superstar wasn't 100 percent physically.

In an interview with Fox Sports Ohio, Jefferson explained that an illness that limited Deron Williams might have gone around the Cavs locker room.

"I know he won't talk about it, so I'll give my big guy a shot," Jefferson said after Game 4, via Ben Rohrbach of Yahoo Sports. "Deron Williams missed shootaround this morning, because he had like a little bug—just really lethargic, had no energy—and I think that's what 'Bron had.