Celtics' Marcus Smart: Will play Thursday

Smart (illness) will play Thursday against the Suns, Jared Weiss of The Athletic reports.

Smart missed Monday's game against the Bulls due to an illness, but he'll make his return Thursday. This month, he's averaged 14.6 points, 6.2 assists, 4.3 rebounds and 1.4 steals in 34.2 minutes.