Yesterday afternoon the media didn’t want to crowd too close to Lamar Odom after he admitted to playing the game with some nasty flu symptoms that had him feeling nauseous for most of the game.

After he made this declaration, the media scrum that had formed a tight circle surrounding him took a step back as nobody wanted to spend the holidays suffering through the same symptoms Odom just battled through a game against Toronto with.

As Odom used a towel to wipe the sweat off his head, he wasn’t able to hide a grimace after playing through one of his worst games of the season. However, even while battling the flu, Odom still managed to snatch seven rebounds and scored 11 points while going an effecient 5-9 from the field.

It turns out a flu has been the only thing to be able to slow Odom down this season as the points and rebounds he contributed during the win against Toronto are a far cry from the 16.0 points and 9.9 rebounds he is averaging so far this season.

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