CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Boston Celtics forward Jaylen Brown says he should be "ready to go" Thursday night against the Charlotte Hornets after sitting out the past three games due to an infection.

Brown said he had to go to the hospital five times after initially falling ill prior to an Oct. 30 win in Boston over the Milwaukee Bucks in order to drain an abscess on the inside of his leg that caused the infection, which also led to a high fever.

"I'm glad it's behind me now," Brown said before Thursday's morning shootaround at the Spectrum Center. "I'm feeling a lot better. ... I was pretty down and out."

Brown said he initially started feeling sick after participating in the morning shootaround ahead of that Bucks game, only to eventually have to go to the hospital to begin the process of sorting his health out -- something he said he rarely has to do to.

"I don't really get sick, to be honest," Brown said. "I don't really get sick. Not to jinx myself, but I'm not a person that gets sick too much."

In this case, however, he did, and Brown wound up being missing the past three wins for the Celtics as a result. Brown said he began feeling like himself again Monday, when he returned to practice, but ultimately had to go back to the hospital one final time and thus missed the trip to Cleveland for Tuesday night's victory over the Cavaliers.

Brown said he has been able to keep up his conditioning and did conditioning and strength work this week, so he isn't expecting to face any limitations for Thursday's game.

"I'm in great shape. There shouldn't be any restrictions or anything," he said. "I talked to [coach] Brad [Stevens], so I should be ready to go."

In addition to Brown, Enes Kanter, who has missed the past five games with a left knee contusion suffered in Boston's season-opening loss to the Philadelphia 76ers, said he was a game-time decision for Thursday night. Boston's other banged-up centers, Daniel Theis and Robert Williams, both were listed as probable to play.