ORLANDO — The Celtics had their top duo reunited Friday night in Orlando.

After missing Game 2 of Boston’s first-round playoff series with what head coach Joe Mazzulla called a “severe bone bruise” in his wrist, Jayson Tatum returned to action for Game 3 against the Magic at the Kia Center.

The Celtics initially listed Tatum as doubtful for the game, but he was upgraded to questionable Friday afternoon, then cleared to play shortly before tipoff after going through a pregame warmup. Tatum, who suffered his injury on a hard fall in Game 1, had his shooting wrist taped but did not have any visible limitations in warmups.

“(The injury) was severe enough that he couldn’t play last game,” Mazzulla said pregame. “… He’s had progress. At the end of the day, every day he’s working towards doing whatever he can to put himself in a position to play, and he’ll do whatever he can to do that. He’s done that yesterday and today, and he’s doing a little bit better.”

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Also active for Game 3: Jaylen Brown. Brown scored 36 points Wednesday in Tatum’s absence to lead Boston to a 2-0 series lead, but he was added to the injury report after Friday’s morning shootaround. The Celtics listed him as questionable with the right knee posterior impingement that hindered him for the final two months of the regular season, but he also was upgraded to available less than an hour before tip time.

Boston did not have its full starting five available, however. Starting guard Jrue Holiday, whose timely scoring and defensive tenacity against Magic stars Paolo Banchero and Franz Wagner were major assets for the Celtics in Games 1 and 2, was ruled out with a right hamstring strain.

Having to plug lineup holes is nothing new for the Celtics. Their preferred starting five of Tatum, Brown, Holiday, Derrick White and Kristaps Porzingis played just 24 games together during the regular season, including just six after the NBA All-Star break.

“We’ve had to deal with this kind of all season, and because of that, some of our other guys have gotten opportunities,” veteran big man and de facto sixth starter Al Horford said Friday morning. “And it’s no different. Our guys stay ready. We’re preparing for it. Whether it’s Sam Hauser coming off the bench and having an impact, Luke (Kornet), Baylor (Scheierman), whoever it is, we just have to stay ready at any moment. That’s what we did all season, and we’ll see what happens tonight. If that’s what needs to be done, then I know our guys will be ready. And if not, we’ll get rolling like we normally do.”

Game 4 is Sunday night in Orlando. If necessary, Game 5 would be Tuesday back at TD Garden.