Celtics flatten 76ers to go up 3-1, Payton Pritchard gets new NBA Playoffs record
Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown put up big numbers against the 76ers but it was Payton Pritchard who got the Celtics to a 3-1 NBA Playoffs series lead.
Celtics flatten 76ers to go up 3-1, Payton Pritchard gets new NBA Playoffs record originally appeared on The Sporting News . Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here . Deep benches mean deeper runs in the NBA Playoffs.
The Boston Celtics led by Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown continue to prove this true after their 128-96 demolition of the Philadelphia 76ers . In fact, Coach Joe Mazzulla's squad is the only Eastern Conference team to have a 3-1 lead in the postseason so far. All of that was due to the heroics of Payton Pritchard and a historic performance.
Pritchard rises into stardom and leads Celtics to 3-1 lead over 76ers Coach Joe Mazzulla may have made Payton Pritchard come off the Celtics bench but he was entrusted with 35 minutes of playing time for Game 4 against the 76ers. Why did the Celtics head coach do this? It was because Pritchard had the hot hand.
He finished the game with 32 points by going 50% from three-point range, 57% from the field, and 100% from the free throw line. Pritchard notched a fair amount of records because of his Game 4 performance. He joins greats like Kevin McHale and Eddie House as the only three Celtics to score more than 30 points after coming off the bench.