Overview
- Payton Pritchard led Boston with a career-playoff-high 32 points in a 128-96 Game 4 win over the 76ers.
- His 32 off the bench ranked second all-time for a Celtics reserve in the playoffs, trailing only Kevin McHale’s 34 in 1991 per NBC.
- In Game 3, he stayed on for the entire fourth quarter and hit a sidestep three with 1:20 left to push Boston’s lead to two possessions.
- He opened the season as the starting point guard and lifted his attacks to 11.9 drives per game with elite isolation efficiency, according to NBA tracking data.
- Boston now leans on his shooting and low-turnover play as the bracket toughens against bigger, more physical teams later in the playoffs.