All eyes were on Payton Pritchard Saturday night. With Al Horford and Kristaps Porzingis out, and Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown carrying heavy workloads the night before, the Celtics had room for someone to step up.
The Atlanta Hawks have did something tonight that they have not done since the 2009-2010 season. That would be beating the Boston Celtics twice in Boston. Des
Huge performances from Trae Young and Onyeka Okongwu lifted the Hawks to their third straight win and their second win of the year in Boston.After the game, social media had plenty to say about the Hawks win over the Celtics.
Payton Pritchard admitted that he was surprised to see the Celtics select him with the 26th pick in the 2020 NBA Draft.
The Boston Celtics have been trending in the right direction in terms of health in recent games, but for the second half of their back-to-back at TD Garden against the Atlanta Hawks, the Celtics took the floor without two of their best bigs in Kristaps Porzingis and Al Horford,
Pritchard posted 20 points (7-11 FG, 4-8 3Pt, 2-3 FT), four assists, two boards and a steal in 31 minutes of action in the 110-97 loss to the Raptors on Wednesday.
BOSTON — The Celtics had their chances to close out the win over the Hawks, but instead, they lost 119-115 on Saturday at TD Garden in an overtime thriller. The C’s couldn’t make the necessary plays down the stretch as they dropped to 29-13 on the season. The Hawks improved to 22-19.
Many fans of the Boston Celtics are familiar with the viral video of a younger Payton Pritchard practicing his dribbling routine like a madman before the the University of Oregon alum had yet been drafted by the Celtics.
Entering Saturday night’s matchup against the Hawks, White was just 5 for 36 (13.9 percent) from the 3-point line over his last five games. He played just 4 minutes in the fourth quarter of Boston’s loss to the Raptors on Wednesday, with coach Joe Mazzulla turning to Payton Pritchard instead.
Scattershot shooting and poor late-game execution doomed the shorthanded Celtics in an overtime loss to the Hawks.
Payton Pritchard is the overwhelming favorite to win the NBA 6th Man of the Year Award, but Jayson Tatum has fallen in the NBA MVP race. Our NBA betting expert weighs in on both.
There may be no better view of the state of the Boston Celtics than from its backcourt and the parquet, and the Celtics duo of Payton Pritchard and Derrick White have had that point of view in front of them for some time now.