Payton Pritchard’s had a rough start to the season as he’s stepped into his new role as the Celtics’ top guard off the bench. Friday’s win against the Nets was a potential step in the right direction.
The fourth-year guard scored 13 points on 5-of-10 shooting with three assists, one steal, and five rebounds, with four of them coming on the offensive end as he had a bench-high plus-nine in the 121-107 win. One of those rebounds came off his own free-throw miss, chasing the ball to get an easy putback, completing a three-point possession for the Celtics to put them up by a dozen late in the third quarter.