It turns out FastPP is a fast learner.
On a night where the Boston Celtics were without their two top point guards (three, if you count Kemba Walker) Payton Pritchard came off the bench to drop 23 points on 61.5% shooting while handing out a team-high eight assists.
“He stepped up,” Jayson Tatum said after the Celtics win over the Toronto Raptors. “We didn’t have Teague tonight, didn’t have Smart, so it just gave guys more opportunity and he played really well tonight. We’re going to need that going forward.”
Pritchard didn’t get the start against the Raptors, but he played 32 minutes to give the Celtics a much-needed lift on a back-to-back.