Payton Pritchard is in the middle of the race for the NBA’s Sixth Man of the Year award, and statistical accomplishments can only help his case.
He finished just two rebounds shy of his second-career triple-double Friday night. He had 18 points, 10 assists, and eight rebounds.
Pritchard was in decent position for a potential ninth rebound with 5:36 to go in the fourth quarter. Indiana’s James Johnson fired up a 3-point shot from the top of the key, and Pritchard was standing in the paint as it clanged off the back of the rim.