Payton Pritchard only scored three points in Sunday night’s Game 2 win over the Mavericks.
But they were the biggest three points of the night, coming in the form of a quintessential 34-foot heave at the end of the third-quarter buzzer.
The Mavericks were in the midst of closing out the quarter on a 7-0 run. to cut a 13-point Celtics lead to 6. when Pritchard checked in for the first time in the second half, with just 3.3 seconds remaining in the period.
Subsequently, as he has many times this season, Pritchard zoomed up the court to try and beat the buzzer.