Sitting at 24 points, 11 rebounds and nine assists entering the fourth quarter Sunday, Payton Pritchard was tantalizingly close to notching his first career triple-double.
Pritchard knew it. The Celtics on the bench knew it. Everyone inside TD Garden knew it. His teammates didn’t help the cause, missing multiple shots as fans groaned in disappointment.
Eventually, with 7:54 left, Pritchard found JD Davison, who calmly drilled a top-of-the-key 3 to clinch the milestone for his teammate. Pritchard’s 30-point, 14-rebound, 11-assist performance powered the Celtics to a 120-114 win.
He joins Larry Bird and John Havlicek as the only players in franchise history to hit those marks.