Payton Pritchard’s prowess can no longer be denied

BOSTON — As Payton Pritchard zoomed down the floor, with the ball in his hand and the clock winding down, time appeared to freeze at TD Garden.

There are very few moments in which the typically-raucous Boston crowd goes quiet, but every fan in the building knows to lock in, and watch in anticipation as the scrappy point guard sprints up the court.

Six seconds, five seconds, four seconds, three seconds.

It was quickly apparent that Pritchard was headed right toward his spot, where he would raise up for a three at the end-of-third-quarter buzzer.

Nothing but net.

An exasperated Doc Rivers put his face in his hands in frustration before Pritchard even let go of the ball — and the crowd that…