BOSTON -- Payton Pritchard scored a career-high 43 points and knocked down a career-best 10 3-pointers to lead the short-handed Boston Celtics past the Portland Trail Blazers 128-118 on Wednesday night.
Derrick White added career highs with 41 points and nine 3s to help lead Boston to its eighth victory in 10 games, making Pritchard and White the first Celtics duo to score 40 or more points in the same game.
They also became the first pair of teammates in NBA history to each record their first career 40-point game in the same game and the first duo in NBA history with nine or more 3-pointers each in a game.