Payton Pritchard, a blast to redeem himself
He slapped his thigh when he saw it his shot ends up too short. Ten seconds left to play on the floor of Vukovo When Payton Pritchard tried to bring his team back with this stepback behind the arc contested by Mike Conley.
It was the final shot of a lackluster night for the Celtics leader, who was limited to 9 points on just 4/14 shooting, including 1/8 from distance. Before this outing, he had six games in a row with 13 points or more. That’s how the 27-year-old approached next meeting in Cleveland with one idea: to erase this failure in Minneapolis.
« I was disappointed with the way I played last night in Minnesota. So I wanted to come out here and give it my all tonight to try and make this back-to-back win. », notes the playmaker who largely achieved his mission with his best performance of the season.
The latter, in order to get off to a good start, intentionally fired the first shot of the match after… five seconds of play. A long and sudden shot that caught the opposing defense by surprise. And above all, it allowed him to start the evening in the best conditions.
Three baskets for 3 points in two minutes
A minute later, he made another award-winning shot playing Darius Garland, who will have a hard time keeping him down on the night. Peyton Pritchard will convert the third winning shot in just the first two minutes of the match. His reaction to the previous outing was in motion.
« I’m a competitor. Sitting in the hotel room last night and this morning, I was telling myself that I could either give in and give in, let these thoughts take over, but for me it was, ‘I’m going to do my best today. I won’t doubt anything. I’ll treat it like a summer day in the room, when it’s just me. “, he reports.
The result: in just 31 minutes, he collected 42 points (15/22 on shots including 6/11 from distance), 3 rebounds and 3 assists. This is its best performance of the year, established at 30 units so far. One more basket and he even broke the career record (43).
« He obviously puts a lot of pressure on himself. We know that after matches where he doesn’t show his best, he will come back. That is the mark of a great player. He started strong, even with the bad worries. We saw a difference in his approach, in his aggressiveness. It was a hell of a match from him », I can congratulate Joe Mazzulla.
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| Payton Pritchard | Percentage | Rebounds | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saison | The team | MJ | Min | Shots | 3pts | LF | Off | Def | That | Pd | Ft | Int | Bp | Ct | Pts |
| 2020-21 | BOS | 66 | 19:13 | 44.0 | 41.1 | 88.9 | 0.5 | 1.9 | 2.4 | 1.8 | 1.6 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 7.7 |
| 2021-22 | BOS | 71 | 14:06 | 42.9 | 41.2 | 100.0 | 0.5 | 1.4 | 1.9 | 2.0 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 6.2 |
| 2022-23 | BOS | 48 | 13:24 | 41.2 | 36.4 | 75.0 | 0.5 | 1.3 | 1.8 | 1.3 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 5.6 |
| 2023-24 | BOS | 82 | 22:15 | 46.8 | 38.5 | 82.1 | 0.9 | 2.4 | 3.2 | 3.4 | 1.3 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 9.6 |
| 2024-25 | BOS | 80 | 28:23 | 47.2 | 40.7 | 84.5 | 1.3 | 2.6 | 3.8 | 3.5 | 1.5 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 14.3 |
| 2025-26 | BOS | 19 | 32:25 | 43.9 | 32.9 | 83.3 | 1.1 | 3.3 | 4.4 | 4.9 | 1.7 | 0.7 | 1.3 | 0.1 | 16.2 |
How to read statistics? MJ = matches played; Min = Minute; Shots = Shots Successful / Shots Attempted; 3 points = 3 points / attempt 3 points; LF = free throws made / free throws attempted; Off = offensive rebound; Def=defensive jump; Tot = Total number of jumps; Pd = assists; Fte: Personal mistakes; Int = intercepts; Bp = lost balls; Ct: Against; Points = Points.
2025-12-01 08:57:00
