Pac-12 Conference Player of the Year with the Oregon Ducks, Payton Pritchard has been one of the best reserves in the NBA this season. He's the favorite to win the NBA Sixth Man of the Year ahead of Detroit Pistons guard Malik Beasley.
While the Celtics fought their way to another impressive win over the Knicks on in front of a packed TD Garden crowd on Sunday, there was one aspect of the day in which Boston players came up a little short.
The story for Boston was much of the same in a lot of their wins this season, a balanced effort from the starters including a triple-double from Jayson Tatum, Payton Pritchard continuing his campaign for Sixth Man Of the Year,