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Payton Pritchard heats up in playoff game vs. Sixers

sportsApr 26, 202622561

Payton Pritchard scored 32 points off the bench, drilling six 3-pointers as the Boston Celtics routed the Philadelphia 76ers 128-96 in Game 4 to take a 3-1 series lead. Jayson Tatum added 30 points, 11 assists and seven rebounds, and Boston set a franchise playoff record with 24 made threes. Joel Embiid returned from an appendectomy, but Philadelphia fell behind early as Pritchard's hot stretches broke the game open. The blowout hands the Celtics control of the series and highlights Pritchard's emergence as a decisive playoff reserve.