BOSTON — As five Pacers defenders lined up above the free throw line, Payton Pritchard snuck behind them. It took the Celtics a moment to notice, but Derrick White looked up and saw his teammate standing in the corner.
“I was watching film,” Pritchard said this morning. “Usually I’m really good at crashing the glass. Didn’t really have much of that. Some defensive lapses at times, jumping at pump fakes, giving up driving lanes, bad close-outs. Just uncharacteristic plays by myself. I look forward to redeeming myself tonight.”
It also took some time for Boston to string together an extended run to completely put away the Pacers for the first time in the series.