Payton Pritchard drops 33 points as spark plug in Celtics win over Raptors

Payton Pritchard scored 33 points on Saturday night. (Frank Gunn/The Canadian Press via AP)With no Jaylen Brown, on the second half of a back to back against one of the current top 3 Eastern Conference teams, Boston still found a way to win on Saturday night.

And no player was more impactful offensively in the Celtics’ win over the Raptors than Payton Pritchard. Pritchard scored a game-high 33 points with 10 assists, and came up three rebounds shy of a triple double.

Brown has been the offensive spark plug all season for the Celtics, averaging nearly 30 points per game this season. But Pritchard had no issue assuming that role for one night.

The 27 year old guard has had an up and down season…