Midway through the fourth quarter of the Celtics’ rout of the Trail Blazers on Sunday, Payton Pritchard got the ball in transition for a break away opportunity. There wasn’t a defender in front of him and Boston was in cruise control with a 10-point lead.
A low roar from the TD Garden crowd waited in anticipation for PP to throw it down. His teammates urged him from the sidelines. Instead, Pritchard modestly laid it up and finished the game with 20 points and eight assists — another strong performance in arguably the best three weeks of his career.