Payton Pritchard went from feeling like a long shot to making them on the court when the Celtics need them the most.

Pritchard has played 27-plus minutes in seven of his last eight appearances, averaging 11.8 points, 5.3 rebounds, 4.4 assists, 2.9 threes and 1.3 steals over that stretch while shooting 53.8 percent ...

Pritchard often is in unusual the position of being an essential reserve called upon to finish off blowouts against another ...

The NBA had some interest in adding Payton Pritchard to the 3-point contest, but the Celtics guard felt like the timing ...

Blake Griffin and Payton Pritchard met at a Los Angeles Clippers game when Pritchard was just 16 years old before they knew they’d end up teammates on the Boston Celtics. Pritchard verbally comm ...

Pritchard didn’t — or couldn’t. When the February trade deadline approached, Pritchard asked to be traded. The front office made calls to try to honor the request, team sources said, but no ...

Backup guard Payton Pritchard was ruled out for Boston’s road matchup with the Philadelphia 76ers because of an illness, according to the team. The Celtics added Pritchard to their injury report ...

Pritchard posted 20-plus points for the second consecutive outing, leading the bench in scoring in the blowout win. Moreover, the 27-year-old finished as the club's second-leading scorer behind Jayson ...

All eyes were on Payton Pritchard Saturday night. With Al Horford and Kristaps Porzingis out, and Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown carrying heavy workloads the night before, the Celtics had room for ...

Payton Pritchard hasn’t missed a game in more than two seasons, but he could sit the Celtics' game against the 76ers on Sunday. Payton Pritchard was a new add on the injury report with an ...

Kristaps Porzingis and Payton Pritchard brought their A-game to Toronto Wednesday night, combining for 38 points on 14-of-22 (63.6 percent) shooting. However, their tandem effort wasn’t enough ...

“I had to sit behind a lot of people, a lot of good guards that honestly I’ve learned a lot from,” Pritchard said. “But it was tough to sit there for those times.” NEW: As a child ...