"Payton Pritchard touched the paint and scored. Then, Pritchard did the exact same thing, but this time, dished to Hugo Gonzalez for the paint two. Raptors called timeout. Scottie couldn't get the dunk to go down, and Dick ate Baylor Scheierman's dust as he stampeded a catch from the perimeter and scored. Scottie set Walter up, but the latter couldn't finish. Scottie got beat off Pritchard's dribble, yet again, and the latter scored another paint two ( Pritchard went a perfect 6-for-6 in the paint in the third quarter - yikes!)."
"With just over six minutes left, BI's jumper put the Raptors within 10. On a night where the Celtics shot just 12-for-39 from downtown, White, Pritchard, and Gonzalez all missed their 3s during the late-game stretch (even Pritchard missed a step-back middy). It was just a sheer matter of luck that none of those went in, and if they had, the game would have been over much sooner."
Payton Pritchard dominated the paint, going a perfect 6-for-6 in the third quarter and sparking a crucial run that shifted momentum. Boston built a 12-0 spurt that was briefly interrupted only by a timeout and quarter break, yet the Celtics led by narrow margins through multiple lead changes. Two quick buckets in the fourth extended the lead and began the decisive stretch. The Raptors were outscored 29-16 in the fourth, with Derrick White hitting two threes and drawing an and-one while also going 4-for-12 from deep. Late-game misses by White, Pritchard, and Hugo Gonzalez prevented a Toronto comeback, and a blown layup and a defensive misread further cost the Raptors chances.
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