Payton Pritchard

Select the defender of your choosing, pick your preferred part of the NBA season, and even dictate how far the shot is. The fact remains that if there's a quickly-draining shot clock, and Payton Pritchard is within inbounding range, the end result is likely to feature two things: a bucket, and a celebratory sea of green. Among October 28, 2024’s many offensive stars, even after the Milwaukee Bucks’ head coach admitted to circling his name as a pre-game player to monitor, Pritchard zags himself free on an inbounds pass, skillfully treading up the floor amidst traffic. Balancing himself by using Delon Wright’s aggressive momentum advantageously, Pritchard, with the clock approaching its final second, connects on a stepback 3-pointer, bringing the Boston Celtics’ arena to its feet in trademark fashion. In introducing Milwaukee to “The Pritching Hour,” Boston’s electrifying combo guard ran off a 28-points-in-28-minutes masterpiece (on 10-of-14 shooting), alongside five rebounds, three assists, two steals, and — for a Celtics-record third-consecutive game — five 3-pointers as a reserve.