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[37] [38] Eight days later in Game 5, he made a half-court shot at the buzzer to end the first half of the close-out 106–88 victory, giving Pritchard his first NBA championship. [ 39 ] [ 40 ] According to the NBA, it was the longest made basket in an NBA Finals game since 1997; an NBA graphic gives the distance at 50 feet, while play-by-play ...
The Celtics finished the first half of the game with a 21-point lead, which culminated with Payton Pritchard's buzzer-beating half-court throw, which was the longest shot made in the NBA Finals in the past 25 years, since 1998. [24] [25] The Mavericks never recovered or led at any point during the game. [26]
Pritchard's shot wasn't just three big points; it breathed life into Boston going into that closing quarter. “He has the humility and selflessness to not care if he misses it,” Mazzulla said.
Jaylen Brown scored 29 points, Jayson Tatum had 18 points and 11 rebounds and Payton Pritchard scored 25 off the bench on Monday night as the Boston Celtics beat the Miami Heat 108-89. Derrick ...
The first shot was a 10-ft bank shot from the right angle, the second was straight-on jump shot from the top of the key, the third was an NBA three-point shot from the left angle and the fourth is a half-court shot. There was a two-minute time limit for each attempt and the top two times advanced to a head-to-head final round.
Payton Pritchard scored 17 points to lead Boston in scoring for a third straight preseason game and the Celtics beat the Philadelphia 76ers for the second time in four days, 112-101 on Wednesday ...
A half-court shot is a shot taken from beyond the 3-pointer line as defined by a semicircular line before the 2-pointer zone. Anything beyond the half-court line and on the side of the court a team or player is defending is considered a full-court shot. It is most commonly used as a buzzer beater as there is a limited amount of time before a ...
Payton Pritchard scores career-high 38 points in Celtics' 132-122 win over Wizards. ... He scored 14 points in the final 2:19 of the opening half, connecting on all four of his 3-point attempts to ...