With his team missing three starters in Kristaps Porzingis, Jrue Holiday, and Jayson Tatum, guard Payton Pritchard put on a performance of a lifetime against his hometown Portland Trail Blazers. Getting an opportunity to thrive against the team he grew up watching,

The Celtics, of course, cruised through their championship run in 2024 with a 16-3 playoff record after a 64-18 regular-season campaign that topped the NBA. Boston still has all its essential contributors from that run, and now, an improved Pritchard.

Pritchard and White also became the first teammates in NBA history to each hit at least nine 3-pointers on the same night.