Pritchard To The Rescue! Big Celtics Win

Let me start by saying this was an ugly game through 3 quarters. The officiating was horrible for both teams. The two reasons that Celtics have been playing so well lately is because they have placed a huge emphasis on defense and pushing the pace and in a game where there are 41 fouls in 48 minutes, pushing the pace gets extremely difficult. The highlight of today's game by far was the excellent play of Payton Pritchard. He ended the game with 19pts and 6ast on a very efficient shooting night and he did it in huge spots where the Celtics really needed scoring. Another bright spot of today was the ball movement. The Celtics ended the game with 31 assists on 42 makes which is extremely impressive. Like I said to start, this was still an ugly game for the most part BUT they came out with a much needed win and now find themselves just 4 games behind 1st, just .5 games behind the Cavs for 5th and just 1 game back from the Bucks for 4th!