Celtics' Payton Pritchard makes basketball history never done in NBA by Boston before

Billy Heyen

Celtics' Payton Pritchard makes basketball history never done in NBA by Boston before image

Payton Pritchard continues to be unlike any other player to ever suit up for the Boston Celtics.

A small point guard with rebounding prowess, Pritchard can also score efficiently and protect the basketball, too.

His latest record is an all-time mark for the storied Celtics franchise: He has the most games with 20-plus points and zero turnovers among point guards in Boston history.

He's up to 13 such games.

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Pritchard made that happen on Monday night. He scored 23 points (and dished out eight assists) while not turning it over even once against the Pacers.

It's actually the second time in a week that Pritchard did it, also making it happen last week against the Bulls when he had 21 points, five assists and no turnovers.

On the season, Pritchard is averaging 17.0 points, 4.5 rebounds, 5.3 assists, 0.9 steals and just 1.1 turnovers per game.

He's shooting 44.8% from the floor, 33.8% from 3 and 87.0% from the foul line.

Pritchard will eventually lose a bit of his role when Jayson Tatum comes back, but he's clearly a crucially important player to the Celtics, and now with a little bit of history on his side, too.

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