Skip to main content
NBA Flare
NBA|
Celtics logo

Celtics

93
Game StatusFinal
Hornets logo

Hornets

86

Payton Pritchard scores 34 points in Celtics' 93-86 regular-season ending victory over Hornets

Game Analysis

Game Analysis

Statistics visualization

Game Stats

Get the latest game stats
Hornets
Hornets
Celtics
Celtics
32-85FG35-90
38Field Goal %39
11-393PT14-45
28Three Point %31
11-18FT9-13
18Offensive Rebounds15
33Defensive Rebounds34
23Assists22
10Steals12
4Blocks6
17Turnovers13
1Technical Fouls0
21Points Conceded Off Turnovers10
8Fast Break Points12
16Fouls14
3Largest Lead21

Game Article

Game Recap

Payton Pritchard steps up with 34 points, guiding Boston to victory without its usual starting five.
Payton Pritchard steps up with 34 points, guiding Boston to victory without its usual starting five.

BOSTON -- — Payton Pritchard scored 34 points on Sunday and the Boston Celtics swept consecutive home games against the Charlotte Hornets with a 93-86 victory despite blowing a 21-point first-half lead in a regular-season ending matchup of all reserves.

Sam Hauser added 15 points for Boston (61-21), which begins the defense of its NBA title in the playoffs next weekend. Pritchard scored 12 in the final quarter.

Josh Okogie and Jusuf Nurkic each scored 14 points for the Hornets (19-63), who lost their seventh straight.

Neither team played any of their regular starters.

The Celtics played all their regulars Friday — except Jaylen Brown — and won by 36 points. Brown missed the final two games to rest his troublesome right knee that’s been bothering him for a month or so.

Charlotte’s Seth Curry didn’t play and finished the season hitting 45.6% on 3s. On Friday, he slipped ahead of Sacramento’s Zach LaVine and became eligible for the league’s top percentage by making his 82nd.

It was the second time this week the Celtics sat out their top six players. They also did in a 20-point loss at Orlando on Wednesday.

Takeaways

Hornets: Lost 12 of their final 13 and haven’t made the playoffs since 2016.

Celtics: Completed their second straight 60-win season, the first back-to-back since 2007-08 and 2008-09 when they won the title and lost in the East semifinals, respectively.

Key moment

Pritchard, a strong candidate for the NBA’s Sixth Man award, had nine points in the first quarter when Boston opened a 19-5 edge in the opening six minutes.

Key stat

Boston made 14 3’s, increasing its NBA record for a season to 1,457. The Celtics passed the previous high this month, set by Golden State two years ago.

Up next

The Hornets are done. The Celtics await their first-round playoff opponent for next weekend.

­------

AP NBA: https://apnews.com/hub/nba

Play by Play

Play By Play

Recent plays and game events
TIMEPLAY
Celtics logo
Hornets logo
12:00
undefined logo
Jusuf Nurkic vs. Luke Kornet (KJ Simpson gains possession)
00
11:41
undefined logo
Jusuf Nurkic makes driving layup
02
11:41
undefined logo
Torrey Craig shooting foul
02
11:41
undefined logo
Jusuf Nurkic makes free throw 1 of 1
03
11:23
undefined logo
Payton Pritchard makes 7-foot pullup jump shot
23
11:13
undefined logo
DaQuan Jeffries misses 27-foot three point jumper
23
11:11
undefined logo
Celtics defensive team rebound
23
10:57
undefined logo
Payton Pritchard makes 27-foot three point jumper (Luke Kornet assists)
53
10:34
undefined logo
Josh Okogie misses driving layup
53
10:32
undefined logo
Sam Hauser defensive rebound
53
10:29
undefined logo
Baylor Scheierman misses 30-foot three point shot
53
10:26
undefined logo
Celtics offensive team rebound
53
10:23
undefined logo
Sam Hauser makes 29-foot three point jumper (Payton Pritchard assists)
83
10:00
undefined logo
Jusuf Nurkic makes layup (Josh Okogie assists)
85
9:39
undefined logo
Payton Pritchard misses 26-foot three point step back jumpshot
85
9:35
undefined logo
KJ Simpson defensive rebound
85
9:31
undefined logo
Josh Okogie misses 23-foot three point shot
85
9:29
undefined logo
Luke Kornet defensive rebound
85
9:17
undefined logo
Sam Hauser misses driving floating jump shot
85
9:14
undefined logo
Tidjane Salaun defensive rebound
85
8:53
undefined logo
Jusuf Nurkic misses 23-foot three point jumper
85
8:52
undefined logo
Celtics defensive team rebound
85
8:52
undefined logo
Tidjane Salaun personal foul
85
8:40
undefined logo
Torrey Craig misses driving floating jump shot
85
8:38
undefined logo
Tidjane Salaun defensive rebound
85
8:31
undefined logo
Luke Kornet blocks Tidjane Salaun 's 7-foot driving dunk
85
8:28
undefined logo
Luke Kornet defensive rebound
85
8:09
undefined logo
Luke Kornet makes 17-foot pullup jump shot
105
7:52
undefined logo
Tidjane Salaun misses driving floating jump shot
105
7:50
undefined logo
Torrey Craig defensive rebound
105
7:36
undefined logo
Jusuf Nurkic blocks Luke Kornet 's 4-foot dunk
105
7:35
undefined logo
Jusuf Nurkic vs. Luke Kornet (Payton Pritchard gains possession)
105
7:35
undefined logo
Celtics offensive team rebound
105
7:26
undefined logo
Payton Pritchard makes layup
125
7:09
undefined logo
Jusuf Nurkic misses 5-foot two point shot
125
7:05
undefined logo
Sam Hauser defensive rebound
125
6:52
undefined logo
Luke Kornet makes 6-foot two point shot (Sam Hauser assists)
145
6:31
undefined logo
Tidjane Salaun misses 27-foot three point jumper
145
6:29
undefined logo
Jusuf Nurkic offensive rebound
145
6:27
undefined logo
Jusuf Nurkic lost ball turnover (Payton Pritchard steals)
145
6:21
undefined logo
Torrey Craig misses 22-foot three point shot
145
6:18
undefined logo
Josh Okogie defensive rebound
145
6:16
undefined logo
Josh Okogie out of bounds bad pass turnover
145
6:16
undefined logo
Celtics Full timeout
145
6:16
undefined logo
Neemias Queta enters the game for Luke Kornet
145
6:16
undefined logo
Jaylen Sims enters the game for Josh Okogie
145
6:07
undefined logo
Sam Hauser makes 27-foot three pointer (Neemias Queta assists)
175
5:54
undefined logo
DaQuan Jeffries misses 27-foot three point jumper
175
5:52
undefined logo
Payton Pritchard defensive rebound
175
5:44
undefined logo
Payton Pritchard makes 18-foot pullup jump shot
195
5:30
undefined logo
DaQuan Jeffries misses 23-foot three point jumper
195
5:28
undefined logo
Torrey Craig defensive rebound
195
5:22
undefined logo
Torrey Craig bad pass (Jusuf Nurkic steals)
195
5:15
undefined logo
Tidjane Salaun misses two point shot
195
5:13
undefined logo
Neemias Queta defensive rebound
195
5:10
undefined logo
Sam Hauser makes 26-foot running pullup jump shot (Payton Pritchard assists)
225
5:08
undefined logo
Hornets Full timeout
225
5:08
undefined logo
JD Davison enters the game for Payton Pritchard
225
5:08
undefined logo
Jordan Walsh enters the game for Torrey Craig
225
5:08
undefined logo
Taj Gibson enters the game for DaQuan Jeffries
225
5:08
undefined logo
Damion Baugh enters the game for Jusuf Nurkic
225
5:08
undefined logo
Moussa Diabate enters the game for KJ Simpson
225
5:08
undefined logo
Wendell Moore Jr. enters the game for Tidjane Salaun
225
4:50
undefined logo
Taj Gibson misses 13-foot jumper
225
4:47
undefined logo
Jordan Walsh defensive rebound
225
4:29
undefined logo
Baylor Scheierman misses 17-foot pullup jump shot
225
4:26
undefined logo
Jordan Walsh offensive rebound
225
4:21
undefined logo
JD Davison makes 12-foot driving floating jump shot (Neemias Queta assists)
245
4:01
undefined logo
Moussa Diabate makes 7-foot two point shot (Jaylen Sims assists)
247
3:42
undefined logo
Baylor Scheierman misses 32-foot three point jumper
247
3:39
undefined logo
Taj Gibson defensive rebound
247
3:33
undefined logo
Jaylen Sims misses 28-foot three point jumper
247
3:29
undefined logo
Taj Gibson offensive rebound
247
3:16
undefined logo
Moussa Diabate lost ball turnover (Neemias Queta steals)
247
3:07
undefined logo
Sam Hauser misses 26-foot three point jumper
247
3:05
undefined logo
Hornets defensive team rebound
247
2:55
undefined logo
Jaylen Sims makes 1-foot dunk (Damion Baugh assists)
249
2:44
undefined logo
Baylor Scheierman makes 26-foot three pointer
279
2:19
undefined logo
Taj Gibson makes 7-foot two point shot (Wendell Moore Jr. assists)
2711
2:01
undefined logo
Jordan Walsh misses 26-foot three point jumper
2711
1:59
undefined logo
Taj Gibson defensive rebound
2711
1:51
undefined logo
Jaylen Sims makes 9-foot driving floating jump shot
2713
1:39
undefined logo
Jaylen Sims personal foul
2713
1:36
undefined logo
Sam Hauser makes 27-foot three point jumper (JD Davison assists)
3013
1:19
undefined logo
Wendell Moore Jr. misses 23-foot three point step back jumpshot
3013
1:14
undefined logo
Jordan Walsh defensive rebound
3013
1:10
undefined logo
Jordan Walsh misses two point shot
3013
1:08
undefined logo
Baylor Scheierman offensive rebound
3013
1:02
undefined logo
JD Davison misses 28-foot three point jumper
3013
58.0
undefined logo
Moussa Diabate defensive rebound
3013
55.1
undefined logo
Damion Baugh makes two point shot
3015
35.1
undefined logo
Jordan Walsh makes 23-foot three point jumper (JD Davison assists)
3315
20.1
undefined logo
Jordan Walsh personal foul
3315
20.1
undefined logo
Josh Okogie enters the game for Wendell Moore Jr.
3315
14.0
undefined logo
Damion Baugh lost ball turnover (JD Davison steals)
3315
1.1
undefined logo
JD Davison lost ball turnover (Jaylen Sims steals)
3315
0.0
End of the 1st Quarter
3315

Related Tags

Charlotte Hornets vs Boston Celtics Live StreamWatch Charlotte Hornets vs Boston Celtics FreeHornets vs Celtics Live ScoreCHA vs BOS GameNBA Stream Charlotte HornetsNBA Stream Boston CelticsTD GardenNBA Live StreamBasketball Streams