{"id":5502,"date":"2024-11-09T09:59:57","date_gmt":"2024-11-09T09:59:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=5502"},"modified":"2024-11-09T09:59:57","modified_gmt":"2024-11-09T09:59:57","slug":"jayson-tatum-made-some-huge-plays-down-the-stretch-sending-us-to-ot-and-leading-us-to-the-w","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=5502","title":{"rendered":"Jayson Tatum made some huge plays down the stretch, sending us to OT and leading us to the W."},"content":{"rendered":"
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Payton Pritchard was sitting at his locker after the Celtics\u2019 108-104 overtime win against the Nets on Friday night when Al Horford walked past him. Pritchard smiled.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cAl, that 3 was clutch,\u201d Pritchard said. \u201cWe needed that.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cYeah,\u201d he said. \u201cI kind of felt like we were due.\u201d<\/p>\n

Pritchard was referring to Horford\u2019s dart from the right corner with two minutes left in overtime that gave Boston a 3-point lead, their largest of the game to that point. Horford was referring to everything else that preceded it.<\/p>\n

The Celtics were just 14 of 53 from the 3-point line, a level of inaccuracy that is generally impossible to overcome, especially on nights such as Friday, when Jaylen Brown, Kristaps Porzingis, and Luke Kornet were sidelined.<\/p>\n

But the unusual path to this win was partly what made it satisfying afterward.<\/p>\n

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— Boston Celtics (@celtics) November 9, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n