Ex-Duck Payton Pritchard hits longest NBA Finals shot in the last 25 years

June 17, 2024

By Tyler Nettuno, USA TODAY: Payton Pritchard is quickly becoming the guy the Boston Celtics want to have the ball in his hands for the final shot.

The fourth-year rotational player from Oregon is in the midst of what has been a career year for him, and though he’s only averaging a little over 20 minutes per game for the Celtics in the postseason, he’s certainly making his mark on the highlight reel.

Pritchard hit a dazzling half-court buzzer-beater shot at the end of the third quarter of Game 2 of the NBA Finals against the Dallas Mavericks, and in a potentially decisive Game 5, he did it again as the clock expired in the first half.

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Payton Pritchard continued NBA Finals heroics with another half-court buzzer-beater for Celtics

Payton Pritchard is quickly becoming the guy the Boston Celtics want to have the ball in his hands for the final shot. The fourth-year rotational player from Oregon is in the midst of what has been a career year for him, and though he's only averaging a little over…

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