{"id":446397,"date":"2026-02-01T02:44:06","date_gmt":"2026-02-01T02:44:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/446397\/"},"modified":"2026-02-01T02:44:06","modified_gmt":"2026-02-01T02:44:06","slug":"celtics-payton-pritchard-leads-nba-in-impressive-stat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/446397\/","title":{"rendered":"Celtics’ Payton Pritchard leads NBA in impressive stat"},"content":{"rendered":"

Payton Pritchard is among the most underrated No. 3 scoring options in the league.<\/p>\n

The 6-foot-1 Boston Celtics<\/a> guard has done nothing but improve his game since entering the league in 2020, and with Jayson Tatum sidelined with an Achilles injury, he\u2019s received a more significant offensive role with the 2024 NBA champions.<\/p>\n

According to the X\/Twitter account ‘Real App, ‘ Payton currently leads the NBA<\/a> in an impressive stat.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cPayton Pritchard has the most games in the NBA this season with 25+ points & zero free throws attempted,\u201d the notable statistics-based account stated.<\/p>\n

Why is that stat so admirable? Well, it\u2019s common for players to erupt for 25+ points while attempting multiple free throws. In some cases, it\u2019s so extreme that fans will throw out terms like \u2018foul baiter\u2019 and \u2018free throw merchant\u2019 to help diminish a player\u2019s performance.<\/p>\n

When an individual doesn\u2019t get any whistles in a 25-point outing, it means they had no choice but to fight through contact and score at a high clip. Pritchard has done just that this season, helping the Celtics navigate life without Tatum.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Pritchard is averaging 17.0 points, 5.3 assists, and 4.3 rebounds per game this year, shooting 45.9% from the field and 35.3% from downtown. The Celtics will need Pritchard to remain consistent if they want to return to the NBA Finals.<\/p>\n

More NBA:\u00a0Warriors predicted to cut ties with Jonathan Kuminga, acquire $108 million two-time blocks leader<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Payton Pritchard is among the most underrated No. 3 scoring options in the league. The 6-foot-1 Boston Celtics…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":446398,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[434],"tags":[49,48,459,82],"class_list":["post-446397","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-nba","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/446397","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=446397"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/446397\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/446398"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=446397"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=446397"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=446397"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}