Beijing time on December 30, 2020-21 season NBA regular season fierce battle is in full swing. In today's Eastern Conference focus, the Celtics challenged the Pacers and . The two teams each played a good goal in the first half, and the Green Army led the Pacers by 1 point 58:57. After the start of the third quarter, the Pacers quickly had a wave of offensive climax. They once led the Green Army by 17 points, and the Green Army was 83:94 behind by 11 points to end the third quarter. After the start of the last quarter, the Green Army made a crazy 28:6 lead. After that, the Pacers tried to chase points, but the Greens always took the lead. The Pacers made a mistake at the last moment and ruined the game.
In the end, the Celtics defeated the Pacers 116-111 in the away game, stopping the two-game losing streak, and the team record became 2 wins and 2 losses. In terms of statistics, the Celtics Tatum scored 27 points, 11 rebounds and 4 assists, Jaylen Brown 20 points, Thompson scored 14 points and 10 rebounds, Smart scored 17 points and 5 assists, the Pacers side, Oladipo With 24 points, 6 rebounds and 6 assists, Sabonis had 14 points, 11 rebounds and 8 assists. It is worth mentioning that the two teams have played against each other in the first two days. At that time, the Green Army crashed in the third quarter and finally lost to the opponent 107:108. Today, the Green Army encountered an opponent's counterattack again in the third quarter, but they did not make the mistake of the previous game again and achieved a reversal in the final quarter.
However, it should be noted that although Tatum and others played very well, there is another key figure in the reversal of the Green Army today. He is the rookie Pritchard wearing the No. 11 jersey! In the game, Pritchard played 27 minutes and scored 10 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists on 4 of 8 shots. In the second quarter, Pritchard made 2 of 2 shots and scored 4 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists. Most importantly, Pritchard stepped forward when the Green Army was 17 points behind. He scored 6 points in the final quarter and caused frequent kills. It was thanks to his consecutive scoring that the Green Army was able to take advantage of the trend to hit an offensive climax, and finally won the overtake victory.
For many fans, Pritchard is still a strange name. In this year's draft , Pritchard was selected by the Green Army with the 26th overall pick in the first round. Although only a player at the end of the first round, Pritchard's style of playing is very sophisticated, which is why he was reused by the Greens coach Stevens at the beginning of the new season. Surprisingly, Pritchard is still standing on the court despite the anxiety in the final quarter, which shows that he has gained the trust of Stevens.
So far, Pritchard has averaged 8.2 points, 2 rebounds and 2.5 assists this season. After winning today, the Greens will play against the Grizzlies at home tomorrow.
