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Charlotte Hornets at Boston Celtics

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Charlotte Hornets
19-63, 7-34 Away
Final
86 - 93

Boston Celtics
61-21, 28-13 Home

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

Payton Pritchard drops 34 to lead Celtics past Charlotte

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.

Regular Season Series

BOS wins series 4-0

Recent Plays

4th 0.0 End of Game 86 - 93
4th 0.0 End of the 4th Quarter 86 - 93
4th 6.1 Payton Pritchard defensive rebound 86 - 93
4th 12.0 Moussa Diabate misses 27-foot three point jumper 86 - 93
4th 19.1 Hornets Full timeout 86 - 93

Statistics

https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/nba/500/cha.png&h=100&scale=crop&w=100&location=originCHA https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/nba/500/bos.png&h=100&scale=crop&w=100&location=originBOS
32-85 FG 35-90
37.6 Field Goal % 38.9
11-39 3PT 14-45
28.2 Three Point % 31.1
11-18 FT 9-13
61.1 Free Throw % 69.2
51 Rebounds 49
18 Offensive Rebounds 15
33 Defensive Rebounds 34
23 Assists 22
10 Steals 12
4 Blocks 6
17 Turnovers 13
0 Team Turnovers 0
17 Total Turnovers 13
1 Technical Fouls 0
1 Total Technical Fouls 0
0 Flagrant Fouls 0
21 Points Conceded Off Turnovers 10
8 Fast Break Points 12
40 Points in Paint 38
16 Fouls 14
3 Largest Lead 21
Boston Celtics Boston Celtics Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE
RJ Luis Jr., G Day-To-Day Aug 5
Jayson Tatum, SF Out Jul 3
Anfernee Simons, SG Day-To-Day Jul 3
Jaylen Brown, SG Day-To-Day Jul 3
Charlotte Hornets Charlotte Hornets Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE
Tidjane Salaun, F Day-To-Day Jul 20
Grant Williams, PF Day-To-Day Jul 3
Nick Smith Jr., G Day-To-Day Jul 3
Brandon Miller, F Day-To-Day Jul 3
Miles Bridges, SF Day-To-Day Jul 3

Game Information

TD Garden

Location: Boston, MA
Attendance: 19,156 · Capacity:

2024-25 Southeast Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Orlando 41 41 .500 - L1
Atlanta 40 42 .488 1 W3
Miami 37 45 .451 4 L1
Charlotte 19 63 .232 22 L7
Washington 18 64 .220 23 W1

2024-25 Atlantic Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Boston - 21 W2 0.74390244 61
New York 10 31 W1 0.6219512 51
Toronto 31 52 L2 0.36585367 30
Brooklyn 35 56 L3 0.31707317 26
Philadelphia 37 58 L2 0.29268292 24
Full Standings

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