The Celtics are headed to Madison Square Garden on Tuesday night with their entire starting lineup and more on the injury report.
Al Horford has already been ruled out, while Jayson Tatum (ankle), Jaylen Brown (knee), Jrue Holiday (shoulder), Kristaps Porzingis (illness), and Derrick White (toe) are all either questionable or probable as of this writing.
With little to play for, the NBA regular season winding down, and another game coming on Wednesday, it’s likely one or all of these Celtics stars will sit, leaving the Sixth Man of the Year favorite, Payton Pritchard, to take care of the scoring load.
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Pritchard is averaging 14 points a game this season, but he’s had some monster scoring nights when the Celtics’ injury report is full.
On Mar. 5 against the Trail Blazers, he dropped a career-high 43 points on 14-of-20 shooting and 10-of-16 from deep with Tatum, Holiday, and Porzingis on the bench.
With Tatum out and Holiday and Horford playing limited minutes on Dec. 12, Pritchard had a 27-point night against the Pistons.
With dozens of shot attempts available to him on Tuesday, look for Pritchard to have another massive night shooting the ball.
Once Pritchard is confirmed in the lineup, run — don’t walk — to back him to go over his points prop.
The pick: Payton Pritchard over points
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