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Payton Pritchard continued his strong play; Sam Hauser and Svi Mykhailiuk excelled<\/p>\n
The new-look Celtics<\/a> came away with a 112-101 win in to move to 2-1 on the preseason. It was their second consecutive preseason win against the Philadelphia 76ers<\/a>, who dropped to 0-2 for the preseason. <\/p>\n Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown sat this one out, as did Joel Embiid and James Harden. The Celtics starting lineup of Derrick White, Jrue Holiday, Sam Hauser, Al Horford, and Kristaps Porzingis gave both the new backcourt and frontcourt duos an opportunity to develop some chemistry and get some in-game runs. <\/p>\n It was an all-around effort for the Cs. Seven players scored in double digits, led by Payton Pritchard (17 points), Sam Hauser (15 points), Svi Mykhailiuk (15 points), Porzingis (11 points), Holiday (11 points), and White (11 points), and Neemias Queta (10 points). <\/p>\n \u201cWe just have a lot of talent, a lot of cross matches, a lot of \u2018advantage\u2019 basketball players,\u201d Joe Mazzulla said in his postgame presser. He emphasized the importance of the team playing with pace, a consistent theme throughout his media briefings so far this fall. <\/p>\n The Celtics led 67-59 at the half, and already had four players with at least 10 points (Porzingis, White, Holiday, Pritchard) by halftime. The game blew open in the third quarter, largely thanks to the superb play of Payton Pritchard and an 18-3 run that gave the Celtics a 90-75 cushion going into the fourth quarter. The closing period saw some of the Celtics end-of-bench players for the first time, including JD Davison and Jordan Walsh, the team\u2019s most recent draft picks, and DJ Stewart and Wenyen Gabriel, among others. <\/p>\n Pritchard, Hauser, Mykhailiuk Stand Out <\/strong><\/p>\n While the outcome of preseason games is somewhat meaningless, how new acquisitions perform is always of note. Plus, a win against the 76ers is always sweet, regardless of whether that comes in October or May. <\/p>\n Once again, Preseason Payton Pritchard was in full effect; he finished with 17 points and 3 assists in less than 24 minutes of action. <\/p>\n \u201cHe deserves this, he works his tail off every single day,\u201d Hauser said of Pritchard\u2019s performance. Pritchard has led the team in scoring in all three preseason matches after signing a four-year extension. <\/p>\n