Payton Pritchard was listed as questionable prior to tip-off with neck spasms, but he started alongside Jaylen Brown, Neemias Queta, Derrick White, and Jordan Walsh. The Eastern Conference-leading Pistons started Ausar Thompson, Tobias Harris, Jalen Duren, Duncan Robinson, and Cade Cunningham.

Boston Celtics starting center Neemias Queta has been making strides on both ends of the court. And he has been putting in the work sharpening his skills in the pick and roll to make himself more of a threat on the offensive end of the court with Boston's backcourt players like Derrick White and Payton Pritchard.

Payton Pritchard scored a season-high 42 points, Jaylen Brown got his fourth career triple-double and the Boston Celtics held on to beat the Cleveland Cavaliers 117-115 after giving up most of their b

Pritchard scored a season-high 42 points and Brown recorded a triple-double Sunday as the Celtics held off the Cavaliers.

"I mean, we've always been a relatively knock-on-wood, a good taking care of the basketball team that helps us control the shot margin," said Mazzulla.

Forty-two points from Payton Pritchard and a Jaylen Brown triple-double powered the undermanned Celtics to a 117-115 win over the Cavaliers.

Pritchard is questionable for Monday's game against Detroit due to neck spasms, Zack Cox of the Boston Herald reports.

That Boston has been stacking wins in the middle of a stretch of games that projected to be among the toughest remaining on the Celtics' 2025-26 regular season schedule is all the more impressive, and Pritchard had praise for his teammates for pulling it off.

The Pistons are 5-1 in their last six games, including wins over the Hawks and Heat, and they’re 8-3 on their travels this year. One of those losses came in a nail-biter at TD Garden in November, where Cade Cunningham & Co. almost overcame Boston's 47% night from 3-point range.