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Payton Pritchard has extended his hot streak to four games. In those outings, he’s averaging 19 points, 8 assists and 3.8 rebounds on 51.6% shooting from 3-point range and 52.7% from the field. Sooner or later, he’s going to regress to the mean. There’s no doubt that Pritchard is capable of producing high-level impact on a game-to-game basis, but his shooting will undoubtedly level out.

We should be hoping that his current stretch raises his floor and sets a new bar for what we consider a decent performance from him. As the first guard off the bench, Pritchard will significantly impact the flow of games once Joe Mazzulla gets into his rotations and combinations. The more consistent these performance levels can be, the better it will be for the Celtics.

Detroit is struggling to stay healthy which makes that new record low a real possibility. Before tipoff against the Celtics, the Pistons had six different players on the injury report Ausar Thompson (illness), Simone Fontecchio (toe), Isaiah Stewart (hamstring), Quentin Grimes (knee), Stanley Umude (ankle), and Taj Gibson (hamstring). Center Jalen Duren was a late scratch after shootaround due to back spasms.

The Pistons kept Friday’s game close in the opening quarter leading 34-32 to finish. Their limited depth and continuity were on notice against Boston as the game went on. Detroit surrendered 19 turnovers to the Celtics who rank No. 2 in NBA defensive rating. Boston also controlled the game offensively as they knocked down 16-45 triples.