Payton Pritchard Scores 34 Points In Celtics' 93-86 Regular-season Ending Victory Over Hornets

Payton Pritchard scored 34 points on Sunday and the Boston Celtics swept consecutive home games against the Charlotte Hornets with a 93-86 victory despite blowing a 21-point first-half lead in a regular-season ending matchup of all reserves.

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.