Pritchard was critical in the Celtics’ win over the Cavs on Sunday, putting up a season-high 42 points. He shot 15-for-22 from the field and 6-for-11 on his 3-pointers. But Cavs coach Kenny Atkinson praised one of his notable new skills.

Minott has played in 18 games for the Celtics over the opening month of the season, splitting his time between the starting lineup and the second unit. In those outings, he's averaging 7.6 points, 5 rebounds and 1.

Boston hosts the New York Knicks after Payton Pritchard scored 42 points in the Boston Celtics' 117-115 win against the Cleveland Cavaliers.

The Boston Celtics have been linked to a potential trade for a $97 million big man before the trade deadline this year.

Donovan Mitchell was unable to pull the Cavs to their 13th win of the season as the team fell to the Atlanta Hawks 130-123, which ended their NBA Cup hopes. The

Jaylen Brown has been having an unusual -- at least for him -- experience with fouling this season with the Boston Celtics. Not only has he been publically frustrated with the paucity of foul calls against him this season, the Georgia native is also racking up more technical fouls than he has been used to so far this year.

The Cavaliers struggled to slow down Payton Pritchard and despite a trio of 3s in the final minute, Cleveland fell to the Celtics Nov. 30.