Celtics win 93-86 in regular season-ending victory over Hornets
- The Celtics defeated the Hornets, 93-86, at TD Garden on Sunday in a regular-season finale.
- Boston rested its top six players to prepare them for the upcoming postseason.
- Payton Pritchard led Boston with 34 points, including key baskets in the fourth quarter, and Sam Hauser added 15.
- Coach Mazzulla stated he is "a hundred percent confident" Brown would be ready for the playoffs, despite knee injections.
- Boston, with a 61-21 record, will host Game 1 of the first round next weekend against either Atlanta or Orlando.
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Celtics win 93-86 in 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.


Boston 93, Charlotte 86
CHARLOTTE (86)

Payton Pritchard scores 34 points in Celtics’ 93-86 regular-season ending victory over Hornets
BOSTON (AP) — 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.


Pritchard scores 34 as Celtics win to end regular season
Boston tops Charlotte in a game dominated by reserves from both sides.
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