The Celtics finished off their preseason road trip on a tough note Friday night as their deep reserves could not hold onto a 27-point lead in a 107-105 loss to the Raptors. Boston sat out three expected starters for the matchup (Jaylen Brown. Derrick White, Sam Hauser) in the regular season but they did get a boost from one guard making his preseason debut.

Friday’s night’s “Name to Know” Player of the Game goes to Payton Pritchard. The Name to Know Player of the Game is sponsored by John’s Sewer and Drain Cleaning, the Name to Know when your drains don’t flow .

Pritchard finished with a team-high 19 points in the setback while also adding four rebounds and three assists in his 26 minutes before sitting out the entire fourth quarter of the defeat. The point guard did damage from inside

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