BOSTON — With the game on the line on Wednesday night, the Boston Celtics wanted to get the ball in the hands of star guard Jaylen Brown . But that's not how things played out at the end of the Green Team's 117-116 loss to the Philadelphia 76ers .

With just 1.6 seconds remaining in a one-point affair, Brown was heavily guarded and even wrapped up by Sixers guard Quentin Grimes. Instead of forcing a pass to Brown, first-year Celtic Anfernee Simons inbounded the ball to reigning Sixth Man of the Year Payton Pritchard .

Although Pritchard has demonstrated that he can hit big shots throughout his NBA career , he was defended well and couldn't get the potential game-winning jumper to fall.

Following the season-opening loss, Celtics guard Derrick White explained that giving the fina

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