Payton Pritchard scored 25 points off the bench as the Boston Celtics beat the Philadelphia 76ers 144-106 in a preseason game Saturday at TD Garden.
Boston fell behind 8-0 in the opening two minutes, then led 24-20 after the first quarter and built the lead to as many as 45 points in the second half, according to the team's Oct. 10 recap.
Pritchard made five of eight 3-point attempts and added seven assists in 24 minutes. Jayson Tatum scored 23 points.
Paul George had 13 points, five rebounds, four assists and five steals in his first preseason appearance for Boston. Baylor Scheierman also had five steals and led the game with eight assists.
The Celtics outrebounded Philadelphia 62-34 and turned 23 Sixers turnovers into 43 points. The result came in Boston's first home game of the preseason.