Payton Pritchard had a huge night and Jaylen Brown recorded a triple-double as the Celtics held on for a thrilling win over the Cavaliers on Sunday.

Here are the takeaways.

Payton Pritchard was fully engulfed in flames

Pritchard struggled against the Timberwolves on Saturday , and the Cavaliers suffered the wrath of his mean regression immediately — he buried a 3-pointer on the first possession of the game, then needed just one minute before he made his next one. On the Celtics’ next possession, he buried his third.

The only thing that was able to limit Pritchard in the first quarter was foul trouble — he picked up his second at the 5:52 mark, just eight seconds after scoring his 10th point with a mid-range jumper.

But when Pritchard returned to the game, he remained hot, and he was

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