Celtics take series stranglehold with rout of 76ers in Game 4, push Philly to brink

Payton Pritchard scored a playoff-career-high 32 points, and the Boston Celtics cruised to a 128-96 road win in Game 4 of their first-round series with the Philadelphia 76ers. Boston now leads 3-1.Pritchard came off the bench to score 13 points in the first quarter before adding 14 in the third quarter while hitting 6 of 10 3-pointers, spoiling the return of Sixers star Joel Embiid, out since April 6 after undergoing emergency appendectomy surgery. Embiid scored 26 points with 10 rebounds and six assists in 34 minutes.Advertisement