Payton Pritchard's wife captures touching moment NBA champion sneaks off during dog walk to surprise young fan

Payton Pritchard proved his value connected and disconnected nan NBA tribunal erstwhile his wife, Emma MacDonald, captured nan Celtics prima astonishing a young fan, and posted nan infinitesimal connected her Instagram story.

The mates went connected a leisurely locomotion pinch their dogs erstwhile nan 26-year-old saw a young boy hooping by himself and decided to springiness nan instrumentality a infinitesimal to remember.

Unable to defy a shootaround, Pritchard ended up successful a one-on-one scrimmage pinch nan fan. In nan video posted by Emma, Payton is seen backing down nan young subordinate earlier pulling up and making a bumpy jump shot.

'We took our canine to nan parkland and I move astir and find him here,' Emma wrote connected nan clip.

Pritchard tin beryllium heard teasing nan fan, saying 'Watch your manus check, bro,' many times arsenic his defender smiles while reaching for nan ball.

The young instrumentality past exclaimed 'Oh my,' arsenic he watched Pritchard's changeable deed nan nett aft bouncing disconnected nan rim and backboard 4 times.

Pritchard was drafted by nan Celtics pinch nan 26th prime retired of Oregon successful 2020 and became an effective domiciled subordinate for nan team.

After averaging 9.6 points successful 22.3 minutes per crippled past season, Pritchard was a dynamite disconnected nan chair for nan Celtics successful nan playoffs. Through their postseason run, Pritchard scored 122 points successful total, making 41.9 percent of his section goals and 38.3 percent from three-point range.

The Celtics would hit Miami and Cleveland successful back-to-back gentlemen's sweeps earlier sweeping nan Pacers successful nan Conference Finals. They defeated nan Dallas Mavericks successful 5 games to unafraid the franchise's 18th banner.

So acold this season, Pritchard is averaging 12.3 points, 2.3 rebounds, and 2 assists arsenic nan Celtics look to repetition travel June.

Boston is 3-0 to commencement nan play pinch wins complete nan Knicks, Wizards, and Pistons. They look to stay undefeated arsenic they look nan Milwaukee Bucks connected Monday, Oct. 28.