2010–11 Boston Celtics season

The 2010–11 Boston Celtics season was the 65th season of the Boston Celtics in the National Basketball Association (NBA).

On June 30, 2010, Doc Rivers announced that he would return to coach the Celtics after speculating that he would resign in order to spend time with his family.

With the off-season acquisitions of former all-stars Shaquille O'Neal and Jermaine O'Neal (no relation), the Celtics started the year at 41-14 and were on top of the Eastern Conference standings during the All-Star break. However, after center Kendrick Perkins, who was working his way back from a torn ACL in last year's Finals, was traded to the Oklahoma City Thunder mid-season, the Celtics then preceeded to play mediocre basketball after the trade, winning just 15 of their final 27 games. Still, they managed a 56-26 record and enter the playoffs as the 3rd seed in the Eastern Conference. They swept the New York Knicks, in four games in the first round to advance to the Conference Semifinals where they faced the Miami Heat, who added LeBron James and Chris Bosh to join Dwyane Wade. However, the rejuvenated Heat proved too much for the Celtics and they easily won the series in five games, knocking Boston out of the playoffs. Following the season, Shaquille O'Neal retired after playing 19 seasons in the league.

The Big Four of Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce, Ray Allen, Rajon Rondo and coach Rivers represented the Eastern Conference in the 2011 NBA All-Star Game in Los Angeles.

Key dates

Boston Celtics on April 11, 2011

• June 24 – The 2010 NBA draft was held in New York City.
• July 1 – The free agency period started.
• October 26 – The regular season started with an 88–80 win over the media-hyped Miami Heat.^[1]

Summary

NBA Draft 2010

Draft picks

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College/Team
1	19	Avery Bradley	SG	United States	Texas
2	52	Luke Harangody	PF	United States	Notre Dame

Roster

Boston Celtics roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From 2.0 !SG 20 USA ! Allen, Ray 7000195580000000000♠6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1975-07-20 Connecticut 1.0 !PG 45 Puerto Rico ! Arroyo, Carlos 7000187960000000000♠6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1979-07-30 Florida International 2.0 !SG 0 USA ! Bradley, Avery 7000187960000000000♠6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1990-11-26 Texas 4.5 !PF 11 USA ! Davis, Glen 7000205740000000000♠6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 289 lb (131 kg) 1986-01-01 LSU 4.5 !PF 5 USA ! Garnett, Kevin (C) 7000210820000000000♠6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 255 lb (116 kg) 1976-05-19 Farragut Career Academy 3.0 !SF 8 USA ! Green, Jeff 7000205740000000000♠6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 235 lb (107 kg) 1986-08-28 Georgetown 4.5 !PF 4 SRB ! Krstić, Nenad  (IN) 7000213360000000000♠7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 240 lb (109 kg) 1983-07-23 Serbia 4.5 !PF 30 USA ! Murphy, Troy  (IN) 7000210820000000000♠6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 245 lb (111 kg) 1980-05-02 Notre Dame 4.5 !PF 7 USA ! O'Neal, Jermaine 7000210820000000000♠6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 255 lb (116 kg) 1978-10-13 Eau Claire High School 6.0 !C 36 USA ! O'Neal, Shaquille 7000215899999999999♠7 ft 1 in (2.16 m) 325 lb (147 kg) 1972-03-06 LSU 3.0 !SF 77 MNE ! Pavlović, Sasha 7000200659999999999♠6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 235 lb (107 kg) 1983-11-15 Yugoslavia 3.0 !SF 34 USA ! Pierce, Paul 7000200659999999999♠6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 235 lb (107 kg) 1977-10-13 Kansas 1.0 !PG 9 USA ! Rondo, Rajon 7000185420000000000♠6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 171 lb (78 kg) 1986-02-22 Kentucky 2.0 !SG 12 USA ! Wafer, Von 7000195580000000000♠6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 209 lb (95 kg) 1985-07-21 Florida State 1.0 !PG 13 USA ! West, Delonte 7000190500000000000♠6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1983-07-26 Saint Joseph's	Head coach Doc Rivers (Marquette) Assistant coach(es) Lawrence Frank (Indiana) Armond Hill (Princeton) Kevin Eastman (Richmond) Mike Longabardi (Frostburg State) Roy Rogers (Alabama) Legend (C) Team captain (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended Injured

Pre-season

Game log

Regular season

Standings

Game log

Playoffs

Game log

Player statistics

Season

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* – Stats with the Celtics.

Awards, records and milestones

Awards

Week/Month

• On November 1, 2010 Rajon Rondo was named Eastern Conference's Player of the Week (October 26–31).^[3]
• On December 1, 2010 Doc Rivers was named Eastern Conference's Coach of the Month (November).^[4]
• On December 20, 2010 Paul Pierce was named Eastern Conference's Player of the Week (December 13–19).^[5]

All-Star

• Doc Rivers and his staff earned the right to coach the Eastern Conference team in the All-Star Game.^[6]
• Rajon Rondo was selected to his 2nd All-Star Game.^[6]
• Ray Allen was selected to his 10th All-Star Game.^[6]
• Paul Pierce was selected to his 9th All-Star Game.^[6]
• Kevin Garnett was selected to his 14th All-Star Game.^[6]

Milestones

• Paul Pierce becomes the 3rd Celtics player in history to score 20,000 points joining Larry Bird and John Havlicek.
• On January 8, 2011, Boston Celtics joined Los Angeles Lakers to be the only franchises to reach 3,000 wins. They won against Toronto Raptors, 122–102.
• On February 10, 2011, Ray Allen became the NBA's all-time leader in three-point field goals, surpassing Reggie Miller with 2,561.

Transactions

Overview

Trades

Free agents

Additions

Subtractions

References

See also

• 2010–11 NBA season