2012–13 Boston Celtics season

The 2012–13 Boston Celtics season was the 67th season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The Boston Celtics finished the regular season with a 41-40 won-loss record, which was the 3rd best in the Atlantic division, bringing an end to the 5-year run as Atlantic Champs and 7th best in the East. Their longest winning and losing streaks were 7 and 6 games respectively. The leading scorer was Paul Pierce, averaging 18.6 PPG. The leading rebounder was Kevin Garnett (7.8 RPG). Rajon Rondo led the team and the league in assists per-game with 11.1 despite only playing 38 games due to ACL injury. The Celtics only played 81 games as their April 16 game was cancelled in the aftermath of the Boston Marathon bombing and was not rescheduled because it would not have changed any part of the final Eastern Conference standings anyway. The Celtics would go on to lose in the first round of the playoffs for the first time since the 2004–05 season. This season would mark the end of the Paul Pierce and Kevin Garnett era in Boston as they were traded to the Brooklyn Nets during the 2013 off-season.

Key dates

• June 28: The 2012 NBA draft took place at Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey.
• October 30: The regular season begins with a 120–107 loss to the Miami Heat in a rematch from the previous season's playoffs.
• January 25: Rajon Rondo suffered a partially torn ACL injury in his right knee after a loss to the Atlanta Hawks and will miss the remainder of the season but is expected to be back by training camp for the 2013/14 season.
• February 1: Jared Sullinger underwent lumbar disc surgery in his back and will also miss the remainder of the season.
• February 11: Leandro Barbosa suffered a torn ACL in his left knee, along with a sprained MCL. He will be out for the rest of the season.
• April 3: Clinched a Playoffs berth with a win over the Detroit Pistons.

Pre-season

Game Log

Draft picks

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College/Club Team
1	21	Jared Sullinger	PF	United States	Ohio State
1	22	Fab Melo (pick traded from the L.A. Clippers via Oklahoma City Thunder)	C	Brazil	Syracuse
2	51	Kris Joseph	SF	Canada	Syracuse

Future draft picks

Credits

2014 second round draft pick from Brooklyn

Brooklyn's own 2014 2nd round pick to Boston. [Boston – Brooklyn, 6/23/2011]

2015 second round draft pick from Sacramento

Sacramento's own 2015 2nd round pick to Boston (top 55 protected in the 2015 Draft). If Sacramento's own 2015 2nd round pick is in the top 55 picks, then Sacramento's obligations to Boston shall be extinguished. [Boston – Sacramento, 2/17/2009]

2017 second round draft pick from Sacramento

Sacramento's own 2017 2nd round pick to Boston (top 55 protected in the 2017 Draft). If Sacramento's own 2017 2nd round pick is in the top 55 picks, then Sacramento's obligations to Boston shall be extinguished. [Boston – Sacramento, 2/24/2011]

Debits

2013 second round draft pick to Portland

Boston's own 2013 2nd round pick to Portland. [Boston-Houston-Portland, 7/20/2012]

Roster

2012-13 Boston Celtics roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From 4.0 !F 30 Bass, Brandon 7000203200000000000♠6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 250 lb (113 kg) 000000001985-04-30-0000April 30, 1985 LSU 1.5 !G 0 Bradley, Avery 7000187960000000000♠6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 000000001990-11-26-0000November 26, 1990 Texas 1.5 !G 27 Crawford, Jordan 7000193040000000000♠6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1988–10–23 Xavier 5.5 !F/C 5 Garnett, Kevin 7000210820000000000♠6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 253 lb (115 kg) 000000001976-05-19-0000May 19, 1976 Farragut HS (IL) 4.0 !F 8 Green, Jeff 7000205740000000000♠6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 235 lb (107 kg) 1986–08–28 Georgetown 2.5 !G/F 11 Lee, Courtney 7000195580000000000♠6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1985–10–03 Western Kentucky 6.0 !C 13 Melo, Fab 7000213360000000000♠7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 255 lb (116 kg) 1990–06–20 Syracuse 4.0 !F 34 Pierce, Paul (C) 7000200659999999999♠6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 235 lb (107 kg) 000000001977-10-13-0000October 13, 1977 Kansas 4.0 !F 42 Randolph, Shavlik 7000208279999999999♠6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 236 lb (107 kg) 1983–11–24 Duke 1.5 !G 9 Rondo, Rajon  7000185420000000000♠6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 186 lb (84 kg) 000000001986-02-22-0000February 22, 1986 Kentucky 4.0 !F 7 Sullinger, Jared  7000205740000000000♠6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 260 lb (118 kg) 000000001992-03-04-0000March 4, 1992 Ohio State 1.5 !G 4 Terry, Jason 7000187960000000000♠6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1977–09–15 Arizona 4.0 !F 12 White, D.J. 7000205740000000000♠6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 260 lb (118 kg) 1986–08–31 Indiana 5.5 !F/C 44 Wilcox, Chris 7000208279999999999♠6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 235 lb (107 kg) 1982–09–03 Maryland 1.5 !G 55 Williams, Terrence 7000198120000000000♠6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1987–06–28 Louisville	Head coach Doc Rivers Assistant coach(es) Kevin Eastman Armond Hill Mike Longabardi Tyronn Lue Jamie Young Jay Larranaga Legend (C) Team captain (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended (DL) On assignment to D-League affiliate Injured Roster

Regular season

Game log

Note: the Boston Celtics only played 81 games instead of 82 due to the cancellation of the scheduled April 16, 2013 game vs The Indiana Pacers after the Boston Marathon bombings.

Standings

Playoffs

Game log

Transactions

Overview

Trades

Free agents

References

External links

• 2012–13 Boston Celtics season Official Site
• 2012–13 Boston Celtics season at ESPN