2010–11 Boston Celtics season explained

Team:	Boston Celtics
Divisionwin:	yes
End Year:	2011
Wins:	56
Losses:	26
Division:	Atlantic
Division Place:	1
Conf Place:	3
Coach:	Doc Rivers
Gm:	Danny Ainge
President:	Danny Ainge
Owners:	Boston Basketball Partners
Arena:	TD Garden
Playoffs:	Conference Semifinals (lost to Heat 1–4)
Bbr Team:	BOS
Television:	CSN New England
Radio:	WEEI

The 2010–11 Boston Celtics season was the 65th season of the Boston Celtics in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The Celtics were coming off of an NBA Finals loss to their rivals, the Los Angeles Lakers, in seven games.

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.^{[1] [2]}

With the off-season acquisitions of former all-stars Shaquille O'Neal and Jermaine O'Neal, 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 MCL and PCL in last year's Finals, was traded to the Oklahoma City Thunder mid-season, the Celtics only won 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.

In the playoffs, they swept the New York Knicks in the first round to advance to the conference semifinals,^[3] where they faced the Miami Heat. The Celtics had defeated the Heat in five games in last season's First Round, after which the Heat had added LeBron James and Chris Bosh to join Dwyane Wade. The new-look Heat proved too much for the Celtics and easily won the series in five games, knocking Boston out of the playoffs.^[4] Following the season, Shaquille O'Neal retired after playing 19 seasons in the league.^{[5] [6] [7]}

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

• 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.^[8]

Summary

NBA Draft 2010

See main article: 2010 NBA draft.

Draft picks

See main article: 2010 NBA draft.

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

Pre-season

Game log

|- style="background:#cfc;"| 1| October 6| Philadelphia| | Ray Allen (14)| Ray Allen (8)| Rajon Rondo (7)| Verizon Wireless Arena
10,038| 1–0|- style="background:#cfc;"| 2| October 7| @ New Jersey| | Glen Davis (20)| Paul Pierce,
Delonte West (6)| Rajon Rondo (7)| Prudential Center
8,483| 2–0|- style="background:#cfc;"| 3| October 10| Toronto| | Nate Robinson (13)| Kevin Garnett (6)| Rajon Rondo (7)| TD Garden
18,624| 3–0|- style="background:#fbb;"| 4| October 12| @ Philadelphia| | Nate Robinson (26)| Jermaine O'Neal (12)| Nate Robinson (8)| Wells Fargo Center
7,835| 3–1|- style="background:#cfc;"| 5| October 13| @ New York| | Ray Allen (24)| Kevin Garnett (9)| Rajon Rondo (7)| Madison Square Garden
19,763| 4–1|- style="background:#cfc;"| 6| October 15| @ Toronto| | Nate Robinson (23)| Semih Erden (8)| Rajon Rondo (5)| Air Canada Centre
13,763| 5–1|- style="background:#cfc;"| 7| October 16| New York| | Kevin Garnett (20)| Rajon Rondo (8)| Rajon Rondo (9)| XL Center
15,318| 6–1|- style="background:#cfc;"| 8| October 20| New Jersey| | Paul Pierce (17)| Shaquille O'Neal (9)| Rajon Rondo (12)| TD Garden
18,624| 7–1|-

Regular season

Game log

|- style="background:#cfc;"| 1| October 26| Miami| | Ray Allen (20)| Kevin Garnett (10)| Rajon Rondo (17)| TD Garden
18,624| 1–0|- style="background:#fcc;"| 2| October 27| @ Cleveland| | Rajon Rondo (18)| Kevin Garnett (15)| Rajon Rondo (9)| Quicken Loans Arena
20,562| 1–1|- style="background:#cfc;"| 3| October 29| New York| | Paul Pierce (25)| Paul Pierce (14)| Rajon Rondo (24)| TD Garden
18,624| 2–1

|- style="background:#cfc;"| 4| November 2| @ Detroit| | Kevin Garnett (22)| Kevin Garnett (6)| Rajon Rondo (17)| The Palace of Auburn Hills
15,313| 3–1|- style="background:#cfc;"| 5| November 3| Milwaukee| | Paul Pierce (28)| Rajon Rondo,
Kevin Garnett (8)| Rajon Rondo (15)| TD Garden
18,624| 4–1|- style="background:#cfc;"| 6| November 5| Chicago| | Ray Allen (25)| Kevin Garnett (10)| Rajon Rondo (11)| TD Garden
18,624| 5–1|- style="background:#cfc;"| 7| November 7| @ Oklahoma City| | Ray Allen (19)| Jermaine O'Neal (9)| Rajon Rondo (10)| Oklahoma City Arena
18,203| 6–1|- style="background:#fcc;"| 8| November 8| @ Dallas| | Paul Pierce (24)| Kevin Garnett (15)| Rajon Rondo (15)| American Airlines Center
20,194| 6–2|- style="background:#cfc;"| 9| November 11| @ Miami| | Ray Allen (35)| Kevin Garnett (13)| Rajon Rondo (16)| American Airlines Arena
19,650| 7–2|- style="background:#cfc;"| 10| November 13| @ Memphis| | Paul Pierce (28)| Kevin Garnett (9)| Rajon Rondo (17)| FedExForum
18,119| 8–2|- style="background:#cfc;"| 11| November 17| Washington| | Paul Pierce (23)| Glen Davis (8)| Rajon Rondo (13)| TD Garden
18,624| 9–2|- style="background:#fcc;"| 12| November 19| Oklahoma City| | Kevin Garnett (16)| Shaquille O'Neal,
Paul Pierce (6)| Rajon Rondo (7)| TD Garden
18,624| 9–3|- style="background:#fcc;"| 13| November 21| @ Toronto| | Nate Robinson (22)| Kevin Garnett,
Ray Allen (8)| Paul Pierce (5)| Air Canada Centre
17,707| 9–4|- style="background:#cfc;"| 14| November 22| @ Atlanta| | Kevin Garnett (17)| Kevin Garnett,
Shaquille O'Neal (11)| Nate Robinson (10)| Philips Arena
14,476| 10–4|- style="background:#cfc;"| 15| November 24| New Jersey| | Shaquille O'Neal (25)| Shaquille O'Neal (11)| Ray Allen (7)| TD Garden
18,624| 11–4|- style="background:#cfc;"| 16| November 26| Toronto| | Kevin Garnett (26)| Kevin Garnett (11)| Rajon Rondo (14)| TD Garden
18,624| 12–4|- style="background:#cfc;"| 17| November 30| @ Cleveland| | Rajon Rondo (23)| Glen Davis (11)| Rajon Rondo (12)| Quicken Loans Arena
20,562| 13–4

|- style="background:#cfc;"| 18| December 1| Portland| | Paul Pierce (28)| Kevin Garnett (8)| Rajon Rondo (10)| TD Garden
18,624| 14–4|- style="background:#cfc;"| 19| December 3| Chicago| | Kevin Garnett (20)| Kevin Garnett (17)| Rajon Rondo (19)| TD Garden
18,624| 15–4|- style="background:#cfc;"| 20| December 5| @ New Jersey| | Nate Robinson (21)| Kevin Garnett (14)| Nate Robinson (6)| Prudential Center
16,196| 16–4|- style="background:#cfc;"| 21| December 8| Denver| | Ray Allen (28)| Kevin Garnett (9)| Rajon Rondo (13)| TD Garden
18,624| 17–4|- style="background:#cfc;"| 22| December 9| @ Philadelphia| | Ray Allen (23)| Paul Pierce (8)| Rajon Rondo (14)| Wells Fargo Center
17,948| 18–4|- style="background:#cfc;"| 23| December 11| @ Charlotte| | Ray Allen,
Glen Davis (16)| Kevin Garnett (11)| Rajon Rondo (8)| Time Warner Cable Arena
19,603| 19–4|- style="background:#cfc;"| 24| December 15| @ New York| | Paul Pierce (32)| Kevin Garnett (13)| Rajon Rondo (14)| Madison Square Garden
19,763| 20–4|- style="background:#cfc;"| 25| December 16| Atlanta| | Ray Allen,
Glen Davis (18)| Kevin Garnett (14)| Paul Pierce (10)| TD Garden
18,624| 21–4|- style="background:#cfc;"| 26| December 19| Indiana| | Glen Davis,
Paul Pierce,
Nate Robinson (18)| Paul Pierce (10)| Paul Pierce (12)| TD Garden
18,624| 22–4|- style="background:#cfc;"| 27| December 22| Philadelphia| | Ray Allen (22)| Shaquille O'Neal (9)| Ray Allen (6)| TD Garden
18,624| 23–4|- style="background:#fcc;"| 28| December 25| @ Orlando| | Kevin Garnett (22)| Glen Davis,
Paul Pierce (8)| Paul Pierce (5)| Amway Center
19,013| 23–5|- style="background:#cfc;"| 29| December 28| @ Indiana| | Paul Pierce (21)| Kevin Garnett (13)| Paul Pierce (7)| Conseco Fieldhouse
18,165| 24–5|- style="background:#fcc;"| 30| December 29| @ Detroit| | Paul Pierce (33)| Ray Allen (7)| Paul Pierce (8)| The Palace of Auburn Hills
22,076| 24–6|- style="background:#fcc;"| 31| December 31| New Orleans| | Ray Allen (18)| Paul Pierce (7)| Ray Allen,
Marquis Daniels (4)| TD Garden
18,624| 24–7

|- style="background:#cfc;"| 32| January 2| @ Toronto| | Paul Pierce (30)| Glen Davis (11)| Glen Davis,
Rajon Rondo (8)| Air Canada Centre
19,986| 25–7|- style="background:#cfc;"| 33| January 3| Minnesota| | Paul Pierce (23)| Paul Pierce,
Von Wafer (6)| Rajon Rondo (16)| TD Garden
18,624| 26–7|- style="background:#cfc;"| 34| January 5| San Antonio| | Ray Allen (31)| Rajon Rondo (10)| Rajon Rondo (22)| TD Garden
18,624| 27–7|- style="background:#cfc;"| 35| January 7| Toronto| | Paul Pierce (20)| Luke Harangody (11)| Rajon Rondo (7)| TD Garden
18,624| 28–7|- style="background:#fcc;"| 36| January 8| @ Chicago| | Paul Pierce (21)| Rajon Rondo (5)| Rajon Rondo (8)| United Center
22,663| 28–8|- style="background:#fcc;"| 37| January 10| Houston| | Ray Allen,
Marquis Daniels (19)| Ray Allen,
Marquis Daniels (7)| Rajon Rondo (12)| TD Garden
18,624| 28–9|- style="background:#cfc;"| 38| January 12| Sacramento| | Paul Pierce (25)| Semih Erden (9)| Rajon Rondo (13)| TD Garden
18,624| 29–9|- style="background:#cfc;"| 39| January 14| Charlotte| | Shaquille O'Neal (23)| Rajon Rondo (6)| Rajon Rondo (13)| TD Garden
18,624| 30–9|- style="background:#cfc;"| 40| January 17| Orlando| | Ray Allen (26)| Kevin Garnett (8)| Rajon Rondo (13)| TD Garden
18,624| 31–9|- style="background:#cfc;"| 41| January 19| Detroit| | Paul Pierce (22)| Shaquille O'Neal (12)| Rajon Rondo (8)| TD Garden
18,624| 32–9|- style="background:#cfc;"| 42| January 21| Utah| | Kevin Garnett (21)| Glen Davis,
Semih Erden (7)| Rajon Rondo (12)| TD Garden
18,624| 33–9|- style="background:#fcc;"| 43| January 22| @ Washington| | Kevin Garnett (17)| Semih Erden (11)| Rajon Rondo (9)| Verizon Center
20,278| 33–10|- style="background:#cfc;"| 44| January 25| Cleveland| | Paul Pierce (24)| Semih Erden (8)| Rajon Rondo (10)| TD Garden
18,624| 34–10|- style="background:#cfc;"| 45| January 27| @ Portland| | Ray Allen (18)| Kevin Garnett,
Kendrick Perkins (9)| Kevin Garnett (9)| Rose Garden
20,706| 35–10|- style="background:#fcc;"| 46| January 28| @ Phoenix| | Kevin Garnett (18)| Kevin Garnett (9)| Rajon Rondo (6)| US Airways Center
18,422| 35–11|- style="background:#cfc;"| 47| January 30| @ L.A. Lakers| | Paul Pierce (32)| Kevin Garnett (13)| Rajon Rondo (16)| Staples Center
18,997| 36–11

|- style="background:#cfc;"| 48| February 1| @ Sacramento| | Ray Allen (22)| Kendrick Perkins (10)| Rajon Rondo (10)| ARCO Arena
16,482| 37–11|- style="background:#fcc;"| 49| February 4| Dallas| | Ray Allen (24)| Kendrick Perkins (12)| Rajon Rondo (12)| TD Garden
18,624| 37–12|- style="background:#cfc;"| 50| February 6| Orlando| | Rajon Rondo (26)| Kendrick Perkins (13)| Rajon Rondo (7)| TD Garden
18,624| 38–12|- style="background:#fcc;"| 51| February 7| @ Charlotte| | Ray Allen (25)| Kevin Garnett (14)| Rajon Rondo (14)| Time Warner Cable Arena
19,081| 38–13|- style="background:#fcc;"| 52| February 10| L.A. Lakers| | Ray Allen (20)| Kevin Garnett (11)| Rajon Rondo (10)| TD Garden
18,624| 38–14|- style="background:#cfc;"| 53| February 13| Miami| | Kevin Garnett (19)| Rajon Rondo (10)| Rajon Rondo (10)| TD Garden
18,624| 39–14|- style="background:#cfc;"| 54| February 16| New Jersey| | Paul Pierce (31)| Kevin Garnett (10)| Rajon Rondo (8)| TD Garden
18,624| 40–14|- style="text-align:center;"| colspan="9" style="background:#bbcaff;"|All-Star Break|- style="background:#cfc;"| 55| February 22| @ Golden State| | Kevin Garnett (24)| Kevin Garnett (12)| Rajon Rondo (15)| Oracle Arena
19,738| 41–14|- style="background:#fcc;"| 56| February 24| @ Denver| | Paul Pierce (17)| Kevin Garnett (13)| Rajon Rondo (8)| Pepsi Center
18,524| 41–15|- style="background:#cfc;"| 57| February 26| @ L.A. Clippers| | Paul Pierce (24)| Kevin Garnett (11)| Rajon Rondo (11)| Staples Center
19,513| 42–15|- style="background:#cfc;"| 58| February 28| @ Utah| | Ray Allen (25)| Kevin Garnett (14)| Rajon Rondo (11)| EnergySolutions Arena
19,911| 43–15

|- style="background:#cfc;"| 59| March 2| Phoenix| | Kevin Garnett (28)| Paul Pierce (13)| Rajon Rondo (15)| TD Garden
18,624| 44–15|- style="background:#cfc;"| 60| March 4| Golden State| | Ray Allen,
Paul Pierce (27)| Paul Pierce (7)| Rajon Rondo (16)| TD Garden
18,624| 45–15|- style="background:#cfc;"| 61| March 6| @ Milwaukee| | Paul Pierce (23)| Kevin Garnett (11)| Rajon Rondo (8)| Bradley Center
16,110| 46–15|- style="background:#fcc;"| 62| March 9| L.A. Clippers| | Ray Allen (23)| Nenad Krstić (9)| Rajon Rondo (9)| TD Garden
18,624| 46–16|- style="background:#fcc;"| 63| March 11| @ Philadelphia| | Jeff Green (18)| Nenad Krstić (15)| Kevin Garnett,
Paul Pierce,
Rajon Rondo (5)| Wells Fargo Center
20,614| 46–17|- style="background:#cfc;"| 64| March 13| Milwaukee| | Ray Allen (17)| Nenad Krstić (14)| Carlos Arroyo (6)| TD Garden
18,624| 47–17|- style="background:#fcc;"| 65| March 14| @ New Jersey| | Ray Allen (19)| Glen Davis (14)| Rajon Rondo (9)| Prudential Center
18,711| 47–18|- style="background:#cfc;"| 66| March 16| Indiana| | Paul Pierce (20)| Glen Davis (9)| Rajon Rondo (8)| TD Garden
18,624| 48–18|- style="background:#fcc;"| 67| March 18| @ Houston| | Jeff Green (17)| Glen Davis (7)| Rajon Rondo (6)| Toyota Center
18,412| 48–19|- style="background:#cfc;"| 68| March 19| @ New Orleans| | Ray Allen,
Glen Davis (20)| Kevin Garnett (9)| Paul Pierce (6)| New Orleans Arena
18,018| 49–19|- style="background:#cfc;"| 69| March 21| @ New York| | Kevin Garnett (24)| Kevin Garnett (11)| Rajon Rondo (12)| Madison Square Garden
19,763| 50–19|- style="background:#fcc;"| 70| March 23| Memphis| | Paul Pierce (22)| Rajon Rondo (11)| Rajon Rondo (11)| TD Garden
18,624| 50–20|- style="background:#fcc;"| 71| March 25| Charlotte| | Paul Pierce (18)| Kevin Garnett (9)| Rajon Rondo (5)| TD Garden
18,624| 50–21|- style="background:#cfc;"| 72| March 27| @ Minnesota| | Paul Pierce (23)| Kevin Garnett (13)| Kevin Garnett,
Delonte West (5)| Target Center
19,178| 51–21|- style="background:#fcc;"| 73| March 28| @ Indiana| | Paul Pierce (23)| Kevin Garnett,
Paul Pierce (6)| Rajon Rondo (9)| Conseco Fieldhouse
15,932| 51–22|- style="background:#cfc;"| 74| March 31| @ San Antonio| | Rajon Rondo (22)| Paul Pierce (11)| Rajon Rondo (14)| AT&T Center
18,583| 52–22

|- style="background:#fcc;"| 75| April 1| @ Atlanta| | Paul Pierce (25)| Kevin Garnett,
Rajon Rondo (10)| Kevin Garnett,
Rajon Rondo,
Delonte West (5)| Philips Arena
19,763| 52–23|- style="background:#cfc;"| 76| April 3| Detroit| | Kevin Garnett (23)| Kevin Garnett (8)| Rajon Rondo (14)| TD Garden
18,624| 53–23|- style="background:#cfc;"| 77| April 5| Philadelphia| | Paul Pierce (18)| Jeff Green,
Paul Pierce (7)| Rajon Rondo (13)| TD Garden
18,624| 54–23|- style="background:#fcc;"| 78| April 7| @ Chicago| | Paul Pierce (15)| Kevin Garnett (10)| Rajon Rondo (6)| United Center
23,067| 54–24|- style="background:#cfc;"| 79| April 8| Washington| | Paul Pierce (22)| Paul Pierce (12)| Rajon Rondo (14)| TD Garden
18,624| 55–24|- style="background:#fcc;"| 80| April 10| @ Miami| | Paul Pierce (24)| Glen Davis (8)| Rajon Rondo (5)| American Airlines Arena
19,766| 55–25|- style="background:#fcc;"| 81| April 11| @ Washington| | Glen Davis,
Jeff Green (20)| Jeff Green (15)| Delonte West (5)| Verizon Center
17,787| 55–26|- style="background:#cfc;"| 82| April 13| New York| | Avery Bradley (20)| Glen Davis,
Jeff Green (8)| Von Wafer (5)| TD Garden
18,624| 56–26

Playoffs

Game log

|- style="background:#cfc;"| 1| April 17| New York| | Ray Allen (24)| Kevin Garnett (13)| Rajon Rondo (9)| TD Garden
18,624| 1–0|- style="background:#cfc;"| 2| April 19| New York| | Rajon Rondo (30)| Kevin Garnett (10)| Rajon Rondo (7)| TD Garden
18,624| 2–0|- style="background:#cfc;"| 3| April 22| @ New York| | Paul Pierce (38)| Kevin Garnett (12)| Rajon Rondo (20)| Madison Square Garden
19,763| 3–0|- style="background:#cfc;"| 4| April 24| @ New York| | Kevin Garnett (24)| Kevin Garnett (9)| Rajon Rondo (12)| Madison Square Garden
19,763| 4–0

|- style="background:#fbb;"| 1| May 1| @ Miami| | Ray Allen (25)| Kevin Garnett (8)| Rajon Rondo (7)| American Airlines Arena
20,021| 0–1|- style="background:#fbb;"| 2| May 3| @ Miami| | Rajon Rondo (20)| Jermaine O'Neal (9)| Rajon Rondo (12)| American Airlines Arena
20,104| 0–2|- style="background:#cfc;"| 3| May 7| Miami| | Kevin Garnett (28)| Kevin Garnett (18)| Rajon Rondo (11)| TD Garden
18,624| 1–2|- style="background:#fbb;"| 4| May 9| Miami| | Paul Pierce (27)| Kevin Garnett (10)| Rajon Rondo (5)| TD Garden
18,624| 1–3|- style="background:#fbb;"| 5| May 11| @ Miami| | Ray Allen (18)| Kevin Garnett (11)| Paul Pierce (4)| American Airlines Arena
20,208| 1–4

Player statistics

Season

|- style="text-align:center;" bgcolor=""| |style="background:#efe196;color:#008040;"| 80 ||style="background:#efe196;color:#008040;"| 80 || 36.1 || .491 || .444 || .881 || 3.4 || 2.7 || 1.0 || .2 || 16.5|- style="text-align:center; background:#f0f0f0;"| *| 15 || 1 || 12.7 || .314 ||style="background:#efe196;color:#008040;"| .600 || .917 || 1.5 || 1.7 || .5 || .0 || 2.4|- style="text-align:center;" bgcolor=""| | 31 || 0 || 5.2 || .343 || .000 || .500 || .5 || .4 || .3 || .0 || 1.7|- style="text-align:center; background:#f0f0f0;"| *| 49 || 0 || 19.1 || .491 || .190 || .684 || 2.3 || 1.3 || .8 || .4 || 5.5|- style="text-align:center;" bgcolor=""| | 78 || 13 || 29.5 || .448 || .133 || .736 || 5.4 || 1.2 || 1.0 || .4 || 11.7|- style="text-align:center; background:#f0f0f0;"| *| 36 || 7 || 14.3 || .604 || .000 || .630 || 2.9 || 0.5 || 0.4 || 0.6 || 4.2|- style="text-align:center;" bgcolor=""| | 71 || 71 || 31.3 || .528 || .200 || .862 ||style="background:#efe196;color:#008040;"| 8.9 || 2.4 || 1.3 || .8 || 14.9|- style="text-align:center; background:#f0f0f0;"| | 26 || 2 || 23.4 || .485 || .296 || .794 || 3.3 || .7 || .5 || .6 || 9.8|- style="text-align:center;" bgcolor=""| *| 16 || 0 || 19.1 || .413 || .244 || .778 || 4.3 || .8 || .6 || .6 || 6.9|- style="text-align:center; background:#f0f0f0;"| *| 4 || 0 || 8.0 ||style="background:#efe196;color:#008040;"| .667 || .000 ||style="background:#efe196;color:#008040;"| 1.000 || 1.3 || .3 || .0 || .8 || 1.5|- style="text-align:center;" bgcolor=""| *| 24 || 20 || 23.0 || .537 || .000 || .750 || 5.3 || .3 || .3 || .3 || 9.1|- style="text-align:center; background:#f0f0f0;"| *| 17 || 0 || 10.5 || .421 || .100 || .846 || 2.2 || .4 || .5 || .1 || 2.6|- style="text-align:center;" bgcolor=""| | 24 || 10 || 18.0 || .459 || .000 || .674 || 3.7 || .5 || .1 ||style="background:#efe196;color:#008040;"| 1.2 || 5.4|- style="text-align:center; background:#f0f0f0;"| | 37 || 36 || 20.3 ||style="background:#efe196;color:#008040;"| .667 || .000 || .557 || 4.8 || 0.7 || .4 || 1.1 || 9.2|- style="text-align:center;" bgcolor=""| *| 17 || 0 || 8.8 || .462 || .500 || .400 || .8 || .2 || .3 || .0 || 1.8|- style="text-align:center; background:#f0f0f0;"| *| 12 || 7 || 26.1 || .542 || .000 || .575 || 8.1 || .8 || .2 || .8 || 7.3|- style="text-align:center;" bgcolor=""| |style="background:#efe196;color:#008040;"| 80 ||style="background:#efe196;color:#008040;"| 80 || 34.7 || .497 || .374 || .860 || 5.4 || 3.3 || 1.0 || .6 ||style="background:#efe196;color:#008040;"| 18.9|- style="text-align:center; background:#f0f0f0;"| *| 55 || 11 || 17.9 || .404 || .328 || .825 || 1.6 || 1.9 || .5 || .1 || 7.1|- style="text-align:center;" bgcolor=""| | 68 || 68 ||style="background:#efe196;color:#008040;"| 37.2 || .475 || .233 || .568 || 4.4 ||style="background:#efe196;color:#008040;"| 11.2 ||style="background:#efe196;color:#008040;"| 2.2 || .2 || 10.6|- style="text-align:center; background:#f0f0f0;"| | 58 || 2 || 9.5 || .421 || .269 || .842 || .8 || .6 || .3 || .1 || 3.2|- style="text-align:center;" bgcolor=""| | 24 || 2 || 18.9 || .458 || .364 || .867 || 1.5 || 2.7 || 0.8 || .4 || 5.6|}

^[9]

• – 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).^[10]
• On December 1, 2010 Doc Rivers was named Eastern Conference's Coach of the Month (November).^[11]
• On December 20, 2010 Paul Pierce was named Eastern Conference's Player of the Week (December 13–19).^[12]

All-Star

• Doc Rivers and his staff earned the right to coach the Eastern Conference team in the All-Star Game.^[13]
• Rajon Rondo was selected to his 2nd All-Star Game.^[13]
• Ray Allen was selected to his 10th All-Star Game.^[13]
• Paul Pierce was selected to his 9th All-Star Game.^[13]
• Kevin Garnett was selected to his 14th All-Star Game.^[13]

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

See main article: List of 2010–11 NBA season transactions.

Overview

Players Added Via Draft Avery Bradley Luke Harangody Via Free Agency Jermaine O'Neal (From Miami) Von Wafer (From Dallas) Shaquille O'Neal (From Cleveland) Delonte West (From Cleveland) Troy Murphy (From New Jersey) Sasha Pavlović (From New Orleans) Carlos Arroyo (From Miami) Via Trade Jeff Green (From Oklahoma City) Nenad Krstić (From Oklahoma City)

Players Lost Via Free Agency Tony Allen (To Memphis) Shelden Williams (To Denver) Brian Scalabrine (To Chicago) Via Trade Kendrick Perkins (To Oklahoma City) Nate Robinson (To Oklahoma City) Semih Erden (To Cleveland) Luke Harangody (To Cleveland) Marquis Daniels (To Sacramento) Waived Rasheed Wallace Oliver Lafayette Tony Gaffney

Trades

February 24, 2011	To Boston Celtics Jeff Green Nenad Krstić 2012 first-round pick (top-10 protected)	To Oklahoma City Thunder Kendrick Perkins Nate Robinson
February 24, 2011	To Boston Celtics 2013 second-round pick	To Cleveland Cavaliers Semih Erden Luke Harangody
February 24, 2011	To Boston Celtics 2017 second-round pick	To Sacramento Kings Marquis Daniels Cash considerations

Free agents

Additions

Player	Signed	Former Team
Semih Erden	Signed 1-year contract^[14]	Fenerbahçe Ülker
Avery Bradley	Undisclosed terms^[15]	Boston Celtics
Paul Pierce	Signed 4-year contract for $61 Million^[16]	Boston Celtics
Ray Allen	Signed 2-year contract for $20 Million^[17]	Boston Celtics
Jermaine O'Neal	Signed 2-year contract for $11.6 Million^[18]	Miami Heat
Nate Robinson	Signed 2-year contract for $8 Million^[19]	New York Knicks
Marquis Daniels	Signed 1-year contract for $2.5 Million^[20]	Indiana Pacers
Carlos Arroyo	Undisclosed terms^[21]	Miami Heat
Shaquille O'Neal	Signed 2-year contract^[22]	Cleveland Cavaliers
Luke Harangody	Signed 2-year contract^[23]	San Antonio Spurs
Delonte West	Undisclosed terms^[24]	Cleveland Cavaliers
Chris Johnson	Signed 10-day contract	Portland Trail Blazers
Troy Murphy	Undisclosed	New Jersey Nets

Subtractions

Player	Reason Left	New Team
Tony Allen	Free agent	Memphis Grizzlies
Shelden Williams	Free agent	Denver Nuggets
Rasheed Wallace	Waived^[25]	New York Knicks
Brian Scalabrine	Free agent^[26]	Chicago Bulls
Tony Gaffney	Waived	Türk Telekom B.K.

See also

• 2010–11 NBA season

Notes and References

1. Web site: Rivers to remain Celtics coach. ESPN. December 11, 2020.
2. Web site: Matt Wagner. Breaking News: Celtics' Head Coach Doc Rivers Will Return Next Season. Bleacher Report. June 30, 2010. December 11, 2020.
3. Web site: 2011 NBA Eastern Conference First Round Knicks vs. Celtics. Basketball-Reference.com. December 11, 2020.
4. Web site: 2011 NBA Eastern Conference semifinals Celtics vs. Heat. Basketball-Reference.com. December 11, 2020.
5. Web site: Jackie MacMullan. Shaquille O'Neal announces retirement. ESPN. June 1, 2011. December 11, 2020.
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