2013–14 Boston Celtics season explained

Team:Boston Celtics
End Year:2014
Wins:25
Losses:57
Division:Atlantic
Division Place:4
Conf Place:12
Coach:Brad Stevens
Gm:Danny Ainge
Owners:Boston Basketball Partners
Arena:TD Garden
Television:Comcast SportsNet New England
Radio:WBZ-FM
Playoffs:Did not qualify
Bbr Team:BOS

The 2013–14 Boston Celtics season was the franchise's 68th season in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The Celtics made several major changes to the team, including hiring Brad Stevens as the new head coach[1] and sending Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce, and Jason Terry to the Brooklyn Nets.[2] The Celtics finished 25–57 and failed to qualify for the playoffs for the first time since 2007. As of 2024, this is the most recent season in which the Celtics missed the playoffs.

Key dates

Draft picks

See main article: 2013 NBA draft.

Pre-season

|- style="background:#edbebf;"| 1 | October 7| Toronto| | Gerald Wallace (16)| Jared Sullinger (6)| Kelly Olynyk (5)| TD Garden
16,424| 0–1|- style="background:#edbebf;"| 2 | October 9| New York| | Phil Pressey (13)| Sullinger & Faverani (6)| Phil Pressey (7)| Dunkin' Donuts Center
10,404| 0–2|- style="background:#edbebf;"| 3 | October 11| @ Philadelphia| | Jared Sullinger (19)| Brandon Bass (10)| Phil Pressey (5)| Bob Carpenter Center
4,646| 0–3|- style="background:#bfb;"| 4 | October 12| New York| | Kelly Olynyk (15)| Bass & Crawford (7)| Green, Crawford, Olynyk, & Lee (3)| Verizon Wireless Arena
9,391| 1–3|- style="background:#edbebf;"| 5 | October 15| @ Brooklyn| | Courtney Lee (14)| Avery Bradley (9)| Jordan Crawford (6)| Barclays Center
15,554| 1–4|- style="background:#edbebf;"| 6 | October 16| @ Toronto| | MarShon Brooks (17)| Kelly Olynyk (9)| Lee & Pressey (5)| Air Canada Centre
13,331| 1–5|- style="background:#edbebf;"| 7 | October 20| @ Minnesota| | Gerald Wallace (16)| Brandon Bass (8)| Wallace & Bradley (3)| Bell Centre
20,152| 1–6|- style="background:#bfb;"| 8 | October 23| Brooklyn| | Bradley & Bass (16)| Brandon Bass (9)| Gerald Wallace (5)| TD Garden
15,865| 2–6

Regular season

Game log

|- style="background:#fcc;"| 1 | October 30| @ Toronto| | Jeff Green (25)| Kris Humphries (9)| Jordan Crawford (5)| Air Canada Centre
20,155| 0–1|- style="background:#fcc;"| 2 | November 1| Milwaukee| | Brandon Bass (17)| Vítor Faverani (18)| Gerald Wallace (4)| TD Garden
18,624| 0–2|- style="background:#fcc;"| 3 | November 3| @ Detroit| | Kelly Olynyk (15)| Bass, Bradley, Olynyk (8)| Bass & Bradley (3)| Palace of Auburn Hills
14,978| 0–3|- style="background:#fcc;"| 4 | November 4| @ Memphis| | Jeff Green (22)| Vítor Faverani (6)| Jordan Crawford (4)| FedExForum
15,872| 0–4|- style="background:#cfc;"| 5 | November 6| Utah| | Brandon Bass (20)| Gerald Wallace (9)| Green & Crawford (4)| TD Garden
17,130| 1–4|- style="background:#cfc;"| 6 | November 8| @ Orlando| | Brandon Bass (16)| Avery Bradley (8)| Jordan Crawford (5)| Amway Center
17,555| 2–4|- style="background:#cfc;"| 7 | November 9| @ Miami| | Jeff Green (24)| Olynyk & Sullinger (8)| Gerald Wallace (7)| American Airlines Arena
19,710| 3–4|- style="background:#cfc;"| 8 | November 11| Orlando| | Avery Bradley (24)| Kelly Olynyk (7)| Jordan Crawford (10)| TD Garden
18,624| 4–4|- style="background:#fcc;"| 9 | November 13| Charlotte| | Jeff Green (19)| Kelly Olynyk (11)| Jordan Crawford (6)| TD Garden
17,032| 4–5|- style="background:#fcc;"| 10 | November 15| Portland| | Jared Sullinger (26)| Jared Sullinger (8)| Jordan Crawford (5)| TD Garden
18,624| 4–6|- style="background:#fcc;"| 11 | November 16| @ Minnesota| | Avery Bradley (27)| Vítor Faverani (14)| Jordan Crawford (5)| Target Center
15,111| 4–7|- style="background:#fcc;"| 12 | November 19| @ Houston| | Courtney Lee (17)| Jared Sullinger (9)| Phil Pressey (5)| Toyota Center
18,232| 4–8|- style="background:#fcc;"| 13 | November 20| @ San Antonio| | Jeff Green (19)| Jared Sullinger (17)| Jordan Crawford (4)| AT&T Center
18,581| 4–9|- style="background:#fcc;"| 14 | November 22| Indiana| | Jordan Crawford (24)| Avery Bradley (7)| Jordan Crawford (4)| TD Garden
18,624| 4–10|- style="background:#cfc;"| 15 | November 23| @ Atlanta| | Brandon Bass (17)| Jared Sullinger (9)| Jordan Crawford (10)| Philips Arena
15,189| 5–10|- style="background:#cfc;"| 16 | November 25| @ Charlotte| | Jordan Crawford (21)| Jared Sullinger (8)| Phil Pressey (8)| Time Warner Cable Arena
13,558| 6–10|- style="background:#fcc;"| 17 | November 27| Memphis| | Jeff Green (26)| Brandon Bass (13)| Jordan Crawford (7)| TD Garden
17,319| 6–11|- style="background:#cfc;"| 18 | November 29| Cleveland| | Jeff Green (31)| Jordan Crawford (11)| Jordan Crawford (10)| TD Garden
17,685| 7–11|- style="background:#fcc;"| 19 | November 30| @ Milwaukee| | Jared Sullinger (21)| Jared Sullinger (14)| Jeff Green (6)| BMO Harris Bradley Center
15,471| 7–12|- style="background:#cfc;"| 20 | December 3| Milwaukee| | Jordan Crawford (25)| Brandon Bass (9)| Jordan Crawford (5)| TD Garden
16,649| 8–12|- style="background:#cfc;"| 21 | December 6| Denver| | Jordan Crawford (22)| Brandon Bass (8)| Jordan Crawford (8)| TD Garden
17,263| 9–12|- style="background:#cfc;"| 22 | December 8| @ New York| | Jordan Crawford (23)| Avery Bradley (10)| Jordan Crawford (7)| Madison Square Garden
19,812| 10–12|- style="background:#fcc;"| 23 | December 10| @ Brooklyn| | Avery Bradley (22)| Brandon Bass (11)| Jordan Crawford (4)| Barclays Center
15,738| 10–13|- style="background:#fcc;"| 24 | December 11| L.A. Clippers| | Jeff Green (28)| Brandon Bass (12) | Jordan Crawford (9)| TD Garden
17,587| 10–14|- style="background:#cfc;"| 25 | December 13| New York| | Jared Sullinger (19)| Brandon Bass (8)| Jordan Crawford (6)| TD Garden
17,479| 11–14|- style="background:#cfc;"| 26 | December 16| Minnesota| | Jared Sullinger (24)| Jared Sullinger (11)| Jared Sullinger (5)| TD Garden
17,071| 12–14|- style="background:#fcc;"| 27 | December 18| Detroit| | Jared Sullinger (19)| Jared Sullinger (8)| Jordan Crawford (6)| TD Garden
17,101| 12–15|- style="background:#fcc;"| 28 | December 21| Washington| | Avery Bradley (26)| Sullinger, Bass (11)| Jordan Crawford (8)| TD Garden
18,169 | 12–16|- style="background:#fcc;"| 29 | December 22| @ Indiana| | Avery Bradley (13)| Jeff Green (6)| Kelly Olynyk (4)| Bankers Life Fieldhouse
18,165| 12–17|- style="background:#cfc;"| 30 | December 28| Cleveland| | Crawford, Green (19)| Bradley, Green (8)| Crawford (5)| TD Garden
18,624| 13–17|- style="background:#fcc;"| 31 | December 31| Atlanta| | Kelly Olynyk (21)| Sullinger, Humphries (10)| Jordan Crawford (5)| TD Garden
18,624| 13–18|- style="background:#fcc;"| 32 | January 2| @ Chicago| | Jordan Crawford (22)| Sullinger, Humphries (11)| Jordan Crawford (7)| United Center
21,721| 13–19|- style="background:#fcc;"| 33 | January 3| New Orleans| | Avery Bradley (22)| Kris Humphries (12)| Jordan Crawford (11)| TD Garden
18,624| 13–20|- style="background:#fcc;"| 34 | January 5| @ Oklahoma City| | Green, Bradley (19)| Sullinger, Olynyk (8)| Jordan Crawford (7)| Chesapeake Energy Arena
18,203| 13–21|- style="background:#fCC;"| 35 | January 7| @ Denver| | Jeff Green (17)| Bass, Sullinger (7)| Jordan Crawford (5)| Pepsi Center
16,224| 13–22|- style="background:#fcc;"| 36 | January 8| @ L.A. Clippers| | Crawford, Bradley (24)| Green (11)| Jordan Crawford (8)| Staples Center
19,214| 13–23|- style="background:#fcc;"| 37 | January 10| @ Golden State| | Jeff Green (24)| Kris Humphries (14)| Jordan Crawford (7)| Oracle Arena
19,596| 13–24|- style="background:#fcc;"| 38 | January 11| @ Portland| | Avery Bradley (25)| Jared Sullinger (10)| Crawford, Bayless (6)| Moda Center
20,011| 13–25|- style="background:#fcc;"| 39 | January 13| Houston| | Avery Bradley (24)| Jared Sullinger (10)| Jordan Crawford (5)| TD Garden
17,750| 13–26|- style="background:#cfc;"| 40 | January 15| Toronto| | Jared Sullinger (25)| Jared Sullinger (20)| Phil Pressey (10)| TD Garden
17,569| 14–26|- style="background:#fcc;"| 41 | January 17| L.A. Lakers| | Kelly Olynyk (25)| Jeff Green (9)| Phil Pressey (9)| TD Garden
18,624| 14–27|- style="background:#fcc;"| 42 | January 19| @ Orlando| | Jeff Green (22)| Kris Humphries (12)| Phil Pressey (5)| Amway Center
17,548| 14–28|- style="background:#fcc;"| 43 | January 21| @ Miami| | Brandon Bass (15)| Kris Humphries (13)| Rajon Rondo (5)| American Airlines Arena
19,619| 14–29|- style="background:#cfc;"| 44 | January 22| @ Washington| | Jeff Green (39)| Jared Sullinger (11)| Gerald Wallace (9)| Verizon Center
14,492| 15–29|- style="background:#fcc;"| 45 | January 24| Oklahoma City| | Jeff Green (16)| 5 players (4)| Rajon Rondo (8)| TD Garden
18,624| 15–30|- style="background:#fcc;"| 46 | January 26| Brooklyn| | Brandon Bass (17)| Bass, Rondo (8)| Rajon Rondo (8)| TD Garden
18,624| 15–31|- style="background:#fcc;"| 47 | January 28| @ New York| | Jeff Green (14)| Green, Olynyk (7)| Rajon Rondo (5)| Madison Square Garden
19,812| 15–32|- style="background:#fcc;"| 48 | January 29| Philadelphia| | Jared Sullinger (24)| Jared Sullinger (17)| Chris Johnson (5)| TD Garden
18,624| 15–33|- style="background:#cfc;"| 49 | February 2| Orlando| | Jared Sullinger (21)| Jared Sullinger (12)| Rajon Rondo (10)| TD Garden
18,624| 16–33|- style="background:#cfc;"| 50 | February 5| @ Philadelphia| | Jeff Green (36)| Jared Sullinger (10)| Rajon Rondo (11)| Wells Fargo Center
10,267| 17–33|- style="background:#cfc;"| 51 | February 7| Sacramento| | Jared Sullinger (31)| Jared Sullinger (16)| Gerald Wallace (9)| TD Garden
18,624| 18–33|- style="background:#fcc;"| 52 | February 9| Dallas| | Jeff Green (18)| Jared Sullinger (9)| Jared Sullinger (12)| TD Garden
17,650| 18–34|- style="background:#cfc;"| 53 | February 10| @ Milwaukee| | Jeff Green (29)| Jared Sullinger (10)| Phil Pressey & Jerryd Bayless (6)| BMO Harris Bradley Center
| 19–34|- style="background:#fcc;"| 54 | February 12| San Antonio| | Rajon Rondo (16)| Kelly Olynyk (10)| Jerryd Bayless (9)| TD Garden
17,922| 19–35|- align="center"|colspan="9" bgcolor="#bbcaff"|All-Star Break|- style="background:#fcc;"| 55 | February 19| @ Phoenix| | Bass, Rondo (18)| Bass, Sullinger (8)| Rajon Rondo (10)| US Airways Center
16,135| 19–36|- style="background:#fcc;"| 56 | February 21| @ L.A. Lakers| | Jeff Green (21)| Jared Sullinger (12)| Rajon Rondo (11)| Staples Center
18,997| 19–37|- style="background:#fcc;"| 57 | February 22| @ Sacramento| | Jeff Green (29)| Kris Humphries (8)| Humphries, Bayless (4)| Sleep Train Arena
17,317| 19–38|- style="background:#fcc;"| 58 | February 24| @ Utah| | Green, Olynyk (21)| Bass, Olynyk (8)| Rajon Rondo (10)| EnergySolutions Arena
17,130| 19–39|- style="background:#cfc;"| 59 | February 26| Atlanta| | Jerryd Bayless (29)| Gerald Wallace (10)| Rajon Rondo (11)| TD Garden
16,605| 20–39|- style="background:#fcc;"| 60 | March 1| Indiana| | Jeff Green (27)| Kris Humphries (10)| Rajon Rondo (11)| TD Garden
18,624| 20–40|- style="background:#fcc;"| 61 | March 5| Golden State| | Kelly Olynyk (19)| Brandon Bass (8)| Rajon Rondo (7)| TD Garden
18,155| 20–41|- style="background:#cfc;"| 62 | March 7| Brooklyn| | Rajon Rondo (20)| Jared Sullinger (12)| Rajon Rondo (9)| TD Garden
18,195| 21–41|- style="background:#cfc;"| 63 | March 9| Detroit| | Jeff Green (27)| Kris Humphries (11)| Rajon Rondo (18)| TD Garden
18,624| 22–41|- style="background:#fcc;"| 64 | March 11| @ Indiana| | Jared Sullinger (17)| Sullinger, Humphries (9)| Rajon Rondo (8)| Bankers Life Fieldhouse
18,165| 22–42|- style="background:#fcc;"| 65 | March 12| New York| | Jeff Green (27)| Jared Sullinger (8)| Phil Pressey (5)| TD Garden
18,624| 22–43|- style="background:#fcc;"| 66 | March 14| Phoenix| | Humphries, Johnson (11)| Kris Humphries (13)| Rondo, Pressey (5)| TD Garden
18,624| 22–44|- style="background:#fcc;"| 67 | March 16| @ New Orleans| | Jeff Green (39)| Kris Humphries (12)| Rajon Rondo (14)| Smoothie King Center
17,050| 22–45|- style="background:#fcc;"| 68 | March 17| @ Dallas| | Jerryd Bayless (19)| Kris Humphries (14)| Jerryd Bayless (6)| American Airlines Center
20,132| 22–46|- style="background:#cfc;"| 69 | March 19| Miami| | Avery Bradley (23)| Rajon Rondo (10)| Rajon Rondo (15)| TD Garden
18,624| 23–46|- style="background:#fcc;"| 70 | March 21| @ Brooklyn| | Avery Bradley (28)| Kris Humphries (8)| Rajon Rondo (12)| Barclays Center
17,732| 23–47|- style="background:#fcc;"| 71 | March 26| Toronto| | Jared Sullinger (26)| Jared Sullinger (8)| Rajon Rondo (15)| TD Garden
18,341| 23–48|- style="background:#fcc;"| 72 | March 28| @ Toronto| | Jerryd Bayless (20)| Jared Sullinger (9)| Rajon Rondo (8)| Air Canada Centre
19,800| 23–49|- style="background:#fcc;"| 73 | March 30| Chicago| | Rajon Rondo (17)| Jared Sullinger (10)| Rajon Rondo (11)| TD Garden
18,624| 23–50|- style="background:#fcc;"| 74 | March 31| @ Chicago| | Bass, Bayless (18)| Brandon Bass (9)| Jerryd Bayless (5)| United Center
21,494| 23–51|- style="background:#fcc;"| 75 | April 2| @ Washington| | Jared Sullinger (27)| Christapher Johnson (8)| Pressey, Rondo (6)| Verizon Center
17,770| 23–52|- style="background:#fcc;"| 76 | April 4| Philadelphia| | Jerryd Bayless (23)| Bass, Rondo (11)| Rajon Rondo (16)| TD Garden
18,624| 23–53|- style="background:#fcc;"| 77 | April 5| @ Detroit| | Jerryd Bayless (25)| Jared Sullinger (10)| Phil Pressey (11)| Palace of Auburn Hills
19,558| 23–54|- style="background:#fcc;"| 78 | April 9| @ Atlanta| | Avery Bradley (24) | Jared Sullinger (11)| Rajon Rondo (12)| Philips Arena
13,868| 23–55|- style="background:#cfc;"| 79 | April 11| Charlotte| | Avery Bradley (22)| Brandon Bass (9)| Phil Pressey (13)| TD Garden
18,624| 24–55|- style="background:#cfc;"| 80 | April 12| @ Cleveland| | Olynyk, Bradley (25)| Kelly Olynyk (12)| Phil Pressey (13)| Quicken Loans Arena
18,456| 25–55|- style="background:#fcc;"| 81 | April 14| @ Philadelphia| | Kelly Olynyk (28)| Rajon Rondo (11)| Rajon Rondo (14)| Wells Fargo Center
17,822| 25–56|- style="background:#fcc;"| 82 | April 16| Washington| | Kelly Olynyk (24)| Olynyk, Bass (7)| Phil Pressey (10)| TD Garden
18,624| 25–57

Player statistics

|-style="text-align:center"| | 21 || 0 || 7.1 || .385 || || .333 || 1.5 || .1 || .1 || .4 || 1.0|-style="text-align:center"| | 14 || 0 || 9.4 || .267 || .222 || || 1.2 || .2 || .4 || .0 || 1.6|-style="text-align:center"| | 82 || 73 || 27.6 || .486 || .333 || .858 || 5.7 || 1.1 || .4 ||style="background:#efe196;color:#008040;"| .9 || 11.1|-style="text-align:center"| | 41 || 14 || 25.3 || .418 || .395 || .803 || 2.1 || 3.1 || 1.0 || .1 || 10.1|-style="text-align:center"| | 3 || 0 || 5.0 || .500 || .000 || .200 || 1.0 || .3 || .0 || .0 || 1.7|-style="text-align:center"| | 6 || 0 || 9.2 || .500 ||style="background:#efe196;color:#008040;"| .500 ||style="background:#efe196;color:#008040;"| 1.000 || .5 || .5 || .2 || .0 || 2.0|-style="text-align:center"| | 60 || 58 || 30.9 || .438 || .395 || .804 || 3.8 || 1.4 || 1.1 || .2 || 14.9|-style="text-align:center"| | 10 || 0 || 7.3 || .375 ||style="background:#efe196;color:#008040;"| .500 || .786 || 1.9 || .4 || .1 || .1 || 3.1|-style="text-align:center"| | 39 || 35 || 30.7 || .413 || .318 || .873 || 3.1 || 5.7 || .9 || .1 || 13.7|-style="text-align:center"| | 37 || 8 || 13.2 || .435 || .300 || .649 || 3.5 || .4 || .4 || .7 || 4.4|-style="text-align:center"| |style="background:#efe196;color:#008040;"| 82 ||style="background:#efe196;color:#008040;"| 82 ||style="background:#efe196;color:#008040;"| 34.2 || .412 || .341 || .795 || 4.6 || 1.7 || .7 || .6 ||style="background:#efe196;color:#008040;"| 16.9|-style="text-align:center"| | 69 || 30 || 19.9 || .501 || .000 || .813 || 5.9 || 1.0 || .4 ||style="background:#efe196;color:#008040;"| .9 || 8.4|-style="text-align:center"| | 40 || 0 || 19.7 || .397 || .339 || .860 || 2.4 || .8 || .7 || .1 || 6.3|-style="text-align:center"| | 30 || 0 || 16.8 || .492 || .442 || .818 || 1.6 || 1.1 || .7 || .3 || 7.4|-style="text-align:center"| | 70 || 9 || 20.0 || .466 || .351 || .811 || 5.2 || 1.6 || .5 || .4 || 8.7|-style="text-align:center"| | 75 || 11 || 15.1 || .308 || .264 || .644 || 1.4 || 3.2 || .9 || .1 || 2.8|-style="text-align:center"| | 30 || 30 || 33.3 || .403 || .289 || .627 || 5.5 ||style="background:#efe196;color:#008040;"| 9.8 ||style="background:#efe196;color:#008040;"| 1.3 || .1 || 11.7|-style="text-align:center"| | 74 || 44 || 27.6 || .427 || .269 || .778 ||style="background:#efe196;color:#008040;"| 8.1 || 1.6 || .5 || .7 || 13.3|-style="text-align:center"| | 58 || 16 || 24.4 ||style="background:#efe196;color:#008040;"| .504 || .297 || .465 || 3.7 || 2.5 ||style="background:#efe196;color:#008040;"| 1.3 || .2 || 5.1|}

Awards

Transactions

See main article: List of 2013–14 NBA season transactions.

Overview

Players Added
Via draft

Via free agency

Via trade

Players Lost
Via free agency

Via trade

Waived

Trades

June 3, 2013To Boston Celtics
2015 first-round unprotected draft pick
To Los Angeles Clippers
Rights to hire Doc Rivers as head coach
June 27, 2013To Boston Celtics
Draft rights to 13th pick Kelly Olynyk
To Dallas Mavericks
Draft rights to 16th pick Lucas Nogueira, Two future second-round draft picks
July 12, 2013To Boston Celtics
Keith Bogans, MarShon Brooks, Kris Joseph, Kris Humphries, Gerald Wallace, 2014, 2016 and 2018 first-round draft picks (option of swapping 2018 pick with Brooklyn's 2017 pick), 2014 trade exception
To Brooklyn Nets
Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce, Jason Terry, D.J. White
August 15, 2013To Boston Celtics
Donté Greene
To Memphis Grizzlies
Fab Melo, Cash considerations
January 7, 2014To Boston Celtics
Jerryd Bayless (from Memphis), Ryan Gomes (from Oklahoma City)
To Memphis Grizzlies
Courtney Lee (from Boston), 2016 second-round pick (from Boston), Cash considerations (from Oklahoma City)
To Oklahoma City Thunder
Conditional 2014 second-round pick (from Memphis), Conditional 2017 second-round pick (from Memphis)
January 15, 2014To Boston Celtics
Joel Anthony (from Miami), 2016 second-round pick (from Miami), Conditional first-round pick (from Philadelphia via Golden State)
To Miami Heat
Toney Douglas (from Golden State)
To Golden State Warriors
Jordan Crawford (from Boston), MarShon Brooks (from Boston)

Notes and References

  1. News: Brad Stevens hired as new coach of Boston Celtics. USA Today. 3 July 2013. 11 October 2013.
  2. News: Nets Acquire NBA Champions Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce and Jason Terry. NBA. 11 October 2013.
  3. Web site: Sixers' Carter-Williams leads 2013-14 All-Rookie Team picks. NBA.com. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. May 22, 2014. May 22, 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140525215724/http://www.nba.com/2014/news/05/22/michael-carter-williams-leads-2013-14-nba-all-rookie-team-selections/index.html. May 25, 2014. dead.
  4. Web site: Crawford, Aldridge named Players of the Week. NBA.com. December 9, 2013. December 9, 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20131211015824/http://www.nba.com/2013/news/12/09/jordan-crawford-lamarcus-aldridge-players-of-the-week/index.html. December 11, 2013. dead.
  5. Web site: Sullinger, Durant named Players of the Week. NBA.com. February 10, 2014. February 10, 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140211001006/http://www.nba.com/2014/news/02/10/jared-sullinger-durant-players-of-week/index.html. February 11, 2014. dead.