The 2012–13 Boston Celtics season was the 67th season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The 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 against the Indiana Pacers 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 to the New York Knicks in six games, marking the first time the Celtics were eliminated in the first round of the playoffs since the 2004–05 season.
| 2012–13 Boston Celtics season | |
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| Head coach | Doc Rivers |
| General manager | Danny Ainge |
| Owners | Boston Basketball Partners |
| Arena | TD Garden |
| Results | |
| Record | 41–40 (.506) |
| Place | Division: 3rd (Atlantic) Conference: 7th (Eastern) |
| Playoff finish | First Round (lost to Knicks 2–4) |
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
| Local media | |
| Television | CSN New England |
| Radio | WEEI-FM |
For the first time since 2006–07, Ray Allen was not on the roster as he signed with the Miami Heat where he won his second title. This season would mark the end of the Pierce and Garnett era in Boston as they, along with Jason Terry, were traded to the Brooklyn Nets during the 2013 off-season.
Key dates
edit- 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
editGame log
editDraft picks
edit| Round | Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | College/Club Team |
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| 1 | 21 | Jared Sullinger | PF |  United States
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Ohio State |
| 1 | 22 | Fab Melo (pick traded from the L.A. Clippers via Oklahoma City Thunder) | C |  Brazil
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Syracuse |
| 2 | 51 | Kris Joseph | SF |  Canada
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Syracuse |
Future draft picks
editCredits
edit2014 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
edit2013 second round draft pick to Portland
Boston's own 2013 2nd round pick to Portland. [Boston-Houston-Portland, 7/20/2012]
Roster
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Regular season
editGame log
editNote: 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 bombing.
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October: 0–1 (home: 0–0; road: 0–1)
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November
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December
: 5–9 (home: 4–1; road: 1–8)
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January
: 8–7 (home: 6–4; road: 2–3)
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February
: 8–4 (home: 5–0; road: 3–4)
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March
: 8–8 (home: 5–2; road: 3–6)
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April
: 3–5 (home: 2–2; road: 1–3)
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Standings
edit| W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Div | GP | |
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| y-New York Knicks | 54 | 28 | .659 | – | 31–10 | 23–18 | 10–6 | 82 |
| x-Brooklyn Nets | 49 | 33 | .598 | 5 | 26–15 | 23–18 | 11–5 | 82 |
| x-Boston Celtics | 41 | 40 | .506 | 12.5 | 27–13 | 14–27 | 7–9 | 81† |
| Philadelphia 76ers | 34 | 48 | .415 | 20 | 23–18 | 11–30 | 7–9 | 82 |
| Toronto Raptors | 34 | 48 | .415 | 20 | 21–20 | 13–28 | 5–11 | 82 |
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| # | Team | W | L | PCT | GB | GP |
| 1 | z-Miami Heat * | 66 | 16 | .805 | – | 82 |
| 2 | y-New York Knicks * | 54 | 28 | .659 | 12.0 | 82 |
| 3 | y-Indiana Pacers * | 49 | 32 | .605 | 16.5 | 81 |
| 4 | x-Brooklyn Nets | 49 | 33 | .598 | 17.0 | 82 |
| 5 | x-Chicago Bulls | 45 | 37 | .549 | 21.0 | 82 |
| 6 | x-Atlanta Hawks | 44 | 38 | .537 | 22.0 | 82 |
| 7 | x-Boston Celtics | 41 | 40 | .506 | 24.5 | 81 |
| 8 | x-Milwaukee Bucks | 38 | 44 | .463 | 28.0 | 82 |
| 9 | Philadelphia 76ers | 34 | 48 | .415 | 32.0 | 82 |
| 10 | Toronto Raptors | 34 | 48 | .415 | 32.0 | 82 |
| 11 | Detroit Pistons | 29 | 53 | .354 | 37.0 | 82 |
| 12 | Washington Wizards | 29 | 53 | .354 | 37.0 | 82 |
| 13 | Cleveland Cavaliers | 24 | 58 | .293 | 42.0 | 82 |
| 14 | Charlotte Bobcats | 21 | 61 | .256 | 45.0 | 82 |
| 15 | Orlando Magic | 20 | 62 | .244 | 46.0 | 82 |
Playoffs
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First Round: 2–4 (home: 1–2; road: 1–2)
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Player statistics
edit| GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game |
| FG% | Field-goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field-goal percentage | FT% | Free-throw percentage |
| RPG | Rebounds per game | APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game |
| BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game |
Regular season
edit| Player | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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| Brandon Bass | 81 | 69 | 27.6 | .486 | .000 | .860 | 5.2 | 1.0 | .5 | .8 | 8.7 |
| Jeff Green | 81 | 17 | 27.8 | .467 | .385 | .808 | 3.9 | 1.6 | .7 | .8 | 12.8 |
| Jason Terry | 79 | 24 | 26.9 | .434 | .372 | .870 | 2.0 | 2.5 | .8 | .1 | 10.1 |
| Courtney Lee | 78 | 39 | 24.9 | .464 | .372 | .861 | 2.4 | 1.8 | 1.1 | .3 | 7.8 |
| Paul Pierce | 77 | 77 | 33.4 | .436 | .380 | .787 | 6.3 | 4.8 | 1.1 | .4 | 18.6 |
| Kevin Garnett | 68 | 68 | 29.7 | .496 | .125 | .786 | 7.8 | 2.3 | 1.1 | .9 | 14.8 |
| Chris Wilcox | 61 | 7 | 13.6 | .719 | .000 | .672 | 3.0 | .4 | .5 | .5 | 4.2 |
| Avery Bradley | 50 | 50 | 28.7 | .402 | .317 | .755 | 2.2 | 2.1 | 1.3 | .4 | 9.2 |
| Jared Sullinger | 45 | 5 | 19.8 | .493 | .200 | .746 | 5.9 | .8 | .5 | .5 | 6.0 |
| Leandro Barbosa | 41 | 2 | 12.5 | .430 | .383 | .756 | 1.1 | 1.4 | .4 | .1 | 5.2 |
| Rajon Rondo | 38 | 38 | 37.4 | .484 | .240 | .645 | 5.6 | 11.1 | 1.8 | .2 | 13.7 |
| Jason Collins† | 32 | 7 | 10.3 | .348 | .700 | 1.6 | .2 | .3 | .2 | 1.2 | |
| Jordan Crawford† | 27 | 2 | 21.6 | .415 | .320 | .792 | 2.7 | 2.5 | .4 | .1 | 9.1 |
| Terrence Williams | 24 | 0 | 13.3 | .495 | .333 | .429 | 1.8 | 1.6 | .5 | .1 | 4.6 |
| Shavlik Randolph | 16 | 0 | 12.4 | .583 | .407 | 4.4 | .3 | .5 | .4 | 4.2 | |
| D. J. White | 12 | 0 | 7.2 | .522 | .556 | 1.1 | .3 | .1 | .5 | 2.4 | |
| Fab Melo | 6 | 0 | 6.0 | .500 | .250 | .5 | .0 | .3 | .3 | 1.2 | |
| Kris Joseph† | 6 | 0 | 4.0 | .182 | .000 | .750 | .8 | .2 | .0 | .0 | 1.2 |
| Jarvis Varnado† | 5 | 0 | 3.6 | .500 | .500 | .6 | .2 | .2 | .0 | 1.2 | |
| Darko Miličić | 1 | 0 | 5.0 | .000 | 1.0 | .0 | .0 | .0 | .0 |
Playoffs
edit| Player | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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| Jeff Green | 6 | 6 | 43.0 | .435 | .455 | .844 | 5.3 | 2.3 | .3 | .7 | 20.3 |
| Paul Pierce | 6 | 6 | 42.5 | .368 | .268 | .897 | 5.7 | 5.3 | .8 | .5 | 19.2 |
| Kevin Garnett | 6 | 6 | 35.3 | .500 | .000 | .941 | 13.7 | 3.5 | .8 | 1.0 | 12.7 |
| Avery Bradley | 6 | 6 | 31.8 | .405 | .250 | 1.000 | 2.2 | 1.3 | 1.8 | .2 | 6.7 |
| Brandon Bass | 6 | 5 | 34.0 | .483 | .800 | 6.7 | 1.2 | .3 | .2 | 6.7 | |
| Jason Terry | 6 | 1 | 31.5 | .444 | .441 | .818 | 2.2 | 2.0 | .7 | .3 | 12.0 |
| Jordan Crawford | 5 | 0 | 11.8 | .304 | .250 | .500 | .6 | .0 | .4 | .0 | 3.6 |
| Terrence Williams | 5 | 0 | 9.6 | .200 | .000 | .500 | 2.0 | 1.2 | .0 | .2 | 1.0 |
| Courtney Lee | 4 | 0 | 9.8 | .200 | .000 | 1.000 | .5 | .3 | .5 | .0 | 1.5 |
| Chris Wilcox | 2 | 0 | 3.0 | 1.0 | .0 | .0 | .0 | .0 | |||
| Shavlik Randolph | 1 | 0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | .0 | .0 | .0 | .0 |
- † Denotes player spent time with another team in the season. Stats reflect time with the Celtics only.
Transactions
editOverview
edit| Players Added Via draft Via free agency
Via trade |
Players Lost Via trade Via free agency Retired/Waived |
Trades
edit| July 20, 2012 | To Boston Celtics Courtney Lee (sign and trade) |
To Houston Rockets JaJuan Johnson, E'Twaun Moore, Sean Williams, 2013 second round draft pick, Draft rights to Jon Diebler (from Portland) |
To Portland Trail Blazers Sasha Pavlović (sign and trade), Two 2013 second-round picks, Cash considerations |
| February 21, 2013 | To Boston Celtics Jordan Crawford |
To Washington Wizards Jason Collins, Leandro Barbosa |
Free agents
edit| Additions | ||
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| Player | Date signed | Former team |
| Leandro Barbosa | October 18 | Indiana Pacers |
| Brandon Bass | July 14 | Resign |
| Jason Collins | July 31 | Atlanta Hawks |
| Dionte Christmas | July 31 | Rethymno Aegean B.C. (Greece) |
| Micah Downs | September 28 | Bàsquet Manresa (Spain) |
| Kevin Garnett | July 14 | Resign |
| Jeff Green | August 22 | Resign |
| Rob Kurz | September 28 | SLUC Nancy Basket (France) |
| Courtney Lee | July 20 | Houston Rockets |
| Darko Miličić | September 28 | Minnesota Timberwolves |
| Shavlik Randolph | March 1 | Foshan Dralions (China) |
| Jamar Smith | July 31 | BK Prostějov (Czech Republic) |
| Jason Terry | July 18 | Dallas Mavericks |
| Chris Wilcox | July 14 | Resign |
| D. J. White | February 28 | Shanghai Sharks (China) |
| Terrence Williams | February 20 | Guangdong Southern Tigers (China) |
| Subtractions | ||
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| Player | Date signed | New team |
| Ray Allen | July 11 | Miami Heat |
| Marquis Daniels | September 25 | Milwaukee Bucks |
| Ryan Hollins | July 23 | Los Angeles Clippers |
| Sasha Pavlović | July 20 | Portland Trail Blazers |
| Mickaël Piétrus | November 30 | Toronto Raptors |
| Greg Stiemsma | August 2 | Minnesota Timberwolves |
References
edit- ^ "Boston Celtics cancel game because of Marathon tragedy". USA Today. April 15, 2013. Retrieved April 15, 2013.