2024–25 Boston Celtics season

2024–25 Boston Celtics season
2024–25 Boston Celtics season
Head coach	Joe Mazzulla
General manager	Brad Stevens
Owners	Wyc Grousbeck
Arena	TD Garden
Results
Record	21–5 (.808)
Place	Division: 1st (Atlantic); Conference: 2nd (Eastern)
	Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television	NBC Sports Boston
Radio	WBZ-FM
< 2023–24	2025–26 >

The 2024–25 Boston Celtics season is the franchise's 79th season in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The Celtics entered the season as defending champions after winning the 2024 NBA Finals against the Dallas Mavericks in five games during the previous season for their NBA-record 18th championship and will attempt to qualify for back-to-back Finals appearances for the first time since 1986 and 1987, as well as win back-to-back championships for the first time since 1968 and 1969.^[1]^[2] On their first game of the season, the Celtics would tie the NBA record for the most three-pointers made in a game.

Draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College
1	30	Baylor Scheierman	SG	United States	Creighton
2	54	Anton Watson	PF	United States	Gonzaga

The Celtics entered the 2024 NBA draft (two days long instead of just one day, like it previously was since the draft was shortened to two rounds back in 1989) with a first-round pick and a second-round pick.^[3]^[4] To conclude the first day of the draft, the Boston Celtics used the final first round pick to select shooting guard Baylor Scheierman from Creighton University. Then, near the end of the second day of the draft, the Celtics would select power forward Anton Watson from Gonzaga University with the 54th pick of the draft.

Roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Height	Weight	DOB	From
G/F	7	Brown, Jaylen	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	223 lb (101 kg)	1996-10-24	California
G	20	Davison, JD (TW)	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	2002-10-03	Alabama
F	30	Hauser, Sam	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	217 lb (98 kg)	1997-12-08	Virginia
G	4	Holiday, Jrue	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	1990-06-12	UCLA
F/C	42	Horford, Al	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	240 lb (109 kg)	1986-06-03	Florida
C	40	Kornet, Luke	7 ft 1 in (2.16 m)	250 lb (113 kg)	1995-07-15	Vanderbilt
F	13	Peterson, Drew (TW)	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	1999-11-09	USC
F/C	8	Porziņģis, Kristaps	7 ft 2 in (2.18 m)	240 lb (109 kg)	1995-08-02	Latvia
G	11	Pritchard, Payton	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	1998-01-28	Oregon
C	88	Queta, Neemias	7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	258 lb (117 kg)	1999-07-13	Utah State
G/F	55	Scheierman, Baylor (GL)	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	203 lb (92 kg)	2000-09-26	Creighton
G	44	Springer, Jaden	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	2002-09-25	Tennessee
F	0	Tatum, Jayson	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	1998-03-03	Duke
F/C	26	Tillman, Xavier	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	245 lb (111 kg)	1999-01-12	Michigan State
G/F	27	Walsh, Jordan	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	2004-03-03	Arkansas
F	28	Watson, Anton (TW)	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	236 lb (107 kg)	2000-10-06	Gonzaga
G	9	White, Derrick	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	1994-07-02	Colorado

Head coach

Joe Mazzulla

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

(DP) Unsigned draft pick
(FA) Free agent
(S) Suspended
(GL) On assignment to G League affiliate
(TW) Two-way affiliate player
Injured

Roster
Last transaction: December 10, 2024

Standings

Division

Atlantic Division	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div	GP
Boston Celtics	21	5	.808	–	11‍–‍3	10‍–‍2	4–0	26
New York Knicks	16	10	.615	5.0	8‍–‍4	8‍–‍6	4–1	26
Brooklyn Nets	10	16	.385	11.0	5‍–‍7	5‍–‍9	0–5	26
Philadelphia 76ers	8	16	.333	12.0	3‍–‍9	5‍–‍7	1–2	24
Toronto Raptors	7	20	.259	14.5	6‍–‍8	1‍–‍12	1–2	27

Conference

Eastern Conference
#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	GP
1	Cleveland Cavaliers *	23	4	.852	–	27
2	Boston Celtics *	21	5	.808	1.5	26
3	New York Knicks *	16	10	.615	6.5	26
4	Orlando Magic	17	11	.607	6.5	28
5	Milwaukee Bucks	14	11	.560	8.0	25
6	Miami Heat	13	11	.542	8.5	24

7	Atlanta Hawks	14	13	.519	9.0	27
8	Indiana Pacers	12	15	.444	11.0	27
9	Chicago Bulls	12	15	.444	11.0	27
10	Detroit Pistons	10	16	.385	12.5	26

11	Brooklyn Nets	10	16	.385	12.5	26
12	Philadelphia 76ers	8	16	.333	13.5	24
13	Charlotte Hornets	7	19	.269	15.5	26
14	Toronto Raptors	7	20	.259	16.0	27
15	Washington Wizards	3	21	.125	18.5	24

Game log

Preseason

2024 preseason game log
Total: 4–1 (home: 3–0; road: 1–1)

Preseason: 4–1 (home: 3–0; road: 1–1)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
1	October 4	@ Denver	W 107–103	Payton Pritchard (21)	Luke Kornet (11)	Payton Pritchard (6)	Etihad Arena 12,002	1–0
2	October 6	Denver	W 130–104	Jaylen Brown (21)	Sam Hauser (8)	Derrick White (6)	Etihad Arena 11,527	2–0
3	October 12	Philadelphia	W 139–89	Jaylen Brown (18)	Jayson Tatum (10)	Payton Pritchard (8)	TD Garden 19,156	3–0
4	October 13	Toronto	W 115–111	Drew Peterson (23)	Neemias Queta (15)	Payton Pritchard (9)	TD Garden 19,156	4–0
5	October 15	@ Toronto	L 118–119	Jayson Tatum (24)	Xavier Tillman (8)	Jayson Tatum (6)	Scotiabank Arena 17,507	4–1

2024–25 preseason schedule

Regular season

2024–25 game log
Total: 21–5 (Home: 11–3; Road: 10–2)

October: 4–1 (home: 2–0; road: 2–1)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
1	October 22	New York	W 132–109	Jayson Tatum (37)	Brown, Tillman (7)	Jayson Tatum (10)	TD Garden 19,156	1–0
2	October 24	@ Washington	W 122–102	Jaylen Brown (27)	Jayson Tatum (11)	Jayson Tatum (6)	Capital One Arena 18,610	2–0
3	October 26	@ Detroit	W 124–118	Jayson Tatum (37)	Jaylen Brown (10)	Jaylen Brown (5)	Little Caesars Arena 19,311	3–0
4	October 28	Milwaukee	W 119–108	Jaylen Brown (30)	Jayson Tatum (8)	Derrick White (8)	TD Garden 19,156	4–0
5	October 30	@ Indiana	L 132–135 (OT)	Jayson Tatum (37)	Kornet, Queta (9)	Jaylen Brown (5)	Gainbridge Fieldhouse 17,274	4–1

November: 12–2 (home: 5–2; road: 7–0)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
6	November 1	@ Charlotte	W 124–109	Jayson Tatum (32)	Jayson Tatum (11)	Brown, White (5)	Spectrum Center 18,557	5–1
7	November 2	@ Charlotte	W 113–103	Jayson Tatum (29)	Derrick White (8)	Jrue Holiday (6)	Spectrum Center 19,253	6–1
8	November 4	@ Atlanta	W 123–93	Jayson Tatum (28)	Kornet, Queta (7)	Jayson Tatum (9)	State Farm Arena 15,031	7–1
9	November 6	Golden State	L 112–118	Jayson Tatum (32)	Jrue Holiday (9)	Jrue Holiday (8)	TD Garden 19,156	7–2
10	November 8	Brooklyn	W 108–104 (OT)	Jayson Tatum (33)	Horford, Queta (10)	Tatum, White (6)	TD Garden 19,156	8–2
11	November 10	@ Milwaukee	W 113–107	Jayson Tatum (31)	Jayson Tatum (12)	Tatum, White (6)	Fiserv Forum 17,341	9–2
12	November 12	Atlanta	L 116–117	Jaylen Brown (37)	Tatum, White (6)	Jayson Tatum (8)	TD Garden 19,156	9–3
13	November 13	@ Brooklyn	W 139–114	Jayson Tatum (36)	Jaylen Brown (12)	Jayson Tatum (10)	Barclays Center 18,112	10–3
14	November 16	Toronto	W 126–123 (OT)	Jaylen Brown (27)	Jayson Tatum (11)	Jayson Tatum (9)	TD Garden 19,156	11–3
15	November 19	Cleveland	W 120–117	Jayson Tatum (33)	Jayson Tatum (12)	Jaylen Brown (8)	TD Garden 19,156	12–3
16	November 22	@ Washington	W 108–96	Jaylen Brown (31)	Jaylen Brown (11)	Jayson Tatum (8)	Capital One Arena 20,385	13–3
17	November 24	Minnesota	W 107–105	Jaylen Brown (29)	Derrick White (9)	Derrick White (5)	TD Garden 19,156	14–3
18	November 25	L.A. Clippers	W 126–94	Pritchard, Tatum (20)	Queta, Tatum (9)	Derrick White (7)	TD Garden 19,156	15–3
19	November 29	@ Chicago	W 138–129	Jayson Tatum (35)	Jayson Tatum (14)	Jayson Tatum (5)	United Center 19,798	16–3

December: 5–2 (home: 4–1; road: 1–1)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
20	December 1	@ Cleveland	L 111–115	Jayson Tatum (33)	Porziņģis, Tatum (8)	Jrue Holiday (5)	Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse 19,432	16–4
21	December 2	Miami	W 108–89	Jaylen Brown (29)	Jayson Tatum (11)	Derrick White (8)	TD Garden 19,156	17–4
22	December 4	Detroit	W 130–120	Jaylen Brown (28)	Kristaps Porziņģis (9)	Derrick White (11)	TD Garden 19,156	18–4
23	December 6	Milwaukee	W 111–105	Jayson Tatum (34)	Jayson Tatum (10)	Derrick White (7)	TD Garden 19,156	19–4
24	December 7	Memphis	L 121–127	Jrue Holiday (23)	Jayson Tatum (13)	Jayson Tatum (9)	TD Garden 19,156	19–5
25	December 12	Detroit	W 123–99	Payton Pritchard (27)	Jaylen Brown (9)	Payton Pritchard (10)	TD Garden 19,156	20–5
26	December 15	@ Washington	W 112–98	Jayson Tatum (28)	Jayson Tatum (12)	Payton Pritchard (6)	Capital One Arena 16,227	21–5
27	December 19	Chicago					TD Garden
28	December 21	@ Chicago					United Center
29	December 23	@ Orlando					Kia Center
30	December 25	Philadelphia					TD Garden
31	December 27	Indiana					TD Garden
32	December 29	Indiana					TD Garden
33	December 31	Toronto					TD Garden

January : 0–0 (home: 0–0; road: 0–0)

Game	Date	Team	Location Attendance
34	January 2	@ Minnesota	Target Center
35	January 3	@ Houston	Toyota Center
36	January 5	@ Oklahoma City	Paycom Center
37	January 7	@ Denver	Ball Arena
38	January 10	Sacramento	TD Garden
39	January 12	New Orleans	TD Garden
40	January 15	@ Toronto	Scotiabank Arena
41	January 17	Orlando	TD Garden
42	January 18	Atlanta	TD Garden
43	January 20	@ Golden State	Chase Center
44	January 22	@ L.A. Clippers	Intuit Dome
45	January 23	@ L.A. Lakers	Crypto.com Arena
46	January 25	@ Dallas	American Airlines Center
47	January 27	Houston	TD Garden
48	January 29	Chicago	TD Garden
49	January 31	@ New Orleans	Smoothie King Center

February : 0–0 (home: 0–0; road: 0–0)

Game	Date	Team	Location Attendance
50	February 2	@ Philadelphia	Wells Fargo Center
51	February 4	@ Cleveland	Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse
52	February 6	Dallas	TD Garden
53	February 8	@ New York	Madison Square Garden
54	February 10	@ Miami	Kaseya Center
55	February 12	San Antonio	TD Garden
All-Star Break
56	February 20	@ Philadelphia	Wells Fargo Center
57	February 23	New York	TD Garden
58	February 25	@ Toronto	Scotiabank Arena
59	February 26	@ Detroit	Little Caesars Arena
60	February 28	Cleveland	TD Garden

March : 0–0 (home: 0–0; road: 0–0)

Game	Date	Team	Location Attendance
61	March 2	Denver	TD Garden
62	March 5	Portland	TD Garden
63	March 6	Philadelphia	TD Garden
64	March 8	L.A. Lakers	TD Garden
65	March 10	Utah	TD Garden
66	March 12	Oklahoma City	TD Garden
67	March 14	@ Miami	Kaseya Center
68	March 15	@ Brooklyn	Barclays Center
69	March 18	Brooklyn	TD Garden
70	March 21	@ Utah	Delta Center
71	March 23	@ Portland	Moda Center
72	March 24	@ Sacramento	Golden 1 Center
73	March 26	@ Phoenix	Footprint Center
74	March 29	@ San Antonio	Frost Bank Center
75	March 31	@ Memphis	FedExForum

April : 0–0 (home: 0–0; road: 0–0)

Game	Date	Team	Location Attendance
76	April 2	Miami	TD Garden
77	April 4	Phoenix	TD Garden
78	April 6	Washington	TD Garden
79	April 8	@ New York	Madison Square Garden
80	April 9	@ Orlando	Kia Center
81	April 11	Charlotte	TD Garden
82	April 13	Charlotte	TD Garden

2024–25 season schedule

NBA Cup

The groups were revealed during the tournament announcement on July 12, 2024.^[5]^[6]

East Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification
1	Atlanta Hawks	4	3	1	485	470	+15	Advance to knockout stage
2	Boston Celtics	4	3	1	482	459	+23
3	Cleveland Cavaliers	4	2	2	480	450	+30
4	Chicago Bulls	4	2	2	518	512	+6
5	Washington Wizards	4	0	4	408	482	−74

Source: NBA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

2024–25 game log
Total: 3–1 (Home: 1–1; Road: 2–0)

NBA Cup: 3–1 (home: 1–1; road: 2–0)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
1	November 12	Atlanta	L 116–117	Jaylen Brown (37)	Tatum, White (6)	Jayson Tatum (8)	TD Garden 19,156	0–1
2	November 19	Cleveland	W 120–117	Jayson Tatum (33)	Jayson Tatum (12)	Jaylen Brown (8)	TD Garden 19,156	1–1
3	November 22	@ Washington	W 108–96	Jaylen Brown (31)	Jaylen Brown (11)	Jayson Tatum (8)	Capital One Arena 20,385	2–1
4	November 29	@ Chicago	W 138–129	Jayson Tatum (35)	Jayson Tatum (14)	Jayson Tatum (5)	United Center 19,798	3–1