Season of National Basketball Association team the Boston Celtics
NBA professional basketball team season
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 .
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 [ edit ] Game log [ edit ] 2012 pre-season game log Pre-season: 3–5 (home: 1–3; road: 2–2)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 1 October 5 @ Fenerbahçe Ülker L 91–97 Jeff Green , Jared Sullinger (16) Jared Sullinger (8) Rajon Rondo (9) Ülker Sports Arena 12,191 0–1 2 October 8 @ EA7 Emporio Armani Milano W 105–75 Jeff Green , Rajon Rondo (17) Darko Miličić (9) Rajon Rondo (6) Mediolanum Forum 1–1 3 October 13 New York Knicks L 95–98 Jared Sullinger (14) Micah Downs , Rajon Rondo , Jared Sullinger (7) Rajon Rondo , Jason Terry (4) XL Center 1–2 4 October 15 @ Philadelphia 76ers L 75–107 Paul Pierce (16) Brandon Bass , Paul Pierce (6) Rajon Rondo (6) Wells Fargo Center 1–3 5 October 16 Brooklyn Nets L 95–96 Paul Pierce (29) Jared Sullinger (9) Rajon Rondo (11) TD Garden 1–4 6 October 18 @ Brooklyn Nets W 115–85 Courtney Lee , Paul Pierce (18) Jeff Green , Jared Sullinger (6) Rajon Rondo (9) Barclays Center 2–4 7 October 20 New York Knicks W 109–98 Jeff Green (25) Jared Sullinger (8) Rajon Rondo (11) Times Union Center 3–4 8 October 21 Philadelphia 76ers L 79–88 Jeff Green , Rajon Rondo (12) Jeff Green (10) Rajon Rondo (10) TD Garden 3–5
2012–13 season schedule
Draft picks [ edit ] Future draft picks [ edit ] Credits [ edit ] 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]
2013 second round draft pick to Portland
Boston's own 2013 2nd round pick to Portland. [Boston-Houston-Portland, 7/20/2012]
2012-13 Boston Celtics roster Players Coaches Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB From PF 30 Bass, Brandon 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 250 lb (113 kg) 1985-04-30 LSU PG 0 Bradley, Avery 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1990-11-26 Texas SG 27 Crawford, Jordan 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1988–10–23 Xavier PF 5 Garnett, Kevin 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 253 lb (115 kg) 1976-05-19 Farragut Academy (IL) SF 8 Green, Jeff 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 235 lb (107 kg) 1986–08–28 Georgetown SG 11 Lee, Courtney 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1985–10–03 Western Kentucky C 13 Melo, Fab 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 255 lb (116 kg) 1990–06–20 Syracuse SF 34 Pierce, Paul 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 235 lb (107 kg) 1977-10-13 Kansas PF 42 Randolph, Shavlik 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 236 lb (107 kg) 1983–11–24 Duke PG 9 Rondo, Rajon 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 186 lb (84 kg) 1986-02-22 Kentucky PF 7 Sullinger, Jared 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 260 lb (118 kg) 1992-03-04 Ohio State PG 4 Terry, Jason 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1977–09–15 Arizona PF 12 White, D.J. 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 260 lb (118 kg) 1986–08–31 Indiana PF 44 Wilcox, Chris 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 235 lb (107 kg) 1982–09–03 Maryland SG 55 Williams, Terrence 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1987–06–28 Louisville
Head coach Assistant coach(es) Legend (DP) Unsigned draft pick(FA) Free agent(S) Suspended(DL) On assignment to D-League affiliate Injured
Regular season [ edit ] Game log [ edit ] 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 bombing .
2012–13 game log Total: 41–40 (home: 27–13; road: 14–27) October: 0–1 (home: 0–0; road: 0–1)
November : 9–6 (home: 5–4; road: 4–2)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 2 November 2 Milwaukee L 88–99 Kevin Garnett (15) Jared Sullinger (7) Rajon Rondo (11) TD Garden 18,624 0–2 3 November 3 @ Washington W 89–86 Paul Pierce (27) Garnett , Pierce & Sullinger (7) Rajon Rondo (12) Verizon Center 20,308 1–2 4 November 7 Washington W 100–94 Kevin Garnett (20) Kevin Garnett (13) Rajon Rondo (14) TD Garden 18,624 2–2 5 November 9 Philadelphia L 100–106 Paul Pierce (24) Kevin Garnett (10) Rajon Rondo (20) TD Garden 18,624 2–3 6 November 10 @ Milwaukee W 96–92 Paul Pierce (25) Paul Pierce (9) Rajon Rondo (11) Bradley Center 14,589 3–3 7 November 12 @ Chicago W 101–95 Rajon Rondo (20) Rajon Rondo (9) Rajon Rondo (10) United Center 21,712 4–3 8 November 14 Utah W 98–93 Paul Pierce (23) Kevin Garnett (8) Rajon Rondo (10) TD Garden 18,624 5–3 9 November 15 @ Brooklyn L 97–102 Paul Pierce (22) Courtney Lee (9) Jason Terry (6) Barclays Center 17,732 5–4 10 November 17 Toronto W 107–89 Jason Terry (20) Jared Sullinger (11) Rajon Rondo (20) TD Garden 18,624 6–4 11 November 18 @ Detroit L 83–103 Jared Sullinger (16) Sullinger & Wilcox (5) Rajon Rondo (10) The Palace of Auburn Hills 12,214 6–5 12 November 21 San Antonio L 100–112 Rajon Rondo (22) Jared Sullinger (7) Rajon Rondo (15) TD Garden 18,624 6–6 13 November 23 Oklahoma City W 108–100 Paul Pierce (27) Kevin Garnett (9) Rajon Rondo (16) TD Garden 18,624 7–6 14 November 25 @ Orlando W 116–110 Kevin Garnett (24) Brandon Bass (12) Rajon Rondo (16) Amway Center 17,037 8–6 15 November 28 Brooklyn L 83–95 Bass & Garnett (16) Kevin Garnett (10) Paul Pierce (7) TD Garden 18,624 8–7 16 November 30 Portland W 96–78 Jeff Green (19) Pierce & Sullinger (8) Lee & Pierce (7) TD Garden 18,624 9–7
December : 5–9 (home: 4–1; road: 1–8)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 17 December 1 @ Milwaukee L 88–91 Paul Pierce (19) Brandon Bass (8) Jason Terry (11) Bradley Center 16,581 9–8 18 December 5 Minnesota W 104–94 Garnett & Pierce (18) Kevin Garnett (10) Rajon Rondo (11) TD Garden 18,624 10–8 19 December 7 @ Philadelphia L 94–95 Paul Pierce (27) Rajon Rondo (13) Rajon Rondo (14) Wells Fargo Center 17,921 10–9 20 December 8 Philadelphia W 92–79 Kevin Garnett (19) Rondo & Sullinger (9) Rajon Rondo (11) TD Garden 18,624 11–9 21 December 12 Dallas W 117–115 Paul Pierce (34) Rajon Rondo (9) Rajon Rondo (15) TD Garden 18,624 12–9 22 December 14 @ Houston L 89–101 Paul Pierce (18) Green & Pierce (7) Rajon Rondo (13) Toyota Center 15,679 12–10 23 December 15 @ San Antonio L 88–103 Pierce & Terry (18) Jared Sullinger (7) Rajon Rondo (9) AT&T Center 18,759 12–11 24 December 18 @ Chicago L 88–100 Rajon Rondo (26) Bass & Garnett (8) Rajon Rondo (8) United Center 21,825 12–12 25 December 19 Cleveland W 103–91 Paul Pierce (40) Paul Pierce (8) Rajon Rondo (8) TD Garden 18,624 13–12 26 December 21 Milwaukee L 94–99 Paul Pierce (35) Paul Pierce (12) Rajon Rondo (11) TD Garden 18,624 13–13 27 December 25 @ Brooklyn W 93–76 Rajon Rondo (19) Kevin Garnett (10) Paul Pierce (10) Barclays Center 17,732 14–13 28 December 27 @ L. A. Clippers L 77–106 Kevin Garnett (16) Brandon Bass (9) Rajon Rondo (6) Staples Center 19,552 14–14 29 December 29 @ Golden State L 83–101 Courtney Lee (18) Jeff Green (9) Kevin Garnett (4) Oracle Arena 19,596 14–15 30 December 30 @ Sacramento L 96–118 Pierce & Terry (20) Kevin Garnett (12) Rajon Rondo (10) Sleep Train Arena 15,305 14–16
January : 8–7 (home: 6–4; road: 2–3)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 31 January 2 Memphis L 83–93 Paul Pierce (17) Garnett & Pierce (7) Rajon Rondo (10) TD Garden 18,624 14–17 32 January 4 Indiana W 94–75 Garnett & Rondo (18) Jared Sullinger (10) Rajon Rondo (7) TD Garden 18,624 15–17 33 January 5 @ Atlanta W 89–81 Paul Pierce (26) Rajon Rondo (11) Rajon Rondo (10) Philips Arena 19,159 16–17 34 January 7 @ New York W 102–96 Paul Pierce (23) Kevin Garnett (10) Paul Pierce (6) Madison Square Garden 19,033 17–17 35 January 9 Phoenix W 87–79 Jeff Green (14) Jared Sullinger (16) Rajon Rondo (8) TD Garden 18,624 18–17 36 January 11 Houston W 103–91 Paul Pierce (23) Jared Sullinger (11) Rajon Rondo (8) TD Garden 18,624 19–17 37 January 14 Charlotte W 100–89 Paul Pierce (19) Garnett & Rondo (10) Rajon Rondo (12) TD Garden 18,624 20–17 38 January 16 New Orleans L 78–90 Kevin Garnett (15) Paul Pierce (10) Rajon Rondo (11) TD Garden 18,624 20–18 39 January 18 Chicago L 99–100 (OT) Rajon Rondo (30) Jared Sullinger (15) Rajon Rondo (7) TD Garden 18,624 20–19 40 January 20 @ Detroit L 88–103 Garnett & Lee (16) Rajon Rondo (9) Rajon Rondo (15) The Palace of Auburn Hills 17,575 20–20 41 January 22 @ Cleveland L 90–95 Rajon Rondo (17) Rajon Rondo (13) Rajon Rondo (8) Quicken Loans Arena 14,192 20–21 42 January 24 New York L 86–89 Rajon Rondo (23) Kevin Garnett (12) Rajon Rondo (11) TD Garden 18,624 20–22 43 January 25 @ Atlanta L 111–123 (2OT) Kevin Garnett (24) Garnett & Rondo (10) Rajon Rondo (11) Philips Arena 15,595 20–23 44 January 27 Miami W 100–98 (2OT) Kevin Garnett (24) Paul Pierce (13) Paul Pierce (10) TD Garden 18,624 21–23 45 January 30 Sacramento W 99–81 Paul Pierce (16) Paul Pierce (10) Kevin Garnett (5) TD Garden 18,624 22–23
February : 8–4 (home: 5–0; road: 3–4)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 46 February 1 Orlando W 97–84 Jeff Green (17) Paul Pierce (11) Paul Pierce (7) TD Garden 18,624 23–23 47 February 3 L. A. Clippers W 106–104 Paul Pierce (22) Brandon Bass (8) Jason Terry (6) TD Garden 18,624 24–23 48 February 6 @ Toronto W 99–95 Kevin Garnett (27) Paul Pierce (11) Paul Pierce (6) Air Canada Centre 17,163 25–23 49 February 7 L. A. Lakers W 116–95 Paul Pierce (24) Chris Wilcox (9) Paul Pierce (6) TD Garden 18,624 26–23 50 February 10 Denver W 118–114 (3OT) Paul Pierce (27) Kevin Garnett (18) Paul Pierce (14) TD Garden 18,624 27–23 51 February 11 @ Charlotte L 91–94 Jeff Green (18) Kevin Garnett (13) Paul Pierce (8) Time Warner Cable Arena 15,709 27–24 52 February 13 Chicago W 71–69 Brandon Bass (14) Kevin Garnett (11) Paul Pierce (6) TD Garden 18,624 28–24 All-Star Break 53 February 19 @ Denver L 90–96 Jeff Green (20) Garnett & Bass (9) Paul Pierce (6) Pepsi Center 19,155 28–25 54 February 20 @ L. A. Lakers L 99–113 Paul Pierce (26) Jeff Green (7) Paul Pierce (5) Staples Center 18,997 28–26 55 February 22 @ Phoenix W 113–88 Jeff Green (31) Chris Wilcox (8) Williams & Green (4) US Airways Center 18,422 29–26 56 February 24 @ Portland L 86–92 Paul Pierce (23) Kevin Garnett (9) Paul Pierce (8) Rose Garden 20,484 29–27 57 February 25 @ Utah W 110–107 Paul Pierce (26) Kevin Garnett (8) Paul Pierce (8) EnergySolutions Arena 19,911 30–27
March : 8–8 (home: 5–2; road: 3–6)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 58 March 1 Golden State W 94–86 Paul Pierce (26) Kevin Garnett (13) Pierce & Terry (4) TD Garden 18,624 31–27 59 March 5 @ Philadelphia W 109–101 Avery Bradley (22) Kevin Garnett (11) Paul Pierce (7) Wells Fargo Center 16,189 32–27 60 March 6 @ Indiana W 83–81 Kevin Garnett (18) Kevin Garnett (10) Pierce , Terry , Green , & Bradley (4) Bankers Life Fieldhouse 17,833 33–27 61 March 8 Atlanta W 107–102 (OT) Paul Pierce (27) Kevin Garnett (8) Paul Pierce (7) TD Garden 18,624 34–27 62 March 10 @ Oklahoma City L 79–91 Paul Pierce (20) Brandon Bass (13) Paul Pierce (6) Chesapeake Energy Arena 18,203 34–28 63 March 12 @ Charlotte L 74–100 Jeff Green (14) Brandon Bass (7) Lee & Terry (4) Time Warner Cable Arena 15,006 34–29 64 March 13 Toronto W 112–88 Jeff Green (20) Kevin Garnett (7) Lee & Pierce (4) TD Garden 18,624 35–29 65 March 16 Charlotte W 105–88 Jason Terry (15) Shavlik Randolph (8) Paul Pierce (8) TD Garden 18,624 36–29 66 March 18 Miami L 103–105 Jeff Green (43) Paul Pierce (8) Paul Pierce (8) TD Garden 18,624 36–30 67 March 20 @ New Orleans L 86–87 Paul Pierce (28) Bass & Garnett (6) Paul Pierce (5) New Orleans Arena 14,740 36–31 68 March 22 @ Dallas L 94–104 Paul Pierce (16) Kevin Garnett (12) Kevin Garnett (5) American Airlines Center 20,387 36–32 69 March 23 @ Memphis L 106–110 Paul Pierce (26) Bass & Pierce (6) Green & Paul Pierce (4) FedExForum 18,119 36–33 70 March 26 New York L 85–100 Jeff Green (19) Jeff Green (10) Crawford , Green , & Pierce (6) TD Garden 18,624 36–34 71 March 27 @ Cleveland W 93–92 Brandon Bass (22) Paul Pierce (10) Paul Pierce (8) Quicken Loans Arena 14,192 37–34 72 March 29 Atlanta W 118–107 Jeff Green (27) Shavlik Randolph (13) Paul Pierce (10) TD Garden 18,624 38–34 73 March 31 @ New York L 89–108 Jeff Green (27) Paul Pierce (15) Paul Pierce (5) Madison Square Garden 19,033 38–35
April : 3–5 (home: 2–2; road: 1–3)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 74 April 1 @ Minnesota L 100–110 Avery Bradley (19) Jeff Green (7) Jeff Green (5) Target Center 14,546 38–36 75 April 3 Detroit W 98–93 Jeff Green (34) Brandon Bass (7) Paul Pierce (5) TD Garden 18,624 39–36 76 April 5 Cleveland L 91–97 Jeff Green (23) Jeff Green (9) Jordan Crawford (5) TD Garden 18,624 39–37 77 April 7 Washington W 107–96 Brandon Bass (20) Shavlik Randolph (7) Lee , Pierce , & Terry (5) TD Garden 18,624 40–37 78 April 10 Brooklyn L 93–101 Paul Pierce (23) Shavlik Randolph (9) Crawford & Garnett (4) TD Garden 18,624 40–38 79 April 12 @ Miami L 101–109 Jeff Green (25) Brandon Bass (9) Jason Terry (3) American Airlines Arena 19,990 40–39 80 April 13 @ Orlando W 120–88 Courtney Lee (20) Kevin Garnett (9) Paul Pierce (8) Amway Center 17,422 41–39 – April 16 Indiana Game canceled due to the Boston Marathon bombing .[1] 81 April 17 @ Toronto L 90–114 Jordan Crawford (16) Crawford & Green (6) Crawford & Williams (5) Air Canada Centre 17,690 41–40
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