2020–21 Boston Celtics season

The 2020–21 Boston Celtics season is the 75th season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA). This is the eighth season under head coach Brad Stevens. The Celtics will look forward to improve following their Eastern Conference Final defeat the previous season against the Miami Heat.

2020–21 Boston Celtics season
Head coach	Brad Stevens
General manager	Danny Ainge
Owners	Wyc Grousbeck
Arena	TD Garden
Results
Record	10–8 (.556)
Place	Division: 2nd (Atlantic) Conference: 4th (Eastern)
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television	NBC Sports Boston
Radio	WBZ-FM

Draft picks

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College/Club
1	14	Aaron Nesmith	SF	United States	Vanderbilt
1	26	Payton Pritchard	PG	United States	Oregon
2	47	Yam Madar	PG	Israel	Hapoel Tel Aviv

Roster

Roster listing

Boston Celtics roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY-MM-DD) From G/F 7 Brown, Jaylen 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 223 lb (101 kg) 1996-10-24 California G 4 Edwards, Carsen 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1998-03-12 Purdue C 99 Fall, Tacko (TW) 7 ft 5 in (2.26 m) 311 lb (141 kg) 1995-12-10 Central Florida G/F 43 Green, Javonte 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1993-07-23 Radford G/F 45 Langford, Romeo 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 216 lb (98 kg) 1999-10-25 Indiana G/F 26 Nesmith, Aaron 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 213 lb (97 kg) 1999-10-16 Vanderbilt F 37 Ojeleye, Semi 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 240 lb (109 kg) 1994-12-05 SMU G 11 Pritchard, Payton 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1998-01-28 Oregon G 36 Smart, Marcus 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1994-03-06 Oklahoma State F 0 Tatum, Jayson 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1998-03-03 Duke G 55 Teague, Jeff 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1988-06-10 Wake Forest F/C 27 Theis, Daniel 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 245 lb (111 kg) 1992-04-04 Germany F/C 13 Thompson, Tristan 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 254 lb (115 kg) 1991-03-13 Texas G 8 Walker, Kemba 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 184 lb (83 kg) 1990-05-08 Connecticut G 51 Waters, Tremont (TW) 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1998-01-10 LSU F 12 Williams, Grant 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 236 lb (107 kg) 1998-11-30 Tennessee F/C 44 Williams, Robert 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 237 lb (108 kg) 1997-10-17 Texas A&M	Head coach Brad Stevens Assistant coach(es) Jerome Allen Brandon Bailey Jay Larrañaga Joe Mazzulla Scott Morrison Evan Turner Jamie Young Legend (C) Team captain (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: November 30, 2020

Standings

Division

Atlantic Division	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div	GP
Philadelphia 76ers	16	7	.696	0.0	10–2	6–5	4–1	23
Brooklyn Nets	14	10	.583	2.5	10–5	4–5	3–1	24
Boston Celtics	12	9	.571	3.0	5–3	7–6	1–4	21
Toronto Raptors	10	12	.455	5.5	6–5	4–7	2–2	22
New York Knicks	10	13	.435	6.0	4–5	6–8	1–3	23

Conference

Eastern Conference
#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	GP
1	Philadelphia 76ers *	16	7	.696	–	23
2	Milwaukee Bucks *	14	8	.636	1.5	22
3	Brooklyn Nets	14	10	.583	2.5	24
4	Boston Celtics	12	9	.571	3.0	21
5	Indiana Pacers	12	11	.522	4.0	23
6	Atlanta Hawks *	10	12	.455	5.5	22
7	Toronto Raptors	10	12	.455	5.5	22
8	New York Knicks	10	13	.435	6.0	23
9	Cleveland Cavaliers	10	13	.435	6.0	23
10	Charlotte Hornets	10	13	.435	6.0	23
11	Orlando Magic	9	14	.391	7.0	23
12	Chicago Bulls	8	13	.381	7.0	21
13	Miami Heat	8	14	.364	7.5	22
14	Washington Wizards	5	14	.263	9.0	19
15	Detroit Pistons	5	17	.227	10.5	22

Game log

Preseason

2020 preseason game log Total: 0–2 (Home: 0–1; Road: 0–1)
Preseason: 0–2 (Home: 0–1; Road: 0–1) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 1 December 15 @ Philadelphia L 99–108 Jeff Teague (18) Jaylen Brown (8) Waters, G. Williams (3) Wells Fargo Center 0–1 2 December 18 Brooklyn L 89–113 Jayson Tatum (19) Daniel Theis (9) Tremont Waters (5) TD Garden 0–2
2020–21 season schedule

Regular season

2020–21 game log Total: 11–8 (Home: 5–3; Road: 6–5)
December: 3–2 (Home: 2–1; Road: 1–1) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 1 December 23 Milwaukee W 122–121 Jaylen Brown (33) Tristan Thompson (8) Marcus Smart (7) TD Garden 0 1–0 2 December 25 Brooklyn L 95–123 Jaylen Brown (27) Brown, Tatum, Thompson (8) Marcus Smart (6) TD Garden 0 1–1 3 December 27 @ Indiana L 107–108 Jayson Tatum (25) Jayson Tatum (11) Marcus Smart (6) Bankers Life Fieldhouse 0 1–2 4 December 29 @ Indiana W 116–111 Jayson Tatum (27) Jayson Tatum (11) Pritchard, Smart (6) Bankers Life Fieldhouse 0 2–2 5 December 30 Memphis W 126–107 Jaylen Brown (42) Robert Williams III (10) Brown, Smart, Teague (4) TD Garden 0 3–2
January: 7–6 (Home: 3–2; Road: 4–4) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 6 January 1 @ Detroit L 93–96 Jayson Tatum (28) Brown, Thompson (9) Marcus Smart (9) Little Caesars Arena 0 3–3 7 January 3 @ Detroit W 122–120 Jaylen Brown (31) Tristan Thompson (11) Jayson Tatum (12) Little Caesars Arena 0 4–3 8 January 4 @ Toronto W 126–114 Jayson Tatum (40) Robert Williams III (15) Tremont Waters (5) Amalie Arena 3,740 5–3 9 January 6 @ Miami W 107–105 Jayson Tatum (27) Jaylen Brown (12) Marcus Smart (6) AmericanAirlines Arena 0 6–3 10 January 8 @ Washington W 116–107 Jayson Tatum (32) Jaylen Brown (13) Brown, Smart (5) TD Garden 0 7–3 – January 10 Miami Postponed (COVID-19) (Makeup date: TBA)[1] – January 12 @ Chicago Postponed (COVID-19) (Makeup date: TBA)[2] – January 13 Orlando Postponed (COVID-19) (Makeup date: TBA)[3] 11 January 15 Orlando W 124–97 Jaylen Brown (21) Tristan Thompson (11) Jaylen Brown (8) TD Garden 0 8–3 12 January 17 New York L 75–105 Jaylen Brown (25) Daniel Theis (7) Kemba Walker (4) TD Garden 0 8–4 13 January 20 @ Philadelphia L 109–117 Jaylen Brown (26) Daniel Theis (10) Kemba Walker (6) Wells Fargo Center 0 8–5 14 January 22 @ Philadelphia W 122–110 Jaylen Brown (42) Jaylen Brown (9) Marcus Smart (7) Wells Fargo Center 0 8–6 15 January 24 @ Cleveland W 141–103 Jaylen Brown (33) Tristan Thompson (12) Marcus Smart (9) TD Garden 0 9–6 16 January 25 @ Chicago W 119–103 Jaylen Brown (26) Tristan Thompson (10) Marcus Smart (11) United Center 0 10–6 17 January 27 @ San Antonio L 106–110 Jayson Tatum (25) Tristan Thompson (8) Jaylen Brown (5) AT&T Center 0 10–7 18 January 30 L. A. Lakers L 95–96 Jayson Tatum (30) Jayson Tatum (9) Marcus Smart (7) TD Garden 0 10–8
February: 1–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 1–0) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 19 February 2 @ Golden State W 111–107 Jayson Tatum (27) Daniel Theis (11) Kemba Walker (5) Chase Center 0 11–8
2020–21 season schedule

Transactions

Trades

November 19, 2020[4]	To Boston Celtics 2021 OKC protected second-round pick	To Oklahoma City Thunder Vincent Poirier cash considerations
November 20, 2020[5]	To Boston Celtics 2023 second-round pick (from Memphis) 2025 MEM second-round pick (from Memphis)	To Memphis Grizzlies Mario Hezonja (from Portland) Draft rights to Desmond Bane (#30) (from Boston)
	To Portland Trail Blazers Enes Kanter (from Boston) cash considerations (from Memphis)
November 29, 2020[6][7]	To Boston Celtics 2022 CHA protected second-round pick	To Charlotte Hornets Gordon Hayward (sign and trade) 2023 BOS second-round pick 2024 BOS second-round pick

Re-signed

Player	Signed
Tacko Fall	November 23

Additions

Player	Signed	Former Team
Jeff Teague[8]	November 30	Atlanta Hawks
Tristan Thompson[8]	November 30	Cleveland Cavaliers

Subtractions

Player	Reason	New Team
Brad Wanamaker[9]	Free agency	Golden State Warriors

References

1. "Heat-Celtics game postponed due to Health and Safety Protocols". NBA.com. January 11, 2021. Retrieved January 18, 2021.
2. "New Orleans vs. Dallas, Boston vs. Chicago games postponed". NBA.com. January 12, 2021. Retrieved January 18, 2021.
3. "Magic-Celtics game postponed due to Health and Safety Protocols". NBA.com. January 13, 2021. Retrieved January 18, 2021.
4. "Celtics Finalize Trade With Oklahoma City Thunder". NBA.com. November 19, 2020. Retrieved November 19, 2020.
5. "Celtics Complete Three-Team Trade with Grizzlies, Trail Blazers". NBA.com. November 20, 2020. Retrieved November 20, 2020.
6. "Hornets Acquire Forward Gordon Hayward and Two Future Second-Round Picks in Sign-and-Trade Deal". NBA.com. November 29, 2020. Retrieved November 29, 2020.
7. "Celtics Complete Trade with Charlotte Hornets". NBA.com. November 29, 2020. Retrieved December 4, 2020.
8. "Celtics Sign Jeff Teague, Tristan Thompson". NBA.com. November 30, 2020. Retrieved November 30, 2020.
9. "Warriors Sign Free Agent Guard Brad Wanamaker". NBA.com. November 24, 2020. Retrieved November 24, 2020.