2024–25 Boston Celtics season explained

Team:	Boston Celtics
End Year:	2025
Wins:	18
Losses:	4
Division:	Atlantic
Division Place:	1
Conf Place:	2
Coach:	Joe Mazzulla
Gm:	Brad Stevens
Owners:	Wyc Grousbeck
Arena:	TD Garden
Bbr Team:	BOS
Television:	NBC Sports Boston
Radio:	WBZ-FM

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

See main article: 2024 NBA 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.

Standings

Conference

Game log

Preseason

|- style="background:#cfc| 1| October 4| @ Denver| | Payton Pritchard (21)| Luke Kornet (11)| Payton Pritchard (6)| Etihad Arena
12,002| 1–0|- style="background:#cfc| 2| October 6| Denver| | Jaylen Brown (21)| Sam Hauser (8)| Derrick White (6)| Etihad Arena
11,527| 2–0|- style="background:#cfc| 3| October 12| Philadelphia| | Jaylen Brown (18)| Jayson Tatum (10)| Payton Pritchard (8)| TD Garden
19,156| 3–0|- style="background:#cfc| 4| October 13| Toronto| | Drew Peterson (23)| Neemias Queta (15)| Payton Pritchard (9)| TD Garden
19,156| 4–0|- style="background:#fcc| 5| October 15| @ Toronto| | Jayson Tatum (24)| Xavier Tillman (8)| Jayson Tatum (6)| Scotiabank Arena
17,507| 4–1

Regular season

|- style="background:#cfc| 1| October 22| New York| | Jayson Tatum (37)| Brown, Tillman (7)| Jayson Tatum (10)| TD Garden
19,156| 1–0|- style="background:#cfc| 2| October 24| @ Washington| | Jaylen Brown (27)| Jayson Tatum (11)| Jayson Tatum (6)| Capital One Arena
18,610| 2–0|- style="background:#cfc| 3| October 26| @ Detroit| | Jayson Tatum (37)| Jaylen Brown (10)| Jaylen Brown (5)| Little Caesars Arena
19,311| 3–0|- style="background:#cfc| 4| October 28| Milwaukee| | Jaylen Brown (30)| Jayson Tatum (8)| Derrick White (8)| TD Garden
19,156| 4–0|- style="background:#fcc| 5| October 30| @ Indiana| | Jayson Tatum (37)| Kornet, Queta (9)| Jaylen Brown (5)| Gainbridge Fieldhouse
17,274| 4–1|- style="background:#cfc| 6| November 1| @ Charlotte| | Jayson Tatum (32)| Jayson Tatum (11)| Brown, White (5)| Spectrum Center
18,557| 5–1|- style="background:#cfc| 7| November 2| @ Charlotte| | Jayson Tatum (29)| Derrick White (8)| Jrue Holiday (6)| Spectrum Center
19,253| 6–1|- style="background:#cfc| 8| November 4| @ Atlanta| | Jayson Tatum (28)| Kornet, Queta (7)| Jayson Tatum (9)| State Farm Arena
15,031| 7–1|- style="background:#fcc| 9| November 6| Golden State| | Jayson Tatum (32)| Jrue Holiday (9)| Jrue Holiday (8)| TD Garden
19,156| 7–2|- style="background:#cfc| 10| November 8| Brooklyn| | Jayson Tatum (33)| Horford, Queta (10)| Tatum, White (6)| TD Garden
19,156| 8–2|- style="background:#cfc| 11| November 10| @ Milwaukee| | Jayson Tatum (31)| Jayson Tatum (12)| Tatum, White (6)| Fiserv Forum
17,341| 9–2|- style="background:#fcc| 12| November 12| Atlanta| | Jaylen Brown (37)| Tatum, White (6)| Jayson Tatum (8)| TD Garden
19,156| 9–3|- style="background:#cfc| 13| November 13| @ Brooklyn| | Jayson Tatum (36)| Jaylen Brown (12)| Jayson Tatum (10)| Barclays Center
18,112| 10–3|- style="background:#cfc| 14| November 16| Toronto| | Jaylen Brown (27)| Jayson Tatum (11)| Jayson Tatum (9)| TD Garden
19,156| 11–3|- style="background:#cfc| 15| November 19| Cleveland| | Jayson Tatum (33)| Jayson Tatum (12)| Jaylen Brown (8)| TD Garden
19,156| 12–3|- style="background:#cfc| 16| November 22| @ Washington| | Jaylen Brown (31)| Jaylen Brown (11)| Jayson Tatum (8)| Capital One Arena
20,385| 13–3|- style="background:#cfc| 17| November 24| Minnesota| | Jaylen Brown (29)| Derrick White (9)| Derrick White (5)| TD Garden
19,156| 14–3|- style="background:#cfc| 18| November 25| L.A. Clippers| | Pritchard, Tatum (20)| Queta, Tatum (9)| Derrick White (7)| TD Garden
19,156| 15–3|- style="background:#cfc| 19| November 29| @ Chicago| | Jayson Tatum (35)| Jayson Tatum (14)| Jayson Tatum (5)| United Center
19,798| 16–3|- style="background:#fcc| 20| December 1| @ Cleveland| | Jayson Tatum (33)| Porziņģis, Tatum (8)| Jrue Holiday (5)| Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse
19,432| 16–4|- style="background:#cfc| 21| December 2| Miami| | Jaylen Brown (29)| Jayson Tatum (11)| Derrick White (8)| TD Garden
19,156| 17–4|- style="background:#| 22| December 4| Detroit| | | | | TD Garden
| |- style="background:#| 23| December 6| Milwaukee| | | | | TD Garden
| |- style="background:#| 24| December 7| Memphis| | | | | TD Garden
| |- style="background:#| 25| December 12| Detroit| | | | | TD Garden
| |- style="background:#| 26| December 15| @ Washington| | | | | Capital One Arena
| |- style="background:#| 27| December 19| Chicago| | | | | TD Garden
| |- style="background:#| 28| December 21| @ Chicago| | | | | United Center
| |- style="background:#| 29| December 23| @ Orlando| | | | | Kia Center
| |- style="background:#| 30| December 25| Philadelphia| | | | | TD Garden
| |- style="background:#| 31| December 27| Indiana| | | | | TD Garden
| |- style="background:#| 32| December 29| Indiana| | | | | TD Garden
| |- style="background:#| 33| December 31| Toronto| | | | | TD Garden
| |- style="background:#| 34| January 2| @ Minnesota| | | | | Target Center
| |- style="background:#| 35| January 3| @ Houston| | | | | Toyota Center
| |- style="background:#| 36| January 5| @ Oklahoma City| | | | | Paycom Center
| |- style="background:#| 37| January 7| @ Denver| | | | | Ball Arena
| |- style="background:#| 38| January 10| Sacramento| | | | | TD Garden
| |- style="background:#| 39| January 12| New Orleans| | | | | TD Garden
| |- style="background:#| 40| January 15| @ Toronto| | | | | Scotiabank Arena
| |- style="background:#| 41| January 17| Orlando| | | | | TD Garden
| |- style="background:#| 42| January 18| Atlanta| | | | | TD Garden
| |- style="background:#| 43| January 20| @ Golden State| | | | | Chase Center
| |- style="background:#| 44| January 22| @ L.A. Clippers| | | | | Intuit Dome
| |- style="background:#| 45| January 23| @ L.A. Lakers| | | | | Crypto.com Arena
| |- style="background:#| 46| January 25| @ Dallas| | | | | American Airlines Center
| |- style="background:#| 47| January 27| Houston| | | | | TD Garden
| |- style="background:#| 48| January 29| Chicago| | | | | TD Garden
| |- style="background:#| 49| January 31| @ New Orleans| | | | | Smoothie King Center
| |- style="background:#| 50| February 2| @ Philadelphia| | | | | Wells Fargo Center
| |- style="background:#| 51| February 4| @ Cleveland| | | | | Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse
| |- style="background:#| 52| February 6 | Dallas| | | | | TD Garden
| |- style="background:#| 53| February 8| @ New York| | | | | Madison Square Garden
| |- style="background:#| 54| February 10| @ Miami| | | | | Kaseya Center
| |- style="background:#| 55| February 12| San Antonio| | | | | TD Garden
| |- align="center"| colspan="9" style="background:#bbcaff;" | All-Star Break|- style="background:#| 56| February 20 | @ Philadelphia| | | | | Wells Fargo Center
| |- style="background:#| 57| February 23| New York| | | | | TD Garden
| |- style="background:#| 58| February 25| @ Toronto| | | | | Scotiabank Arena
| |- style="background:#| 59| February 26 | @ Detroit| | | | | Little Caesars Arena
| |- style="background:#| 60| February 28| Cleveland| | | | | TD Garden
| |- style="background:#| 61| March 2| Denver| | | | | TD Garden
| |- style="background:#| 62| March 5| Portland| | | | | TD Garden
| |- style="background:#| 63| March 6| Philadelphia| | | | | TD Garden
| |- style="background:#| 64| March 8| L.A. Lakers| | | | | TD Garden
| |- style="background:#| 65| March 10| Utah| | | | | TD Garden
| |- style="background:#| 66| March 12| Oklahoma City| | | | | TD Garden
| |- style="background:#| 67| March 14| @ Miami| | | | | Kaseya Center
| |- style="background:#| 68| March 15| @ Brooklyn| | | | | Barclays Center
| |- style="background:#| 69| March 18| Brooklyn| | | | | TD Garden
| |- style="background:#| 70| March 21| @ Utah| | | | | Delta Center
| |- style="background:#| 71| March 23| @ Portland| | | | | Moda Center
| |- style="background:#| 72| March 24| @ Sacramento| | | | | Golden 1 Center
| |- style="background:#| 73| March 26| @ Phoenix| | | | | Footprint Center
| |- style="background:#| 74| March 29| @ San Antonio| | | | | Frost Bank Center
| |- style="background:#| 75| March 31| @ Memphis| | | | | FedExForum
| |- style="background:#| 76| April 2| Miami| | | | | TD Garden
| |- style="background:#| 77| April 4| Phoenix| | | | | TD Garden
| |- style="background:#| 78| April 6| Washington| | | | | TD Garden
| |- style="background:#| 79| April 8| @ New York| | | | | Madison Square Garden
| |- style="background:#| 80| April 9| @ Orlando| | | | | Kia Center
| |- style="background:#| 81| April 11| Charlotte| | | | | TD Garden
| |- style="background:#| 82| April 13| Charlotte| | | | | TD Garden
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NBA Cup

See main article: 2024 NBA Cup. The groups were revealed during the tournament announcement on July 12, 2024.^[5] ^[6]

East Group C

|-style="background:#fcc| 1| November 12| Atlanta| | Jaylen Brown (37)| Tatum, White (6)| Jayson Tatum (8)| TD Garden
19,156| 0–1|-style="background:#cfc| 2| November 19| Cleveland| | Jayson Tatum (33)| Jayson Tatum (12)| Jaylen Brown (8)| TD Garden
19,156| 1–1|-style="background:#cfc| 3| November 22| @ Washington| | Jaylen Brown (31)| Jaylen Brown (11)| Jayson Tatum (8)| Capital One Arena
20,385| 2–1|-style="background:#cfc| 4| November 29| @ Chicago| | Jayson Tatum (35)| Jayson Tatum (14)| Jayson Tatum (5)| United Center
19,798| 3–1

Transactions

See main article: article and List of 2024–25 NBA season transactions.

Free agency

Re-signed

Date	Player	Ref.
July 2	Luke Kornet	^[7]
July 2	Xavier Tillman	^[8]

Notes and References

Web site: Hightower. Kyle. Celtics win 18th NBA championship with 106-88 Game 5 victory over Dallas Mavericks. AP News. June 18, 2024. June 18, 2024.
Web site: Maloney. Jack. Boston Celtics win 2024 NBA championship: Franchise clinches historic 18th title beating Mavericks in Game 5. CBS Sports. June 17, 2024. June 18, 2024.
Web site: 2024 NBA Draft Order: Picks 1-58. NBA.com. May 14, 2024. May 30, 2024.
Web site: Quinn. Sam. 2024 NBA Draft order: Complete list of picks as Atlanta Hawks win No. 1 selection in Lottery. CBS Sports. May 13, 2024. June 5, 2024.
Web site: NBA unveils new logo and game dates for Emirates NBA Cup 2024. NBA.com. July 12, 2024. July 11, 2024.
Web site: Emirates NBA Cup 2024: Group Draw Results. NBA.com. July 13, 2024. July 12, 2024.
Web site: Boston Celtics Re-Sign Kornet. NBA.com. July 2, 2024. July 2, 2024.
Web site: Boston Celtics Re-Sign Tillman Sr.. NBA.com. July 2, 2024. July 2, 2024.