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2011–12 Boston Celtics season

The 2011–12 Boston Celtics season was the 66th season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The Boston Celtics finished the regular season with a 39–27 won-loss record, which was the 4th best in the East, winning their 21st Atlantic Division title. Their longest winning and losing streaks were 5 games. The leading scorer was Paul Pierce, averaging 19.4 PPG. The leading rebounder was Kevin Garnett (8.2 RPG). Rajon Rondo led the team and the league in assists per-game with 11.7. The regular season was reduced from its usual 82 games to 66 due to the lockout. The Celtics made a relatively deep playoff run, where they defeated the Atlanta Hawks in six games in the First Round, and the Philadelphia 76ers in seven games in the Semifinals, eventually challenging the Miami Heat for the third consecutive season (the team who defeated them in last season's Semifinals), in the Eastern Conference finals. They ultimately lost the series in seven games to the eventual NBA champion.

Following the season, Ray Allen departed via free agency for the eventual champion Miami Heat, effectively ending the Big 3 era in Boston. During his 2 years with the Heat, Allen would help them win a second-straight title the following year over the San Antonio Spurs in seven games, and appear again in the 2014 Finals against the same Spurs team.

It was also the NBA's first time without Shaquille O'Neal since 1991–92, as he retired in May 2011 and played his final season as a Celtic.

Key dates

Draft picks

Roster

Roster notes

  • Forward Jeff Green missed the entire season due to recovery from a heart surgery.

Pre-season

Game log

|- style="background:#cfc;" | 1 | December 18 | @ Toronto | | Ray Allen (12) | Kevin Garnett (7) | Rajon Rondo (8) | Air Canada Centre<br>16,721 | 1–0 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 2 | December 21 | Toronto | | Rajon Rondo (12) | Ray Allen (6) | Rajon Rondo (6) | TD Garden<br>18.624 | 2–0 |-

Regular season

Standings

Game log

|- style="background:#fcc;" | 1 | December 25 | @ New York | | Rajon Rondo (31) | Brandon Bass (11) | Rajon Rondo (13) | Madison Square Garden<br>19,763 | 0–1 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 2 | December 27 | @ Miami | | Ray Allen (28) | Rajon Rondo (8) | Rajon Rondo (12) | American Airlines Arena<br>20,166 | 0–2 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 3 | December 28 | @ New Orleans | | Ray Allen (15) | Kevin Garnett (7) | Rajon Rondo (12) | New Orleans Arena<br>17,802 | 0–3 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 4 | December 30 | Detroit | | Jermaine O'Neal (17) | Jermaine O'Neal (7) | Paul Pierce (5) | TD Garden<br>18,624 | 1–3

|- style="background:#cfc;" | 5 | January 1 | @ Washington | | Kevin Garnett (24) | Rajon Rondo (11) | Rajon Rondo (14) | Verizon Center<br>17,458 | 2–3 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 6 | January 2 | Washington | | Ray Allen (27) | Paul Pierce (8) | Rajon Rondo (13) | TD Garden<br>18,624 | 3–3 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 7 | January 4 | New Jersey | | Paul Pierce (24) | Kevin Garnett (12) | Rajon Rondo (12) | TD Garden<br>18,624 | 4–3 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 8 | January 6 | Indiana | | Ray Allen (23) | Paul Pierce,<br>Jermaine O'Neal (7) | Rajon Rondo (9) | TD Garden<br>18,624 | 4–4 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 9 | January 11 | Dallas | | Rajon Rondo (24) | Kevin Garnett (10) | Rajon Rondo (7) | TD Garden<br>18,624 | 4–5 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 10 | January 13 | Chicago | | Ray Allen (16) | Brandon Bass (9) | Rajon Rondo (11) | TD Garden<br>18,624 | 4–6 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 11 | January 14 | @ Indiana | | Paul Pierce (21) | Jermaine O'Neal (12) | Rajon Rondo (9) | Bankers Life Fieldhouse<br>14,203 | 4–7 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 12 | January 16 | Oklahoma City | | Paul Pierce (24) | Kevin Garnett (12) | Rajon Rondo (9) | TD Garden<br>18,624 | 4–8 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 13 | January 18 | Toronto | | Rajon Rondo (21) | Brandon Bass (9) | Paul Pierce (7) | TD Garden<br>18,624 | 5–8 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 14 | January 20 | Phoenix | | Ray Allen (14) | Ray Allen,<br>Brandon Bass (6) | Paul Pierce (6) | TD Garden<br>18,624 | 5–9 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 15 | January 22 | @ Washington | | Paul Pierce (34) | Brandon Bass (9) | Paul Pierce (10) | Verizon Center<br>15,818 | 6–9 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 16 | January 23 | Orlando | | Paul Pierce, <br> Brandon Bass (19) | Kevin Garnett (10) | Paul Pierce (7) | TD Garden<br>18,624 | 7–9 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 17 | January 26 | @ Orlando | | Paul Pierce (24) | Kevin Garnett (10) | Paul Pierce (10) | Amway Center<br>18,952 | 8–9 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 18 | January 27 | Indiana | | Paul Pierce (28) | Paul Pierce (10) | Paul Pierce (8) | TD Garden<br>18,624 | 9–9 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 19 | January 29 | Cleveland | | Ray Allen (22) | Kevin Garnett (7) | Paul Pierce (5) | TD Garden<br>18,624 | 9–10 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 20 | January 31 | @ Cleveland | | Paul Pierce (20) | Brandon Bass (6) | Ray Allen (8) | Quicken Loans Arena<br>14,798 | 10–10

|- style="background:#cfc;" | 21 | February 1 | Toronto | | Paul Pierce (17) | Brandon Bass (9) | Paul Pierce (8) | TD Garden<br>18,624 | 11–10 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 22 | February 3 | New York | | Paul Pierce (30) | Kevin Garnett (8) | Rajon Rondo (7) | TD Garden<br>18,624 | 12–10 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 23 | February 5 | Memphis | | Kevin Garnett (24) | Kevin Garnett (9) | Rajon Rondo (14) | TD Garden<br>18,624 | 13–10 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 24 | February 7 | Charlotte | | Kevin Garnett (22) | Paul Pierce,<br>Jermaine O'Neal (8) | Rajon Rondo (14) | TD Garden<br>18,624 | 14–10 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 25 | February 9 | L. A. Lakers | | Ray Allen (22) | Kevin Garnett (12) | Paul Pierce,<br>Rajon Rondo (7) | TD Garden<br>18,624 | 14–11 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 26 | February 10 | @ Toronto | | Kevin Garnett (17) | Kevin Garnett (8) | Rajon Rondo (7) | Air Canada Centre<br>19,207 | 14–12 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 27 | February 12 | Chicago | | Rajon Rondo (32) | Kevin Garnett (12) | Rajon Rondo (15) | TD Garden<br>18,624 | 15–12 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 28 | February 15 | Detroit | | Rajon Rondo (35) | Chris Wilcox (9) | Rajon Rondo (6) | TD Garden<br>18,624 | 15–13 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 29 | February 16 | @ Chicago | | Kevin Garnett (18) | Kevin Garnett (10) | Rajon Rondo (8) | United Center<br>22,592 | 15–14 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 30 | February 19 | @ Detroit | | Paul Pierce (18) | Jermaine O'Neal (11) | Rajon Rondo (10) | The Palace of Auburn Hills<br>22,076 | 15–15 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 31 | February 20 | @ Dallas | | Paul Pierce (20) | Mickaël Piétrus (12) | Mickaël Piétrus (4) | American Airlines Center<br>20,364 | 15–16 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 32 | February 22 | @ Oklahoma City | | Paul Pierce,<br>Kevin Garnett (23) | Kevin Garnett (13) | Paul Pierce (8) | Chesapeake Energy Arena<br>18,203 | 15–17 |- style="text-align:center;" | colspan="9" style="background:#bbcaff;"|All-Star Break |- style="background:#cfc;" | 33 | February 28 | @ Cleveland | | Ray Allen (22) | Chris Wilcox (11) | Rajon Rondo (11) | Quicken Loans Arena<br>15,971 | 16–17 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 34 | February 29 | Milwaukee | | Kevin Garnett (25) | Chris Wilcox (13) | Rajon Rondo (10) | TD Garden<br>18,624 | 17–17

|- style="background:#cfc;" | 35 | March 2 | New Jersey | | Paul Pierce (27) | Kevin Garnett (10) | Rajon Rondo (13) | TD Garden<br>18,624 | 18–17 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 36 | March 4 | New York | | Paul Pierce (34) | Rajon Rondo (17) | Rajon Rondo (20) | TD Garden<br>18,624 | 19–17 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 37 | March 6 | Houston | | Paul Pierce (30) | Kevin Garnett (13) | Rajon Rondo (12) | TD Garden<br>18,624 | 20–17 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 38 | March 7 | @ Philadelphia | | Paul Pierce (16) | Kevin Garnett, JaJuan Johnson (13) | Rajon Rondo (8) | Wells Fargo Center<br />18,508 | 20–18 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 39 | March 9 | Portland | | Paul Pierce<br>Ray Allen (22) | Kevin Garnett (8) | Rajon Rondo<br>Avery Bradley (5) | TD Garden<br>18,624 | 21–18 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 40 | March 11 | @ L. A. Lakers | | Rajon Rondo (24) | Kevin Garnett (11) | Rajon Rondo (10) | Staples Center<br>18,997 | 21–19 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 41 | March 12 | @ L. A. Clippers | | Paul Pierce (25) | Brandon Bass (9) | Rajon Rondo (10) | Staples Center<br>19,464 | 22–19 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 42 | March 14 | @ Golden State | | Kevin Garnett (24) | Brandon Bass (9) | Rajon Rondo (14) | Oracle Arena<br>19,596 | 23–19 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 43 | March 16 | @ Sacramento | | Ray Allen (26) | Kevin Garnett (9) | Rajon Rondo (12) | Power Balance Pavilion<br>17,317 | 23–20 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 44 | March 17 | @ Denver | | Paul Pierce<br>Kevin Garnett (22) | Kevin Garnett (9) | Rajon Rondo (16) | Pepsi Center<br>19,003 | 23–21 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 45 | March 19 | @ Atlanta | | Ray Allen (19) | Brandon Bass (10) | Rajon Rondo (13) | Philips Arena<br>16,412 | 24–21 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 46 | March 22 | @ Milwaukee | | Paul Pierce (25) | Brandon Bass<br>Kevin Garnett (10) | Rajon Rondo (14) | Bradley Center<br>15,171 | 25–21 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 47 | March 23 | @ Philadelphia | | Kevin Garnett<br>Paul Pierce (20) | Paul Pierce (9) | Rajon Rondo (17) | Wells Fargo Center<br>19,583 | 25–22 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 48 | March 25 | Washington | | Avery Bradley (23) | Paul Pierce (8) | Rajon Rondo (11) | TD Garden<br>18,624 | 26–22 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 49 | March 26 | @ Charlotte | | Paul Pierce (36) | Paul Pierce (10) | Rajon Rondo (13) | Time Warner Cable Arena<br>16,357 | 27–22 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 50 | March 28 | Utah | | Kevin Garnett (23) | Kevin Garnett (10) | Rajon Rondo (14) | TD Garden<br>18,624 | 28–22 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 51 | March 30 | @ Minnesota | | Kevin Garnett (24) | Kevin Garnett (10) | Rajon Rondo (17) | Target Center<br>19356 | 29–22

|- style="background:#cfc;" | 52 | April 1 | Miami | | Paul Pierce (23) | Rajon Rondo (11) | Rajon Rondo (14) | TD Garden<br>18,624 | 30–22 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 53 | April 4 | San Antonio | | Avery Bradley (19) | Paul Pierce (10) | Rajon Rondo (11) | TD Garden<br>18,624 | 30–23 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 54 | April 5 | @ Chicago | | Paul Pierce (22) | Kevin Garnett (14) | Rajon Rondo (12) | United Center<br>22,423 | 30–24 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 55 | April 7 | @ Indiana | | Paul Pierce (24) | Greg Stiemsma (9) | Rajon Rondo (12) | Bankers Life Fieldhouse<br>16,892 | 31–24 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 56 | April 8 | Philadelphia | | Kevin Garnett (20) | Brandon Bass, Kevin Garnett, Sasha Pavlovic (6) | Rajon Rondo (15) | TD Garden <br>18,624 | 32–24 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 57 | April 10 | @ Miami | | Paul Pierce (27) | Brandon Bass (10) | Rajon Rondo (15) | American Airlines Arena <br> 19,954 | 33–24 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 58 | April 11 | Atlanta | | Kevin Garnett (22) | Kevin Garnett (12) | Rajon Rondo (20) | TD Garden <br>18,624 | 34–24 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 59 | April 13 | @ Toronto | | Paul Pierce (18) | Kevin Garnett (10) | Rajon Rondo (12) | Air Canada Centre <br> 17,270 | 34–25 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 60 | April 14 | @ New Jersey | | Kevin Garnett (21) | Kevin Garnett (12) | Rajon Rondo (15) | Prudential Center<br>18,711 | 35–25 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 61 | April 15 | @ Charlotte | | Brandon Bass, Avery Bradley (22) | Brandon Bass (9) | Rajon Rondo (16) | Time Warner Cable Arena<br>15,169 | 36–25 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 62 | April 17 | @ New York | | Paul Pierce (43) | Brandon Bass, Rajon Rondo (6) | Rajon Rondo (13) | Madison Square Garden<br>19,763 | 36–26 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 63 | April 18 | Orlando | | Paul Pierce (29) | Kevin Garnett (9) | Paul Pierce (14) | TD Garden<br>18,624 | 37–26 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 64 | April 20 | @ Atlanta | | Avery Bradley (28) | Marquis Daniels (8) | Sasha Pavlovic, Brandon Bass, Keyon Dooling, Avery Bradley, Marquis Daniels (3) | Philips Arena | 37–27 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 65 | April 24 | Miami | | Sasha Pavlovic (16) | Brandon Bass (8) | Marquis Daniels (4) | TD Garden<br>18,624 | 38–27 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 66 | April 26 | Milwaukee | | Avery Bradley (14) | Brandon Bass (9) | Rajon Rondo (15) | TD Garden<br>18,624 | 39–27

Playoffs

Game log

|- bgcolor=ffcccc | 1 | April 29 | @ Atlanta | | Kevin Garnett <br> Rajon Rondo (20) | Kevin Garnett (12) | Rajon Rondo (11) | Philips Arena <br>19,292 | 0–1 |- bgcolor=bbffbb | 2 | May 1 | @ Atlanta | | Paul Pierce (36) | Paul Pierce (14) | Kevin Garnett (5) | Philips Arena <br>19,292 | 1–1 |- bgcolor=bbffbb | 3 | May 4 | Atlanta | | Paul Pierce (21) | Rajon Rondo (14) | Rajon Rondo (12) | TD Garden<br>18,624 | 2–1 |- bgcolor=bbffbb | 4 | May 6 | Atlanta | | Paul Pierce (24) | Kevin Garnett <br> Ray Allen <br> Brandon Bass (5) | Rajon Rondo (16) | TD Garden<br>18,624 | 3–1 |- bgcolor=ffcccc | 5 | May 8 | @ Atlanta | | Paul Pierce (16) | Kevin Garnett <br> Brandon Bass (7) | Rajon Rondo (12) | Philips Arena <br>19,292 | 3–2 |- bgcolor=bbffbb | 6 | May 10 | Atlanta | | Kevin Garnett (28) | Kevin Garnett (14) | Rajon Rondo (8) | TD Garden<br>18,624 | 4–2

|- bgcolor=bbffbb | 1 | May 12 | Philadelphia | | Kevin Garnett (24) | Rajon Rondo (12) | Rajon Rondo (17) | TD Garden<br>18,624 | 1–0 |- bgcolor=ffcccc | 2 | May 14 | Philadelphia | | Ray Allen (17) | Kevin Garnett (12) | Rajon Rondo (13) | TD Garden<br>18,624 | 1–1 |- bgcolor=bbffbb | 3 | May 16 | @ Philadelphia | | Kevin Garnett (27) | Kevin Garnett (13) | Rajon Rondo (14) | Wells Fargo Center<br>20,351 | 2–1 |- bgcolor=ffcccc | 4 | May 18 | @ Philadelphia | | Paul Pierce (24) | Kevin Garnett (11) | Rajon Rondo (15) | Wells Fargo Center<br>20,411 | 2–2 |- bgcolor=bbffbb | 5 | May 21 | Philadelphia | | Brandon Bass (27) | Kevin Garnett<br>Brandon Bass (6) | Rajon Rondo (14) | TD Garden<br>18,624 | 3–2 |- bgcolor=ffcccc | 6 | May 23 | @ Philadelphia | | Paul Pierce (24) | Kevin Garnett (11) | Rajon Rondo (6) | Wells Fargo Center<br>20,403 | 3–3 |- bgcolor=bbffbb | 7 | May 26 | Philadelphia | | Kevin Garnett<br>Rajon Rondo (18) | Kevin Garnett (13) | Rajon Rondo (10) | TD Garden<br>18,624 | 4–3

|- bgcolor=ffcccc | 1 | May 28 | @ Miami | | Kevin Garnett (23) | Kevin Garnett (10) | Rajon Rondo (7) | American Airlines Arena<br>19,912 | 0–1 |- bgcolor=ffcccc | 2 | May 30 | @ Miami | | Rajon Rondo (44) | Brandon Bass (10) | Rajon Rondo (10) | American Airlines Arena<br>19,973 | 0–2 |- bgcolor=bbffbb | 3 | June 1 | Miami | | Kevin Garnett (24) | Kevin Garnett (11) | Rajon Rondo (10) | TD Garden<br>18,624 | 1–2 |- bgcolor=bbffbb | 4 | June 3 | Miami | | Paul Pierce (23) | Kevin Garnett (14) | Rajon Rondo (15) | TD Garden<br>18,624 | 2–2 |- bgcolor=bbffbb | 5 | June 5 | @ Miami | | Kevin Garnett (26) | Kevin Garnett (11) | Rajon Rondo (13) | American Airlines Arena<br>20,021 | 3–2 |- bgcolor=ffcccc | 6 | June 7 | Miami | | Rajon Rondo (21) | Brandon Bass (7) | Rajon Rondo (10) | TD Garden<br>18,624 | 3–3 |- bgcolor=ffcccc | 7 | June 9 | @ Miami | | Rajon Rondo (22) | Rajon Rondo (10) | Rajon Rondo (14) | American Airlines Arena<br>20,114 | 3–4

Player statistics

Season

|-style="text-align:center" | |46 || 42 || 34.0 || .458 ||style="background:#efe196;color:#008040;"| .453 || .915 || 3.1 || 2.4 || 1.1 || .2 || 14.2 |-style="text-align:center" | |59 || 39 || 31.7 || .479 || || .810 || 6.2 || .9 || .6 || .9 || 12.5 |-style="text-align:center" | |style="background:#efe196;color:#008040;"|64 || 28 || 21.4 || .498 || .407 || .795 || 1.8 || 1.4 || .7 || .2 || 7.6 |-style="text-align:center" | |38 || 0 || 12.7 || .364 || .000 || .739 || 1.7 || 1.2 || .6 || .2 || 3.2 |-style="text-align:center" | |46 || 2 || 14.4 || .405 || .333 || .742 || 0.8 || 1.1 || .3 || .0 || 4.0 |-style="text-align:center" | |60 || 60 || 31.1 || .503 || .333 || .857 ||style="background:#efe196;color:#008040;"| 8.2 || 2.9 || .9 || 1.0 || 15.8 |-style="text-align:center" | |15 || 1 || 10.7 ||style="background:#efe196;color:#008040;"| .643 || || .300 || 1.7 || .2 || .1 || .3 || 2.8 |-style="text-align:center" | |36 || 0 || 8.3 || .446 || || .667 || 1.6 || .2 || .1 || .4 || 3.2 |-style="text-align:center" | |38 || 0 || 8.7 || .381 || .378 ||style="background:#efe196;color:#008040;"| 1.000 || .9 || .9 || .3 || .1 || 2.9 |-style="text-align:center" | |25 || 24 || 22.8 || .433 || || .677 || 5.4 || .4 || .3 ||style="background:#efe196;color:#008040;"| 1.7 || 5.0 |-style="text-align:center" | |45 || 7 || 11.7 || .391 || .293 || .375 || 1.6 || .4 || .4 || .3 || 2.7 |-style="text-align:center" | |61 ||style="background:#efe196;color:#008040;"|61 || 34.0 || .443 || .366 || .852 || 5.2 || 4.5 || 1.1 || .4 ||style="background:#efe196;color:#008040;"| 19.4 |-style="text-align:center" | |42 || 6 || 21.9 || .385 || .335 || .645 || 3.1 || .6 || .5 || .2 || 6.9 |-style="text-align:center" | | 53 || 53 ||style="background:#efe196;color:#008040;"| 36.9 || .448 || .238 || .597 || 4.8 ||style="background:#efe196;color:#008040;"| 11.7 ||style="background:#efe196;color:#008040;"| 1.8 || .1 || 11.9 |-style="text-align:center" | |55 || 3 || 13.9 || .545 || || .707 || 3.2 || .5 || .7 || 1.5 || 2.9 |-style="text-align:center" | |28 || 4 || 17.2 || .598 || || .615 || 4.4 || .4 || .4 || .3 || 5.4 |-style="text-align:center" | |3 || 0 || 14.0 || .333 || ||style="background:#efe196;color:#008040;"| 1.000 || 4.0 || 1.0 || 1.0 || 1.0 || 3.7

  • Statistics with the Boston Celtics.

Awards, records and milestones

Injuries and suspensions

  • Jeff Green was not available for the 2011–12 season due to recovery from a heart surgery.
  • Chris Wilcox was out for the season in March with a cardiac irregularity.
  • Jermaine O'Neal was out for the season on March to have surgery on his left wrist.
  • Rajon Rondo earned a two-game suspension for throwing the ball to a referee during a game against the Detroit Pistons on February 19 and was suspended for one game during the playoffs for bumping a referee on game 1 of the first round against the Atlanta Hawks.

Transactions

Overview

Trades

Free agents

Many players signed with teams from other leagues due to the 2011 NBA lockout. FIBA allows players under NBA contracts to sign and play for teams from other leagues if the contracts have opt-out clauses that allow the players to return to the NBA if the lockout ends. The Chinese Basketball Association, however, only allows its clubs to sign foreign free agents who could play for at least the entire season.

See also

References