2024–25 Boston Celtics season

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. On their first game of the season, the Celtics would tie the NBA record for the most three-pointers made in a game.

Draft

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. 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

Boston Celtics roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Height	Weight	DOB	From
G/F	7	Brown, Jaylen	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	1996-10-24	California
G	20	Davison, JD (TW)	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	2002-10-03	Alabama
F	30	Hauser, Sam	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	220 lb (100 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 9 in (2.06 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)	248 lb (112 kg)	1999-07-13	Utah State
G/F	55	Scheierman, Baylor (GL)	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	2000-09-26	Creighton
G	44	Springer, Jaden	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	202 lb (92 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 8 in (2.03 m)	245 lb (111 kg)	1999-01-12	Michigan State
G/F	27	Walsh, Jordan	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	2004-03-03	Arkansas
F	28	Watson, Anton (TW)	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	225 lb (102 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 26, 2024

Standings

Division

Atlantic Division	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div	GP
Boston Celtics	26	9	.743	–	13‍–‍6	13‍–‍3	5–1	35
New York Knicks	24	12	.667	2.5	11‍–‍4	13‍–‍8	5–1	36
Philadelphia 76ers	14	19	.424	11.0	5‍–‍9	9‍–‍10	3–2	33
Brooklyn Nets	13	22	.371	13.0	5‍–‍10	8‍–‍12	1–7	35
Toronto Raptors	8	27	.229	18.0	7‍–‍12	1‍–‍15	2–5	35

Conference

Eastern Conference
#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	GP
1	Cleveland Cavaliers *	30	4	.882	–	34
2	Boston Celtics *	26	9	.743	4.5	35
3	New York Knicks	24	12	.667	7.0	36
4	Orlando Magic *	21	15	.583	10.0	36
5	Milwaukee Bucks	17	16	.515	12.5	33
6	Miami Heat	17	16	.515	12.5	33

7	Atlanta Hawks	18	18	.500	13.0	36
8	Indiana Pacers	18	18	.500	13.0	36
9	Detroit Pistons	17	18	.486	13.5	35
10	Chicago Bulls	16	19	.457	14.5	35

11	Philadelphia 76ers	14	19	.424	15.5	33
12	Brooklyn Nets	13	22	.371	17.5	35
13	Toronto Raptors	8	27	.229	22.5	35
14	Charlotte Hornets	7	26	.212	22.5	33
15	Washington Wizards	6	26	.188	23.0	32

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: 26–9 (Home: 13–6; Road: 13–3)

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: 8–6 (home: 6–4; road: 2–2)

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	L 108–117	Jayson Tatum (31)	Jayson Tatum (10)	Brown, Holiday, Tatum, White (4)	TD Garden 19,156	21–6
28	December 21	@ Chicago	W 123–98	Jayson Tatum (43)	Jayson Tatum (15)	Jayson Tatum (10)	United Center 19,803	22–6
29	December 23	@ Orlando	L 104–108	Jaylen Brown (35)	Jaylen Brown (9)	Brown, White (4)	Kia Center 18,846	22–7
30	December 25	Philadelphia	L 114–118	Jayson Tatum (32)	Jayson Tatum (15)	Payton Pritchard (5)	TD Garden 19,156	22–8
31	December 27	Indiana	W 142–105	Jaylen Brown (44)	Jayson Tatum (13)	Payton Pritchard (10)	TD Garden 19,156	23–8
32	December 29	Indiana	L 114–123	Jaylen Brown (31)	Kornet, Tatum (9)	Brown, Tatum (6)	TD Garden 19,156	23–9
33	December 31	Toronto	W 125–71	Jayson Tatum (23)	Jaylen Brown (9)	Holiday, Horford, Pritchard (4)	TD Garden 19,156	24–9

January: 2–1 (home: 0–0; road: 2–1)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
34	January 2	@ Minnesota	W 118–115	Jayson Tatum (33)	Jayson Tatum (8)	Jayson Tatum (9)	Target Center 18,978	25–9
35	January 3	@ Houston	W 109–86	Derrick White (23)	Luke Kornet (10)	Jayson Tatum (5)	Toyota Center 18,055	26–9
36	January 5	@ Oklahoma City	L 92–105	Jayson Tatum (26)	Jayson Tatum (10)	Jrue Holiday (6)	Paycom Center 18,203	26–10
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

Main article: 2024 NBA Cup

The groups were revealed during the tournament announcement on July 12, 2024.

East Group C

Pos	Team v t e	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

2024–25 season schedule

Transactions

Main article: List of 2024–25 NBA season transactions

Free agency

Re-signed

Date	Player	Ref.
July 2	Luke Kornet
July 2	Xavier Tillman

References

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Maloney, Jack (June 17, 2024). "Boston Celtics win 2024 NBA championship: Franchise clinches historic 18th title beating Mavericks in Game 5". CBS Sports. Retrieved June 18, 2024.
"2024 NBA Draft Order: Picks 1-58". NBA.com. May 14, 2024. Retrieved May 30, 2024.
Quinn, Sam (May 13, 2024). "2024 NBA Draft order: Complete list of picks as Atlanta Hawks win No. 1 selection in Lottery". CBS Sports. Retrieved June 5, 2024.
"NBA unveils new logo and game dates for Emirates NBA Cup 2024". NBA.com. July 11, 2024. Retrieved July 12, 2024.
"Emirates NBA Cup 2024: Group Draw Results". NBA.com. July 12, 2024. Retrieved July 13, 2024.
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Founded in 1946 Based in Boston, Massachusetts
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2024–25 NBA season by team

Eastern

Atlantic	Boston Brooklyn New York Philadelphia Toronto
Central	Chicago Cleveland Detroit Indiana Milwaukee
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Northwest	Denver Minnesota Oklahoma City Portland Utah
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