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2010–11 Boston Celtics season

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Head coach
  
Doc Rivers

Arena
  
TD Garden

General manager
  
Danny Ainge

Record
  
56–26 (.683)

2010–11 Boston Celtics season

Owner(s)
  
Wycliffe Grousbeck Stephen Pagliuca H. Irving Grousbeck

Place
  
Division: 1st (Atlantic) Conference: 3rd (Eastern)

The 2010–11 Boston Celtics season was the 65th season of the Boston Celtics in the National Basketball Association (NBA).

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On June 30, 2010, Doc Rivers announced that he would return to coach the Celtics after speculating that he would resign in order to spend time with his family.

With the off-season acquisitions of former all-stars Shaquille O'Neal and Jermaine O'Neal (no relation), the Celtics started the year at 41-14 and were on top of the Eastern Conference standings during the All-Star break. However, after center Kendrick Perkins, who was working his way back from a torn ACL in last year's Finals, was traded to the Oklahoma City Thunder mid-season, the Celtics then started to play mediocre basketball after the trade, winning just 15 of their final 27 games. Still, they managed a 56-26 record and enter the playoffs as the 3rd seed in the Eastern Conference. They swept the New York Knicks, in four games in the first round to advance to the Conference Semifinals where they faced the Miami Heat, who added LeBron James and Chris Bosh to join Dwyane Wade. However, the rejuvenated Heat proved too much for the Celtics and they easily won the series in five games, knocking Boston out of the playoffs. Following the season, Shaquille O'Neal retired after playing 19 seasons in the league.

The Big Four of Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce, Ray Allen, Rajon Rondo and coach Rivers represented the Eastern Conference in the 2011 NBA All-Star Game in Los Angeles.

Key dates

  • June 24 – The 2010 NBA draft was held in New York City.
  • July 1 – The free agency period started.
  • October 26 – The regular season started with an 88–80 win over the media-hyped Miami Heat.

    • Season


    * – Stats with the Celtics.

    Week/Month

  • On November 1, 2010 Rajon Rondo was named Eastern Conference's Player of the Week (October 26–31).
  • On December 1, 2010 Doc Rivers was named Eastern Conference's Coach of the Month (November).
  • On December 20, 2010 Paul Pierce was named Eastern Conference's Player of the Week (December 13–19).

    • All-Star

  • Doc Rivers and his staff earned the right to coach the Eastern Conference team in the All-Star Game.
  • Rajon Rondo was selected to his 2nd All-Star Game.
  • Ray Allen was selected to his 10th All-Star Game.
  • Paul Pierce was selected to his 9th All-Star Game.
  • Kevin Garnett was selected to his 14th All-Star Game.

    • Milestones

  • Paul Pierce becomes the 3rd Celtics player in history to score 20,000 points joining Larry Bird and John Havlicek.
  • On January 8, 2011, Boston Celtics joined Los Angeles Lakers to be the only franchises to reach 3,000 wins. They won against Toronto Raptors, 122–102.
  • On February 10, 2011, Ray Allen became the NBA's all-time leader in three-point field goals, surpassing Reggie Miller with 2,561.

    • References

    2010–11 Boston Celtics season Wikipedia
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