2014–15 Boston Celtics season

2014–15 Boston Celtics season
2014–15 Boston Celtics season
Head coach	Brad Stevens
General manager	Danny Ainge
Owners	Boston Basketball Partners
Arena	TD Garden
Results
Record	40–42 (.488)
Place	Division: 2nd (Atlantic); Conference: 7th (Eastern)
Playoff finish	First Round; (lost to Cavaliers 0–4)
	Stats at Basketball Reference
Local media
Television	Comcast SportsNet New England
Radio	WBZ-FM
< 2013–14	2015–16 >

The 2014–15 Boston Celtics season was the 69th season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA).,^[1] The Boston Celtics finished the regular season with a 40–42 win-loss record, which was the second best in the Atlantic division.

Head coachBrad Stevens

General managerDanny Ainge

OwnersBoston Basketball Partners

ArenaTD Garden

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The Celtics made several transactions during the season. Rajon Rondo was traded to the Dallas Mavericks on December 18, 2014, Austin Rivers was acquired from the New Orleans Pelicans on January 12, but three days later, he was again traded to the Los Angeles Clippers after refusing to suit up for the Celtics, and in February, Isaiah Thomas was acquired from the Phoenix Suns.

On March 9, 2015, the Celtics passed the previous season's win total of 25 with a 100–90 win over the Miami Heat.

On April 13, 2015, the Celtics qualified for the playoffs for the seventh time in the last eight seasons and for the first time since 2013. Their season ended after being swept in the first round playoff series by the eventual Conference champion Cleveland Cavaliers. As of 2026, this was the last time the Celtics finished below .500 or got swept in the playoffs.

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Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College
1	6	Marcus Smart	PG	United States	Oklahoma State
1	17	James Young	SG	United States	Kentucky

Atlantic Division	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div	GP
y-Toronto Raptors	49	33	.598	–	27‍–‍14	22‍–‍19	11–5	82
x-Boston Celtics	40	42	.488	9.0	21‍–‍20	19‍–‍22	12–4	82
x-Brooklyn Nets	38	44	.463	11.0	19‍–‍22	19‍–‍22	10–6	82
Philadelphia 76ers	18	64	.220	31.0	12‍–‍29	6‍–‍35	2–14	82
New York Knicks	17	65	.207	32.0	10‍–‍31	7‍–‍34	5–11	82

Eastern Conference
#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	GP
1	c-Atlanta Hawks *	60	22	.732	–	82
2	y-Cleveland Cavaliers *	53	29	.646	7.0	82
3	x-Chicago Bulls	50	32	.610	10.0	82
4	y-Toronto Raptors *	49	33	.598	11.0	82
5	x-Washington Wizards	46	36	.561	14.0	82
6	x-Milwaukee Bucks	41	41	.500	19.0	82
7	x-Boston Celtics	40	42	.488	20.0	82
8	x-Brooklyn Nets	38	44	.463	22.0	82

9	Indiana Pacers	38	44	.463	22.0	82
10	Miami Heat	37	45	.451	23.0	82
11	Charlotte Hornets	33	49	.402	27.0	82
12	Detroit Pistons	32	50	.390	28.0	82
13	Orlando Magic	25	57	.305	35.0	82
14	Philadelphia 76ers	18	64	.220	42.0	82
15	New York Knicks	17	65	.207	43.0	82

GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game
FG%	Field-goal percentage	3P%	3-point field-goal percentage	FT%	Free-throw percentage
RPG	Rebounds per game	APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game
BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
O. D. Anosike	4	0	13.5	.857	.000	.333	4.8	0.0	1.0	0.5	3.5
Chris Babb	5	2	20.0	.346	.188	.800	2.0	1.6	0.4	0.0	5.0
Dairis Bertāns	3	0	12.3	.667	.429	.250	1.7	1.0	0.0	0.0	6.7
Daniel Coursey	0	0	0.0	.000	.000	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Colton Iverson	5	3	15.8	.650	.000	.667	2.4	0.4	0.2	0.6	6.4
Edwin Jackson	4	0	12.0	.333	.250	1.000	1.3	1.0	0.3	0.0	6.8
Chris Johnson	5	5	23.8	.306	.188	.727	4.2	1.0	0.4	0.6	6.6
Mike Moser	5	3	26.2	.451	.423	.733	4.8	2.0	2.0	1.0	13.6
Devin Oliver	4	0	4.5	.000	.000	.000	1.8	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0
Kelly Olynyk	4	4	32.5	.400	.278	.765	7.3	2.0	2.0	0.0	17.5
Phil Pressey	5	3	27.4	.322	.200	.733	3.8	5.4	2.2	0.0	10.6
Marcus Smart	5	5	29.2	.294	.257	.833	4.2	4.2	2.0	0.4	14.8
James Young	0	0	0.0	.000	.000	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

2014–15 Boston Celtics season

Preseason

Draft

Regular season

Standings

Game log

Preseason game log

Regular season game log

Playoffs

Game log

Player statistics

Summer League

Preseason

Regular season

Playoffs

Injuries

Roster

Transactions

Trades

Free agents

Re-signed

Additions

Subtractions

References

External links

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Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Tyler Zeller	82	59	21.1	.549		.823	5.7	1.4	.2	.6	10.2
Evan Turner	82	57	27.6	.429	.277	.752	5.1	5.5	1.0	.2	9.5
Brandon Bass	82	43	23.5	.504	.281	.790	4.9	1.3	.5	.4	10.6
Avery Bradley	77	77	31.5	.429	.352	.790	3.1	1.8	1.1	.2	13.9
Marcus Smart	67	38	27.0	.367	.335	.646	3.3	3.1	1.5	.3	7.8
Kelly Olynyk	64	13	22.2	.475	.349	.684	4.7	1.7	1.0	.6	10.3
Jared Sullinger	58	49	27.0	.439	.283	.744	7.6	2.3	.8	.7	13.3
Jae Crowder^†	57	17	24.2	.418	.282	.762	4.6	1.4	1.0	.4	9.5
Phil Pressey	50	0	12.0	.368	.246	.673	1.6	2.3	.6	.1	3.5
Marcus Thornton^†	39	0	16.4	.416	.419	.824	1.9	.9	.5	.2	8.9
Jeff Green^†	33	33	33.1	.434	.305	.840	4.3	1.6	.8	.4	17.6
Gerald Wallace	32	0	8.9	.412	.333	.400	1.8	.3	.5	.1	1.1
James Young	31	0	10.7	.353	.258	.552	1.4	.4	.3	.1	3.4
Jonas Jerebko^†	29	0	18.2	.431	.406	.833	4.8	1.0	.7	.2	7.1
Rajon Rondo^†	22	22	31.8	.405	.250	.333	7.5	10.8	1.7	.1	8.3
Isaiah Thomas^†	21	0	26.0	.411	.345	.861	2.1	5.4	.6	.0	19.0
Luigi Datome^†	18	1	10.7	.494	.472	1.000	1.4	.4	.1	.4	5.2
Tayshaun Prince^†	9	0	22.0	.559	.625	.833	3.3	2.0	.6	.2	8.4
Brandan Wright^†	8	0	10.8	.571		.500	2.1	1.0	.1	.6	3.3
Jameer Nelson^†	6	1	20.2	.220	.200	.667	2.8	5.5	1.2	.0	4.8
Shavlik Randolph^†	5	0	5.0	.300	.000	.500	2.4	.2	.2	.2	1.4
Dwight Powell^†	5	0	1.8	.800		.500	.2	.0	.4	.0	1.8

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Avery Bradley	4	4	33.3	.380	.263	.857	3.8	.8	.8	.0	12.3
Evan Turner	4	4	29.5	.364	.500	.889	7.3	4.8	.8	.0	10.5
Tyler Zeller	4	4	22.5	.517		.800	4.5	.5	.5	.3	8.5
Brandon Bass	4	4	21.5	.350		.600	2.0	2.5	.3	.8	5.0
Marcus Smart	4	3	22.5	.483	.231	.533	2.8	1.3	.3	.3	9.8
Jae Crowder	4	1	25.0	.517	.300	.769	5.0	2.0	1.0	.8	10.8
Isaiah Thomas	4	0	29.8	.333	.167	.969	3.0	7.0	.8	.0	17.5
Jared Sullinger	4	0	20.0	.553	.333	.571	7.0	.3	.0	.8	12.3
Jonas Jerebko	4	0	17.0	.333	.000	.500	3.5	.3	.5	.3	2.8
Kelly Olynyk	4	0	13.3	.538	.500	.500	1.3	.5	.5	.5	4.5
Luigi Datome	3	0	4.7	.333	.000		.3	.3	.0	.0	1.3
Phil Pressey	2	0	2.5	.000	.000		.5	.0	.0	.5	.0
Gerald Wallace	1	0	4.0	.000			1.0	.0	.0	.0	.0

Player	Duration		Injury type	Games missed
Player	Start	End	Injury type	Games missed
Jared Sullinger	2015-02-19	2015–4–3	Foot	24

July 10, 2014^[2]	Three-team trade
	To Boston Celtics Marcus Thornton (Brooklyn) Tyler Zeller (Cleveland)	To Brooklyn Nets Jarrett Jack (from Cleveland) Sergey Karasev (from Cleveland)
	To Cleveland Cavaliers Draft rights to İlkan Karaman (Brooklyn) Draft rights to Edin Bavčić (Brooklyn) Future conditional second round pick (Boston)
July 19, 2014^[3]	To Boston Celtics Future conditional second-round pick Trade exception	To Washington Wizards Kris Humphries (sign and trade)
December 18, 2014^[4]	To Boston Celtics Jameer Nelson Jae Crowder Brandan Wright 2015 first-round pick 2016 second-round pick $12.9 million trade exception	To Dallas Mavericks Rajon Rondo Dwight Powell
January 9, 2015^[5]	To Boston Celtics Protected 2015 first-round pick	To Phoenix Suns Brandan Wright
January 12^[6]	Three-team trade
	To Boston Celtics Tayshaun Prince (from Memphis) Austin Rivers (from New Orleans) Future first-round pick (from Memphis)	To Memphis Grizzlies Jeff Green (from Boston) Russ Smith (from New Orleans) Trade exception
	To New Orleans Pelicans Quincy Pondexter (from Memphis) 2015 second-round pick (from Memphis)
January 13^[7]	To Boston Celtics Nate Robinson	To Denver Nuggets Jameer Nelson
January 15^[8]	Three-team trade
	To Boston Celtics Shavlik Randolph (from Phoenix) Chris Douglas-Roberts (from Los Angeles) 2017 second-round pick (from Los Angeles) $2.4 million trade exception	To Los Angeles Clippers Austin Rivers (from Boston)
	To Phoenix Suns Reggie Bullock (from Los Angeles)
February 19^[9]	To Boston Celtics Isaiah Thomas	To Phoenix Suns Marcus Thornton 2016 first-round pick
February 19^[10]	To Boston Celtics Jonas Jerebko Luigi Datome	To Detroit Pistons Tayshaun Prince