Season of National Basketball Association team the Boston Celtic
NBA professional basketball team season
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 won-loss record, which was the 2nd best in the Atlantic division.
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 7th time in the last 8 seasons and for the first time since 2012–13 . Their season ended after being swept in the first round playoff series by the Cleveland Cavaliers .
James Young 2014 pre-season game log Total: 7–1 (home: 5–0; road: 2–1) Pre-season: 7–1 (home: 5–0; road: 2–1)
2014–15 season schedule
Regular season game log [ edit ] 2014–15 game log Total: 40–42 (home: 21–20; road: 19–22) October: 1–0 (home: 1–0; road: 0–0)
November : 3–10 (home: 1–7; road: 2–3)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 2 November 1 @ Houston L 90–104 Jeff Green (17) Rajon Rondo (8) Rajon Rondo (10) Toyota Center 18,309 1–1 3 November 3 @ Dallas L 113–118 Jeff Green (35) Rajon Rondo (9) Rajon Rondo (15) American Airlines Center 19,948 1–2 4 November 5 Toronto L 107–110 Jeff Green (20) Jared Sullinger (16) Rajon Rondo (15) TD Garden 16,249 1–3 5 November 7 Indiana W 101–98 Jared Sullinger (17) Jeff Green (7) Rajon Rondo (6) TD Garden 17,122 2–3 6 November 8 @ Chicago W 106–101 Evan Turner (19) Kelly Olynyk (11) Evan Turner (6) United Center 22,104 3–3 7 November 12 Oklahoma City L 94–109 Rajon Rondo (20) Jared Sullinger (11) Rajon Rondo (12) TD Garden 17,043 3–4 8 November 14 Cleveland L 121–122 Kelly Olynyk (21) Jared Sullinger (10) Rajon Rondo (16) TD Garden 18,624 3–5 9 November 17 Phoenix L 114–118 Jeff Green (28) Rajon Rondo (10) Rajon Rondo (9) TD Garden 16,726 3–6 10 November 19 @ Philadelphia W 101–90 Brandon Bass (23) Jeff Green (10) Rajon Rondo (13) Wells Fargo Center 12,701 4–6 11 November 21 @ Memphis L 100–117 Kelly Olynyk (18) Olynyk , Green , Sullinger & Turner (6) Evan Turner (5) FedExForum 17,712 4–7 12 November 23 Portland L 88–94 Green , Sullinger (19) Kelly Olynyk (6) Rajon Rondo (8) TD Garden 16,692 4–8 13 November 28 Chicago L 102–109 Jared Sullinger (23) Jared Sullinger (10) Rajon Rondo (9) TD Garden 18,203 4–9 14 November 30 San Antonio L 89–111 Jeff Green (16) Tyler Zeller (10) Rajon Rondo (10) TD Garden 17,121 4–10
December : 7–8 (home: 6–2; road: 1–6)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 15 December 2 @ Atlanta L 105–109 Jeff Green (25) Rajon Rondo (12) Rajon Rondo (19) Philips Arena 12,705 4–11 16 December 3 Detroit W 109–102 (OT) Jeff Green (32) Tyler Zeller (10) Rajon Rondo (8) TD Garden 15,870 5–11 17 December 5 L.A. Lakers W 113–96 Tyler Zeller (24) Tyler Zeller (14) Rajon Rondo (16) TD Garden 18,624 6–11 18 December 7 Washington W 101–93 Jeff Green (25) Rajon Rondo (13) Rajon Rondo (11) TD Garden 16,716 7–11 19 December 8 @ Washington L 132–133 (2OT) Jeff Green (28) Kelly Olynyk (11) Evan Turner (8) Verizon Center 14,828 7–12 20 December 10 @ Charlotte L 87–96 Green , Thornton (16) Rajon Rondo (10) Rajon Rondo (10) Time Warner Cable Arena 15,276 7–13 21 December 12 New York L 95–101 Jeff Green (28) Rajon Rondo (7) Rajon Rondo (10) TD Garden 17,989 7–14 22 December 15 @ Philadelphia W 105–87 Kelly Olynyk (30) Jared Sullinger (11) Rajon Rondo (7) Wells Fargo Center 12,903 8–14 23 December 17 Orlando W 109–92 Brandon Bass (18) Zeller , Rondo (7) Rajon Rondo (15) TD Garden 16,764 9–14 24 December 19 Minnesota W 114–98 Kelly Olynyk (21) Jared Sullinger (10) Avery Bradley (7) TD Garden 17,042 10–14 25 December 21 @ Miami L 84–100 Tyler Zeller (22) Tyler Zeller (8) Olynyk , Bradley , & Smart (4) American Airlines Arena 19,720 10–15 26 December 23 @ Orlando L 95–100 Tyler Zeller (22) Tyler Zeller (10) Jameer Nelson (11) Amway Center 17,489 10–16 27 December 26 Brooklyn L 107–109 Jeff Green (22) Tyler Zeller (9) Marcus Smart (6) TD Garden 18,624 10–17 28 December 27 @ Washington L 88–101 Jeff Green (23) Kelly Olynyk (8) Evan Turner (4) Verizon Center 20,356 10–18 29 December 31 Sacramento W 106–84 Jared Sullinger (20) Jared Sullinger (11) Evan Turner (11) TD Garden 18,624 11–18
January : 5–11 (home: 1–5; road: 4–6)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 30 January 2 Dallas L 101–119 Avery Bradley (22) Tyler Zeller (10) Marcus Smart (7) TD Garden 18,624 11–19 31 January 3 @ Chicago L 104–109 Evan Turner (29) Jared Sullinger (16) Evan Turner (6) United Center 21,820 11–20 32 January 5 Charlotte L 95–104 Jared Sullinger (22) Jared Sullinger (8) Turner , Bass , & Smart (4) TD Garden 16,720 11–21 33 January 7 @ Brooklyn W 89–81 Avery Bradley (21) Evan Turner (7) Evan Turner (8) Barclays Center 16,005 12–21 34 January 9 @ Indiana L 103–107 (OT) Avery Bradley (23) Evan Turner (15) Evan Turner (7) Bankers Life Fieldhouse 18,165 12–22 35 January 10 @ Toronto L 96–109 Kelly Olynyk (23) Jared Sullinger (10) Evan Turner (5) Air Canada Centre 19,800 12–23 36 January 12 New Orleans W 108–100 Jared Sullinger (27) Jared Sullinger (10) Marcus Smart (6) TD Garden 16,905 13–23 37 January 14 Atlanta L 91–105 Avery Bradley (17) Jared Sullinger (9) Evan Turner (6) TD Garden 16,067 13–24 38 January 16 Chicago L 103–119 Jared Sullinger (20) Kelly Olynyk (9) Evan Turner (8) TD Garden 18,624 13–25 39 January 19 @ L.A. Clippers L 93–102 Brandon Bass (17) Evan Turner (10) Marcus Smart (7) Staples Center 19,060 13–26 40 January 22 @ Portland W 90–89 Avery Bradley (18) Brandon Bass (10) Evan Turner (8) Moda Center 19,567 14–26 41 January 23 @ Denver W 100–99 Avery Bradley (18) Brandon Bass (9) Evan Turner (6) Pepsi Center 16,133 15–26 42 January 25 @ Golden State L 111–114 Jared Sullinger (25) Sullinger , Bass (9) Evan Turner (7) Oracle Arena 19,596 15–27 43 January 26 @ Utah W 99–90 Tayshaun Prince (19) Jared Sullinger (9) Prince , Smart (5) EnergySolutions Arena 18,947 16–27 44 January 28 @ Minnesota L 98–110 Jared Sullinger (16) Tyler Zeller (9) Turner , Smart (6) Target Center 11,434 16–28 45 January 30 Houston L 87–93 Bass , Thornton (17) Tyler Zeller (11) Sullinger , Smart (4) TD Garden 17,675 16–29
February : 7–4 (home: 5–1; road: 2–3)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 46 February 1 Miami L 75–83 Bradley , Zeller (17) Bass , Zeller (6) Marcus Smart (9) TD Garden 17,366 16–30 47 February 3 @ New York W 108–97 Avery Bradley (26) Jared Sullinger (9) Jared Sullinger (6) Madison Square Garden 17,366 17–30 48 February 4 Denver W 104–100 Bradley , Thornton (17) Marcus Smart (10) Turner , Smart (8) TD Garden 15,126 18–30 49 February 6 Philadelphia W 107–96 Jared Sullinger (22) Tyler Zeller (9) Marcus Smart (8) TD Garden 18,322 19–30 50 February 7 @ Milwaukee L 93–96 Jared Sullinger (17) Jared Sullinger (7) Evan Turner (7) BMO Harris Bradley Center 16,470 19–31 51 February 11 Atlanta W 89–88 Jared Sullinger (17) Jared Sullinger (15) Evan Turner (9) TD Garden 16,083 20–31 All-Star Break 52 February 20 @ Sacramento L 101–109 Avery Bradley (28) Brandon Bass (10) Evan Turner (9) Sleep Train Arena 17,317 20–32 53 February 22 @ L.A. Lakers L 111–118 (OT) Avery Bradley (20) Tyler Zeller (11) Evan Turner (12) Staples Center 18,997 20–33 54 February 23 @ Phoenix W 115–110 Avery Bradley (20) Evan Turner (12) Isaiah Thomas (7) US Airways Center 17,076 21–33 55 February 25 New York W 115–94 Jonas Jerebko (20) Evan Turner (12) Evan Turner (10) TD Garden 16,899 22–33 56 February 27 Charlotte W 106–98 Isaiah Thomas (28) Jonas Jerebko (10) Thomas , Turner (7) TD Garden 18,624 23–33
March : 10–8 (home: 4–4; road: 6–4)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 57 March 1 Golden State L 101–106 Isaiah Thomas (20) Jae Crowder (17) Evan Turner (6) TD Garden 18,624 23–34 58 March 3 @ Cleveland L 79–110 Brandon Bass (15) 5 players (5) Evan Turner (7) Quicken Loans Arena 20,562 23–35 59 March 4 Utah W 85–84 Isaiah Thomas (21) Tyler Zeller (11) Isaiah Thomas (7) TD Garden 16,354 24–35 60 March 6 @ New Orleans W 104–98 Isaiah Thomas (27) Jae Crowder (9) Evan Turner (6) Smoothie King Center 17,274 25–35 61 March 8 @ Orlando L 98–103 Isaiah Thomas (21) Brandon Bass (17) Isaiah Thomas (9) Amway Center 17,041 25–36 62 March 9 @ Miami W 100–90 Isaiah Thomas (25) Brandon Bass (9) Thomas , Bass (4) American Airlines Arena 19,600 26–36 63 March 11 Memphis W 95–92 Avery Bradley (17) Tyler Zeller (9) Evan Turner (7) TD Garden 17,135 27–36 64 March 13 Orlando W 95–88 Evan Turner (30) Brandon Bass (7) Phil Pressey (10) TD Garden 18,624 28–36 65 March 14 @ Indiana W 93–89 Tyler Zeller (18) Evan Turner (7) Turner , Smart , Zeller , Crowder (7) Bankers Life Fieldhouse 18,165 29–36 66 March 16 Philadelphia W 108–89 Tyler Zeller (26) Avery Bradley (10) Avery Bradley (6) TD Garden 16,553 30–36 67 March 18 @ Oklahoma City L 118–122 Marcus Smart (25) Smart , Crowder (9) Evan Turner (10) Chesapeake Energy Arena 18,203 30–37 68 March 20 @ San Antonio L 89–101 Evan Turner (17) Jonas Jerebko (12) Smart , Turner (4) AT&T Center 18,581 30–38 69 March 22 Detroit L 97–105 (OT) Evan Turner (22) Bass , Jerebko , Olynyk (9) Evan Turner (8) TD Garden 18,624 30–39 70 March 23 @ Brooklyn W 110–91 Avery Bradley (20) Evan Turner (10) Evan Turner (12) Barclays Center 16,814 31–39 71 March 25 Miami L 86–93 Jae Crowder (16) Tyler Zeller (8) Phil Pressey (6) TD Garden 18,624 31–40 72 March 27 @ New York W 96–92 Isaiah Thomas (18) Brandon Bass (10) Isaiah Thomas (6) Madison Square Garden 19,812 32–40 73 March 29 L.A. Clippers L 106–119 Isaiah Thomas (19) Jonas Jerebko (8) Evan Turner (10) TD Garden 18,624 32–41 74 March 30 @ Charlotte W 116–104 Avery Bradley (30) Avery Bradley (8) Isaiah Thomas (7) Time Warner Cable Arena 15,140 33–41
April : 7–1 (home: 3–1; road: 4–0)
2014–15 season schedule
2015 playoff game log Total: 0–4 (home: 0–2; road: 0–2) First Round: 0–4 (home: 0–2; road: 0–2)
2015 playoff schedule
Statistics (Summer League, preseason, and regular season)
† Denotes player spent time with another team in the season. Stats reflect time with the Celtics only. Player Duration Injury type Games missed Start End Jared Sullinger 2015-02-19 2015-4-3 Foot 24
2014–15 Boston Celtics roster Players Coaches Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB From G 52 Babb, Chris 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 1990–02–14 Iowa State F 30 Bass, Brandon 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 250 lb (113 kg) 1985–04–30 LSU G 0 Bradley, Avery 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1990–11–26 Texas F 99 Crowder, Jae 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 235 lb (107 kg) 1990–07–06 Marquette F 70 Datome, Luigi 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1987–11–27 Italy F 8 Jerebko, Jonas 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 231 lb (105 kg) 1987–03–02 Sweden F/C 41 Olynyk, Kelly 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 238 lb (108 kg) 1991–04–19 Gonzaga G 26 Pressey, Phil 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1991–02–17 Missouri G 36 Smart, Marcus 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1994–03–06 Oklahoma State F 7 Sullinger, Jared 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 260 lb (118 kg) 1992–03–04 Ohio State G 4 Thomas, Isaiah 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1989–02–07 Washington G/F 11 Turner, Evan 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1988–10–27 Ohio State F 45 Wallace, Gerald 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1982–07–23 Alabama G/F 13 Young, James 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1995–08–16 Kentucky F/C 44 Zeller, Tyler 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 253 lb (115 kg) 1990–01–17 North Carolina
Head coach Assistant coach(es) Legend (DP) Unsigned draft pick(FA) Free agent(S) Suspended(DL) On assignment to D-League affiliate Injured Roster Last transaction: 2015–04–12
Player Signed Former team Ref. Evan Turner September 19, 2014 Indiana Pacers [ 12]
Player Reason left Date New team Ref.
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