# 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. On March 15, the Celtics clinched a playoff berth with a 115–113 win over the Brooklyn Nets.

## 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.

## Standings
### Division

| Atlantic Division | W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Div | GP |
| x – Boston Celtics | 50 | 19 | .725 | – | 24‍–‍12 | 26‍–‍7 | 13–2 | 69 |
| ps – New York Knicks | 43 | 24 | .642 | 6.0 | 22‍–‍11 | 21‍–‍13 | 10–3 | 67 |
| Toronto Raptors | 24 | 45 | .348 | 26.0 | 16‍–‍20 | 8‍–‍25 | 5–8 | 69 |
| Brooklyn Nets | 23 | 46 | .333 | 27.0 | 11‍–‍22 | 12‍–‍24 | 3–10 | 69 |
| Philadelphia 76ers | 23 | 45 | .338 | 26.5 | 12‍–‍22 | 11‍–‍23 | 3–11 | 68 |

### Conference

Eastern Conference :
| # | Team | W | L | PCT | GB | GP |
| 1 | y – Cleveland Cavaliers * | 56 | 11 | .836 | – | 67 |
| 2 | x – Boston Celtics * | 50 | 19 | .725 | 7.0 | 69 |
| 3 | ps – New York Knicks | 43 | 24 | .642 | 13.0 | 67 |
| 4 | ps – Milwaukee Bucks | 38 | 29 | .567 | 18.0 | 67 |
| 5 | ps – Indiana Pacers | 38 | 29 | .567 | 18.0 | 67 |
| 6 | ps – Detroit Pistons | 38 | 31 | .551 | 19.0 | 69 |
| 7 | Atlanta Hawks * | 33 | 36 | .478 | 24.0 | 69 |
| 8 | Orlando Magic | 32 | 37 | .464 | 25.0 | 69 |
| 9 | Chicago Bulls | 29 | 39 | .426 | 27.5 | 68 |
| 10 | Miami Heat | 29 | 39 | .426 | 27.5 | 68 |
| 11 | Toronto Raptors | 24 | 45 | .348 | 33.0 | 69 |
| 12 | Brooklyn Nets | 23 | 46 | .333 | 34.0 | 69 |
| 13 | Philadelphia 76ers | 23 | 45 | .338 | 33.5 | 68 |
| 14 | Charlotte Hornets | 17 | 51 | .250 | 39.5 | 68 |
| 15 | Washington Wizards | 15 | 52 | .224 | 41.0 | 67 |

## 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)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
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: 50–19 (Home: 24–12; Road: 26–7) :
October: 4–1 (home: 2–0; road: 2–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
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)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
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)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
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: 10–6 (home: 3–3; road: 7–3)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
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
W 118–106
Jayson Tatum (29)
Kristaps Porziņģis (11)
Jaylen Brown (8)
Ball Arena 19,904
27–10
38
January 10
Sacramento
L 97–114
Jaylen Brown (28)
Jayson Tatum (12)
Brown, Tatum (5)
TD Garden 19,156
27–11
39
January 12
New Orleans
W 120–119
Jayson Tatum (38)
Porziņģis, Tatum (11)
Jaylen Brown (7)
TD Garden 19,156
28–11
40
January 15
@ Toronto
L 97–110
Payton Pritchard (20)
Jayson Tatum (10)
Jayson Tatum (7)
Scotiabank Arena 18,566
28–12
41
January 17
Orlando
W 121–94
Jayson Tatum (30)
Tatum, Brown, Holiday (6)
Jaylen Brown (6)
TD Garden 19,156
29–12
42
January 18
Atlanta
L 115–119 (OT)
Jaylen Brown (24)
Jaylen Brown (11)
Jaylen Brown (8)
TD Garden 19,156
29–13
43
January 20
@ Golden State
W 125–85
Jayson Tatum (22)
Jayson Tatum (9)
Payton Pritchard (9)
Chase Center 18,064
30–13
44
January 22
@ L.A. Clippers
W 117–113 (OT)
Jaylen Brown (25)
Jayson Tatum (7)
Jayson Tatum (8)
Intuit Dome 15,342
31–13
45
January 23
@ L.A. Lakers
L 96–117
Kristaps Porziņģis (22)
Jaylen Brown (8)
Jayson Tatum (5)
Crypto.com Arena 18,997
31–14
46
January 25
@ Dallas
W 122–107
Jayson Tatum (24)
Luke Kornet (10)
Jaylen Brown (6)
American Airlines Center 20,421
32–14
47
January 27
Houston
L 112–114
Jaylen Brown (28)
Kristaps Porziņģis (8)
Jayson Tatum (7)
TD Garden 19,156
32–15
48
January 29
Chicago
W 122–100
Kristaps Porziņģis (34)
Kristaps Porziņģis (11)
Payton Pritchard (7)
TD Garden 19,156
33–15
49
January 31
@ New Orleans
W 118–116
Jaylen Brown (28)
Brown, Tatum (6)
Jayson Tatum (10)
Smoothie King Center 16,432
34–15 :
February: 8–3 (home: 2–2; road: 6–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
50
February 2
@ Philadelphia
W 118–110
Jayson Tatum (35)
Jaylen Brown (10)
Jayson Tatum (11)
Wells Fargo Center 19,766
35–15
51
February 4
@ Cleveland
W 112–105
Jayson Tatum (22)
Al Horford (10)
Jayson Tatum (7)
Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse 19,432
36–15
52
February 6
Dallas
L 120–127
Jaylen Brown (25)
Payton Pritchard (6)
Payton Pritchard (6)
TD Garden 19,156
36–16
53
February 8
@ New York
W 131–104
Jayson Tatum (40)
Luke Kornet (12)
Jaylen Brown (5)
Madison Square Garden 19,812
37–16
54
February 10
@ Miami
W 103–85
Jayson Tatum (33)
Horford, Pritchard (10)
Payton Pritchard (8)
Kaseya Center 19,961
38–16
55
February 12
San Antonio
W 116–103
Jayson Tatum (32)
Jayson Tatum (14)
Derrick White (9)
TD Garden 19,156
39–16
All-Star Break
56
February 20
@ Philadelphia
W 124–104
Payton Pritchard (28)
Jayson Tatum (11)
Jayson Tatum (10)
Wells Fargo Center 19,752
40–16
57
February 23
New York
W 118–105
Jayson Tatum (25)
Jayson Tatum (10)
Jayson Tatum (9)
TD Garden 19,156
41–16
58
February 25
@ Toronto
W 111–101
Jaylen Brown (24)
Payton Pritchard (7)
Jayson Tatum (11)
Scotiabank Arena 18,134
42–16
59
February 26
@ Detroit
L 97–117
Jayson Tatum (27)
Al Horford (10)
Jrue Holiday (6)
Little Caesars Arena 20,062
42–17
60
February 28
Cleveland
L 116–123
Jayson Tatum (46)
Jayson Tatum (16)
Jayson Tatum (9)
TD Garden 19,156
42–18 :
March: 8–1 (home: 6–1; road: 2–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
61
March 2
Denver
W 110–103
Jaylen Brown (22)
Jayson Tatum (11)
Jaylen Brown (8)
TD Garden 19,156
43–18
62
March 5
Portland
W 128–118
Payton Pritchard (43)
Payton Pritchard (10)
Jaylen Brown (8)
TD Garden 19,156
44–18
63
March 6
Philadelphia
W 123–105
Jayson Tatum (35)
Neemias Queta (9)
Pritchard, White (6)
TD Garden 19,156
45–18
64
March 8
L.A. Lakers
W 111–101
Jayson Tatum (40)
Jayson Tatum (12)
Jayson Tatum (8)
TD Garden 19,156
46–18
65
March 10
Utah
W 114–108
Sam Hauser (33)
Brown, Kornet, Queta (8)
Derrick White (10)
TD Garden 19,156
47–18
66
March 12
Oklahoma City
L 112–118
Jayson Tatum (33)
Al Horford (10)
Jayson Tatum (8)
TD Garden 19,156
47–19
67
March 14
@ Miami
W 103–91
Jayson Tatum (28)
Al Horford (9)
Horford, Tatum (5)
Kaseya Center 19,719
48–19
68
March 15
@ Brooklyn
W 115–113
Kristaps Porziņģis (24)
Kornet, Tatum (8)
Jrue Holiday (12)
Barclays Center 18,016
49–19
69
March 18
Brooklyn
W 104–96
Kristaps Porziņģis (25)
Kristaps Porziņģis (13)
Jrue Holiday (8)
TD Garden 19,156
50–19
70
March 21
@ Utah
Delta Center
71
March 23
@ Portland
Moda Center
72
March 24
@ Sacramento
Golden 1 Center
73
March 26
@ Phoenix
PHX Arena
74
March 29
@ San Antonio
Frost Bank Center
75
March 31
@ Memphis
FedExForum :
April
: 0–0 (home: 0–0; road: 0–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
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

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

#### East Group C

| Pos | Teamvte | 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 | |
2024–25 game log Total: 3–1 (Home: 1–1; Road: 2–0) :
NBA Cup: 3–1 (home: 1–1; road: 2–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
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
### Trades

| February 6, 2025 | To Boston Celtics2031 second-round pick | To Houston RocketsJaden Springer 2027 second-round pick 2030 second-round pick |

### Free agency
#### Re-signed

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