page_title: 2010–11 Boston Celtics season
section_title: Key dates
hierarchical_section_title: 2010–11 Boston Celtics season / Key dates
caption_attribution_description: Boston Celtics playing against the Washington Wizards on April 11, 2011.
context_page_description: The 2010–11 Boston Celtics season was the 65th season of the Boston Celtics in the National Basketball Association. The Celtics were coming off of an NBA Finals loss to their rivals, the Los Angeles Lakers, in seven games.
  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, 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 only won 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.
  In the playoffs, they swept the New York Knicks in the first round to advance to the Conference Semifinals, where they faced the Miami Heat. The Celtics had defeated the Heat in five games in last season's First Round, after which the Heat had added LeBron James and Chris Bosh to join Dwyane Wade.
context_section_description: 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.
caption: Boston Celtics on April 11, 2011
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