2017–18 Boston Celtics season

2017–18 Boston Celtics season
Head coach	Brad Stevens
General manager	Danny Ainge
Owners	Boston Basketball Partners
Arena	TD Garden
Results
Record	55–27 (.671)
Place	Division: 2nd (Atlantic) Conference: 2nd (Eastern)
Playoff finish	Eastern Conference Finals (lost to Cavaliers 3–4)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television	NBC Sports Boston
Radio	WBZ-FM

The 2017–18 Boston Celtics season was the 72nd season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The Celtics originally acquired the number one pick of the NBA draft due to a previous trade involving the Brooklyn Nets, only to then trade it to the Philadelphia 76ers in exchange for two different draft picks. One of the picks would allow Boston to draft forward Jayson Tatum. Later, they acquired Gordon Hayward in free agency on July 7, 2017. They would also acquire 4-time All-Star Kyrie Irving from the Cleveland Cavaliers via trade on August 22, 2017, in exchange for Ante Žižić, Jae Crowder, All-Star point guard Isaiah Thomas, the Brooklyn Nets' unprotected first-round pick in the 2018 NBA draft, and a 2020 second-round pick, originally from the Miami Heat. The Celtics played the first game of the regular season on October 17, 2017, against the Cleveland Cavaliers.

The team retired the number 34 in honor of former small forward Paul Pierce on February 11, 2018, following a game against the Cavaliers.

In the playoffs, the Celtics defeated the 7th-seeded Milwaukee Bucks in the first round in seven games, advancing to the semifinals, where they faced the Philadelphia 76ers, winning in five games, advancing to the conference finals, where they faced the Cleveland Cavaliers in a rematch of last season's Eastern Conference finals, in which the Cavaliers won 4–3. Despite losing both star acquisitions Gordon Hayward and Kyrie Irving before the playoffs began to season-ending injuries, the Celtics would make this series more hard-fought this time (each game ending with no larger than a deficit of 8 points), but lost in seven games to the Cavaliers, losing 79–87 at home in Game 7. It marks the first time since the 1987–88 season that the Celtics made two consecutive Conference finals.

Draft picks

Main article: 2017 NBA draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College
1	3	Jayson Tatum	SF	United States	Duke
2	37	Semi Ojeleye	PF	United States	Southern Methodist
2	53	Kadeem Allen	PG	United States	Arizona
2	56	Jabari Bird	SG	United States	California

Despite having the best record in the Eastern Conference the previous season, the Celtics would originally win the number one pick at the end of the year because they activated the right to swap their own first-round draft pick (which was pick number 27) with the Brooklyn Nets, who held the worst record of the entire NBA that same season. (The Nets struggled in part because of a previous, infamous trade with the Celtics, that swapped role players Jason Terry and D.J. White and superstars Kevin Garnett and Paul Pierce for other players and draft picks, including the right to swap first-round picks in the 2017 NBA draft.^[1]) However, on June 19, four days before the 2017 NBA draft commenced, the Celtics would trade that coveted pick to the Philadelphia 76ers in exchange for the third pick of the draft (which was projected to be a small forward in either Josh Jackson or Jayson Tatum by that point) and either the Sacramento Kings or Philadelphia 76ers' 2019 first-round pick, depending on what happens in that year's draft.^[2] Other than that, the Celtics also hold three second round draft picks, each of which were acquired by trades, while losing their own second-round pick as an added piece of help for the Nets later on down the line.^[3] Their first second-round pick was acquired from the Phoenix Suns back when it was considered a first-round pick from the Minnesota Timberwolves in exchange for Brandan Wright.^[4] The next second-round pick was had from the Cleveland Cavaliers alongside their 2016 second-round pick and Keith Bogans in exchange for John Lucas III, Erik Murphy, Dwight Powell, Malcolm Thomas, and the protected rights of the Sacramento Kings' own second-round picks from both 2015 and 2017.^[5] Finally, their last second-round pick was acquired from the Los Angeles Clippers in a three-way trade with the Phoenix Suns, where Boston would acquire Shavlik Randolph again and a trade exception from the Suns, as well as both Chris Douglas-Roberts and a second-round pick from the Clippers.^[6]

With their top pick (and the one that Danny Ainge claimed would have taken as the number one pick instead of Markelle Fultz^[7]), the Boston Celtics selected a 19-year-old freshman, small forward Jayson Tatum, of Duke University. In his only season at Duke, Jayson averaged 16.8 points, 7.3 rebounds, 2.1 assists, 1.3 steals, and 1.1 blocks per game in over 29 games there, while also earning All-ACC Freshman Team and All-ACC Third Team honors throughout last season. Tatum would end the season as a near-unanimous NBA All-Rookie First Team member. In terms of their second-round picks, the first one they took would be another small forward, this time being Semi Ojeleye, a transfer junior from Southern Methodist University (previously from Duke University as well). During his only year at Southern Methodist, Ojeleye helped lead the Mustangs to their second ever AAC Tournament victory by recording averages of 18.9 points and 6.8 rebounds per game there. As a result of his efforts, he became the AAC Tournament's MVP that year, as well as be named to the All-AAC First Team, the AAC Player of The Year, and was an honorable mention via the Associated Press for the NCAA All-American Team. For the second of Boston's three second-round picks, at number 53, the Celtics selected senior shooting guard Kadeem Allen from University of Arizona. In his senior year at Arizona, he averaged 9.8 points and 4 rebounds per game, which would be enough for him to be named a member of the Pac-12 Second Team and Pac-12 Defensive Team. Finally, with their last second-round pick at number 56, Boston chose another senior shooting guard, this time being Jabari Bird from the University of California. During his last season at California, Bird averaged 14.3 points and 4.3 rebounds for the Golden Bears, but he suffered a concussion during one of his last games there. Both Kadeem Allen and Jabari Bird would become the team's first-ever players to sign two-way contracts with the team, meaning they get to split their playing time for at least this season between the Celtics and their NBA G League affiliate, the Maine Red Claws, with Maine holding them for the majority of this season as a result of the two-way contract's stipulations.

Roster

2017–18 Boston Celtics roster

Players

Coaches

Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB From G 45 Allen, Kadeem (TW) 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1993-01-15 Arizona C 46 Baynes, Aron  6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 260 lb (118 kg) 1986-12-09 Washington State G 26 Bird, Jabari (TW) 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 198 lb (90 kg) 1994-07-03 California G/F 7 Brown, Jaylen 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 1996-10-24 California F 20 Hayward, Gordon  6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 226 lb (103 kg) 1990-03-23 Butler F/C 42 Horford, Al 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 250 lb (113 kg) 1986-06-03 Florida G 11 Irving, Kyrie  6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 193 lb (88 kg) 1992-03-23 Duke G 8 Larkin, Shane  5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1992-10-02 Miami (FL) C 55 Monroe, Greg 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 265 lb (120 kg) 1990-06-04 Georgetown F 13 Morris, Marcus 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 235 lb (107 kg) 1989-09-02 Kansas F 28 Nader, Abdel 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 230 lb (104 kg) 1993-09-25 Iowa State F 37 Ojeleye, Semi 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 235 lb (107 kg) 1994-12-05 SMU G 12 Rozier, Terry 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1994-03-17 Louisville G 36 Smart, Marcus 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1994-03-06 Oklahoma State F 0 Tatum, Jayson 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1998-03-03 Duke F 27 Theis, Daniel  6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 243 lb (110 kg) 1992-04-04 Germany F 30 Yabusele, Guerschon 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 260 lb (118 kg) 1995-12-17 France

Head coach Brad Stevens Assistant coach(es) Jerome Allen Jay Larrañaga Scott Morrison Micah Shrewsberry Jamie Young Legend (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended (GL) On assignment to G League affiliate (TW) Two-way affiliate player Injured Roster Last transaction: 2018-04–06

Standings

Division

Atlantic Division	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div	GP
c – Toronto Raptors	59	23	.720	–	34‍–‍7	25‍–‍16	12–4	82
x – Boston Celtics	55	27	.671	4.0	27‍–‍14	28‍–‍13	12–4	82
x – Philadelphia 76ers	52	30	.634	7.0	30‍–‍11	22‍–‍19	9–7	82
New York Knicks	29	53	.354	30.0	19‍–‍22	10‍–‍31	6–10	82
Brooklyn Nets	28	54	.341	31.0	15‍–‍26	13‍–‍28	1–15	82

Conference

Eastern Conference
#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	GP
1	c – Toronto Raptors *	59	23	.720	–	82
2	x – Boston Celtics	55	27	.671	4.0	82
3	x – Philadelphia 76ers	52	30	.634	7.0	82
4	y – Cleveland Cavaliers *	50	32	.610	9.0	82
5	x – Indiana Pacers	48	34	.585	11.0	82
6	y – Miami Heat *	44	38	.537	15.0	82
7	x – Milwaukee Bucks	44	38	.537	15.0	82
8	x – Washington Wizards	43	39	.524	16.0	82
9	Detroit Pistons	39	43	.476	20.0	82
10	Charlotte Hornets	36	46	.439	23.0	82
11	New York Knicks	29	53	.354	30.0	82
12	Brooklyn Nets	28	54	.341	31.0	82
13	Chicago Bulls	27	55	.329	32.0	82
14	Orlando Magic	25	57	.305	34.0	82
15	Atlanta Hawks	24	58	.293	35.0	82

Game log

Preseason

2017 pre-season game log Total: 4–0 (home: 2–0; road: 2–0)
Pre-season: 4–0 (home: 2–0; road: 2–0) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 1 October 2 Charlotte W 94–82 Daniel Theis (12) Daniel Theis (7) Jayson Tatum (5) TD Garden 18,624 1–0 2 October 6 @ Philadelphia W 110–102 Kyrie Irving (21) Al Horford (9) Gordon Hayward (5) Wells Fargo Center 17,668 2–0 3 October 9 Philadelphia W 113–96 Semi Ojeleye (16) Terry Rozier (10) Terry Rozier (6) TD Garden 18,624 3–0 4 October 11 @ Charlotte W 108–100 Kyrie Irving (16) Al Horford (8) Kyrie Irving (10) Spectrum Center N/A 4–0
2017–18 season schedule

Regular season

2017–18 game log Total: 55–27 (home: 27–14; road: 28–13)
October: 5–2 (home: 2–1; road: 3–1) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 1 October 17 @ Cleveland L 99–102 Jaylen Brown (25) Jayson Tatum (10) Kyrie Irving (10) Quicken Loans Arena 20,562 0–1 2 October 18 Milwaukee L 100–108 Jaylen Brown (18) Jayson Tatum (9) Terry Rozier (6) TD Garden 18,624 0–2 3 October 20 @ Philadelphia W 102–92 Kyrie Irving (21) Al Horford (9) Irving, Larkin (4) Wells Fargo Center 20,816 1–2 4 October 24 New York W 110–89 Jaylen Brown (23) Al Horford (13) Kyrie Irving (7) TD Garden 18,624 2–2 5 October 26 @ Milwaukee W 96–89 Al Horford (27) Al Horford (9) Kyrie Irving (7) UW–Milwaukee Panther Arena[8] 11,046 3–2 6 October 28 @ Miami W 96–90 Kyrie Irving (24) Al Horford (9) Marcus Smart (4) American Airlines Arena 19,600 4–2 7 October 30 San Antonio W 108–94 Kyrie Irving (24) Al Horford (13) Kyrie Irving (6) TD Garden 18,624 5–2
November : 14–2 (home: 7–1; road: 7–1) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 8 November 1 Sacramento W 113–86 Brown, Irving (22) Daniel Theis (10) Marcus Smart (8) TD Garden 18,624 6–2 9 November 3 @ Oklahoma City W 101–94 Kyrie Irving (25) Jaylen Brown (12) Kyrie Irving (6) Chesapeake Energy Arena 18,203 7–2 10 November 5 @ Orlando W 104–88 Jaylen Brown (18) Al Horford (10) Marcus Smart (8) Amway Center 17,731 8–2 11 November 6 @ Atlanta W 110–107 Kyrie Irving (35) Al Horford (10) Al Horford (9) Philips Arena 13,215 9–2 12 November 8 L.A. Lakers W 107–96 Aron Baynes (21) Jaylen Brown (11) Marcus Smart (6) TD Garden 18,624 10–2 13 November 10 Charlotte W 90–87 Larkin, Tatum (16) Jaylen Brown (13) Marcus Smart (7) TD Garden 18,624 11–2 14 November 12 Toronto W 95–94 Al Horford (21) Aron Baynes (8) Marcus Smart (9) TD Garden 18,624 12–2 15 November 14 @ Brooklyn W 109–102 Kyrie Irving (25) Al Horford (11) Kyrie Irving (5) Barclays Center 12,936 13–2 16 November 16 Golden State W 92–88 Jaylen Brown (22) Al Horford (11) Kyrie Irving (6) TD Garden 18,624 14–2 17 November 18 @ Atlanta W 110–99 Kyrie Irving (30) Jayson Tatum (7) Al Horford (6) Philips Arena 16,381 15–2 18 November 20 @ Dallas W 110–102 (OT) Kyrie Irving (47) Brown, Morris, Tatum (9) Marcus Smart (8) American Airlines Center 20,302 16–2 19 November 22 @ Miami L 98–104 Kyrie Irving (23) Al Horford (9) Horford, Smart, Tatum (4) American Airlines Arena 19,704 16–3 20 November 24 Orlando W 118–103 Kyrie Irving (30) Aron Baynes (11) Al Horford (10) TD Garden 18,624 17–3 21 November 25 @ Indiana W 108–98 Kyrie Irving (25) Marcus Smart (6) Horford, Irving (6) Bankers Life Fieldhouse 16,303 18–3 22 November 27 Detroit L 108–118 Marcus Smart (23) Brown, Baynes (6) Kyrie Irving (9) TD Garden 18,624 18–4 23 November 30 Philadelphia W 108–97 Kyrie Irving (36) Horford, Theis (8) Marcus Smart (8) TD Garden 18,624 19–4
December : 11–6 (home: 7–3; road: 4–3) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 24 December 2 Phoenix W 116–111 Kyrie Irving (19) Marcus Morris (8) Al Horford (11) TD Garden 18,624 20–4 25 December 4 Milwaukee W 111–100 Kyrie Irving (32) Al Horford (9) Al Horford (8) TD Garden 18,624 21–4 26 December 6 Dallas W 97–90 Kyrie Irving (23) Jayson Tatum (10) Al Horford (8) TD Garden 18,624 22–4 27 December 8 @ San Antonio L 102–105 Kyrie Irving (36) Al Horford (9) Horford, Morris (5) AT&T Center 18,418 22–5 28 December 10 @ Detroit W 91–81 Al Horford (18) Aron Baynes (13) Al Horford (6) Little Caesars Arena 18,776 23–5 29 December 11 @ Chicago L 85–108 Al Horford (15) Jayson Tatum (10) Horford, Rozier (5) United Center 19,617 23–6 30 December 13 Denver W 124–118 Kyrie Irving (33) Aron Baynes (6) Marcus Smart (9) TD Garden 18,624 24–6 31 December 15 Utah L 95–107 Kyrie Irving (33) Brown, Horford (6) Al Horford (7) TD Garden 18,624 24–7 32 December 16 @ Memphis W 102–93 Kyrie Irving (20) Jayson Tatum (9) Horford, Irving (6) FedExForum 17,794 25–7 33 December 18 @ Indiana W 112–111 Kyrie Irving (30) Al Horford (10) Al Horford (9) Bankers Life Fieldhouse 16,055 26–7 34 December 20 Miami L 89–90 Kyrie Irving (33) Al Horford (8) Kyrie Irving (5) TD Garden 18,624 26–8 35 December 21 @ New York L 93–102 Kyrie Irving (32) Daniel Theis (7) Al Horford (5) Madison Square Garden 19,812 26–9 36 December 23 Chicago W 117–92 Kyrie Irving (25) Daniel Theis (15) Kyrie Irving (7) TD Garden 18,624 27–9 37 December 25 Washington L 103–111 Irving, Tatum (20) Jaylen Brown (9) Al Horford (6) TD Garden 18,624 27–10 38 December 27 @ Charlotte W 102–91 Kyrie Irving (21) Al Horford (11) Kyrie Irving (8) Spectrum Center 19,611 28–10 39 December 28 Houston W 99–98 Kyrie Irving (26) Al Horford (8) Marcus Smart (5) TD Garden 18,624 29–10 40 December 31 Brooklyn W 108–105 Kyrie Irving (28) Baynes, Horford (10) Al Horford (5) TD Garden 18,624 30–10
January : 7–5 (home: 3–3; road: 4–2) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 41 January 3 Cleveland W 102–88 Terry Rozier (20) Horford, Irving (9) Kyrie Irving (6) TD Garden 18,624 31–10 42 January 5 Minnesota W 91–84 Marcus Smart (18) Baynes, Theis (10) Horford, Irving (8) TD Garden 18,624 32–10 43 January 6 @ Brooklyn W 87–85 Kyrie Irving (21) Daniel Theis (10) Kyrie Irving (4) Barclays Center 17,732 33–10 44 January 11 @ Philadelphia W 114–103 Jaylen Brown (21) Horford, Morris (8) Horford, Irving (7) The O2 Arena 19.078 34–10 45 January 16 New Orleans L 113–116 (OT) Kyrie Irving (24) Al Horford (9) Al Horford (6) TD Garden 18,624 34–11 46 January 18 Philadelphia L 80–89 Horford, Morris (14) Marcus Morris (6) Jaylen Brown (4) TD Garden 18,624 34–12 47 January 21 Orlando L 95–103 Kyrie Irving (40) Jayson Tatum (10) Kyrie Irving (5) TD Garden 18,624 34–13 48 January 23 @ L.A. Lakers L 107–108 Kyrie Irving (33) Al Horford (12) Al Horford (6) Staples Center 18,997 34–14 49 January 24 @ L.A. Clippers W 113–102 Kyrie Irving (20) Brown, Irving, Theis (8) Kyrie Irving (7) Staples Center 19,430 35–14 50 January 27 @ Golden State L 105–109 Kyrie Irving (37) Al Horford (13) Kyrie Irving (4) Oracle Arena 19,596 35–15 51 January 29 @ Denver W 111–110 Kyrie Irving (27) Terry Rozier (9) Irving, Horford, Rozier (6) Pepsi Center 19,520 36–15 52 January 31 New York W 103–73 Marcus Morris (20) Terry Rozier (11) Terry Rozier (10) TD Garden 18,624 37–15
February : 7–4 (home: 4–3; road: 3–1) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 53 February 2 Atlanta W 119–110 Terry Rozier (31) Aron Baynes (8) Al Horford (7) TD Garden 18,624 38–15 54 February 4 Portland W 97–96 Al Horford (22) Al Horford (10) Horford, Tatum, Rozier (5) TD Garden 18,624 39–15 55 February 6 @ Toronto L 91–111 Terry Rozier (18) Aron Baynes (8) Terry Rozier (4) Air Canada Centre 20,017 39–16 56 February 8 @ Washington W 110–104 (OT) Kyrie Irving (28) Marcus Morris (8) Kyrie Irving (6) Capital One Arena 20,356 40–16 57 February 9 Indiana L 91–97 Kyrie Irving (21) Al Horford (8) Kyrie Irving (5) TD Garden 18,624 40–17 58 February 11 Cleveland L 99–121 Terry Rozier (21) Terry Rozier (9) Al Horford (6) TD Garden 18,624 40–18 59 February 14 L.A. Clippers L 119–129 Kyrie Irving (33) Marcus Morris (11) Kyrie Irving (8) TD Garden 18,624 40–19 All-Star Break 60 February 23 @ Detroit W 110–98 Daniel Theis (19) Daniel Theis (7) Terry Rozier (7) Little Caesars Arena 20,491 41–19 61 February 24 @ New York W 121–112 Kyrie Irving (31) Al Horford (10) Kyrie Irving (8) Madison Square Garden 19,812 42–19 62 February 26 Memphis W 109–98 Kyrie Irving (25) Marcus Morris (8) Irving, Smart (5) TD Garden 18,624 43–19 63 February 28 Charlotte W 134–106 Kyrie Irving (34) Al Horford (10) Marcus Smart (6) TD Garden 18,624 44–19
March : 9–4 (home: 2–2; road: 7–2) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 64 March 3 @ Houston L 120–123 Marcus Morris (21) Monroe, Horford, Smart (6) Kyrie Irving (6) Toyota Center 18,055 44–20 65 March 5 @ Chicago W 105–89 Jaylen Brown (21) Greg Monroe (9) Terry Rozier (7) United Center 21,286 45–20 66 March 8 @ Minnesota W 117–109 Kyrie Irving (23) Al Horford (8) Kyrie Irving (8) Target Center 18,978 46–20 67 March 11 Indiana L 97–99 Marcus Smart (20) Marcus Smart (7) Marcus Smart (8) TD Garden 18,624 46–21 68 March 14 Washington L 124–125 (2OT) Marcus Morris (31) Greg Monroe (10) Terry Rozier (9) TD Garden 18,624 46–22 69 March 16 @ Orlando W 92–83 Monroe, Rozier (17) Marcus Morris (11) Terry Rozier (5) Amway Center 18,981 47–22 70 March 18 @ New Orleans L 89–108 Jayson Tatum (23) Terry Rozier (7) Terry Rozier (5) Smoothie King Center 18,277 47–23 71 March 20 Oklahoma City W 100–99 Jayson Tatum (23) Jayson Tatum (11) Al Horford (7) TD Garden 18,624 48–23 72 March 23 @ Portland W 105–100 Marcus Morris (30) Greg Monroe (10) Shane Larkin (7) Moda Center 19,575 49–23 73 March 25 @ Sacramento W 104–93 Terry Rozier (33) Greg Monroe (8) Al Horford (8) Golden 1 Center 17,583 50–23 74 March 26 @ Phoenix W 102–94 Jayson Tatum (23) Al Horford (9) Al Horford (7) Talking Stick Resort Arena 18,055 51–23 75 March 28 @ Utah W 97–94 Jaylen Brown (21) Shane Larkin (9) Larkin, Monroe (4) Vivint Smart Home Arena 18,306 52–23 76 March 31 Toronto W 110–99 Marcus Morris (25) Marcus Morris (9) Terry Rozier (7) TD Garden 18,624 53–23
April : 2–4 (home: 2–1; road: 0–3) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 77 April 3 @ Milwaukee L 102–106 Jaylen Brown (22) Greg Monroe (10) Al Horford (5) Bradley Center 16,188 53–24 78 April 4 @ Toronto L 78–96 Marcus Morris (21) Terry Rozier (9) Monroe, Rozier, Tatum (3) Air Canada Centre 19,963 53–25 79 April 6 Chicago W 111–104 Jaylen Brown (32) Greg Monroe (11) Greg Monroe (10) TD Garden 18,624 54–25 80 April 8 Atlanta L 106–112 Jayson Tatum (19) Terry Rozier (8) Terry Rozier (9) TD Garden 18,624 54–26 81 April 10 @ Washington L 101–113 Jaylen Brown (27) Al Horford (13) Terry Rozier (5) Capital One Arena 18,887 54–27 82 April 11 Brooklyn W 110–97 Aron Baynes (26) Aron Baynes (14) Shane Larkin (7) TD Garden 18,624 55–27
2017–18 season schedule

Playoffs

See also: 2018 NBA Playoffs

2018 playoff game log Total: 11–8 (home: 10–1; road: 1–7)
First Round: 4–3 (home: 4–0; road: 0–3) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Series 1 April 15 Milwaukee W 113–107 (OT) Al Horford (24) Al Horford (12) Horford, Tatum, Brown (4) TD Garden 18,624 1–0 2 April 17 Milwaukee W 120–106 Jaylen Brown (30) Jayson Tatum (7) Terry Rozier (8) TD Garden 18,624 2–0 3 April 20 @ Milwaukee L 92–116 Al Horford (16) Greg Monroe (11) Terry Rozier (9) Bradley Center 18,717 2–1 4 April 22 @ Milwaukee L 102–104 Jaylen Brown (34) Aron Baynes (11) Terry Rozier (8) Bradley Center 18,717 2–2 5 April 24 Milwaukee W 92–87 Al Horford (22) Al Horford (14) Terry Rozier (5) TD Garden 18,624 3–2 6 April 26 @ Milwaukee L 86–97 Jayson Tatum (22) Al Horford (10) Terry Rozier (5) Bradley Center 18,717 3–3 7 April 28 Milwaukee W 112–96 Terry Rozier (26) Al Horford (8) Terry Rozier (9) TD Garden 18,624 4–3
Conference Semifinals: 4–1 (home: 3–0; road: 1–1) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Series 1 April 30 Philadelphia W 117–101 Terry Rozier (29) Terry Rozier (8) Marcus Smart (9) TD Garden 18,624 1–0 2 May 3 Philadelphia W 108–103 Jayson Tatum (21) Al Horford (12) Terry Rozier (9) TD Garden 18,624 2–0 3 May 5 @ Philadelphia W 101–98 (OT) Jayson Tatum (24) Aron Baynes (10) Jayson Tatum (4) Wells Fargo Center 20,758 3–0 4 May 7 @ Philadelphia L 92–103 Jayson Tatum (20) Al Horford (10) Jayson Tatum (4) Wells Fargo Center 20,936 3–1 5 May 9 Philadelphia W 114–112 Jayson Tatum (25) Aron Baynes (9) Marcus Smart (6) TD Garden 18,624 4–1
Conference Finals: 3–4 (home: 3–1; road: 0–3) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Series 1 May 13 Cleveland W 108–83 Jaylen Brown (23) Marcus Morris (10) Terry Rozier (8) TD Garden 18,624 1–0 2 May 15 Cleveland W 107–94 Jaylen Brown (23) Al Horford (10) Marcus Smart (9) TD Garden 18,624 2–0 3 May 19 @ Cleveland L 86–116 Jayson Tatum (18) Al Horford (7) Marcus Smart (6) Quicken Loans Arena 20,562 2–1 4 May 21 @ Cleveland L 102–111 Jaylen Brown (23) Al Horford (7) Terry Rozier (11) Quicken Loans Arena 20,562 2–2 5 May 23 Cleveland W 96–83 Jayson Tatum (24) Al Horford (12) Terry Rozier (6) TD Garden 18,624 3–2 6 May 25 @ Cleveland L 99–109 Terry Rozier (28) Al Horford (9) Marcus Smart (8) Quicken Loans Arena 20,562 3–3 7 May 27 Cleveland L 79–87 Jayson Tatum (24) Marcus Morris (12) Marcus Smart (7) TD Garden 18,624 3–4
2018 playoff schedule

Player statistics

Legend

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

Regular season

Boston Celtics statistics

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Aron Baynes	81	67	18.3	.471	.143	.756	5.4	1.1	.3	.6	6.0
Jayson Tatum	80	80	30.5	.475	.434	.826	5.0	1.6	1.0	.7	13.9
Terry Rozier	80	16	25.9	.395	.381	.772	4.7	2.9	1.0	.2	11.3
Semi Ojeleye	73	0	15.8	.346	.320	.610	2.2	.3	.3	.1	2.7
Al Horford	72	72	31.6	.489	.429	.783	7.4	4.7	.6	1.1	12.9
Jaylen Brown	70	70	30.7	.465	.395	.644	4.9	1.6	1.0	.4	14.5
Daniel Theis	63	3	14.9	.541	.310	.753	4.3	.9	.5	.8	5.3
Kyrie Irving	60	60	32.2	.491	.408	.889	3.8	5.1	1.1	.3	24.4
Marcus Morris Sr.	54	21	26.7	.429	.368	.805	5.4	1.3	.6	.2	13.6
Marcus Smart	54	11	29.9	.367	.301	.729	3.5	4.8	1.3	.4	10.2
Shane Larkin	54	2	14.4	.384	.360	.865	1.7	1.8	.5	.0	4.3
Abdel Nader	48	1	10.9	.336	.354	.590	1.5	.5	.3	.2	3.0
Guerschon Yabusele	33	4	7.1	.426	.324	.682	1.6	.5	.1	.2	2.4
Greg Monroe^†	26	0	19.1	.530		.797	6.3	2.3	1.1	.7	10.2
Kadeem Allen	18	1	5.9	.273	.000	.778	.6	.7	.2	.1	1.1
Jabari Bird	13	1	8.8	.577	.429	.462	1.5	.6	.2	.1	3.0
Jonathan Gibson	4	0	10.0	.609	.500		.8	1.0	.0	.0	8.5
Xavier Silas	2	0	3.5	.000	.000		1.0	.0	.5	.0	.0
Jarell Eddie^†	2	0	3.0	.000	.000		.5	.0	.5	.0	.0
Gordon Hayward	1	1	5.0	.500	.000		1.0	.0	.0	.0	2.0

Playoffs

Boston Celtics statistics

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Terry Rozier	19	19	36.6	.406	.347	.821	5.3	5.7	1.3	.3	16.5
Jayson Tatum	19	19	35.9	.471	.324	.845	4.4	2.7	1.2	.5	18.5
Al Horford	19	19	35.7	.544	.349	.827	8.3	3.3	1.0	1.2	15.7
Aron Baynes	19	12	20.5	.506	.478	.722	6.2	1.0	.2	.6	6.0
Marcus Morris Sr.	19	4	29.6	.368	.417	.712	5.4	1.1	.4	.3	12.4
Jaylen Brown	18	15	32.4	.466	.393	.640	4.8	1.4	.8	.6	18.0
Semi Ojeleye	17	3	13.5	.303	.273	.857	1.6	.1	.2	.0	1.9
Marcus Smart	15	4	29.9	.336	.221	.735	3.7	5.3	1.7	.7	9.8
Guerschon Yabusele	12	0	4.0	.111	.000	.400	.9	.3	.2	.0	.3
Shane Larkin	11	0	14.0	.457	.308	1.000	1.0	1.8	.5	.0	3.7
Greg Monroe	11	0	9.5	.500		.682	3.2	.5	.2	.2	4.8
Abdel Nader	11	0	3.0	.333	.000	.500	.3	.3	.1	.1	1.1

• ^† Denotes player spent time with another team in the season. Stats reflect time with the Celtics only.

Transactions

Main article: List of 2017–18 NBA season transactions

Trades

June 19, 2017[9]	To Boston Celtics Jayson Tatum (Pick 3) 2019 Sacramento #1 protected/Philadelphia 76ers first-round pick (Converted from 2018 protected L.A. Lakers first-round pick since it was not conveyed)	To Philadelphia 76ers Markelle Fultz (Pick 1)
July 7, 2017[10]	To Boston Celtics Marcus Morris	To Detroit Pistons Avery Bradley 2019 second-round pick
August 22, 2017[11]	To Boston Celtics Kyrie Irving	To Cleveland Cavaliers Isaiah Thomas Jae Crowder Ante Žižić 2018 first-round pick (from Brooklyn) 2020 second-round pick (from Miami)

Free agency

Additions

Player	Signed	Former Team
Gordon Hayward[12]	4-year contract worth $128 million	Utah Jazz
Abdel Nader[13]	4-year contract worth $6 million	Maine Red Claws
Aron Baynes[14]	1-year contract worth $4.3 million	Detroit Pistons
Daniel Theis[15]	2-year contract worth $2.2 million	Brose Bamberg
Guerschon Yabusele[16]	2-year contract worth $4.9 million	Maine Red Claws
Shane Larkin[17]	1-year contract worth $1.5 million	Saski Baskonia
Jarell Eddie[18]	10-day contract worth $86,119	Windy City Bulls
Greg Monroe[19]	1-year contract worth $5.0 million	Phoenix Suns

Subtractions

Player	Reason	New Team
Tyler Zeller	Waived	Brooklyn Nets
Kelly Olynyk[20]	4-year contract worth $50 million	Miami Heat
Amir Johnson[21]	1-year contract worth $11 million	Philadelphia 76ers
Jordan Mickey	Waived	Miami Heat
Demetrius Jackson[13]	Waived	Houston Rockets
Jonas Jerebko[22]	2-year contract worth $8.2 million	Utah Jazz
James Young	Waived	Wisconsin Herd
Gerald Green[23]	1-year contract worth $1.3 million	Houston Rockets
Jarell Eddie	10-day contract expired	Windy City Bulls

Awards

Recipient	Award	Date awarded	Ref.
Brad Stevens	Eastern Conference Coach of the Month (October/November)	December 2, 2017	[24]
Jayson Tatum	Eastern Conference Rookies of the Mont (December)	January 4, 2018	[25]

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