The 2012–13 Boston Celtics season was the 67th season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The Celtics finished the regular season with a 41–40 won-loss record, which was the 3rd best in the Atlantic division, bringing an end to the 5-year run as Atlantic Champs and 7th best in the East. Their longest winning and losing streaks were 7 and 6 games respectively. The leading scorer was Paul Pierce, averaging 18.6 PPG. The leading rebounder was Kevin Garnett (7.8 RPG). Rajon Rondo led the team and the league in assists per-game with 11.1 despite only playing 38 games due to ACL injury. The Celtics only played 81 games as their April 16 game against the Indiana Pacers was cancelled in the aftermath of the Boston Marathon bombing and was not rescheduled because it would not have changed any part of the final Eastern Conference standings anyway. The Celtics would go on to lose in the first round of the playoffs to the New York Knicks in six games, marking the first time the Celtics were eliminated in the first round of the playoffs since the 2004–05 season.

For the first time since 2006–07, Ray Allen was not on the roster as he signed with the Miami Heat where he won his second title. This season would mark the end of the Pierce and Garnett era in Boston as they, along with Jason Terry, were traded to the Brooklyn Nets during the 2013 off-season.

Key dates

• June 28: The 2012 NBA draft took place at Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey.
• October 30: The regular season begins with a 120–107 loss to the Miami Heat in a rematch from the previous season's playoffs.
• January 25: Rajon Rondo suffered a partially torn ACL injury in his right knee after a loss to the Atlanta Hawks and will miss the remainder of the season but is expected to be back by training camp for the 2013/14 season.
• February 1: Jared Sullinger underwent lumbar disc surgery in his back and will also miss the remainder of the season.
• February 11: Leandro Barbosa suffered a torn ACL in his left knee, along with a sprained MCL. He will be out for the rest of the season.
• April 3: Clinched a Playoffs berth with a win over the Detroit Pistons.

Pre-season

Game log

Draft picks

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College/Club Team
1	21	Jared Sullinger	PF	United States	Ohio State
1	22	Fab Melo (pick traded from the L.A. Clippers via Oklahoma City Thunder)	C	Brazil	Syracuse
2	51	Kris Joseph	SF	Canada	Syracuse

Future draft picks

Credits

2014 second round draft pick from Brooklyn

Brooklyn's own 2014 2nd round pick to Boston. [Boston – Brooklyn, 6/23/2011]

2015 second round draft pick from Sacramento

Sacramento's own 2015 2nd round pick to Boston (top 55 protected in the 2015 Draft). If Sacramento's own 2015 2nd round pick is in the top 55 picks, then Sacramento's obligations to Boston shall be extinguished. [Boston – Sacramento, 2/17/2009]

2017 second round draft pick from Sacramento

Sacramento's own 2017 2nd round pick to Boston (top 55 protected in the 2017 Draft). If Sacramento's own 2017 2nd round pick is in the top 55 picks, then Sacramento's obligations to Boston shall be extinguished. [Boston – Sacramento, 2/24/2011]

Debits

2013 second round draft pick to Portland

Boston's own 2013 2nd round pick to Portland. [Boston-Houston-Portland, 7/20/2012]

Roster

2012-13 Boston Celtics roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB From PF 30 Bass, Brandon 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 250 lb (113 kg) 1985-04-30 LSU PG 0 Bradley, Avery 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1990-11-26 Texas SG 27 Crawford, Jordan 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1988–10–23 Xavier PF 5 Garnett, Kevin 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 253 lb (115 kg) 1976-05-19 Farragut Academy (IL) SF 8 Green, Jeff 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 235 lb (107 kg) 1986–08–28 Georgetown SG 11 Lee, Courtney 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1985–10–03 Western Kentucky C 13 Melo, Fab 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 255 lb (116 kg) 1990–06–20 Syracuse SF 34 Pierce, Paul (C) 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 235 lb (107 kg) 1977-10-13 Kansas PF 42 Randolph, Shavlik 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 236 lb (107 kg) 1983–11–24 Duke PG 9 Rondo, Rajon  6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 186 lb (84 kg) 1986-02-22 Kentucky PF 7 Sullinger, Jared  6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 260 lb (118 kg) 1992-03-04 Ohio State PG 4 Terry, Jason 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1977–09–15 Arizona PF 12 White, D.J. 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 260 lb (118 kg) 1986–08–31 Indiana PF 44 Wilcox, Chris 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 235 lb (107 kg) 1982–09–03 Maryland SG 55 Williams, Terrence 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1987–06–28 Louisville	Head coach Doc Rivers Assistant coach(es) Kevin Eastman Armond Hill Mike Longabardi Tyronn Lue Jamie Young Jay Larranaga Legend (C) Team captain (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended (DL) On assignment to D-League affiliate Injured

Regular season

Game log

Note: the Boston Celtics only played 81 games instead of 82 due to the cancellation of the scheduled April 16, 2013 game vs The Indiana Pacers after the Boston Marathon bombing.

Standings

Playoffs

Game log

Transactions

Overview

Trades

Free agents

References

External links

• 2012–13 Boston Celtics season Official Site
• 2012–13 Boston Celtics season at ESPN