2019–20 Boston Celtics season

The 2019–20 Boston Celtics season is the 74th season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The Celtics will look to improve upon their 49–33 record following a semifinals exit to the Bucks. This is the seventh season under head coach Brad Stevens. After losing Kyrie Irving and Al Horford to free agency, the Celtics acquired former Charlotte Hornets All-Star player Kemba Walker on July 6, 2019. They also added former New York Knicks and Portland Trail Blazers center Enes Kanter during free agency.

2019–20 Boston Celtics season
Head coach	Brad Stevens
General manager	Danny Ainge
Owners	Wyc Grousbeck
Arena	TD Garden
Results
Record	48–24 (.667)
Place	Division: 2nd (Atlantic) Conference: 3rd (Eastern)
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television	NBC Sports Boston
Radio	WBZ-FM

The season was suspended until further notice by league officials following the games of March 11[1] after it was reported that Utah Jazz player Rudy Gobert had tested positive for COVID-19.[2] On March 19, Marcus Smart announced that he tested positive for COVID-19.[3]

On June 4, the Celtics were one of 22 teams invited to the NBA Bubble.

Draft picks

Main article: 2019 NBA draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College
1	14	Romeo Langford	SG	United States	Indiana
1	22	Grant Williams	PF	United States	Tennessee
2	33	Carsen Edwards	PG	United States	Purdue
2	51	Tremont Waters	PG	United States	LSU

The Boston Celtics hold 3 first round picks and a second round pick for the 2019 NBA Draft. The 14th pick was transferred from the Sacramento Kings as it failed to reach the 1st pick.[4]

Roster

Roster listing

Boston Celtics roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY-MM-DD) From G/F 7 Brown, Jaylen 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 223 lb (101 kg) 1996–10–24 California G 4 Edwards, Carsen 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1998–03–12 Purdue C 99 Fall, Tacko (TW) 7 ft 5 in (2.26 m) 311 lb (141 kg) 1995–12–10 Central Florida G/F 43 Green, Javonte 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1993–07–23 Radford F 20 Hayward, Gordon 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 1990–03–23 Butler C 11 Kanter, Enes 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 250 lb (113 kg) 1992–05–20 Turkey G/F 45 Langford, Romeo 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 216 lb (98 kg) 1999–10–25 Indiana F 37 Ojeleye, Semi 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 240 lb (109 kg) 1994–12–05 SMU F/C 77 Poirier, Vincent 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 235 lb (107 kg) 1993–10–27 France G 36 Smart, Marcus 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1994–03–06 Oklahoma State G/F 0 Tatum, Jayson 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1998–03–03 Duke F/C 27 Theis, Daniel 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 245 lb (111 kg) 1992–04–04 Germany G 8 Walker, Kemba 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 184 lb (83 kg) 1990–05–08 Connecticut G 9 Wanamaker, Brad 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1989–07–25 Pittsburgh G 51 Waters, Tremont (TW) 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1998–01–10 LSU F 12 Williams, Grant 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 236 lb (107 kg) 1998–11–30 Tennessee F/C 44 Williams, Robert 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 237 lb (108 kg) 1997–10–17 Texas A&M	Head coach Brad Stevens Assistant coach(es) Brandon Bailey Jay Larrañaga Joe Mazzulla Scott Morrison Jamie Young Legend (C) Team captain (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: 2020–01–18

Standings

Division

Atlantic Division	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div	GP
y – Toronto Raptors	53	19	.736	−8.5	26–10	27–9	9–5	72
x – Boston Celtics	48	24	.667	−3.5	26–10	22–14	9–6	72
x – Philadelphia 76ers	43	30	.589	2.0	31–4	12–26	11–5	73
x – Brooklyn Nets	35	37	.486	9.5	20–16	15–21	6–10	72
New York Knicks	21	45	.318	20.5	11–22	10–23	2–11	66

Conference

Eastern Conference
#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	GP
1	z – Milwaukee Bucks	56	17	.767	–	73
2	y – Toronto Raptors *	53	19	.736	2.5	72
3	x – Boston Celtics	48	24	.667	7.5	72
4	x – Indiana Pacers *	45	28	.616	11.0	73
5	y – Miami Heat	44	29	.603	12.0	73
6	x – Philadelphia 76ers	43	30	.589	13.0	73
7	x – Brooklyn Nets	35	37	.486	20.5	72
8	x – Orlando Magic	33	40	.452	23.0	73
9	Washington Wizards	25	47	.347	30.5	72
10	Charlotte Hornets	23	42	.354	29.0	65
11	Chicago Bulls	22	43	.338	30.0	65
12	New York Knicks	21	45	.318	31.5	66
13	Detroit Pistons	20	46	.303	32.5	66
14	Atlanta Hawks	20	47	.299	33.0	67
15	Cleveland Cavaliers	19	46	.292	33.0	65

Game log

Preseason

2019 preseason game log Total: 4–0 (Home: 2–0; Road: 2–0)
Preseason: 4–0 (Home: 2–0; Road: 2–0) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 1 October 6 Charlotte W 107–106 Jayson Tatum (20) Grant Williams (9) Kemba Walker (4) TD Garden 18,624 1–0 2 October 11 @ Orlando W 100–75 Jayson Tatum (15) Daniel Theis (9) Wanamaker, Smart (4) Amway Center 17,354 2–0 3 October 13 Cleveland W 118–72 Max Strus (14) Jayson Tatum (9) Tremont Waters (4) TD Garden 18,624 3–0 4 October 15 @ Cleveland W 118–95 Carsen Edwards (30) Javonte Green (9) Tremont Waters (7) Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse 12,398 4–0
2019–20 season schedule

Regular season

2019–20 game log Total: 48–24 (Home: 26–10; Road: 22–14)
October: 3–1 (Home: 2–0; Road: 1–1) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 1 October 23 @ Philadelphia L 93–107 Gordon Hayward (25) Jayson Tatum (10) Marcus Smart (6) Wells Fargo Center 20,422 0–1 2 October 25 Toronto W 112–106 Tatum, Brown (25) Tatum, Brown (9) Tatum, Brown, G.Williams (4) TD Garden 18,624 1–1 3 October 26 @ New York W 118–95 Kemba Walker (32) Jayson Tatum (9) Smart, Walker (4) Madison Square Garden 19,812 2–1 4 October 30 Milwaukee W 116–105 Kemba Walker (32) Gordon Hayward (10) Gordon Hayward (7) TD Garden 18,624 3–1
November: 10–4 (Home: 5–0; Road: 5–4) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 5 November 1 New York W 104–102 Kemba Walker (33) Gordon Hayward (9) Kemba Walker (5) TD Garden 18,624 4–1 6 November 5 @ Cleveland W 119–113 Gordon Hayward (39) Daniel Theis (9) Gordon Hayward (8) Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse 17,709 5–1 7 November 7 @ Charlotte W 108–87 Jayson Tatum (23) Gordon Hayward (10) Hayward, Walker (6) Spectrum Center 18,487 6–1 8 November 9 @ San Antonio W 135–115 Jaylen Brown (30) Tatum, Brown, Williams III (7) Kemba Walker (8) AT&T Center 18,354 7–1 9 November 11 Dallas W 116–106 Kemba Walker (29) Jaylen Brown (11) Marcus Smart (6) TD Garden 18,624 8–1 10 November 13 Washington W 140–133 Kemba Walker (25) Enes Kanter (9) Smart, Walker, Wanamaker (5) TD Garden 19,156 9–1 11 November 15 @ Golden State W 105–100 Jayson Tatum (24) Brown, Tatum (8) Kemba Walker (5) Chase Center 18,064 10–1 12 November 17 @ Sacramento L 99–100 Jaylen Brown (18) Daniel Theis (10) Smart, Walker (9) Golden 1 Center 16,633 10–2 13 November 18 @ Phoenix W 99–85 Jayson Tatum (26) Theis, Tatum (11) Brad Wanamaker (6) Talking Stick Resort Arena 15,193 11–2 14 November 20 @ LA Clippers L 104–107 (OT) Jayson Tatum (30) Daniel Theis (14) Marcus Smart (8) Staples Center 19,068 11–3 15 November 22 @ Denver L 92–96 Jaylen Brown (22) Jaylen Brown (10) Brown, Wanamaker (4) Pepsi Center 19,520 11–4 16 November 25 Sacramento W 103–102 Jaylen Brown (24) Enes Kanter (9) Marcus Smart (7) TD Garden 19,156 12–4 17 November 27 Brooklyn W 121–110 Kemba Walker (39) Jaylen Brown (10) Smart, Tatum (5) TD Garden 19,156 13–4 18 November 29 @ Brooklyn L 107–112 Jayson Tatum (26) Jayson Tatum (9) Kemba Walker (6) Barclays Center 17,732 13–5
December: 10–3 (Home: 6–2; Road: 4–1) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 19 December 1 @ New York W 113–104 Jayson Tatum (30) Enes Kanter (11) Kemba Walker (10) Madison Square Garden 18,005 14–5 20 December 4 Miami W 112–93 Jaylen Brown (31) Robert Williams III (10) Kemba Walker (7) TD Garden 19,156 15–5 21 December 6 Denver W 108–95 Jayson Tatum (26) Brown, Tatum (7) Jayson Tatum (5) TD Garden 19,156 16–5 22 December 9 Cleveland W 110–88 Kemba Walker (22) Jayson Tatum (11) Kemba Walker (7) TD Garden 19,156 17–5 23 December 11 @ Indiana L 117–122 Kemba Walker (44) Jaylen Brown (8) Jaylen Brown (8) Bankers Life Fieldhouse 15,637 17–6 24 December 12 Philadelphia L 109–115 Kemba Walker (29) Enes Kanter (9) Kemba Walker (8) TD Garden 19,156 17–7 25 December 18 @ Dallas W 109–103 Kemba Walker (32) Enes Kanter (13) Kemba Walker (3) American Airlines Center 20,181 18–7 26 December 20 Detroit W 114–93 Brown, Tatum (26) Enes Kanter (18) Kemba Walker (11) TD Garden 19,156 19–7 27 December 22 Charlotte W 119–93 Jayson Tatum (39) Enes Kanter (13) Brad Wanamaker (8) TD Garden 19,156 20–7 28 December 25 @ Toronto W 118–102 Jaylen Brown (30) Enes Kanter (11) Hayward, Tatum (6) Scotiabank Arena 19,800 21–7 29 December 27 Cleveland W 129–117 Jaylen Brown (34) Brown, Kanter (9) Gordon Hayward (8) TD Garden 19,156 22–7 30 December 28 Toronto L 97–113 Kemba Walker (30) Hayward, Kanter (6) Jayson Tatum (4) TD Garden 19,156 22–8 31 December 31 @ Charlotte W 109–92 Jayson Tatum (24) Enes Kanter (14) Smart, Walker (7) Spectrum Center 19,216 23–8
January: 9–7 (Home: 6–3; Road: 3–4) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 32 January 3 Atlanta W 109–106 Jaylen Brown (24) Enes Kanter (11) Marcus Smart (9) TD Garden 19,156 24–8 33 January 4 @ Chicago W 111–104 Jayson Tatum (28) Enes Kanter (12) Smart, Wanamaker (5) United Center 21,130 25–8 34 January 6 @ Washington L 94–99 Jaylen Brown (23) Jaylen Brown (12) Gordon Hayward (4) Capital One Arena 17,963 25–9 35 January 8 San Antonio L 114–129 Gordon Hayward (18) Enes Kanter (7) Marcus Smart (5) TD Garden 19,156 25–10 36 January 9 @ Philadelphia L 98–109 Kemba Walker (26) Enes Kanter (11) Jayson Tatum (4) Wells Fargo Center 20,822 25–11 37 January 11 New Orleans W 140–105 Jayson Tatum (41) Enes Kanter (19) Kemba Walker (7) TD Garden 19,156 26–11 38 January 13 Chicago W 113–101 Jayson Tatum (21) Enes Kanter (9) Hayward, Smart (8) TD Garden 19,156 27–11 39 January 15 Detroit L 103–116 Gordon Hayward (25) Jaylen Brown (12) Daniel Theis (6) TD Garden 19,156 27–12 40 January 16 @ Milwaukee L 123–128 Kemba Walker (40) Kemba Walker (11) Brad Wanamaker (4) Fiserv Forum 17,873 27–13 41 January 18 Phoenix L 119–123 Marcus Smart (37) Jayson Tatum (10) Marcus Smart (8) TD Garden 19,156 27–14 42 January 20 LA Lakers W 139–107 Jayson Tatum (27) Enes Kanter (11) Kemba Walker (7) TD Garden 19,156 28–14 43 January 22 Memphis W 119–95 Jayson Tatum (23) Enes Kanter (8) Marcus Smart (6) TD Garden 19,156 29–14 44 January 24 @ Orlando W 109–98 Kemba Walker (37) Gordon Hayward (14) Smart, Walker (6) Amway Center 18,846 30–14 45 January 26 @ New Orleans L 108–123 Kemba Walker (35) Daniel Theis (9) Marcus Smart (7) Smoothie King Center 16,737 30–15 46 January 28 @ Miami W 109–101 Gordon Hayward (29) Daniel Theis (11) Kemba Walker (8) American Airlines Arena 19,704 31–15 47 January 30 Golden State W 119–104 Gordon Hayward (25) Hayward, Theis (8) Marcus Smart (6) TD Garden 19,156 32–15
February: 9–3 (Home: 4–1; Road: 5–2) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 48 February 1 Philadelphia W 116–95 Jaylen Brown (32) Brown, Hayward (9) Smart, Tatum (4) TD Garden 19,156 33–15 49 February 3 @ Atlanta W 123–115 Jayson Tatum (28) Enes Kanter (9) Gordon Hayward (6) State Farm Arena 16,231 34–15 50 February 5 Orlando W 116–100 Jayson Tatum (33) Kanter, Tatum (8) Gordon Hayward (7) TD Garden 19,156 35–15 51 February 7 Atlanta W 112–107 Jayson Tatum (32) Enes Kanter (15) Smart, Tatum, Walker (6) TD Garden 19,156 36–15 52 February 9 @ Oklahoma City W 112–111 Kemba Walker (27) Tatum, Theis (11) Daniel Theis (5) Chesapeake Energy Arena 18,203 37–15 53 February 11 @ Houston L 105–116 Gordon Hayward (20) Tatum, Theis (9) Gordon Hayward (6) Toyota Center 18,055 37–16 54 February 13 LA Clippers W 141–133 (2OT) Jayson Tatum (39) Gordon Hayward (13) Kemba Walker (7) TD Garden 19,156 38–16 All-Star Break 55 February 21 @ Minnesota W 127–117 Gordon Hayward (29) Daniel Theis (16) Marcus Smart (10) Target Center 18,978 39–16 56 February 23 @ LA Lakers L 112–114 Jayson Tatum (41) Daniel Theis (9) Gordon Hayward (9) Staples Center 18,997 39–17 57 February 25 @ Portland W 118–106 Jayson Tatum (36) Daniel Theis (9) Brad Wanamaker (4) Moda Center 19,460 40–17 58 February 26 @ Utah W 114–103 Jayson Tatum (33) Jayson Tatum (11) Marcus Smart (9) Vivint Smart Home Arena 18,306 41–17 59 February 29 Houston L 110–111 (OT) Jayson Tatum (32) Daniel Theis (15) Marcus Smart (7) TD Garden 19,156 41–18
March: 2–3 (Home: 0–3; Road: 2–0) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 60 March 3 Brooklyn L 120–129 (OT) Jaylen Brown (22) Javonte Green (8) Marcus Smart (10) TD Garden 19,156 41–19 61 March 4 @ Cleveland W 112–106 Jayson Tatum (32) Enes Kanter (11) Jayson Tatum (6) Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse 16,897 42–19 62 March 6 Utah L 94–99 Marcus Smart (29) Daniel Theis (9) Kemba Walker (7) TD Garden 19,156 42–20 63 March 8 Oklahoma City L 104–105 Gordon Hayward (24) Marcus Smart (10) Kemba Walker (5) TD Garden 19,156 42–21 64 March 10 @ Indiana W 114–111 Jayson Tatum (30) Gordon Hayward (10) Hayward, Smart (5) Bankers Life Fieldhouse 17,053 43–21
Seeding games: 5–3 (Home: 3–1; Road: 2–2) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 65 July 31 @ Milwaukee L 112–119 Marcus Smart (23) Daniel Theis (12) Gordon Hayward (6) HP Field House No In-Person Attendance 43–22 66 August 2 Portland W 128–124 Jayson Tatum (34) Hayward, Kanter (8) Jayson Tatum (8) The Arena No In-Person Attendance 44–22 67 August 4 @ Miami L 106–112 Jayson Tatum (23) Jaylen Brown (10) Kemba Walker (4) HP Field House No In-Person Attendance 44–23 68 August 5 Brooklyn W 149–115 Jaylen Brown (21) Gordon Hayward (7) Marcus Smart (6) The Arena No In-Person Attendance 45–23 69 August 7 @ Toronto W 122–100 Jaylen Brown (20) Daniel Theis (11) Marcus Smart (5) The Arena No In-Person Attendance 46–23 70 August 9 Orlando W 122–119 (OT) Gordon Hayward (31) Jaylen Brown (12) Marcus Smart (9) The Arena No In-Person Attendance 47–23 71 August 11 @ Memphis W 122–107 Jayson Tatum (29) Enes Kanter (8) Marcus Smart (9) HP Field House No In-Person Attendance 48–23 72 August 13 Washington L 90–96 Javonte Green (23) Vincent Poirier (9) Langford, Wanamaker, Waters (4) The Arena No In-Person Attendance 48–24
2019–20 season schedule

Postseason

Transactions

Main article: List of 2019–20 NBA season transactions

Trades

June 20, 2019[5]	To Boston Celtics Draft rights to Ty Jerome (#24) Draft rights to Carsen Edwards (#33)	To Philadelphia 76ers Draft rights to Matisse Thybulle (#20)
June 20, 2019[6]	To Boston Celtics	To Phoenix Suns
	2020 First Round Pick (from Milwaukee Bucks)	Aron Baynes Draft Rights to Ty Jerome (#24)

Free agency

Re-signed

Player	Signed	Former Team
Daniel Theis[7]	2-year contract worth $10 million	Boston Celtics
Brad Wanamaker[8]	Undisclosed deal	Boston Celtics

Additions

Player	Signed	Former Team
Kemba Walker[9]	4-year contract worth $141 million	Charlotte Hornets
Enes Kanter[10]	2-year contract worth $10 million	Portland Trail Blazers
Vincent Poirier[11]	Undisclosed deal	Saski Baskonia
Tacko Fall[12]	Two-way contract[13]	UCF

Subtractions

Player	Reason	New Team
Al Horford[14]	4-year contract worth $109 million	Philadelphia 76ers
Kyrie Irving[15]	4-year contract worth $142 million	Brooklyn Nets
Terry Rozier[16]	3-year contract worth $58 million	Charlotte Hornets
Guerschon Yabusele[17]		Nanjing Monkey Kings
Marcus Morris Sr.[18]	1-year contract worth $15 million	New York Knicks

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