2022–23 Boston Celtics season

2022–23 Boston Celtics season
2022–23 Boston Celtics season
Division champions
Head coach	Joe Mazzulla (interim from September 22, 2022; permanent from February 16, 2023)
General manager	Brad Stevens
Owner(s)	Wyc Grousbeck
Arena	TD Garden
Results
Record	57–25 (.695)
Place	Division: 1st (Atlantic); Conference: 2nd (Eastern)
Playoff finish	Eastern Conference Finals; (lost to Heat 3–4)
	Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television	NBC Sports Boston
Radio	WBZ-FM
< 2021–22	2023–24 >

The 2022–23 Boston Celtics season was the franchise's 77th season in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The Celtics entered the season as the defending Eastern Conference and Atlantic Division champions, with hopes of claiming a record-breaking eighteenth NBA Championship, having lost to the Golden State Warriors in six games in the 2022 NBA Finals the season prior.^[1]

On September 22, 2022, head coach Ime Udoka was suspended until June 30, 2023, for a violation of the team's code of conduct, following a team investigation into an inappropriate relationship between himself and a female Celtics staff member.^[2]^[3] As a result, assistant coach Joe Mazzulla was named interim head coach.^[4] After 42 wins in the first 59 games of the season, Mazzulla was named the permanent head coach and signed to a contract extension on February 16, 2023.^[5] By the end of the season, the Celtics had managed to improve on their previous season's record by six games, finishing with a 57–25 record and achieving their most regular season wins since 2009.

The Celtics qualified for the 2023 NBA playoffs as the #2-seed in the Eastern Conference, behind the Milwaukee Bucks. Despite entering the postseason as modest favorites for the championship,^[6] the team struggled all postseason, taking six and seven games to win their first two series against the Atlanta Hawks and the Philadelphia 76ers, respectively (this being only the first time since 2018 that the Celtics took longer than four games to win a first round series, not counting 2021, in which they had lost in the first round), and nearly blowing a 2–1 lead in the latter series. Regardless, the Celtics advanced to the Eastern Conference finals for the fifth time in the last seven seasons. In this round, Boston faced their rivals the Miami Heat for the third time in four years, and quickly found themselves in trouble, going 0–3 down in the series, a position from which no team had ever advanced from before. However, the Celtics refused to give up, and became only the fourth team in NBA history to force a Game 7 from such a position when Derrick White made a dramatic buzzer-beating putback layup at the end of Game 6, the first buzzer-beater made by a team trailing and facing elimination since Michael Jordan's famous 1989 shot against the Cleveland Cavaliers. Despite hopes of becoming the first NBA team to overcome a 0–3 series deficit, Boston failed to make history in Game 7, collapsing in a 103–84 home loss, during which Jayson Tatum injured his ankle in the first minute of the game and ending their season just one win short of a return to the NBA Finals.

Draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College
2	53	JD Davison	PG	United States	Alabama

The Celtics owed their first-round pick (25th overall) to the San Antonio Spurs. The Celtics only owned their second-round pick.^[7]

Roster

2022–23 Boston Celtics roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Height	Weight	DOB	From
G	13	Brogdon, Malcolm	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	229 lb (104 kg)	1992-12-11	Virginia
G/F	7	Brown, Jaylen	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	223 lb (101 kg)	1996-10-24	California
G/F	99	Champagnie, Justin	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	206 lb (93 kg)	2001-06-29	Pittsburgh
G	20	Davison, JD (TW)	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	2002-10-03	Alabama
F	8	Gallinari, Danilo	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	236 lb (107 kg)	1988-08-08	Italy
F	91	Griffin, Blake	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	250 lb (113 kg)	1989-03-16	Oklahoma
F	30	Hauser, Sam	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	217 lb (98 kg)	1997-12-08	Virginia
F/C	42	Horford, Al	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	240 lb (109 kg)	1986-06-03	Florida
C	28	Kabengele, Mfiondu (TW)	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	250 lb (113 kg)	1997-08-14	Florida State
F/C	40	Kornet, Luke	7 ft 2 in (2.18 m)	250 lb (113 kg)	1995-07-15	Vanderbilt
F/C	57	Muscala, Mike	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	240 lb (109 kg)	1991-07-01	Bucknell
G	11	Pritchard, Payton	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	1998-01-28	Oregon
G	36	Smart, Marcus	6 ft 4 in (1.93 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
G	9	White, Derrick	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	1994-07-02	Colorado
F	12	Williams, Grant	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	236 lb (107 kg)	1998-11-30	Tennessee
C	44	Williams, Robert, III	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	237 lb (108 kg)	1997-10-17	Texas A&M

Head coach

Joe Mazzulla

Assistant coach(es)

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: April 7, 2023

Standings

Division

Atlantic Division	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div	GP
y – Boston Celtics	57	25	.695	–	32‍–‍9	25‍–‍16	11–5	82
x – Philadelphia 76ers	54	28	.659	3.0	29‍–‍12	25‍–‍16	10–6	82
x – New York Knicks	47	35	.573	10.0	23‍–‍18	24‍–‍17	8–8	82
x – Brooklyn Nets	45	37	.549	12.0	23‍–‍18	22‍–‍19	7–9	82
pi – Toronto Raptors	41	41	.500	16.0	27‍–‍14	14‍–‍27	4–12	82

Conference

Eastern Conference
#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	GP
1	z – Milwaukee Bucks *	58	24	.707	–	82
2	y – Boston Celtics *	57	25	.695	1.0	82
3	x – Philadelphia 76ers	54	28	.659	4.0	82
4	x – Cleveland Cavaliers	51	31	.622	7.0	82
5	x – New York Knicks	47	35	.573	11.0	82
6	x – Brooklyn Nets	45	37	.549	13.0	82

7	y – Miami Heat *	44	38	.537	14.0	82
8	x – Atlanta Hawks	41	41	.500	17.0	82
9	pi – Toronto Raptors	41	41	.500	17.0	82
10	pi – Chicago Bulls	40	42	.488	18.0	82

11	Indiana Pacers	35	47	.427	23.0	82
12	Washington Wizards	35	47	.427	23.0	82
13	Orlando Magic	34	48	.415	24.0	82
14	Charlotte Hornets	27	55	.329	31.0	82
15	Detroit Pistons	17	65	.207	41.0	82

Game log

Preseason

2022 preseason game log
Total: 2–2 (home: 1–1; road: 1–1)

Preseason: 2–2 (home: 1–1; road: 1–1)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
1	October 2	Charlotte	W 134–93	Jaylen Brown (24)	Noah Vonleh (9)	Malcolm Brogdon (9)	TD Garden 19,156	1–0
2	October 5	Toronto	L 119–125 (OT)	Jaylen Brown (23)	Jayson Tatum (10)	Malcolm Brogdon (9)	TD Garden 19,156	1–1
3	October 7	@ Charlotte	W 112–103	Jaylen Brown (19)	Noah Vonleh (13)	Payton Pritchard (7)	Greensboro Coliseum 16,119	2–1
4	October 14	@ Toronto	L 134–137 (OT)	Brown, White (23)	Jayson Tatum (9)	Jayson Tatum (5)	Bell Centre 21,900	2–2

2022–23 preseason schedule

Regular season

2022–23 game log
Total: 57–25 (home: 32–9; road: 25–16)

October: 4–2 (home: 2–1; road: 2–1)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
1	October 18	Philadelphia	W 126–117	Brown, Tatum (35)	Jayson Tatum (12)	Marcus Smart (7)	TD Garden 19,156	1–0
2	October 21	@ Miami	W 111–104	Jayson Tatum (29)	White, G. Williams (7)	Jayson Tatum (4)	FTX Arena 19,600	2–0
3	October 22	@ Orlando	W 126–120	Jayson Tatum (40)	Jaylen Brown (9)	Marcus Smart (8)	Amway Center 19,299	3–0
4	October 24	@ Chicago	L 102–120	Jayson Tatum (26)	Jayson Tatum (8)	Marcus Smart (6)	United Center 17,673	3–1
5	October 28	Cleveland	L 123–132 (OT)	Brown, Tatum (32)	Jaylen Brown (8)	Marcus Smart (7)	TD Garden 19,156	3–2
6	October 30	Washington	W 112–94	Jaylen Brown (24)	Jaylen Brown (10)	Marcus Smart (6)	TD Garden 19,156	4–2

November: 14–2 (home: 9–0; road: 5–2)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
7	November 2	@ Cleveland	L 113–114 (OT)	Jaylen Brown (30)	Tatum, Horford (12)	Tatum, White (6)	Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse 19,432	4–3
8	November 4	Chicago	W 123–119	Jayson Tatum (36)	Jayson Tatum (12)	Jayson Tatum (6)	TD Garden 19,156	5–3
9	November 5	@ New York	W 133–118	Jaylen Brown (30)	Noah Vonleh (7)	Marcus Smart (11)	Madison Square Garden 19,812	6–3
10	November 7	@ Memphis	W 109–106	Jayson Tatum (39)	Malcolm Brogdon (10)	Marcus Smart (11)	FedExForum 17,371	7–3
11	November 9	Detroit	W 128–112	Jayson Tatum (31)	Derrick White (8)	Marcus Smart (11)	TD Garden 19,156	8–3
12	November 11	Denver	W 131–112	Jayson Tatum (34)	Brown, Tatum (8)	Jaylen Brown (8)	TD Garden 19,156	9–3
13	November 12	@ Detroit	W 117–108	Jayson Tatum (43)	Tatum, G. Williams (10)	Marcus Smart (10)	Little Caesars Arena 20,190	10–3
14	November 14	Oklahoma City	W 126–122	Jayson Tatum (27)	Al Horford (11)	Marcus Smart (8)	TD Garden 19,156	11–3
15	November 16	@ Atlanta	W 126–101	Jaylen Brown (22)	Al Horford (11)	Derrick White (10)	State Farm Arena 18,165	12–3
16	November 18	@ New Orleans	W 117–109	Jaylen Brown (27)	Jaylen Brown (10)	Jayson Tatum (10)	Smoothie King Center 17,828	13–3
17	November 21	@ Chicago	L 107–121	Jayson Tatum (28)	Jayson Tatum (11)	Marcus Smart (8)	United Center 20,786	13–4
18	November 23	Dallas	W 125–112	Jayson Tatum (37)	Jayson Tatum (13)	Marcus Smart (9)	TD Garden 19,156	14–4
19	November 25	Sacramento	W 122–104	Jayson Tatum (30)	Jayson Tatum (8)	Horford, Smart (5)	TD Garden 19,156	15–4
20	November 27	Washington	W 130–121	Jaylen Brown (36)	Grant Williams (7)	Marcus Smart (7)	TD Garden 19,156	16–4
21	November 28	Charlotte	W 140–105	Jayson Tatum (35)	Luke Kornet (8)	Marcus Smart (15)	TD Garden 19,156	17–4
22	November 30	Miami	W 134–121	Jayson Tatum (49)	Jayson Tatum (11)	Marcus Smart (9)	TD Garden 19,156	18–4

December: 8–6 (home: 4–4; road: 4–2)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
23	December 2	Miami	L 116–120 (OT)	Jaylen Brown (37)	Jaylen Brown (14)	Marcus Smart (9)	TD Garden 19,156	18–5
24	December 4	@ Brooklyn	W 103–92	Jaylen Brown (34)	Jayson Tatum (11)	Malcolm Brogdon (8)	Barclays Center 18,043	19–5
25	December 5	@ Toronto	W 116–110	Jayson Tatum (31)	Jayson Tatum (12)	Jaylen Brown (8)	Scotiabank Arena 19,800	20–5
26	December 7	@ Phoenix	W 125–98	Brown, Tatum (25)	Blake Griffin (9)	Smart, White (6)	Footprint Center 17,071	21–5
27	December 10	@ Golden State	L 107–123	Jaylen Brown (31)	Jaylen Brown (9)	Marcus Smart (5)	Chase Center 18,064	21–6
28	December 12	@ L.A. Clippers	L 93–113	Jaylen Brown (21)	Jayson Tatum (11)	Malcolm Brogdon (6)	Crypto.com Arena 19,068	21–7
29	December 13	@ L.A. Lakers	W 122–118 (OT)	Jayson Tatum (44)	Jaylen Brown (15)	Brogdon, Smart, Tatum (6)	Crypto.com Arena 18,661	22–7
30	December 16	Orlando	L 109–117	Jayson Tatum (31)	Jayson Tatum (7)	Marcus Smart (8)	TD Garden 19,156	22–8
31	December 18	Orlando	L 92–95	Jaylen Brown (24)	Jaylen Brown (14)	Marcus Smart (7)	TD Garden 19,156	22–9
32	December 21	Indiana	L 112–117	Jayson Tatum (41)	Robert Williams III (12)	Malcolm Brogdon (7)	TD Garden 19,156	22–10
33	December 23	Minnesota	W 121–109	Jaylen Brown (36)	Al Horford (11)	Marcus Smart (10)	TD Garden 19,156	23–10
34	December 25	Milwaukee	W 139–118	Jayson Tatum (41)	Jayson Tatum (7)	Marcus Smart (8)	TD Garden 19,156	24–10
35	December 27	Houston	W 126–102	Jaylen Brown (39)	Robert Williams III (15)	Malcolm Brogdon (8)	TD Garden 19,156	25–10
36	December 29	L.A. Clippers	W 116–110	Brown, Tatum (29)	Jayson Tatum (11)	Marcus Smart (9)	TD Garden 19,156	26–10

January: 10–5 (home: 4–1; road: 6–4)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
37	January 1	@ Denver	L 111–123	Jaylen Brown (30)	Jaylen Brown (8)	Marcus Smart (7)	Ball Arena 19,641	26–11
38	January 3	@ Oklahoma City	L 117–150	Jaylen Brown (29)	Malcolm Brogdon (9)	Marcus Smart (8)	Paycom Center 16,778	26–12
39	January 5	@ Dallas	W 124–95	Jayson Tatum (29)	Jayson Tatum (14)	Jayson Tatum (10)	American Airlines Center 20,413	27–12
40	January 7	@ San Antonio	W 121–116	Jayson Tatum (34)	Robert Williams III (11)	Derrick White (11)	AT&T Center 18,354	28–12
41	January 9	Chicago	W 107–99	Jayson Tatum (32)	Tatum, G. Williams (8)	Jayson Tatum (7)	TD Garden 19,156	29–12
42	January 11	New Orleans	W 125–114	Jaylen Brown (41)	Jaylen Brown (12)	Derrick White (6)	TD Garden 19,156	30–12
43	January 12	@ Brooklyn	W 109–98	Jayson Tatum (20)	Jayson Tatum (11)	Marcus Smart (10)	Barclays Center 18,125	31–12
44	January 14	@ Charlotte	W 122–106	Jayson Tatum (33)	Robert Williams III (12)	Marcus Smart (12)	Spectrum Center 19,608	32–12
45	January 16	@ Charlotte	W 130–118	Jayson Tatum (51)	Tatum, G. Williams, R. Williams (9)	Derrick White (8)	Spectrum Center 19,227	33–12
46	January 19	Golden State	W 121–118 (OT)	Jayson Tatum (34)	Jayson Tatum (19)	Jayson Tatum (6)	TD Garden 19,156	34–12
47	January 21	@ Toronto	W 106–104	Jaylen Brown (27)	Jaylen Brown (8)	Jaylen Brown (6)	Scotiabank Arena 19,800	35–12
48	January 23	@ Orlando	L 98–113	Brown, Tatum (26)	Jayson Tatum (6)	Jayson Tatum (7)	Amway Center 19,196	35–13
49	January 24	@ Miami	L 95–98	Jayson Tatum (31)	Jayson Tatum (14)	Jayson Tatum (7)	Miami-Dade Arena 19,705	35–14
50	January 26	New York	L 117–120 (OT)	Jayson Tatum (35)	Jayson Tatum (14)	Malcolm Brogdon (6)	TD Garden 19,156	35–15
51	January 28	L.A. Lakers	W 125–121 (OT)	Jaylen Brown (37)	Jayson Tatum (11)	Brogdon, Tatum (4)	TD Garden 19,156	36–15

February: 8–3 (home: 5–1; road: 3–2)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
52	February 1	Brooklyn	W 139–96	Jayson Tatum (31)	Derrick White (10)	Derrick White (5)	TD Garden 19,156	37–15
53	February 3	Phoenix	L 94–106	Jaylen Brown (27)	Al Horford (9)	Jayson Tatum (5)	TD Garden 19,156	37–16
54	February 6	@ Detroit	W 111–99	Jayson Tatum (34)	Robert Williams III (15)	Derrick White (7)	Little Caesars Arena 17,933	38–16
55	February 8	Philadelphia	W 106–99	Brogdon, White (19)	Hauser, Tatum, G. Williams (8)	Jayson Tatum (9)	TD Garden 19,156	39–16
56	February 10	Charlotte	W 127–116	Jayson Tatum (41)	Robert Williams III (16)	Derrick White (10)	TD Garden 19,156	40–16
57	February 12	Memphis	W 119–109	Derrick White (23)	Robert Williams III (16)	Derrick White (10)	TD Garden 19,156	41–16
58	February 14	@ Milwaukee	L 125–131 (OT)	Derrick White (27)	Grant Williams (10)	Derrick White (12)	Fiserv Forum 17,623	41–17
59	February 15	Detroit	W 127–109	Jayson Tatum (38)	Jayson Tatum (9)	Jayson Tatum (7)	TD Garden 19,156	42–17
All-Star Break
60	February 23	@ Indiana	W 142–138 (OT)	Jayson Tatum (31)	Jayson Tatum (12)	Brogdon, Tatum (7)	Gainbridge Fieldhouse 16,125	43–17
61	February 25	@ Philadelphia	W 110–107	Jaylen Brown (26)	Jayson Tatum (13)	Jayson Tatum (6)	Wells Fargo Center 20,993	44–17
62	February 27	@ New York	L 94–109	Malcolm Brogdon (22)	Tatum, R. Williams (7)	Jayson Tatum (9)	Madison Square Garden 19,812	44–18

March: 10–6 (home: 5–2; road: 5–4)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
63	March 1	Cleveland	W 117–113	Jayson Tatum (41)	Horford, Tatum, R. Williams (11)	Jayson Tatum (8)	TD Garden 19,156	45–18
64	March 3	Brooklyn	L 105–115	Jaylen Brown (35)	Jayson Tatum (13)	Marcus Smart (8)	TD Garden 19,156	45–19
65	March 5	New York	L 129–131 (2OT)	Jayson Tatum (40)	Al Horford (14)	Horford, Tatum (6)	TD Garden 19,156	45–20
66	March 6	@ Cleveland	L 114–118 (OT)	Jaylen Brown (32)	Jaylen Brown (13)	Jaylen Brown (9)	Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse 19,432	45–21
67	March 8	Portland	W 115–93	Jayson Tatum (30)	Malcolm Brogdon (9)	Derrick White (7)	TD Garden 19,156	46–21
68	March 11	@ Atlanta	W 134–125	Jayson Tatum (34)	Jayson Tatum (15)	Brown, White (7)	State Farm Arena 17,884	47–21
69	March 13	@ Houston	L 109–111	Jaylen Brown (43)	Jayson Tatum (8)	Jayson Tatum (6)	Toyota Center 18,055	47–22
70	March 15	@ Minnesota	W 104–102	Jaylen Brown (35)	Jayson Tatum (12)	Horford, Smart (5)	Target Center 17,136	48–22
71	March 17	@ Portland	W 126–112	Jayson Tatum (34)	Jayson Tatum (12)	Al Horford (10)	Moda Center 19,393	49–22
72	March 18	@ Utah	L 117–118	Jaylen Brown (25)	Luke Kornet (7)	Brown, Tatum (6)	Vivint Arena 18,206	49–23
73	March 21	@ Sacramento	W 132–109	Jayson Tatum (36)	Jayson Tatum (8)	Derrick White (12)	Golden 1 Center 18,111	50–23
74	March 24	Indiana	W 120–95	Jayson Tatum (34)	Al Horford (9)	Derrick White (9)	TD Garden 19,156	51–23
75	March 26	San Antonio	W 137–93	Jaylen Brown (41)	Jaylen Brown (13)	Malcolm Brogdon (9)	TD Garden 19,156	52–23
76	March 28	@ Washington	L 111–130	Jayson Tatum (28)	Jayson Tatum (9)	Smart, Tatum (5)	Capital One Arena 20,476	52–24
77	March 30	@ Milwaukee	W 140–99	Jayson Tatum (40)	Jayson Tatum (8)	Marcus Smart (8)	Fiserv Forum 18,073	53–24
78	March 31	Utah	W 122–114	Jayson Tatum (39)	Blake Griffin (12)	Malcolm Brogdon (7)	TD Garden 19,156	54–24

April : 3–1 (home: 3–0; road: 0–1)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
79	April 4	@ Philadelphia	L 101–103	Derrick White (26)	Al Horford (8)	Horford, Tatum (6)	Wells Fargo Center 21,104	54–25
80	April 5	Toronto	W 97–93	Malcolm Brogdon (29)	Jaylen Brown (11)	Jaylen Brown (5)	TD Garden 19,156	55–25
81	April 7	Toronto	W 121–102	Sam Hauser (26)	Robert Williams III (9)	Derrick White (10)	TD Garden 19,156	56–25
82	April 9	Atlanta	W 120–114	Payton Pritchard (30)	Payton Pritchard (14)	Payton Pritchard (11)	TD Garden 19,156	57–25

2022–23 season schedule

Playoffs

2023 playoff game log
Total: 11–9 (home: 5–6; road: 6–3)

First Round: 4–2 (home: 2–1; road: 2–1)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Series
1	April 15	Atlanta	W 112–99	Jaylen Brown (29)	Jaylen Brown (12)	Smart, White (7)	TD Garden 19,156	1–0
2	April 18	Atlanta	W 119–106	Jayson Tatum (29)	Jayson Tatum (10)	Malcolm Brogdon (8)	TD Garden 19,156	2–0
3	April 21	@ Atlanta	L 122–130	Jayson Tatum (29)	Jayson Tatum (10)	Marcus Smart (8)	State Farm Arena 18,536	2–1
4	April 23	@ Atlanta	W 129–121	Brown, Tatum (31)	Robert Williams III (15)	Al Horford (5)	State Farm Arena 19,144	3–1
5	April 25	Atlanta	L 117–119	Jaylen Brown (35)	Jayson Tatum (8)	Jayson Tatum (8)	TD Garden 19,156	3–2
6	April 27	@ Atlanta	W 128–120	Jaylen Brown (32)	Jayson Tatum (14)	Jayson Tatum (7)	State Farm Arena 19,176	4–2

Conference Semifinals: 4–3 (home: 2–2; road: 2–1)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Series
1	May 1	Philadelphia	L 115–119	Jayson Tatum (39)	Jayson Tatum (11)	Marcus Smart (7)	TD Garden 19,156	0–1
2	May 3	Philadelphia	W 121–87	Jaylen Brown (25)	Horford, Tatum, R. Williams (7)	Brown, G. Williams, R. Williams (4)	TD Garden 19,156	1–1
3	May 5	@ Philadelphia	W 114–102	Jayson Tatum (27)	Jayson Tatum (10)	Malcolm Brogdon (6)	Wells Fargo Center 21,290	2–1
4	May 7	@ Philadelphia	L 115–116 (OT)	Jayson Tatum (24)	Jayson Tatum (18)	Marcus Smart (7)	Wells Fargo Center 21,264	2–2
5	May 9	Philadelphia	L 103–115	Jayson Tatum (36)	Jayson Tatum (10)	Jayson Tatum (5)	TD Garden 19,156	2–3
6	May 11	@ Philadelphia	W 95–86	Marcus Smart (22)	Al Horford (11)	Marcus Smart (7)	Wells Fargo Center 21,337	3–3
7	May 14	Philadelphia	W 112–88	Jayson Tatum (51)	Jayson Tatum (13)	Jayson Tatum (5)	TD Garden 19,156	4–3

Conference Finals: 3–4 (home: 1–3; road: 2–1)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Series
1	May 17	Miami	L 116–123	Jayson Tatum (30)	Jaylen Brown (9)	Marcus Smart (11)	TD Garden 19,156	0–1
2	May 19	Miami	L 105–111	Jayson Tatum (34)	Jayson Tatum (13)	Jayson Tatum (8)	TD Garden 19,156	0–2
3	May 21	@ Miami	L 102–128	Jayson Tatum (14)	Jayson Tatum (10)	Marcus Smart (8)	Kaseya Center 20,088	0–3
4	May 23	@ Miami	W 116–99	Jayson Tatum (33)	Jayson Tatum (11)	Jayson Tatum (7)	Kaseya Center 20,147	1–3
5	May 25	Miami	W 110–97	Derrick White (24)	Al Horford (11)	Jayson Tatum (11)	TD Garden 19,156	2–3
6	May 27	@ Miami	W 104–103	Jayson Tatum (31)	Jayson Tatum (12)	Derrick White (6)	Kaseya Center 20,201	3–3
7	May 29	Miami	L 84–103	Jaylen Brown (19)	Jayson Tatum (11)	Jaylen Brown (5)	TD Garden 19,156	3–4

2023 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
Derrick White	82	70	28.3	.462	.381	.875	3.6	3.9	.7	.9	12.4
Sam Hauser	80	8	16.1	.455	.418	.706	2.6	.9	.4	.3	6.4
Grant Williams	79	23	25.9	.454	.395	.770	4.6	1.7	.5	.4	8.1
Jayson Tatum	74	74	36.9	.466	.350	.854	8.8	4.6	1.1	.7	30.1
Luke Kornet	69	0	11.7	.665	.231	.821	2.9	.8	.2	.7	3.8
Jaylen Brown	67	67	35.9	.491	.335	.765	6.9	3.5	1.1	.4	26.6
Malcolm Brogdon	67	0	26.0	.484	.444	.870	4.2	3.7	.7	.3	14.9
Al Horford	63	63	30.5	.476	.446	.714	6.2	3.0	.5	1.0	9.8
Marcus Smart	61	61	32.1	.415	.336	.746	3.1	6.3	1.5	.4	11.5
Payton Pritchard	48	3	13.4	.412	.364	.750	1.8	1.3	.3	.0	5.6
Blake Griffin	41	16	13.9	.485	.348	.656	3.8	1.5	.3	.2	4.1
Robert Williams III	35	20	23.5	.747	.000	.610	8.3	1.4	.6	1.4	8.0
Noah Vonleh	23	1	7.4	.458	.250	1.000	2.1	.3	.1	.3	1.1
Justin Jackson	23	0	4.7	.259	.250	.500	.7	.4	.2	.2	.9
Mike Muscala^†	20	4	16.2	.472	.385	.692	3.4	.6	.2	.3	5.9
JD Davison	12	0	5.5	.421	.286	.500	.8	.9	.2	.2	1.6
Mfiondu Kabengele	4	0	9.0	.286	.000	1.000	2.5	.0	.5	.0	1.5
Justin Champagnie^†	2	0	11.5	.167	.200		2.0	1.5	.5	.0	2.5

Playoffs

Boston Celtics statistics
Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Jayson Tatum	20	20	40.0	.458	.323	.876	10.5	5.3	1.1	1.1	27.2
Jaylen Brown	20	20	37.6	.496	.354	.689	5.6	3.4	1.1	.4	22.7
Marcus Smart	20	20	34.0	.453	.361	.800	4.0	5.1	1.3	.3	14.9
Al Horford	20	20	30.9	.386	.298	.750	7.2	3.0	1.1	1.7	6.7
Derrick White	20	16	29.7	.505	.455	.912	3.0	2.1	.6	1.0	13.4
Robert Williams III	20	4	20.9	.788	.000	.679	6.0	1.0	.5	1.3	7.7
Malcolm Brogdon	19	0	24.9	.418	.379	.829	3.5	2.9	.2	.3	11.9
Grant Williams	15	0	17.7	.472	.450	.800	2.2	1.2	.3	.4	5.1
Sam Hauser	15	0	6.9	.345	.333	1.000	1.1	.3	.1	.1	2.0
Payton Pritchard	10	0	5.7	.545	.400	.800	.6	1.1	.1	.0	3.2
Luke Kornet	8	0	4.0	.875	1.000	1.000	1.3	.0	.0	.1	2.1
Mike Muscala	6	0	3.5	.500	.500	.750	.7	.2	.0	.0	1.5
Justin Champagnie	4	0	2.5	.250	.000		.0	.0	.0	.0	.5
Blake Griffin	1	0	6.0	.000			2.0	.0	.0	.0	.0

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

Transactions

Trades

July 9, 2022^[8]

To Boston Celtics

Malcolm Brogdon

To Indiana Pacers

Malik Fitts
Juwan Morgan
Aaron Nesmith
Nik Stauskas
Daniel Theis
2023 BOS protected first-round pick

January 5, 2023

To Boston Celtics

2024 SAS protected second round pick

To San Antonio Spurs

Noah Vonleh
Cash Considerations

February 9, 2023

To Boston Celtics

Mike Muscala

To Oklahoma City Thunder

Justin Jackson
2023 second round pick
2029 BOS protected second-round pick

Free agency

Re-signed

Player	Signed
Sam Hauser^[9]	July 9
Luke Kornet^[10]	July 9

Additions

Player	Signed	Former Team
Danilo Gallinari^[11]	July 12	San Antonio Spurs
Mfiondu Kabengele^[12]	July 16	Rio Grande Valley Vipers
Blake Griffin^[13]	October 3	Brooklyn Nets

Subtractions

Player	Reason	New Team
Noah Vonleh	Traded
Justin Jackson	Traded

References

^ Reynolds, Tim (June 20, 2022). "Celtics take bitter with sweet after losing in NBA Finals". NBA.com. Archived from the original on June 17, 2022. Retrieved June 17, 2022.
^ "Celtics: Ime Udoka suspended for 'multiple' policy violations". NBA.com. September 23, 2022. Archived from the original on February 23, 2023. Retrieved February 23, 2023.
^ "Udoka suspended by C's for 2022-23, apologizes". ESPN.com. September 23, 2022. Archived from the original on February 23, 2023. Retrieved February 23, 2023.
^ Kasabian, Paul (September 22, 2022). "Celtics' Ime Udoka Suspended for 2022-23 Season Following Alleged Affair with Staffer". Bleacher Report. Archived from the original on September 23, 2022. Retrieved September 23, 2022.
^ Bontemps, Tim (February 16, 2023). "Mazzulla named permanent head coach, extended". ESPN. Archived from the original on February 16, 2023. Retrieved February 16, 2023.
^ Mock, Austin. "NBA Playoffs model: Our model gives Celtics a 27 percent chance to win NBA title". The Athletic. Retrieved May 31, 2023.
^ "2022 NBA Draft Order". NBA.com. May 19, 2022. Archived from the original on June 14, 2022. Retrieved June 1, 2022.
^ "Celtics Acquire Brogdon". NBA.com. July 9, 2022. Archived from the original on July 9, 2022. Retrieved July 9, 2022.
^ "Celtics Re-Sign Hauser". NBA.com. July 9, 2022. Archived from the original on July 10, 2022. Retrieved July 10, 2022.
^ "Celtics Re-Sign Kornet". NBA.com. July 9, 2022. Archived from the original on July 9, 2022. Retrieved July 10, 2022.
^ "Celtics sign Gallinari". NBA.com. July 12, 2022. Archived from the original on July 14, 2022. Retrieved July 12, 2022.
^ "Celtics sign Kabengele". NBA.com. July 16, 2022. Archived from the original on July 17, 2022. Retrieved July 16, 2022.
^ "Celtics sign Griffin". NBA.com. October 3, 2022. Archived from the original on October 3, 2022. Retrieved October 3, 2022.

[1] Reynolds, Tim (June 20, 2022). "Celtics take bitter with sweet after losing in NBA Finals". NBA.com. Archived from the original on June 17, 2022. Retrieved June 17, 2022.

[2] "Celtics: Ime Udoka suspended for 'multiple' policy violations". NBA.com. September 23, 2022. Archived from the original on February 23, 2023. Retrieved February 23, 2023.

[3] "Udoka suspended by C's for 2022-23, apologizes". ESPN.com. September 23, 2022. Archived from the original on February 23, 2023. Retrieved February 23, 2023.

[4] Kasabian, Paul (September 22, 2022). "Celtics' Ime Udoka Suspended for 2022-23 Season Following Alleged Affair with Staffer". Bleacher Report. Archived from the original on September 23, 2022. Retrieved September 23, 2022.

[5] Bontemps, Tim (February 16, 2023). "Mazzulla named permanent head coach, extended". ESPN. Archived from the original on February 16, 2023. Retrieved February 16, 2023.

[6] Mock, Austin. "NBA Playoffs model: Our model gives Celtics a 27 percent chance to win NBA title". The Athletic. Retrieved May 31, 2023.

[7] "2022 NBA Draft Order". NBA.com. May 19, 2022. Archived from the original on June 14, 2022. Retrieved June 1, 2022.

[8] "Celtics Acquire Brogdon". NBA.com. July 9, 2022. Archived from the original on July 9, 2022. Retrieved July 9, 2022.

[9] "Celtics Re-Sign Hauser". NBA.com. July 9, 2022. Archived from the original on July 10, 2022. Retrieved July 10, 2022.

[10] "Celtics Re-Sign Kornet". NBA.com. July 9, 2022. Archived from the original on July 9, 2022. Retrieved July 10, 2022.

[11] "Celtics sign Gallinari". NBA.com. July 12, 2022. Archived from the original on July 14, 2022. Retrieved July 12, 2022.

[12] "Celtics sign Kabengele". NBA.com. July 16, 2022. Archived from the original on July 17, 2022. Retrieved July 16, 2022.

[13] "Celtics sign Griffin". NBA.com. October 3, 2022. Archived from the original on October 3, 2022. Retrieved October 3, 2022.

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