2009–10 Boston Celtics season
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record
4 November 1 New Orleans W 97-87 Paul Pierce ( 27 ) Kevin Garnett , Kendrick Perkins ( 7 ) Rajon Rondo ( 10 ) TD Garden 18,624 4-0
5 November 3 @ Philadelphia W 105-74 Paul Pierce ( 21 ) Paul Pierce ( 8 ) Rajon Rondo ( 5 ) Wachovia Center 11,251 5-0
6 November 4 @ Minnesota W 92-90 Rajon Rondo ( 18 ) Kevin Garnett ( 11 ) Rajon Rondo ( 6 ) Target Center 19,133 6-0
7 November 6 Phoenix L 103-110 Kevin Garnett ( 26 ) Kevin Garnett ( 8 ) Rajon Rondo ( 11 ) TD Garden 18,624 6-1
8 November 7 @ New Jersey W 86-76 Paul Pierce , Rajon Rondo ( 16 ) Kevin Garnett ( 13 ) Paul Pierce ( 7 ) Izod Center 16,119 7-1
9 November 11 Utah W 105-86 Kevin Garnett ( 18 ) Kendrick Perkins ( 8 ) Rajon Rondo ( 11 ) TD Garden 18,624 8-1
10 November 13 Atlanta L 86-97 Paul Pierce ( 24 ) Kendrick Perkins ( 9 ) Rajon Rondo ( 9 ) TD Garden 18,624 8-2
11 November 14 @ Indiana L 104-113 Ray Allen ( 24 ) Kendrick Perkins ( 13 ) Paul Pierce , Rajon Rondo , Ray Allen ( 4 ) Conseco Fieldhouse 18,165 8-3
12 November 18 Golden State W 109-95 Paul Pierce ( 19 ) Kendrick Perkins , Rajon Rondo ( 7 ) Rajon Rondo ( 12 ) TD Garden 18,624 9-3
13 November 20 Orlando L 78-83 Paul Pierce ( 21 ) Rasheed Wallace ( 13 ) Ray Allen , Rajon Rondo ( 6 ) TD Garden 18,624 9-4
14 November 22 @ New York W 107-105 Paul Pierce ( 33 ) Kendrick Perkins ( 13 ) Rajon Rondo ( 10 ) Madison Square Garden 19,763 10-4
15 November 25 Philadelphia W 113-110 Paul Pierce ( 27 ) Kendrick Perkins ( 8 ) Rajon Rondo ( 7 ) TD Garden 18,624 11-4
16 November 27 Toronto W 116-110 Ray Allen ( 20 ) Kevin Garnett ( 7 ) Rajon Rondo ( 11 ) TD Garden 18,624 12-4
17 November 29 @ Miami W 92-85 Kevin Garnett ( 24 ) Kendrick Perkins ( 13 ) Rajon Rondo ( 11 ) American Airlines Arena 18,104 13-4
The 2009-10 Boston Celtics season was the 64th season of the Boston Celtics in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The Celtics finished with a record of 50-32, a 12 win drop off from the previous season. They finished 1st in the Atlantic Division and 4th in the Eastern Conference. In the playoffs, the Celtics defeated the Miami Heat in five games in the First Round, then defeated the top-seeded Cleveland Cavaliers in six games in the Semifinals, and finally, defeated the Orlando Magic in six games in the Conference Finals to advance to the NBA Finals for the twenty-first time in franchise history. The Celtics made it back to the NBA Finals after a one-year hiatus and played against the defending NBA champion and their rival, the Los Angeles Lakers. In a rematch of the 2008 NBA Finals, in which the Celtics defeated the Lakers in six games to capture their seventeenth championship, the Celtics were defeated this time by the Lakers in seven games.