2010–11 Boston Celtics season

The Celtics were coming off of an NBA Finals loss to their rivals, the Los Angeles Lakers, in seven games.

On June 30, 2010, Doc Rivers announced that he would return to coach the Celtics after speculating that he would resign in order to spend time with his family.

In the playoffs, they swept the New York Knicks in the first round to advance to the conference semifinals,[3] where they faced the Miami Heat.

The new-look Heat proved too much for the Celtics and easily won the series in five games, knocking Boston out of the playoffs.

[5][6][7] The Big Four of Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce, Ray Allen, Rajon Rondo and coach Rivers represented the Eastern Conference in the 2011 NBA All-Star Game in Los Angeles.