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.
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.
[Boston-Houston-Portland, 7/20/2012] 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.