This was the team's seventh season under head coach Brad Stevens.
After losing Kyrie Irving and Al Horford to free agency, the Celtics signed former Charlotte Hornets All-Star Kemba Walker and former New York Knicks and Portland Trail Blazers center Enes Kanter in the offseason.
The season was suspended by league officials following the games of March 11[1] due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
2 seeded and NBA champion Toronto Raptors in seven games in the Eastern Conference semifinals.
However, the Celtics lost to the fifth-seeded Miami Heat in the Eastern Conference finals in six games.