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was the 47th season for the

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in the

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. This marked the first season since the 1978–79 season that Hall of Fame player

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was not on the team; this was also the final season for long-time Celtics All-Star forward Kevin McHale, as he would retire the following off-season. During the off-season, the Celtics signed free agent

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, then later on in December, traded top draft pick

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out of Georgia Tech University to the

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in exchange for

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, and also re-signed free agent John Bagley, who played for the team the previous season, but was not re-signed during the off-season. However, the team got off to a bad start by losing eight of their first ten games of the regular season, as

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only played just seven games due to a knee injury. Despite the bad start, the Celtics would post a 7-game winning streak in January, hold a 26–24 record at the All-Star break, and would then post a nine-game winning streak in March, finishing in second place in the Atlantic Division with a solid 48–34 record, and earning the #4 seed in the Eastern Conference. The Celtics also qualified for the

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for the fourteenth consecutive year.

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led the team in scoring, averaging 20.8 points and 1.5 steals per game, while McDaniel averaged 13.5 points and 6.0 rebounds per game, and

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provided the team with 13.3 points per game. In addition,

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averaged 12.6 points, 9.4 rebounds and 1.4 blocks per game, while Dee Brown contributed 10.9 points, 5.8 assists and 1.7 steals per game, and McHale provided with 10.7 points and 5.0 rebounds per game off the bench, but shot a career-low of .459 in field-goal percentage. Meanwhile, Abdelnaby averaged 8.2 points and 4.8 rebounds per game in 63 games with the Celtics after the trade, while

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contributed 7.8 points and 6.4 assists per game, and second-year forward

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contributed 6.4 points per game off the bench. However, McHale would briefly feud with head coach

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near the end of the regular season over his lack of playing time, which did not help with causing distractions and lack of focus for the Celtics. Abdelnaby finished tied in eleventh place in Most Improved Player voting, and Ford finished in seventh place in

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voting. The Celtics held home-court advantage in the Eastern Conference First Round of the

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against the 5th-seeded

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. However, during Game 1 of the series, Lewis collapsed on the court; Lewis scored 17 points in 13 minutes as the Celtics defeated the Hornets, 112–101. However, without Lewis, the Celtics lost the next three games to the Hornets, thus losing the series in four games. Game 1 of that series would also be the final game for Lewis, as he would die of cardiac arrest during practice three months later at the age of 27, before the next season began. Following the season,

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signed as a free agent with the

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, and Bagley signed with the

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during the next season.

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Record vs. opponents

Playoffs

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Player statistics

Regular season

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Playoffs

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Draft picks

Roster

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Playoffs

Player statistics

Regular season

Playoffs

Awards and records

Transactions

References

See also