Throughout the 2023-24 season, the Boston Celtics have been collecting accolades as if they were infinity stones. On track to be the most historic season ever—with Banner 18 looming over their heads—the Celtics have set new milestones all season long. And we wouldn’t expect anything less from one of the game’s most iconic franchises.
Before the Celtics’ statement win over the Miami Heat, this past Monday, Jayson Tatum, Jaylen Brown, and squad checked the following accolades off their list:
– Most points in Celtics history (9887)
– Most threes in a season in Celtics history (1351), 2nd in NBA behind Warriors
– Most home wins to start a season in team history (20)
– Most wins in a row (11) this season, tied with the Rockets
– Most 50-point wins in a season (3) in NBA history
– Most 40-point wins (4) in NBA history, tied with OKC this year
– Most 30-point wins (10) in NBA history, tied with 1971-72 Bucks
– Most games with 15 3PM games (63) in NBA history, 9 ahead of the 2022-23 Warriors
– Best offensive rating of the play-by-play era, since 1997-98 (122.2)
– Tied highest EFG% (57.8%) in the play-by-play era, 2nd in True Shooting % (60.9%)
– Highest net rating since 2000 (11.7)
– Largest margin of victory in any 11 game win streak in NBA history (+243)
– First team since the 1975-74 Warriors to finish the season 14 games ahead of anyone else in the conference
– First team to hit 1,300 threes in back-to-back seasons
– First team not to attempt a free throw in a full game
– Second highest 3P% in the play-by-play era (38.8%) in Celtics history
– 4th most wins (64) in Celtics history
– 14th time a Celtics team has reached 60 wins
As for individual accolades, the Celtics’ players have racked those up as well.
– Kristaps Porzingis became the first Celtics with 100+ blk & 100 3PM in a season.
– Jayson Tatum joined Larry Bird (1983-84 to 87-88), John Havlicek (1969-70 to 72-73) and Paul Pierce (2000-01 to 03-04) as the only Celtic to score 1900 points in at least 3 straight seasons.
