biggest point differential in loss for boston celtics in playoffs

The Boston Celtics had their highest point differential in a loss in a playoff game 18 times, with a -1 point differential.

	TEAM	DIFF	L	DATE	TM		OPP	RESULT	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF
1	Celtics	-1	1	5/7/2025	BOS	vs	NYK	L 90-91	240	90	51	17	9	5	34	94	36.2	10	40	25.0	12	15	80.0	44.7	16	35	17	17
2	Celtics	-1	1	5/7/2023	BOS	@	PHI	L 115-116	265	115	44	25	3	12	41	87	47.1	17	44	38.6	16	22	72.7	59.5	13	31	10	21
3	Celtics	-1	1	9/3/2020	BOS	vs	TOR	L 103-104	240	103	44	21	6	7	39	83	47.0	9	29	31.0	16	21	76.2	55.8	7	37	15	16
4	Celtics	-1	1	5/12/2017	BOS	@	WAS	L 91-92	240	91	37	25	5	3	32	79	40.5	11	35	31.4	16	18	88.9	52.3	7	30	11	19
5	Celtics	-1	1	4/16/2016	BOS	@	ATL	L 101-102	240	101	50	27	6	6	37	102	36.3	11	35	31.4	16	19	84.2	45.8	15	35	10	32
6	Celtics	-1	1	5/14/2012	BOS	vs	PHI	L 81-82	240	81	36	23	11	6	33	79	41.8	8	18	44.4	7	9	77.8	48.8	6	30	19	22
7	Celtics	-1	1	5/8/2012	BOS	@	ATL	L 86-87	240	86	33	23	11	3	34	77	44.2	6	14	42.9	12	15	80.0	51.4	9	24	15	13
8	Celtics	-1	1	4/30/2009	BOS	@	CHI	L 127-128	315	127	49	29	6	6	46	106	43.4	11	31	35.5	24	30	80.0	53.3	16	33	13	29
9	Celtics	-1	1	5/5/1993	BOS	@	CHA	L 103-104	240	103	38	22	6	8	44	82	53.7	2	3	66.7	13	19	68.4	57.0	15	23	17	22
10	Celtics	-1	1	5/1/1993	BOS	vs	CHA	L 98-99	290	98	55	19	6	4	41	105	39.0	0	8	0.0	16	17	94.1	43.6	23	32	10	21
11	Celtics	-1	1	6/9/1987	BOS	vs	LAL	L 106-107	240	106	37	26	5	8	45	86	52.3	3	11	27.3	13	16	81.3	57.0	9	28	12	21
12	Celtics	-1	1	4/28/1982	BOS	vs	WAS	L 102-103	240	102	36	26			42	80	52.5	0	1	0.0	18	22	81.8	56.9			19	26
13	Celtics	-1	1	4/21/1981	BOS	vs	PHI	L 104-105	240	104	46	23	5	9	43	91	47.3	0	3	0.0	18	30	60.0	49.9			13	29
14	Celtics	-1	1	5/10/1974	BOS	vs	MIL	L 101-102	290	101	45	27	7	0	40	102	39.2				21	28	75.0	44.2	15	30	13	23
15	Celtics	-1	1	4/16/1972	BOS	@	NYK	L 105-106	240	105	46	20			37	85	43.5				31	40	77.5	51.2				24
16	Celtics	-1	1	4/12/1958	BOS	@	STL	L 109-110	240	109	56				33	96	34.4				43	50	86.0	46.2				30
17	Celtics	-1	1	3/17/1954	BOS	vs	SYR	L 95-96	265	95	58	28			29	72	40.3				37	56	66.1	49.2				35
18	Celtics	-1	1	3/26/1952	BOS	vs	NYK	L 87-88	290	87		22			27	73	37.0				33	45	73.3	46.9				43
19	Celtics	-2	1	4/25/2025	BOS	@	ORL	L 93-95	240	93	39	15	9	5	33	74	44.6	9	27	33.3	18	22	81.8	55.6	8	31	21	20
20	Celtics	-2	1	4/25/2023	BOS	vs	ATL	L 117-119	240	117	43	31	1	9	49	92	53.3	12	38	31.6	7	13	53.8	59.9	9	34	9	20
21	Celtics	-2	1	5/7/2022	BOS	@	MIL	L 101-103	240	101	47	23	5	13	32	87	36.8	9	33	27.3	28	34	82.4	49.5	11	36	12	21
22	Celtics	-2	1	4/22/2018	BOS	@	MIL	L 102-104	240	102	43	22	6	3	36	87	41.4	10	29	34.5	20	25	80.0	52.0	16	27	9	21
23	Celtics	-2	1	4/18/2009	BOS	vs	CHI	L 103-105	265	103	45	16	8	7	39	99	39.4	4	16	25.0	21	27	77.8	46.4	10	35	13	20
24	Celtics	-2	1	5/27/2002	BOS	vs	NJN	L 92-94	240	92	43	23	10	4	32	78	41.0	5	20	25.0	23	34	67.6	49.5	11	32	14	25
25	Celtics	-2	1	5/1/2002	BOS	@	PHI	L 81-83	240	81	37	15	9	2	31	78	39.7	9	29	31.0	10	14	71.4	48.1	10	27	15	23

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