boston celtics nba finals record since 1986

The Boston Celtics are 19-17 in the NBA Finals since 1985-86.

	TEAM	DATE	REC	SEASON	SERIES	TM		OPP	RESULT	W%	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF
1	Celtics	5/26/1986	1-0	1985-86	NBA Finals	BOS	vs	HOU	W 112-100	1.000	240	112	42	35	15	5	47	84	56.0	1	4	25.0	17	27	63.0	58.4	10	32	17	17
2	Celtics	5/29/1986	1-0	1985-86	NBA Finals	BOS	vs	HOU	W 117-95	1.000	240	117	43	28	9	8	45	90	50.0	4	9	44.4	23	24	95.8	58.2	14	29	12	20
3	Celtics	6/1/1986	0-1	1985-86	NBA Finals	BOS	@	HOU	L 104-106	.000	240	104	53	28	12	4	42	96	43.8	1	5	20.0	19	21	90.5	49.4	22	31	19	27
4	Celtics	6/3/1986	1-0	1985-86	NBA Finals	BOS	@	HOU	W 106-103	1.000	240	106	40	23	8	6	45	78	57.7	2	6	33.3	14	17	82.4	62.0	11	29	15	17
5	Celtics	6/5/1986	0-1	1985-86	NBA Finals	BOS	@	HOU	L 96-111	.000	240	96	37	20	6	7	34	84	40.5	1	6	16.7	27	31	87.1	49.2	10	27	18	22
6	Celtics	6/8/1986	1-0	1985-86	NBA Finals	BOS	vs	HOU	W 114-97	1.000	240	114	49	30	9	8	41	83	49.4	3	4	75.0	29	44	65.9	55.7	15	34	14	21
7	Celtics	6/2/1987	0-1	1986-87	NBA Finals	BOS	@	LAL	L 113-126	.000	240	113	32	28	4	5	45	82	54.9	3	4	75.0	20	26	76.9	60.5	5	27	15	19
8	Celtics	6/4/1987	0-1	1986-87	NBA Finals	BOS	@	LAL	L 122-141	.000	240	122	43	35	5	6	51	93	54.8	1	7	14.3	19	29	65.5	57.7	15	28	14	21
9	Celtics	6/7/1987	1-0	1986-87	NBA Finals	BOS	vs	LAL	W 109-103	1.000	240	109	48	24	4	4	42	86	48.8	1	5	20.0	24	29	82.8	55.2	17	31	13	21
10	Celtics	6/9/1987	0-1	1986-87	NBA Finals	BOS	vs	LAL	L 106-107	.000	240	106	37	26	5	8	45	86	52.3	3	11	27.3	13	16	81.3	57.0	9	28	12	21
11	Celtics	6/11/1987	1-0	1986-87	NBA Finals	BOS	vs	LAL	W 123-108	1.000	240	123	46	33	6	3	46	89	51.7	6	10	60.0	25	31	80.6	59.9	13	33	10	21
12	Celtics	6/14/1987	0-1	1986-87	NBA Finals	BOS	@	LAL	L 93-106	.000	240	93	42	21	6	7	33	81	40.7	0	5	0.0	27	31	87.1	49.1	13	29	18	25
13	Celtics	6/5/2008	1-0	2007-08	NBA Finals	BOS	vs	LAL	W 98-88	1.000	240	98	46	20	6	3	32	76	42.1	6	19	31.6	28	35	80.0	53.6	10	36	14	22
14	Celtics	6/8/2008	1-0	2007-08	NBA Finals	BOS	vs	LAL	W 108-102	1.000	240	108	37	31	7	3	36	68	52.9	9	14	64.3	27	38	71.1	63.7	10	27	15	21
15	Celtics	6/10/2008	0-1	2007-08	NBA Finals	BOS	@	LAL	L 81-87	.000	240	81	45	19	8	8	29	83	34.9	8	18	44.4	15	22	68.2	43.7	14	31	13	28
16	Celtics	6/12/2008	1-0	2007-08	NBA Finals	BOS	@	LAL	W 97-91	1.000	240	97	40	15	7	4	33	73	45.2	8	22	36.4	23	28	82.1	56.8	6	34	11	24
17	Celtics	6/15/2008	0-1	2007-08	NBA Finals	BOS	@	LAL	L 98-103	.000	240	98	37	20	6	2	33	77	42.9	8	22	36.4	24	31	77.4	54.1	11	26	18	28
18	Celtics	6/17/2008	1-0	2007-08	NBA Finals	BOS	vs	LAL	W 131-92	1.000	240	131	48	33	18	4	43	87	49.4	13	26	50.0	32	37	86.5	63.4	14	34	8	25
19	Celtics	6/3/2010	0-1	2009-10	NBA Finals	BOS	@	LAL	L 89-102	.000	240	89	31	19	5	5	29	67	43.3	1	10	10.0	30	36	83.3	53.7	8	23	14	28
20	Celtics	6/6/2010	1-0	2009-10	NBA Finals	BOS	@	LAL	W 103-94	1.000	240	103	44	28	6	3	36	84	42.9	11	16	68.8	20	26	76.9	54.0	13	31	14	29
21	Celtics	6/8/2010	0-1	2009-10	NBA Finals	BOS	vs	LAL	L 84-91	.000	240	84	35	20	4	2	32	73	43.8	4	18	22.2	16	24	66.7	50.3	8	27	10	27
22	Celtics	6/10/2010	1-0	2009-10	NBA Finals	BOS	vs	LAL	W 96-89	1.000	240	96	41	15	12	2	37	83	44.6	3	12	25.0	19	23	82.6	51.5	16	25	12	21
23	Celtics	6/13/2010	1-0	2009-10	NBA Finals	BOS	vs	LAL	W 92-86	1.000	240	92	35	21	8	7	40	71	56.3	3	12	25.0	9	13	69.2	60.0	7	28	17	23
24	Celtics	6/15/2010	0-1	2009-10	NBA Finals	BOS	@	LAL	L 67-89	.000	240	67	39	17	8	4	28	84	33.3	5	23	21.7	6	10	60.0	37.9	11	28	14	21
25	Celtics	6/17/2010	0-1	2009-10	NBA Finals	BOS	@	LAL	L 79-83	.000	240	79	40	18	6	7	29	71	40.8	6	16	37.5	15	17	88.2	50.3	8	32	15	25
	Average									.528	240.0	101.4	41.5	24.4	7.2	5.2	37.5	81.7	45.9	7.4	20.1	37.0	19.0	24.2	78.5	54.9	10.9	30.6	14.2	21.0
	Total		19-17							.528	8,640	3,651	1,495	880	258	188	1,350	2,940	45.9	267	722	37.0	684	871	78.5	54.9	393	1,102	510	755

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	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons	60	22	.732
2	Celtics	56	26	.683	4.0
3	Knicks	53	29	.646	7.0
4	Cavaliers	52	30	.634	8.0
5	Raptors	46	36	.561	14.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Tue 10/20	BOS	@	DET	3:00 PM
Fri 10/23	NYK	@	BOS	7:00 PM
Mon 10/26	CHI	@	BOS	7:30 PM
Tue 10/27	BKN	@	BOS	7:30 PM
Fri 10/30	CHI	@	BOS	7:30 PM

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31.1

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28.8

Edwards

RPG Leaders

12.9

Jokić

11.9

Towns

11.6

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APG Leaders

10.7

Jokić

9.9

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8.3

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SPG Leaders

2.0

Thompson

2.0

Daniels

1.9

Wallace

BPG Leaders

3.1

Wembanyama

1.9

Holmgren

1.9

Huff

3PM Leaders

4.0

Dončić

3.8

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Knueppel

TS% Leaders

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NBA 2025-26 Rankings

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122.6

120.8

119.8

119.6

119.4

119.2

DRtg Rankings

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109.7

111.3

112.7

113.0

113.2

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8.3

8.2

8.1

6.5

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20-62

22-60

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FanDuel Points Leaders

4,039.7

Jokić

3,694

Dončić

3,474

Johnson

DraftKings Points Leaders

4,298.5

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Dončić

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USG% Leaders

38.0

Dončić

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38.0

Maxey

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1.78

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1.71

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	Eastern	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons - z	60	22	.732
2	Celtics - x	56	26	.683	4.0
3	Knicks - x	53	29	.646	7.0
4	Cavaliers - x	52	30	.634	8.0
5	Raptors - x	46	36	.561	14.0
6	Hawks - x	46	36	.561	14.0
7	76ers - x	45	37	.549	15.0
8	Magic - x	45	37	.549	15.0
9	Hornets	44	38	.537	16.0
10	Heat	43	39	.524	17.0
11	Bucks - e	32	50	.390	28.0
12	Bulls - e	31	51	.378	29.0
13	Nets - e	20	62	.244	40.0
14	Pacers - e	19	63	.232	41.0
15	Wizards - e	17	65	.207	43.0

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2	Spurs - x	62	20	.756	2.0
3	Nuggets - x	54	28	.659	10.0
4	Lakers - x	53	29	.646	11.0
5	Rockets - x	52	30	.634	12.0
6	Timberwolves - x	49	33	.598	15.0
7	Suns - x	45	37	.549	19.0
8	Trail Blazers - x	42	40	.512	22.0
9	Clippers	42	40	.512	22.0
10	Warriors	37	45	.451	27.0
11	Pelicans - e	26	56	.317	38.0
12	Mavericks - e	26	56	.317	38.0
13	Grizzlies - e	25	57	.305	39.0
14	Kings - e	22	60	.268	42.0
15	Jazz - e	22	60	.268	42.0