celtics eastern conference finals appearances last 40 years

The Boston Celtics have 13 appearances in Eastern Conference Finals between January 22, 1986 and January 22, 2026.

		TEAM	DATE	SEASON	SERIES	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	5/13/1986	1985-86	Conference Finals	BOS	vs	MIL	W 128-96	240	128	58	39	7	10	54	96	56.3	1	6	16.7	19	24	79.2	60.1	13	45	15	28
2		Celtics	5/15/1986	1985-86	Conference Finals	BOS	vs	MIL	W 122-111	240	122	36	34	11	5	47	87	54.0	3	11	27.3	25	30	83.3	60.9	13	23	14	16
3		Celtics	5/17/1986	1985-86	Conference Finals	BOS	@	MIL	W 111-107	240	111	47	30	10	8	41	89	46.1	2	6	33.3	27	37	73.0	52.7	18	29	15	24
4		Celtics	5/18/1986	1985-86	Conference Finals	BOS	@	MIL	W 111-98	240	111	47	17	5	1	40	80	50.0	8	12	66.7	23	25	92.0	61.0	7	40	18	26
5		Celtics	5/19/1987	1986-87	Conference Finals	BOS	vs	DET	W 104-91	240	104	40	26	9	5	39	75	52.0	0	5	0.0	26	29	89.7	59.3	7	33	17	18
6		Celtics	5/21/1987	1986-87	Conference Finals	BOS	vs	DET	W 110-101	240	110	38	27	6	4	38	77	49.4	2	6	33.3	32	43	74.4	57.3	10	28	9	21
7		Celtics	5/23/1987	1986-87	Conference Finals	BOS	@	DET	L 104-122	240	104	40	21	2	2	38	74	51.4	3	6	50.0	25	34	73.5	58.5	10	30	23	28
8		Celtics	5/24/1987	1986-87	Conference Finals	BOS	@	DET	L 119-145	240	119	35	27	2	2	49	92	53.3	2	10	20.0	19	24	79.2	58.0	12	23	11	20
9		Celtics	5/26/1987	1986-87	Conference Finals	BOS	vs	DET	W 108-107	240	108	40	21	7	3	36	78	46.2	2	8	25.0	34	39	87.2	56.7	9	31	18	23
10		Celtics	5/28/1987	1986-87	Conference Finals	BOS	@	DET	L 105-113	240	105	36	23	6	2	44	91	48.4	1	8	12.5	16	21	76.2	52.4	10	26	10	26
11		Celtics	5/30/1987	1986-87	Conference Finals	BOS	vs	DET	W 117-114	240	117	40	28	3	9	39	80	48.8	3	8	37.5	36	44	81.8	58.9	12	28	12	23
12		Celtics	5/25/1988	1987-88	Conference Finals	BOS	vs	DET	L 96-104	240	96	38	27	5	5	38	91	41.8	3	9	33.3	17	25	68.0	47.1	10	28	8	23
13		Celtics	5/26/1988	1987-88	Conference Finals	BOS	vs	DET	W 119-115	290	119	42	33	8	6	44	95	46.3	2	5	40.0	29	33	87.9	54.3	12	30	15	31
14		Celtics	5/28/1988	1987-88	Conference Finals	BOS	@	DET	L 94-98	240	94	41	20	6	1	35	82	42.7	5	12	41.7	19	23	82.6	51.0	12	29	11	23
15		Celtics	5/30/1988	1987-88	Conference Finals	BOS	@	DET	W 79-78	240	79	32	20	4	7	26	65	40.0	5	9	55.6	22	28	78.6	51.1	4	28	18	21
16		Celtics	6/1/1988	1987-88	Conference Finals	BOS	vs	DET	L 96-102	265	96	49	22	8	5	33	88	37.5	0	8	0.0	30	34	88.2	46.6	14	35	17	28
17		Celtics	6/3/1988	1987-88	Conference Finals	BOS	@	DET	L 90-95	240	90	49	23	5	7	32	85	37.6	1	4	25.0	25	33	75.8	45.2	21	28	12	23
18		Celtics	5/19/2002	2001-02	Conference Finals	BOS	@	NJN	L 97-104	240	97	38	18	13	6	34	83	41.0	10	29	34.5	19	29	65.5	50.6	10	28	10	25
19		Celtics	5/21/2002	2001-02	Conference Finals	BOS	@	NJN	W 93-86	240	93	60	14	8	9	32	93	34.4	6	23	26.1	23	36	63.9	42.7	18	42	11	26
20		Celtics	5/25/2002	2001-02	Conference Finals	BOS	vs	NJN	W 94-90	240	94	47	15	12	5	29	78	37.2	3	16	18.8	33	39	84.6	49.4	12	35	17	21
21		Celtics	5/27/2002	2001-02	Conference Finals	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
22		Celtics	5/29/2002	2001-02	Conference Finals	BOS	@	NJN	L 92-103	240	92	50	19	7	7	29	81	35.8	10	32	31.3	24	27	88.9	49.5	16	34	17	29
23		Celtics	5/31/2002	2001-02	Conference Finals	BOS	vs	NJN	L 88-96	240	88	41	24	7	4	34	79	43.0	7	30	23.3	13	22	59.1	49.6	11	30	13	24
24		Celtics	5/20/2008	2007-08	Conference Finals	BOS	vs	DET	W 88-79	240	88	37	27	10	3	36	69	52.2	2	9	22.2	14	21	66.7	56.2	5	32	11	21
25		Celtics	5/22/2008	2007-08	Conference Finals	BOS	vs	DET	L 97-103	240	97	39	19	5	6	35	72	48.6	5	19	26.3	22	25	88.0	58.4	13	26	13	22
		Average								242.6	101.6	41.4	22.6	7.0	4.6	36.6	81.3	45.0	7.8	23.9	32.8	20.7	26.2	79.0	54.7	10.3	31.1	13.5	22.6
		Total								18,920	7,928	3,226	1,765	545	360	2,853	6,343	45.0	611	1,865	32.8	1,611	2,040	79.0	54.7	800	2,426	1,053	1,764

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5.4

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122.0

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114.7

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2025-26 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons	32	10	.762
2	Celtics	27	16	.628	5.5
3	Knicks	26	18	.591	7.0
4	Raptors	27	19	.587	7.0
5	Cavaliers	25	20	.556	8.5

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Fri 1/23	BOS	@	BKN	7:30 PM
Sat 1/24	BOS	@	CHI	8:00 PM
Mon 1/26	POR	@	BOS	8:00 PM
Wed 1/28	ATL	@	BOS	7:30 PM
Fri 1/30	SAC	@	BOS	7:30 PM

IND

10 - 35

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Final

119

BOS

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NBA 2025-26 Leaders

33.5

Dončić

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32.0

Gilgeous-Alexander

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30.0

Maxey

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12.2

Jokić

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11.6

Towns

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11.4

Gobert

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11.0

Jokić

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9.8

Cunningham

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8.7

Dončić

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2.1

Wallace

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2.1

Maxey

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1.9

Daniels

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2.2

Sarr

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2.1

Huff

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2.0

Stewart

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4.5

Curry

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3.8

Porter

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3.8

Mitchell

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71.3

Jokić

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70.1

Williams

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68.8

Ayton

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122.7

122.0

120.1

120.0

119.9

118.6

106.6

109.1

112.4

113.3

113.3

113.3

NetRtg Rankings

13.4

7.2

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6.6

5.0

5.0

Tank Leaderboard

10-36

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12-33

12-29

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FanDuel Points Leaders

2,193.8

Gilgeous-Alexander

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2,078.3

Maxey

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2,067.6

Johnson

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DraftKings Points Leaders

2,202.3

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2,187.8

Johnson

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Dončić

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36.9

Brown

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33.1

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39.5

Maxey

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37.2

Thompson

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Durant

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FanDuel PTS/MIN Leaders

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1.59

Dončić

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1.53

Gilgeous-Alexander

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DraftKings PTS/MIN Leaders

1.96

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Gilgeous-Alexander

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31-13

24-17-1

25-18

25-19

25-19

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Worst Record ATS

16-29

17-28

17-25

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18-24

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NBA 2025-26 Standings

	Eastern	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons	32	10	.762
2	Celtics	27	16	.628	5.5
3	Knicks	26	18	.591	7.0
4	Raptors	27	19	.587	7.0
5	Cavaliers	25	20	.556	8.5
6	76ers	23	19	.548	9.0
7	Magic	23	19	.548	9.0
8	Heat	23	21	.523	10.0
9	Bulls	21	22	.488	11.5
10	Hawks	21	25	.457	13.0
11	Bucks	18	25	.419	14.5
12	Hornets	16	28	.364	17.0
13	Nets	12	30	.286	20.0
14	Wizards	10	32	.238	22.0
15	Pacers	10	35	.222	23.5

	Western	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Thunder	37	8	.822
2	Spurs	30	14	.682	6.5
3	Nuggets	29	15	.659	7.5
4	Rockets	26	15	.634	9.0
5	Lakers	26	16	.619	9.5
6	Suns	27	17	.614	9.5
7	Timberwolves	27	17	.614	9.5
8	Warriors	25	20	.556	12.0
9	Trail Blazers	22	22	.500	14.5
10	Clippers	19	24	.442	17.0
11	Grizzlies	18	24	.429	17.5
12	Mavericks	18	26	.409	18.5
13	Jazz	15	29	.341	21.5
14	Kings	12	33	.267	25.0
15	Pelicans	10	36	.217	27.5

NBA 2025-26 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Thu 12/25	PHI	@	CHI	102-109
Thu 12/25	DET	@	UTA	129-131
Thu 12/25	LAC	@	POR	119-103
Fri 12/26	DAL	@	SAC	107-113
Fri 12/26	DEN	@	ORL	126-127

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Wed 1/21	BKN	@	NYK	7:30 PM
Thu 1/22	DEN	@	WAS	7:00 PM
Thu 1/22	HOU	@	PHI	7:00 PM
Thu 1/22	CHA	@	ORL	7:00 PM
Thu 1/22	GSW	@	DAL	7:30 PM