celtics finals appearances last 40 years

The Boston Celtics have 6 appearances in the NBA Finals between January 15, 1986 and January 15, 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	5/26/1986	1985-86	NBA Finals	BOS	vs	HOU	W 112-100	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	1985-86	NBA Finals	BOS	vs	HOU	W 117-95	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	1985-86	NBA Finals	BOS	@	HOU	L 104-106	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	1985-86	NBA Finals	BOS	@	HOU	W 106-103	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	1985-86	NBA Finals	BOS	@	HOU	L 96-111	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	1985-86	NBA Finals	BOS	vs	HOU	W 114-97	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	1986-87	NBA Finals	BOS	@	LAL	L 113-126	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	1986-87	NBA Finals	BOS	@	LAL	L 122-141	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	1986-87	NBA Finals	BOS	vs	LAL	W 109-103	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	1986-87	NBA Finals	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
11		Celtics	6/11/1987	1986-87	NBA Finals	BOS	vs	LAL	W 123-108	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	1986-87	NBA Finals	BOS	@	LAL	L 93-106	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	2007-08	NBA Finals	BOS	vs	LAL	W 98-88	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	2007-08	NBA Finals	BOS	vs	LAL	W 108-102	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	2007-08	NBA Finals	BOS	@	LAL	L 81-87	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	2007-08	NBA Finals	BOS	@	LAL	W 97-91	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	2007-08	NBA Finals	BOS	@	LAL	L 98-103	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	2007-08	NBA Finals	BOS	vs	LAL	W 131-92	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	2009-10	NBA Finals	BOS	@	LAL	L 89-102	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	2009-10	NBA Finals	BOS	@	LAL	W 103-94	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	2009-10	NBA Finals	BOS	vs	LAL	L 84-91	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	2009-10	NBA Finals	BOS	vs	LAL	W 96-89	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	2009-10	NBA Finals	BOS	vs	LAL	W 92-86	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	2009-10	NBA Finals	BOS	@	LAL	L 67-89	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	2009-10	NBA Finals	BOS	@	LAL	L 79-83	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								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								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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29.5

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RPG

8.2

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APG

5.3

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122.1

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DRTG

115.3

14th

NETRTG

6.8

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3P%

36.8

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2025-26 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons	28	10	.737
2	Knicks	25	14	.641	3.5
3	Celtics	24	15	.615	4.5
4	Raptors	25	17	.595	5.0
5	76ers	22	17	.564	6.5

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Thu 1/15	BOS	@	MIA	7:30 PM
Sat 1/17	BOS	@	ATL	7:30 PM
Mon 1/19	BOS	@	DET	8:00 PM
Wed 1/21	IND	@	BOS	7:30 PM
Fri 1/23	BOS	@	BKN	7:30 PM

BOS

24 - 15

96

Final

98

IND

9 - 31

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NBA 2025-26 Leaders

33.4

Dončić

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31.9

Gilgeous-Alexander

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30.9

Maxey

Tyrese Maxey

12.2

Jokić

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11.4

Towns

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11.4

Gobert

Rudy Gobert

11.0

Jokić

Nikola Jokić

9.7

Cunningham

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9.0

Giddey

Josh Giddey

2.2

Leonard

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2.1

Wallace

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1.9

Daniels

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2.3

Sarr

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2.1

Huff

Jay Huff

2.1

Stewart

Isaiah Stewart

4.6

Curry

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3.9

Mitchell

Donovan Mitchell

3.8

Porter

Michael Porter Jr.

71.3

Jokić

Nikola Jokić

70.2

Williams

Mark Williams

69.3

Gobert

Rudy Gobert

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

123.5

122.1

121.2

121.1

119.8

118.8

106.8

110.5

112.3

112.5

113.1

113.1

NetRtg Rankings

13.1

7.3

6.8

6.6

5.7

5.3

Tank Leaderboard

9-33

9-31

10-30

10-28

11-26

14-26

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

FanDuel Points Leaders

2,035.3

Jokić

Nikola Jokić

2,004.5

Gilgeous-Alexander

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander

1,893.1

Johnson

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DraftKings Points Leaders

2,165.8

Jokić

Nikola Jokić

2,010.3

Gilgeous-Alexander

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander

1,997.8

Johnson

Jalen Johnson

38.0

Dončić

Luka Dončić

36.2

Brown

Jaylen Brown

33.4

Gilgeous-Alexander

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander

39.6

Maxey

Tyrese Maxey

37.0

Thompson

Amen Thompson

36.4

Dončić

Luka Dončić

FanDuel PTS/MIN Leaders

1.84

Jokić

Nikola Jokić

1.59

Dončić

Luka Dončić

1.54

Gilgeous-Alexander

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander

DraftKings PTS/MIN Leaders

1.96

Jokić

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1.69

Dončić

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1.55

Gilgeous-Alexander

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NBA 2025-26 Betting

Best Record ATS

28-12

23-14-1

24-16

23-17

23-17

22-17

Worst Record ATS

13-28

15-25

15-23

16-24

17-22

17-22-1

NBA 2025-26 Standings

	Eastern	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons	28	10	.737
2	Knicks	25	14	.641	3.5
3	Celtics	24	15	.615	4.5
4	Raptors	25	17	.595	5.0
5	76ers	22	17	.564	6.5
6	Magic	22	18	.550	7.0
7	Cavaliers	23	19	.548	7.0
8	Heat	21	19	.525	8.0
9	Hawks	20	22	.476	10.0
10	Bulls	19	21	.475	10.0
11	Bucks	17	23	.425	12.0
12	Hornets	14	26	.350	15.0
13	Nets	11	27	.289	17.0
14	Wizards	10	28	.263	18.0
15	Pacers	9	32	.220	20.5

	Western	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Thunder	34	7	.829
2	Spurs	27	13	.675	6.5
3	Nuggets	27	13	.675	6.5
4	Timberwolves	27	14	.659	7.0
5	Lakers	24	14	.632	8.5
6	Rockets	23	14	.622	9.0
7	Suns	24	16	.600	9.5
8	Warriors	22	19	.537	12.0
9	Trail Blazers	19	22	.463	15.0
10	Grizzlies	17	22	.436	16.0
11	Clippers	16	23	.410	17.0
12	Mavericks	15	25	.375	18.5
13	Jazz	14	26	.350	19.5
14	Kings	10	30	.250	23.5
15	Pelicans	10	33	.233	25.0

NBA 2025-26 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Wed 12/17	TOR	@	MIL	111-105
Wed 12/17	DET	@	DAL	114-116
Wed 12/17	GSW	@	PHX	98-99
Wed 12/17	LAL	@	UTA	143-135
Wed 12/17	ORL	@	DEN	115-126

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Thu 1/15	MEM	@	ORL	2:00 PM
Thu 1/15	PHX	@	DET	7:00 PM
Thu 1/15	OKC	@	HOU	7:30 PM
Thu 1/15	BOS	@	MIA	7:30 PM
Thu 1/15	MIL	@	SAS	8:00 PM