celtics record in games decided by less than 5 points 2021

The Boston Celtics had a record of 9-36 when the point differential was below 5 points in 2020-21.

	TEAM	DATE	REC	DIFF	SEASON	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	12/23/2020	1-0	1	2020-21	BOS	vs	MIL	W 122-121	1.000	240	122	37	23	8	6	48	101	47.5	18	40	45.0	8	11	72.7	57.6	10	27	7	17
2	Celtics	12/25/2020	0-1	-28	2020-21	BOS	vs	BKN	L 95-123	.000	240	95	47	23	6	5	37	98	37.8	8	27	29.6	13	19	68.4	44.7	20	27	15	27
3	Celtics	12/27/2020	0-1	-1	2020-21	BOS	@	IND	L 107-108	.000	240	107	40	21	13	7	40	79	50.6	9	23	39.1	18	24	75.0	59.7	6	34	18	17
4	Celtics	1/1/2021	0-1	-3	2020-21	BOS	@	DET	L 93-96	.000	240	93	44	20	12	11	39	83	47.0	8	31	25.8	7	14	50.0	52.2	7	37	21	20
5	Celtics	1/3/2021	1-0	2	2020-21	BOS	@	DET	W 122-120	1.000	240	122	41	35	4	5	49	87	56.3	15	33	45.5	9	13	69.2	65.8	12	29	18	22
6	Celtics	1/6/2021	1-0	2	2020-21	BOS	@	MIA	W 107-105	1.000	240	107	53	22	7	5	42	99	42.4	12	35	34.3	11	12	91.7	51.3	16	37	7	23
7	Celtics	1/17/2021	0-1	-30	2020-21	BOS	vs	NYK	L 75-105	.000	240	75	43	15	10	2	25	84	29.8	7	46	15.2	18	29	62.1	38.8	14	29	18	22
8	Celtics	1/20/2021	0-1	-8	2020-21	BOS	@	PHI	L 109-117	.000	240	109	45	22	3	0	42	89	47.2	12	33	36.4	13	20	65.0	55.7	10	35	16	29
9	Celtics	1/22/2021	0-1	-12	2020-21	BOS	@	PHI	L 110-122	.000	240	110	32	23	10	5	41	90	45.6	12	30	40.0	16	20	80.0	55.7	10	22	13	21
10	Celtics	1/27/2021	0-1	-4	2020-21	BOS	@	SAS	L 106-110	.000	240	106	39	15	10	4	42	98	42.9	10	30	33.3	12	14	85.7	50.9	13	26	12	14
11	Celtics	1/30/2021	0-1	-1	2020-21	BOS	vs	LAL	L 95-96	.000	240	95	42	24	10	6	40	82	48.8	6	21	28.6	9	14	64.3	53.9	9	33	15	16
12	Celtics	2/2/2021	1-0	4	2020-21	BOS	@	GSW	W 111-107	1.000	240	111	51	16	3	4	39	84	46.4	13	34	38.2	20	27	74.1	57.9	12	39	16	20
13	Celtics	2/3/2021	0-1	-5	2020-21	BOS	@	SAC	L 111-116	.000	240	111	45	28	9	3	39	86	45.3	11	33	33.3	22	29	75.9	56.2	11	34	13	21
14	Celtics	2/5/2021	1-0	4	2020-21	BOS	@	LAC	W 119-115	1.000	240	119	34	21	8	1	43	90	47.8	16	38	42.1	17	21	81.0	60.0	9	25	7	16
15	Celtics	2/7/2021	0-1	-9	2020-21	BOS	@	PHX	L 91-100	.000	240	91	41	19	6	2	33	93	35.5	17	44	38.6	8	12	66.7	46.3	13	28	6	11
16	Celtics	2/9/2021	0-1	-14	2020-21	BOS	@	UTA	L 108-122	.000	240	108	35	18	2	2	38	86	44.2	13	29	44.8	19	23	82.6	56.2	11	24	9	25
17	Celtics	2/12/2021	0-1	-6	2020-21	BOS	vs	DET	L 102-108	.000	240	102	44	15	9	2	36	82	43.9	8	27	29.6	22	30	73.3	53.6	7	37	10	25
18	Celtics	2/14/2021	0-1	-13	2020-21	BOS	@	WAS	L 91-104	.000	240	91	50	14	5	2	32	90	35.6	9	35	25.7	18	30	60.0	44.1	14	36	17	27
19	Celtics	2/17/2021	0-1	-8	2020-21	BOS	vs	ATL	L 114-122	.000	240	114	37	22	9	3	40	86	46.5	10	31	32.3	24	27	88.9	58.2	11	26	16	27
20	Celtics	2/21/2021	0-1	-5	2020-21	BOS	@	NOP	L 115-120	.000	265	115	49	22	9	11	39	98	39.8	10	37	27.0	27	34	79.4	50.9	11	38	11	30
21	Celtics	2/23/2021	0-1	-3	2020-21	BOS	@	DAL	L 107-110	.000	240	107	46	19	6	6	41	86	47.7	12	39	30.8	13	18	72.2	57.0	12	34	13	21
22	Celtics	2/24/2021	0-1	-15	2020-21	BOS	@	ATL	L 112-127	.000	240	112	36	20	10	6	42	95	44.2	8	31	25.8	20	23	87.0	53.3	12	24	6	16
23	Celtics	2/28/2021	1-0	1	2020-21	BOS	vs	WAS	W 111-110	1.000	240	111	49	25	7	0	42	89	47.2	10	30	33.3	17	24	70.8	55.7	13	36	19	25
24	Celtics	3/11/2021	0-1	-12	2020-21	BOS	@	BKN	L 109-121	.000	240	109	39	22	10	10	41	91	45.1	13	40	32.5	14	22	63.6	54.1	11	28	11	13
25	Celtics	3/16/2021	0-1	-8	2020-21	BOS	vs	UTA	L 109-117	.000	240	109	45	28	8	5	48	98	49.0	10	29	34.5	3	4	75.0	54.6	16	29	14	18
	Average			-6.8						.200	241.7	107.6	42.6	22.1	7.4	5.0	39.9	89.6	44.5	12.4	35.7	34.9	15.3	20.3	75.3	54.6	10.8	31.8	13.5	20.5
	Total		9-36	-306						.200	10,875	4,843	1,918	993	335	227	1,797	4,034	44.5	560	1,606	34.9	689	915	75.3	54.6	485	1,433	608	923

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PPG

28.7

Brown

RPG

8.4

Queta

APG

5.4

White

Team Rankings

ORTG

120.8

2nd

DRTG

112.7

4th

NETRTG

8.1

4th

3P%

36.7

8th

2025-26 Conference Standings

	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
Fri 12/25	MIA	@	BOS	2:30 PM

Last Game

76ers

4 - 3

109

Final

100

Celtics

3 - 4

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NBA 2025-26 Leaders

PPG Leaders

33.5

Dončić

31.1

Gilgeous-Alexander

28.8

Edwards

RPG Leaders

12.9

Jokić

11.9

Towns

11.6

Clingan

APG Leaders

10.7

Jokić

9.9

Cunningham

8.3

Dončić

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

Ball

3.4

Knueppel

TS% Leaders

68.8

Duren

67.6

Ayton

67.4

Queta

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

ORtg Rankings

122.6

120.8

119.8

119.6

119.4

119.2

DRtg Rankings

107.7

109.7

111.3

112.7

113.0

113.2

NetRtg Rankings

11.1

8.3

8.2

8.1

6.5

5.4

Tank Leaderboard

17-65

19-63

20-62

22-60

25-57

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

FanDuel Points Leaders

4,039.7

Jokić

3,694

Dončić

3,474

Johnson

DraftKings Points Leaders

4,298.5

Jokić

3,909.3

Dončić

3,685.5

Johnson

USG% Leaders

38.0

Dončić

36.1

Brown

33.4

Leonard

MPG Leaders

38.0

Maxey

37.4

Thompson

36.4

Durant

FanDuel PTS/MIN Leaders

1.78

Jokić

1.61

Dončić

1.52

Gilgeous-Alexander

DraftKings PTS/MIN Leaders

1.90

Jokić

1.71

Dončić

1.52

Gilgeous-Alexander

NBA 2025-26 Betting

Best Record ATS

50-34

61-44

50-37-1

51-38

47-36

57-44

Worst Record ATS

33-49

41-59

36-48

38-50

36-46

NBA 2025-26 Standings

	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

	Western	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Thunder - z	64	18	.780
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

NBA 2025-26 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Mon 3/30	PHX	@	MEM	131-105
Mon 3/30	CHI	@	SAS	114-129
Mon 3/30	MIN	@	DAL	124-94
Mon 3/30	CLE	@	UTA	122-113
Mon 3/30	DET	@	OKC	110-114

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Tue 10/20	BOS	@	DET	3:00 PM
Tue 10/20	PHI	@	NYK	7:00 PM
Tue 10/20	OKC	@	SAS	9:30 PM
Wed 10/21	MIN	@	MIA	7:30 PM
Wed 10/21	GSW	@	LAL	10:00 PM

The Boston Celtics had a record of 9-36 when the point differential was below 5 points in 2020-21.

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