The Boston Celtics had their lowest point differential in a game against the Pistons on January 31, 2003, with a -52 point differential.

Interpreted as:

celtics smallest point difference in a regular-season game

	TEAM	DIFF	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	-52	1/31/2003	BOS	vs	DET	L 66-118	240	66	40	11	6	1	23	77	29.9	8	22	36.4	12	19	63.2	38.7	11	29	14	22
2	Celtics	-45	10/31/2002	BOS	@	WAS	L 69-114	240	69	31	14	5	1	24	81	29.6	7	31	22.6	14	20	70.0	38.4	8	23	12	23
3	Celtics	-44	1/4/1977	BOS	@	POR	L 84-128	240	84	51	9	2	3	29	86	33.7				26	36	72.2	41.2	17	34		24
4	Celtics	-43	3/9/1979	BOS	@	DET	L 117-160	240	117	45	23	4	3	49	111	44.1				19	26	73.1	47.8	24	21	13	26
5	Celtics	-42	4/17/1994	BOS	@	WAS	L 100-142	240	100	30	16	9	3	40	92	43.5	0	1	0.0	20	30	66.7	47.5	14	16	11	22
6	Celtics	-42	10/29/1966	BOS	@	PHI	L 96-138	240	96	59	15			35	100	35.0				26	36	72.2	41.4				31
7	Celtics	-41	3/3/1960	BOS	@	SYR	L 108-149	240	108					42						24	32	75.0					17
8	Celtics	-40	2/27/1966	BOS	@	BAL	L 92-132	240	92					35						22	30	73.3
9	Celtics	-39	12/29/1995	BOS	@	SEA	L 85-124	240	85	47	11	10	5	30	90	33.3	4	17	23.5	21	30	70.0	41.2	24	23	23	27
10	Celtics	-38	12/31/1970	BOS	vs	SFW	L 106-144	240	106	62	19			41	120	34.2				24	34	70.6	39.3				33
11	Celtics	-37	10/28/1970	BOS	vs	NYK	L 89-126	240	89	64	14			38	111	34.2				13	21	61.9	37.0				21
12	Celtics	-37	2/11/1968	BOS	vs	LAL	L 104-141	240	104	52	14			40	110	36.4				24	30	80.0	42.2				25
13	Celtics	-36	12/25/2002	BOS	@	NJN	L 81-117	240	81	32	11	6	3	23	71	32.4	6	21	28.6	29	36	80.6	46.6	9	23	18	24
14	Celtics	-36	11/7/1992	BOS	@	MIL	L 88-124	240	88	42	18	8	4	33	88	37.5	3	12	25.0	19	27	70.4	44.1	18	24	26	24
15	Celtics	-35	3/28/2000	BOS	@	ORL	L 87-122	240	87	33	23	6	5	34	92	37.0	4	18	22.2	15	27	55.6	41.9	13	20	12	29
16	Celtics	-35	2/1/1994	BOS	@	NYK	L 79-114	240	79	35	14	3	0	25	75	33.3	0	5	0.0	29	41	70.7	42.5	10	25	13	29
17	Celtics	-35	2/18/1993	BOS	@	HOU	L 84-119	240	84	39	28	12	6	35	92	38.0	0	0		14	15	93.3	42.6	17	22	19	17
18	Celtics	-35	3/16/1969	BOS	vs	LAL	L 73-108	240	73	64	11			28	109	25.7				17	29	58.6	30.0				25
19	Celtics	-35	11/18/1959	BOS	@	SYR	L 103-138	240	103	52	19			42	113	37.2				19	30	63.3	40.8				21
20	Celtics	-35	1/3/1948	BOS	@	WAS	L 60-95	240	60					20						20	25	80.0					20
21	Celtics	-34	3/11/1992	BOS	@	CHI	L 85-119	240	85	44	25	7	4	37	96	38.5	0	5	0.0	11	14	78.6	41.6	16	28	19	19
22	Celtics	-34	12/13/1953	BOS	@	SYR	L 74-108	240	74	38	21			25	84	29.8				24	34	70.6	37.4				24
23	Celtics	-33	1/11/2024	BOS	@	MIL	L 102-135	240	102	31	22	5	5	34	91	37.4	9	35	25.7	25	30	83.3	48.9	6	25	6	13
24	Celtics	-33	1/3/2023	BOS	@	OKC	L 117-150	240	117	38	29	4	7	40	88	45.5	12	40	30.0	25	31	80.6	57.6	11	27	17	15
25	Celtics	-33	12/22/1977	BOS	@	SEA	L 99-132	240	99	43	20			39	94	41.5				21	25	84.0	47.1	10	33		23