how many conference finals have celtics lost

The Boston Celtics have 12 series losses in Conference Finals all-time.

		TEAM	DATE	Series L	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	4/13/1972	0	1971-72	Conference Finals	BOS	vs	NYK	L 94-116	240	94	44	14			35	95	36.8				24	33	72.7	42.9				22
2		Celtics	4/16/1972	0	1971-72	Conference Finals	BOS	@	NYK	L 105-106	240	105	46	20			37	85	43.5				31	40	77.5	51.2				24
3		Celtics	4/19/1972	0	1971-72	Conference Finals	BOS	vs	NYK	W 115-109	240	115	51	30			46	90	51.1				23	33	69.7	55.0				24
4		Celtics	4/21/1972	0	1971-72	Conference Finals	BOS	@	NYK	L 98-116	240	98	47	16			37	94	39.4				24	34	70.6	45.0				31
5		Celtics	4/23/1972	1	1971-72	Conference Finals	BOS	vs	NYK	L 103-111	240	103	45	22			37	97	38.1				29	36	80.6	45.6				30
6		Celtics	4/15/1973	0	1972-73	Conference Finals	BOS	vs	NYK	W 134-108	240	134	52	31			59	103	57.3				16	24	66.7	59.0				18
7		Celtics	4/18/1973	0	1972-73	Conference Finals	BOS	@	NYK	L 96-129	240	96	41	20			37	94	39.4				22	28	78.6	45.1				32
8		Celtics	4/20/1973	0	1972-73	Conference Finals	BOS	vs	NYK	L 91-98	240	91	46	15			35	89	39.3				21	25	84.0	45.5				19
9		Celtics	4/22/1973	0	1972-73	Conference Finals	BOS	@	NYK	L 110-117	290	110	59	23			45	107	42.1				20	23	87.0	47.0				35
10		Celtics	4/25/1973	0	1972-73	Conference Finals	BOS	vs	NYK	W 98-97	240	98	61	23			39	92	42.4				20	32	62.5	46.2				22
11		Celtics	4/27/1973	0	1972-73	Conference Finals	BOS	@	NYK	W 110-100	240	110	39	20			43	85	50.6				24	26	92.3	57.0				19
12		Celtics	4/29/1973	1	1972-73	Conference Finals	BOS	vs	NYK	L 78-94	240	78	43	16			31	83	37.3				16	25	64.0	41.5				29
13		Celtics	4/14/1974	0	1973-74	Conference Finals	BOS	vs	NYK	W 113-88	240	113	55	29			44	85	51.8				25	29	86.2	57.8				28
14		Celtics	4/16/1974	0	1973-74	Conference Finals	BOS	@	NYK	W 111-99	240	111	54	22			45	90	50.0				21	29	72.4	54.0				25
15		Celtics	4/19/1974	0	1973-74	Conference Finals	BOS	vs	NYK	L 100-103	240	100	59	17			38	101	37.6				24	28	85.7	44.1				25
16		Celtics	4/21/1974	0	1973-74	Conference Finals	BOS	@	NYK	W 98-91	240	98	44	23			39	84	46.4				20	21	95.2	52.6				16
17		Celtics	4/24/1974	0	1973-74	Conference Finals	BOS	vs	NYK	W 105-94	240	105	51	23			38	77	49.4				29	35	82.9	56.8				30
18		Celtics	4/27/1975	0	1974-75	Conference Finals	BOS	vs	WAS	L 95-100	240	95	45	22			42	105	40.0				11	12	91.7	43.1				29
19		Celtics	4/30/1975	0	1974-75	Conference Finals	BOS	@	WAS	L 92-117	240	92	53	23			38	102	37.3				16	18	88.9	41.8				21
20		Celtics	5/3/1975	0	1974-75	Conference Finals	BOS	vs	WAS	W 101-90	240	101	62	21			39	100	39.0				23	32	71.9	44.3				27
21		Celtics	5/7/1975	0	1974-75	Conference Finals	BOS	@	WAS	L 108-119	240	108	47	25			46	107	43.0				16	22	72.7	46.3				23
22		Celtics	5/9/1975	0	1974-75	Conference Finals	BOS	vs	WAS	W 103-99	240	103	45	23			43	99	43.4				17	22	77.3	47.4				27
23		Celtics	5/11/1975	1	1974-75	Conference Finals	BOS	@	WAS	L 92-98	240	92	53	20			38	98	38.8				16	20	80.0	43.1				27
24		Celtics	5/6/1976	0	1975-76	Conference Finals	BOS	vs	CLE	W 111-99	240	111	39	23	7	2	43	82	52.4				25	30	83.3	58.3	8	31		29
25		Celtics	5/9/1976	0	1975-76	Conference Finals	BOS	vs	CLE	W 94-89	240	94	42	25	10	1	36	84	42.9				22	29	75.9	48.6	13	29		21
		Average		0.1							241.8	102.1	43.9	22.4			38.0	85.0	44.7	5.9	18.3	32.2	21.4	27.3	78.2	52.6				24.0
		Total		12							32,890	13,879	5,976	3,041			5,170	11,555	44.7	631	1,961	32.2	2,908	3,719	78.2	52.6				3,264

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2	Celtics	40	20	.667	5.5
3	Knicks	39	22	.639	7.0
4	Cavaliers	38	24	.613	8.5
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10	Hornets	30	31	.492	16.0
11	Bucks	26	33	.441	19.0
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