how many finals did the celtics go to in the 80s

The Boston Celtics had 5 appearances in the NBA Finals between the 1979-80 and 1988-89 seasons.

	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	5/5/1981	1980-81	NBA Finals	BOS	vs	HOU	W 98-95	240	98	54	23	6	5	41	95	43.2	0	1	0.0	16	20	80.0	47.2	25	29	19	21
2	Celtics	5/7/1981	1980-81	NBA Finals	BOS	vs	HOU	L 90-92	240	90	48	17	6	7	41	82	50.0	0	3	0.0	8	13	61.5	51.3	14	34	22	27
3	Celtics	5/9/1981	1980-81	NBA Finals	BOS	@	HOU	W 94-71	240	94	44	24	12	6	40	89	44.9	2	3	66.7	12	19	63.2	48.3	16	28	11	25
4	Celtics	5/10/1981	1980-81	NBA Finals	BOS	@	HOU	L 86-91	240	86	47	22	5	6	35	74	47.3	0	3	0.0	16	24	66.7	50.9	17	30	22	22
5	Celtics	5/12/1981	1980-81	NBA Finals	BOS	vs	HOU	W 109-80	240	109	54	25	5	8	41	94	43.6	0	3	0.0	27	35	77.1	49.8	19	35	14	23
6	Celtics	5/14/1981	1980-81	NBA Finals	BOS	@	HOU	W 102-91	240	102	37	26	6	0	43	78	55.1	1	4	25.0	15	18	83.3	59.4	9	28	13	21
7	Celtics	5/27/1984	1983-84	NBA Finals	BOS	vs	LAL	L 109-115	240	109	47	15	6	5	41	94	43.6	1	3	33.3	26	34	76.5	50.0	21	26	17	27
8	Celtics	5/31/1984	1983-84	NBA Finals	BOS	vs	LAL	W 124-121	265	124	50	20	13	4	45	98	45.9	0	2	0.0	34	48	70.8	52.0	20	30	17	27
9	Celtics	6/3/1984	1983-84	NBA Finals	BOS	@	LAL	L 104-137	240	104	44	23	5	5	40	101	39.6	2	5	40.0	22	31	71.0	45.4	17	27	13	33
10	Celtics	6/6/1984	1983-84	NBA Finals	BOS	@	LAL	W 129-125	265	129	52	30	15	3	48	111	43.2	2	4	50.0	31	37	83.8	50.7	27	25	14	28
11	Celtics	6/8/1984	1983-84	NBA Finals	BOS	vs	LAL	W 121-103	240	121	51	28	8	5	45	87	51.7	3	5	60.0	28	36	77.8	58.8	13	38	18	32
12	Celtics	6/10/1984	1983-84	NBA Finals	BOS	@	LAL	L 108-119	240	108	41	25	7	8	39	84	46.4	1	3	33.3	29	35	82.9	54.3	13	28	19	24
13	Celtics	6/12/1984	1983-84	NBA Finals	BOS	vs	LAL	W 111-102	240	111	52	18	11	3	34	86	39.5	0	2	0.0	43	51	84.3	51.2	20	32	14	23
14	Celtics	5/27/1985	1984-85	NBA Finals	BOS	vs	LAL	W 148-114	240	148	48	43	10	3	62	102	60.8	7	9	77.8	17	25	68.0	65.5	13	35	13	17
15	Celtics	5/30/1985	1984-85	NBA Finals	BOS	vs	LAL	L 102-109	240	102	37	22	8	4	37	82	45.1	1	6	16.7	27	36	75.0	52.1	3	34	17	20
16	Celtics	6/2/1985	1984-85	NBA Finals	BOS	@	LAL	L 111-136	240	111	37	30	7	4	40	93	43.0	1	3	33.3	30	36	83.3	51.0	14	23	15	26
17	Celtics	6/5/1985	1984-85	NBA Finals	BOS	@	LAL	W 107-105	240	107	44	30	10	8	41	86	47.7	0	1	0.0	25	32	78.1	53.5	11	33	13	22
18	Celtics	6/7/1985	1984-85	NBA Finals	BOS	@	LAL	L 111-120	240	111	39	36	6	7	46	93	49.5	3	8	37.5	16	21	76.2	54.3	12	27	13	21
19	Celtics	6/9/1985	1984-85	NBA Finals	BOS	vs	LAL	L 100-111	240	100	54	24	11	4	37	96	38.5	1	7	14.3	25	32	78.1	45.4	21	33	13	27
20	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
21	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
22	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
23	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
24	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
25	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
	Average			0.2					241.6	109.0	44.9	26.2	7.9	5.4	42.3	88.9	47.6	1.6	4.9	33.8	22.7	29.3	77.4	53.5	14.8	30.1	15.3	23.2
	Total			5					7,490	3,379	1,392	812	246	166	1,312	2,757	47.6	51	151	33.8	704	909	77.4	53.5	459	933	474	718