how many times have the lakers played the celtics in the finals

The Los Angeles Lakers have played 74 games against the Celtics in the NBA Finals all-time.

	TEAM	DATE	GP	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	Lakers	4/4/1959	1	1958-59	NBA Finals	MIN	@	BOS	L 115-118	240	115	65	24			50	120	41.7				15	26	57.7	43.7				24
2	Lakers	4/5/1959	1	1958-59	NBA Finals	MIN	@	BOS	L 108-128	240	108	70	24			41	122	33.6				26	34	76.5	39.4				29
3	Lakers	4/7/1959	1	1958-59	NBA Finals	MIN	vs	BOS	L 110-123	240	110	70	23			45	114	39.5				20	26	76.9	43.8				27
4	Lakers	4/9/1959	1	1958-59	NBA Finals	MIN	vs	BOS	L 113-118	240	113	63	29			44	108	40.7				25	31	80.6	46.4				28
5	Lakers	4/7/1962	1	1961-62	NBA Finals	LAL	@	BOS	L 108-122	240	108	64	13			39	104	37.5				30	38	78.9	44.7				22
6	Lakers	4/8/1962	1	1961-62	NBA Finals	LAL	@	BOS	W 129-122	240	129	50	20			46	95	48.4				37	42	88.1	56.8				25
7	Lakers	4/10/1962	1	1961-62	NBA Finals	LAL	vs	BOS	W 117-115	240	117	69	21			37	88	42.0				43	54	79.6	52.3				28
8	Lakers	4/11/1962	1	1961-62	NBA Finals	LAL	vs	BOS	L 103-115	240	103	51	26			37	90	41.1				29	39	74.4	48.1				19
9	Lakers	4/14/1962	1	1961-62	NBA Finals	LAL	@	BOS	W 126-121	240	126	56	14			43	113	38.1				40	45	88.9	47.4				25
10	Lakers	4/16/1962	1	1961-62	NBA Finals	LAL	vs	BOS	L 105-119	240	105	51	25			38	82	46.3				29	35	82.9	53.9				28
11	Lakers	4/18/1962	1	1961-62	NBA Finals	LAL	@	BOS	L 107-110	265	107	65	16			38	108	35.2				31	44	70.5	42.0				34
12	Lakers	4/14/1963	1	1962-63	NBA Finals	LAL	@	BOS	L 114-117	240	114	55	12			36	103	35.0				42	47	89.4	46.1				28
13	Lakers	4/16/1963	1	1962-63	NBA Finals	LAL	@	BOS	L 106-113	240	106	57	12			43	101	42.6				20	33	60.6	45.9				27
14	Lakers	4/17/1963	1	1962-63	NBA Finals	LAL	vs	BOS	W 119-99	240	119	65	26			44	93	47.3				31	36	86.1	54.7				23
15	Lakers	4/19/1963	1	1962-63	NBA Finals	LAL	vs	BOS	L 105-108	240	105	54	17			36	81	44.4				33	40	82.5	53.2				29
16	Lakers	4/21/1963	1	1962-63	NBA Finals	LAL	@	BOS	W 126-119	240	126	57	13			50	108	46.3				26	37	70.3	50.7				30
17	Lakers	4/24/1963	1	1962-63	NBA Finals	LAL	vs	BOS	L 109-112	240	109	45	26			44	89	49.4				21	27	77.8	54.0				20
18	Lakers	4/18/1965	1	1964-65	NBA Finals	LAL	@	BOS	L 110-142	240	110	55	15			42	96	43.8				26	38	68.4	48.8				31
19	Lakers	4/19/1965	1	1964-65	NBA Finals	LAL	@	BOS	L 123-129	240	123	51	16			50	107	46.7				23	31	74.2	51.0				23
20	Lakers	4/21/1965	1	1964-65	NBA Finals	LAL	vs	BOS	W 126-105	240	126	79	31			43	90	47.8				40	57	70.2	54.7				32
21	Lakers	4/23/1965	1	1964-65	NBA Finals	LAL	vs	BOS	L 99-112	240	99	60	22			36	86	41.9				27	35	77.1	48.8				23
22	Lakers	4/25/1965	1	1964-65	NBA Finals	LAL	@	BOS	L 96-129	240	96	46	15			33	88	37.5				30	38	78.9	45.8				21
23	Lakers	4/17/1966	1	1965-66	NBA Finals	LAL	@	BOS	W 133-129	265	133	54	12			47	102	46.1				39	55	70.9	52.7				27
24	Lakers	4/19/1966	1	1965-66	NBA Finals	LAL	@	BOS	L 109-129	240	109	58	16			43	113	38.1				23	37	62.2	42.2				25
25	Lakers	4/20/1966	1	1965-66	NBA Finals	LAL	vs	BOS	L 106-120	240	106	54	26			39	87	44.8				28	31	90.3	52.7				22
	Average		1.0							241.7	109.6	50.8	22.2	7.9	5.1	41.6	92.0	45.2	3.4	10.3	32.6	25.0	34.0	73.5	51.3	11.9	29.5	13.3	25.7
	Total		74							17,885	8,112	3,758	1,642	254	162	3,076	6,805	45.2	108	331	32.6	1,852	2,519	73.5	51.3	380	944	426	1,901