most assists by a celtics team in a playoff game finals

The Boston Celtics have the most assists by a team in an NBA Finals game, with 43 assists against the Lakers on May 27, 1985.

	TEAM	AST	DATE	SEASON	SERIES	TM		OPP	RESULT	MIN	PTS	REB	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF
1	Celtics	43	5/27/1985	1984-85	NBA Finals	BOS	vs	LAL	W 148-114	240	148	48	10	3	62	102	60.8	7	9	77.8	17	25	68.0	65.5	13	35	13	17
2	Celtics	36	6/7/1985	1984-85	NBA Finals	BOS	@	LAL	L 111-120	240	111	39	6	7	46	93	49.5	3	8	37.5	16	21	76.2	54.3	12	27	13	21
3	Celtics	35	6/4/1987	1986-87	NBA Finals	BOS	@	LAL	L 122-141	240	122	43	5	6	51	93	54.8	1	7	14.3	19	29	65.5	57.7	15	28	14	21
4	Celtics	35	5/26/1986	1985-86	NBA Finals	BOS	vs	HOU	W 112-100	240	112	42	15	5	47	84	56.0	1	4	25.0	17	27	63.0	58.4	10	32	17	17
5	Celtics	34	4/7/1959	1958-59	NBA Finals	BOS	@	MIN	W 123-110	240	123	62			48	106	45.3				27	43	62.8	49.2				23
6	Celtics	33	6/2/2022	2021-22	NBA Finals	BOS	@	GSW	W 120-108	240	120	39	7	6	43	85	50.6	21	41	51.2	13	16	81.3	65.2	7	32	13	13
7	Celtics	33	6/17/2008	2007-08	NBA Finals	BOS	vs	LAL	W 131-92	240	131	48	18	4	43	87	49.4	13	26	50.0	32	37	86.5	63.4	14	34	8	25
8	Celtics	33	6/11/1987	1986-87	NBA Finals	BOS	vs	LAL	W 123-108	240	123	46	6	3	46	89	51.7	6	10	60.0	25	31	80.6	59.9	13	33	10	21
9	Celtics	33	6/4/1976	1975-76	NBA Finals	BOS	vs	PHX	W 128-126	315	128	62	7	0	52	116	44.8				24	29	82.8	49.7	20	42	25	27
10	Celtics	33	4/9/1957	1956-57	NBA Finals	BOS	vs	STL	W 124-109	240	124	70			49	106	46.2				26	39	66.7	50.3				33
11	Celtics	32	4/8/1962	1961-62	NBA Finals	BOS	vs	LAL	L 122-129	240	122	57			53	107	49.5				16	28	57.1	51.1				26
12	Celtics	31	6/8/2008	2007-08	NBA Finals	BOS	vs	LAL	W 108-102	240	108	37	7	3	36	68	52.9	9	14	64.3	27	38	71.1	63.7	10	27	15	21
13	Celtics	31	4/19/1965	1964-65	NBA Finals	BOS	vs	LAL	W 129-123	240	129	65			54	114	47.4				21	29	72.4	50.9				25
14	Celtics	31	4/5/1959	1958-59	NBA Finals	BOS	vs	MIN	W 128-108	240	128	82			47	116	40.5				34	43	79.1	47.4				23
15	Celtics	30	6/8/1986	1985-86	NBA Finals	BOS	vs	HOU	W 114-97	240	114	49	9	8	41	83	49.4	3	4	75.0	29	44	65.9	55.7	15	34	14	21
16	Celtics	30	6/5/1985	1984-85	NBA Finals	BOS	@	LAL	W 107-105	240	107	44	10	8	41	86	47.7	0	1	0.0	25	32	78.1	53.5	11	33	13	22
17	Celtics	30	6/2/1985	1984-85	NBA Finals	BOS	@	LAL	L 111-136	240	111	37	7	4	40	93	43.0	1	3	33.3	30	36	83.3	51.0	14	23	15	26
18	Celtics	30	6/6/1984	1983-84	NBA Finals	BOS	@	LAL	W 129-125	265	129	52	15	3	48	111	43.2	2	4	50.0	31	37	83.8	50.7	27	25	14	28
19	Celtics	30	4/18/1965	1964-65	NBA Finals	BOS	vs	LAL	W 142-110	240	142	77			53	124	42.7				36	47	76.6	49.1				26
20	Celtics	30	4/20/1964	1963-64	NBA Finals	BOS	vs	SFW	W 124-101	240	124	60			47	99	47.5				30	40	75.0	53.2				33
21	Celtics	30	4/24/1963	1962-63	NBA Finals	BOS	@	LAL	W 112-109	240	112	51			47	104	45.2				18	29	62.1	48.0				26
22	Celtics	30	4/16/1962	1961-62	NBA Finals	BOS	@	LAL	W 119-105	240	119	55			45	94	47.9				29	39	74.4	53.5				27
23	Celtics	30	4/11/1962	1961-62	NBA Finals	BOS	@	LAL	W 115-103	240	115	56			47	94	50.0				21	25	84.0	54.8				28
24	Celtics	30	4/5/1961	1960-61	NBA Finals	BOS	vs	STL	W 116-108	240	116	81			49	117	41.9				18	30	60.0	44.5				23
25	Celtics	29	6/9/2024	2023-24	NBA Finals	BOS	vs	DAL	W 105-98	240	105	41	10	5	38	84	45.2	10	39	25.6	19	20	95.0	56.6	10	31	11	15

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Team Leaders

PPG

29.1

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RPG

8.2

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APG

5.7

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Team Rankings

ORTG

120.8

2nd

DRTG

113.0

7th

NETRTG

7.8

2nd

3P%

36.5

10th

2025-26 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons	44	14	.759
2	Celtics	39	20	.661	5.5
3	Knicks	38	22	.633	7.0
4	Cavaliers	37	24	.607	8.5
5	Raptors	35	25	.583	10.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sun 3/1	PHI	@	BOS	8:00 PM
Mon 3/2	BOS	@	MIL	7:30 PM
Wed 3/4	CHA	@	BOS	7:30 PM
Fri 3/6	DAL	@	BOS	7:00 PM
Sun 3/8	BOS	@	CLE	1:00 PM

Last Game

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15 - 44

111

Final

148

Celtics

39 - 20

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NBA 2025-26 Leaders

PPG Leaders

32.6

Dončić

31.9

Gilgeous-Alexander

29.6

Edwards

RPG Leaders

12.6

Jokić

11.7

Towns

11.5

Clingan

APG Leaders

10.5

Jokić

9.8

Cunningham

8.6

Dončić

SPG Leaders

2.1

Maxey

2.0

Wallace

2.0

Leonard

BPG Leaders

2.8

Wembanyama

2.0

Holmgren

1.9

Huff

3PM Leaders

3.7

Dončić

3.5

Knueppel

3.5

Mitchell

TS% Leaders

67.9

Antetokounmpo

67.8

Jokić

67.8

Gobert

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

ORtg Rankings

121.6

120.8

119.5

118.9

118.6

118.3

DRtg Rankings

107.7

109.2

111.3

112.4

112.6

112.9

NetRtg Rankings

11.2

7.8

6.7

5.9

5.5

Tank Leaderboard

14-47

15-45

15-44

16-43

18-42

19-42

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

FanDuel Points Leaders

2,864.2

Maxey

2,738

Jokić

2,685.1

Johnson

DraftKings Points Leaders

2,920.3

Jokić

2,891.5

Maxey

2,839.8

Johnson

USG% Leaders

37.5

Dončić

36.7

Brown

33.7

Leonard

MPG Leaders

38.4

Maxey

37.1

Thompson

36.6

Durant

FanDuel PTS/MIN Leaders

1.80

Jokić

1.59

Dončić

1.54

Gilgeous-Alexander

DraftKings PTS/MIN Leaders

1.93

Jokić

1.69

Dončić

1.54

Gilgeous-Alexander

NBA 2025-26 Betting

Best Record ATS

39-22

36-23-1

34-25

35-26

33-25-1

34-26

Worst Record ATS

24-37

25-35

24-33-1

25-34

25-34-1

26-35

NBA 2025-26 Standings

	Eastern	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons	44	14	.759
2	Celtics	39	20	.661	5.5
3	Knicks	38	22	.633	7.0
4	Cavaliers	37	24	.607	8.5
5	Raptors	35	25	.583	10.0
6	76ers	33	26	.559	11.5
7	Magic	31	27	.534	13.0
8	Heat	32	29	.525	13.5
9	Hornets	30	31	.492	15.5
10	Hawks	30	31	.492	15.5
11	Bucks	26	32	.448	18.0
12	Bulls	24	36	.400	21.0
13	Wizards	16	43	.271	28.5
14	Nets	15	44	.254	29.5
15	Pacers	15	45	.250	30.0

	Western	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Thunder	46	15	.754
2	Spurs	43	16	.729	2.0
3	Rockets	37	22	.627	8.0
4	Nuggets	37	23	.617	8.5
5	Timberwolves	37	23	.617	8.5
6	Lakers	35	24	.593	10.0
7	Suns	34	26	.567	11.5
8	Warriors	31	29	.517	14.5
9	Trail Blazers	29	32	.475	17.0
10	Clippers	27	31	.466	17.5
11	Grizzlies	22	36	.379	22.5
12	Mavericks	21	38	.356	24.0
13	Pelicans	19	42	.311	27.0
14	Jazz	18	42	.300	27.5
15	Kings	14	47	.230	32.0