most conference finals appearances by team last 20 years

Between May 19, 2006 and May 19, 2026, the Boston Celtics have the most appearances by a team in Conference Finals, with 9 appearances.

	TEAM	SERIES	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
1	Celtics	Conference Finals	55	242.3	101.1	40.7	22.1	7.0	4.4	36.2	80.5	45.0	9.6	28.8	33.3	19.1	24.1	79.3	55.5	9.6	31.1	13.2	13,325	5,559	2,239	1,214	384	243	728	1,212
2	Heat	Conference Finals	51	242.5	99.2	39.0	19.3	7.1	4.9	36.2	77.9	46.5	8.6	24.5	35.0	18.2	23.7	76.8	56.2	9.0	30.0	12.9	12,365	5,060	1,988	985	363	250	660	1,090
3	Spurs	Conference Finals	31	244.0	101.6	41.4	22.3	7.4	4.6	37.4	81.4	46.0	8.6	22.9	37.6	18.1	23.6	76.7	55.3	9.9	31.5	14.6	7,565	3,149	1,283	690	229	144	453	656
4	Warriors	Conference Finals	32	240.8	111.6	45.6	25.5	8.8	5.0	41.4	86.0	48.1	12.3	31.9	38.5	16.6	21.7	76.5	58.4	10.6	35.0	14.7	7,705	3,571	1,460	815	280	159	470	700
5	Thunder	Conference Finals	30	243.3	106.0	43.1	20.8	9.0	6.1	38.4	84.2	45.5	8.2	23.9	34.2	21.1	26.2	80.6	55.4	10.8	32.3	14.1	7,300	3,180	1,293	623	270	183	423	660
6	Cavaliers	Conference Finals	34	242.9	102.6	42.6	19.6	6.7	4.5	36.8	79.0	46.6	9.8	26.4	37.1	19.2	26.0	74.0	56.7	9.3	33.3	12.9	8,260	3,488	1,448	665	228	152	439	683
7	Lakers	Conference Finals	26	240.0	107.6	40.6	23.0	7.0	5.4	39.5	82.2	48.1	8.0	22.7	35.2	20.5	26.1	78.6	57.5	9.9	30.7	12.6	6,240	2,798	1,055	599	181	141	328	599
8	Pacers	Conference Finals	23	243.3	101.9	39.4	21.2	6.2	3.3	37.6	78.4	47.9	8.6	22.9	37.5	18.2	24.0	75.9	57.3	10.2	29.2	14.8	5,595	2,344	906	487	143	76	340	514
9	Mavericks	Conference Finals	21	241.2	106.6	40.0	19.0	7.1	4.2	37.7	81.7	46.1	9.9	28.0	35.3	21.4	26.4	80.9	57.1	10.1	29.9	11.6	5,065	2,239	841	399	150	89	243	419
10	Nuggets	Conference Finals	15	240.0	108.7	40.4	23.1	7.1	4.2	38.2	81.9	46.6	9.7	27.7	35.2	22.5	28.5	79.2	57.5	10.3	30.1	13.3	3,600	1,630	606	346	107	63	199	362
11	Suns	Conference Finals	18	240.0	105.3	40.7	22.1	5.2	4.6	39.7	82.8	47.9	8.5	23.8	35.7	17.4	22.0	79.3	56.9	9.8	30.8	11.7	4,320	1,895	732	398	93	82	211	379
12	Pistons	Conference Finals	18	242.8	86.8	35.4	18.2	6.9	4.8	30.8	73.1	42.1	4.8	15.6	31.0	20.4	26.6	76.8	51.2	10.1	25.3	13.2	4,370	1,563	637	328	125	86	237	414
13	Timberwolves	Conference Finals	10	240.0	108.2	40.7	22.9	6.4	4.7	39.1	85.7	45.6	13.6	37.1	36.7	16.4	22.0	74.5	56.7	11.4	29.3	14.5	2,400	1,082	407	229	64	47	145	200
14	Bucks	Conference Finals	12	244.2	110.0	49.1	24.9	8.4	5.1	40.6	90.0	45.1	11.6	37.3	31.0	17.3	23.8	72.4	54.7	12.3	36.8	12.5	2,930	1,320	589	299	101	61	150	248
15	Raptors	Conference Finals	12	244.2	99.0	39.8	19.3	6.9	4.2	35.3	82.8	42.7	10.8	31.8	34.0	17.5	22.8	76.9	53.4	7.7	32.2	12.3	2,930	1,188	478	232	83	50	148	277
16	Hawks	Conference Finals	10	242.5	100.8	40.3	20.0	7.5	3.6	38.1	85.7	44.5	9.8	32.4	30.2	14.8	19.0	77.9	53.6	8.9	31.4	12.5	2,425	1,008	403	200	75	36	125	206
17	Rockets	Conference Finals	12	240.0	99.3	41.9	17.8	8.3	4.8	34.8	81.6	42.7	10.8	33.6	32.0	18.8	27.0	69.8	53.1	9.6	32.3	15.6	2,880	1,191	503	214	99	57	187	235
18	Magic	Conference Finals	12	244.2	97.2	38.9	16.9	6.8	4.3	33.2	72.7	45.6	9.3	24.8	37.4	21.6	29.7	72.8	56.7	8.7	30.3	14.3	2,930	1,166	467	203	81	52	171	275
19	Knicks	Conference Finals	6	244.2	115.0	41.8	19.5	8.0	4.8	40.8	85.5	47.8	10.3	31.2	33.2	23.0	29.7	77.5	58.3	11.5	30.3	15.5	1,465	690	251	117	48	29	93	132
20	Clippers	Conference Finals	6	240.0	103.7	42.0	18.7	5.7	3.2	36.5	82.7	44.2	12.0	35.8	33.5	18.7	24.0	77.8	55.6	8.5	33.5	10.5	1,440	622	252	112	34	19	63	97
21	Trail Blazers	Conference Finals	4	246.3	105.3	40.8	24.3	6.8	3.8	37.3	88.0	42.3	13.0	35.8	36.4	17.8	23.0	77.2	53.6	10.5	30.3	14.5	985	421	163	97	27	15	58	76
22	Grizzlies	Conference Finals	4	252.5	87.8	46.0	19.0	7.8	5.8	33.8	88.5	38.1	5.5	15.8	34.9	14.8	22.0	67.0	44.7	16.0	30.0	11.8	1,010	351	184	76	31	23	47	85
23	Bulls	Conference Finals	5	245.0	87.2	42.8	18.2	7.6	5.6	32.4	82.8	39.1	6.2	19.8	31.3	16.2	22.0	73.6	47.1	14.0	28.8	13.0	1,225	436	214	91	38	28	65	118
24	Jazz	Conference Finals	5	240.0	93.6	38.6	18.8	8.8	4.6	34.2	76.2	44.9	3.4	9.8	34.7	21.8	30.2	72.2	52.3	12.8	25.8	14.6	1,200	468	193	94	44	23	73	126

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More Celtics Stats

Team Leaders

PPG

25.7

Brown

RPG

10.7

Tatum

APG

6.8

Tatum

Team Rankings

ORTG

120.8

2nd

DRTG

112.7

4th

NETRTG

8.1

4th

3P%

36.7

8th

2025-26 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons	60	22	.732
2	Celtics	56	26	.683	4.0
3	Knicks	53	29	.646	7.0
4	Cavaliers	52	30	.634	8.0
5	Raptors	46	36	.561	14.0

Last Game

76ers

4 - 3

109

Final

100

Celtics

3 - 4

Sat 2 May 2026

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

Playoffs PPG Leaders

28.6

Gilgeous-Alexander

28.1

Cunningham

27.4

Brunson

Playoffs RPG Leaders

13.2

Jokić

11.9

Wembanyama

10.7

Tatum

Playoffs APG Leaders

9.5

Jokić

8.6

Barnes

7.7

Gilgeous-Alexander

Playoffs SPG Leaders

2.8

Wagner

2.5

Eason

2.4

Smart

Playoffs BPG Leaders

4.0

Wembanyama

1.9

Mobley

1.9

Allen

Playoffs 3PM Leaders

3.6

Bane

3.5

Brooks

3.3

Hachimura

Playoffs TS% Leaders

150.0

Richardson

113.6

Davison

113.6

Proctor

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

Playoffs ORtg Rankings

126.0

124.5

117.3

114.5

113.7

111.7

Playoffs DRtg Rankings

103.4

105.7

107.4

108.5

109.0

110.0

Playoffs NetRtg Rankings

20.3

14.5

13.8

3.0

1.7

1.6

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

Playoffs FanDuel Points Leaders

627.9

Cunningham

564.7

Wembanyama

556.4

Mobley

Playoffs DraftKings Points Leaders

679

Cunningham

560.8

Harden

556.3

Wembanyama

Playoffs USG% Leaders

40.4

Smith

40.1

Williams

34.9

Goodwin

Playoffs MPG Leaders

44.0

Thompson

42.0

Smith

41.0

Durant

Playoffs FanDuel PTS/MIN Leaders

2.00

Richardson

1.68

Wembanyama

1.66

Beringer

Playoffs DraftKings PTS/MIN Leaders

2.33

Richardson

1.66

Wembanyama

1.61

Towns

NBA 2025-26 Betting

Best Record ATS

50-34

56-38

50-37-1

51-38

47-36

45-37

Worst Record ATS

33-49

41-55

36-48

38-50

36-46

NBA 2025-26 Standings

	Eastern	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons - z	60	22	.732
2	Celtics - x	56	26	.683	4.0
3	Knicks - x	53	29	.646	7.0
4	Cavaliers - x	52	30	.634	8.0
5	Raptors - x	46	36	.561	14.0
6	Hawks - x	46	36	.561	14.0
7	76ers - x	45	37	.549	15.0
8	Magic - x	45	37	.549	15.0
9	Hornets	44	38	.537	16.0
10	Heat	43	39	.524	17.0
11	Bucks - e	32	50	.390	28.0
12	Bulls - e	31	51	.378	29.0
13	Nets - e	20	62	.244	40.0
14	Pacers - e	19	63	.232	41.0
15	Wizards - e	17	65	.207	43.0

	Western	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Thunder - z	64	18	.780
2	Spurs - x	62	20	.756	2.0
3	Nuggets - x	54	28	.659	10.0
4	Lakers - x	53	29	.646	11.0
5	Rockets - x	52	30	.634	12.0
6	Timberwolves - x	49	33	.598	15.0
7	Suns - x	45	37	.549	19.0
8	Trail Blazers - x	42	40	.512	22.0
9	Clippers	42	40	.512	22.0
10	Warriors	37	45	.451	27.0
11	Pelicans - e	26	56	.317	38.0
12	Mavericks - e	26	56	.317	38.0
13	Grizzlies - e	25	57	.305	39.0
14	Kings - e	22	60	.268	42.0
15	Jazz - e	22	60	.268	42.0