most steals in a playoff game celtics

The Boston Celtics got their most steals in a playoff game in Game 6 of the 2008 NBA Finals against the Lakers, with 18 steals.

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1Celtics
Celtics
18
6/17/2008
vs
W
131-92
240
131
48
33
4
43
87
49.4
13
26
50.0
32
37
86.5
63.4
14
34
8
25
2Celtics
Celtics
16
4/23/2009
@
W
107-86
240
107
37
23
10
38
79
48.1
12
21
57.1
19
24
79.2
59.7
8
29
14
21
3Celtics
Celtics
16
5/12/2003
vs
L
101-110
290
101
51
23
4
36
90
40.0
7
23
30.4
22
28
78.6
49.4
10
41
20
27
4Celtics
Celtics
15
4/23/2008
vs
W
96-77
240
96
45
23
3
35
84
41.7
7
18
38.9
19
26
73.1
50.3
13
32
14
33
5Celtics
Celtics
15
5/26/1986
vs
W
112-100
240
112
42
35
5
47
84
56.0
1
4
25.0
17
27
63.0
58.4
10
32
17
17
6Celtics
Celtics
15
4/29/1986
vs
W
119-108
240
119
41
31
5
52
88
59.1
1
4
25.0
14
24
58.3
60.4
11
30
13
19
7Celtics
Celtics
15
6/6/1984
@
W
129-125
265
129
52
30
3
48
111
43.2
2
4
50.0
31
37
83.8
50.7
27
25
14
28
8Celtics
Celtics
15
5/9/1984
vs
W
121-99
240
121
39
26
9
44
81
54.3
1
1
100.0
32
41
78.0
61.1
14
25
16
31
9Celtics
Celtics
14
4/23/2005
vs
W
102-82
240
102
33
24
6
38
74
51.4
10
18
55.6
16
25
64.0
60.0
4
29
11
30
10Celtics
Celtics
14
5/4/1988
@
L
100-109
240
100
37
30
3
37
79
46.8
3
11
27.3
23
29
79.3
54.5
14
23
19
24
11Celtics
Celtics
14
5/2/1984
vs
W
116-102
240
116
35
26
8
51
91
56.0
2
4
50.0
12
15
80.0
59.4
13
22
18
23
12Celtics
Celtics
14
5/3/1981
vs
W
91-90
240
91
46
23
7
34
89
38.2
1
2
50.0
22
35
62.9
43.6
13
18
13Celtics
Celtics
13
4/20/2025
vs
W
103-86
240
103
42
22
5
37
82
45.1
16
37
43.2
13
18
72.2
57.3
9
33
11
13
14Celtics
Celtics
13
5/25/2023
vs
W
110-97
240
110
37
23
4
40
79
50.6
16
39
41.0
14
19
73.7
63.0
12
25
10
9
15Celtics
Celtics
13
4/23/2022
@
W
109-103
240
109
34
26
3
42
84
50.0
12
39
30.8
13
14
92.9
60.4
13
21
14
19
16Celtics
Celtics
13
5/7/2017
@
L
102-121
240
102
31
28
6
35
79
44.3
14
31
45.2
18
24
75.0
56.9
9
22
20
25
17Celtics
Celtics
13
6/5/2012
@
W
94-90
240
94
39
19
4
33
81
40.7
6
15
40.0
22
27
81.5
50.6
9
30
13
21
18Celtics
Celtics
13
5/13/2010
vs
W
94-85
240
94
37
24
5
34
77
44.2
5
17
29.4
21
33
63.6
51.4
5
32
13
26
19Celtics
Celtics
13
5/19/2002
@
L
97-104
240
97
38
18
6
34
83
41.0
10
29
34.5
19
29
65.5
50.6
10
28
10
25
20Celtics
Celtics
13
4/21/2002
vs
W
92-82
240
92
39
20
5
34
78
43.6
8
18
44.4
16
20
80.0
53.0
7
32
15
25
21Celtics
Celtics
13
5/22/1985
vs
W
102-100
240
102
41
24
6
41
90
45.6
0
1
0.0
20
29
69.0
49.6
13
28
14
20
22Celtics
Celtics
13
5/31/1984
vs
W
124-121
265
124
50
20
4
45
98
45.9
0
2
0.0
34
48
70.8
52.0
20
30
17
27
23Celtics
Celtics
13
4/9/1980
vs
W
119-101
240
119
48
22
5
51
105
48.6
0
6
0.0
17
21
81.0
52.1
12
23
24Celtics
Celtics
12
4/17/2022
vs
W
115-114
240
115
43
24
5
42
89
47.2
12
33
36.4
19
24
79.2
57.8
14
29
15
24
25Celtics
Celtics
12
9/11/2020
@
W
92-87
240
92
44
19
5
35
86
40.7
9
38
23.7
13
23
56.5
47.9
10
34
12
16
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete team, game-level data for steals going back to the 1983 playoffs.

More Celtics Stats

Team Leaders

PPG

29.2

Brown

Jaylen Brown

RPG

8.4

Queta

Neemias Queta

APG

5.7

White

Derrick White
Team Rankings

ORTG

120.7

2nd

DRTG

112.9

7th

NETRTG

7.8

3rd

3P%

36.2

10th

2025-26 Conference Standings
TEAMWLPCTGB
1
42
14
.750
2
Celtics Celtics
38
19
.667
4.5
3
37
22
.627
6.5
4
37
22
.627
6.5
5
34
24
.586
9.0
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Wed
2/25
@
10:00 PM
Fri
2/27
@
7:30 PM
Sun
3/1
@
8:00 PM
Mon
3/2
@
7:30 PM
Wed
3/4
@
7:30 PM
Last Game
BOS Celtics

38 - 19

97

Final

81

PHX Suns

33 - 26

Tue 24 Feb 2026

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

NBA 2025-26 Betting

NBA 2025-26 Standings

EasternWLPCTGB
1
42
14
.750
2
38
19
.667
4.5
3
37
22
.627
6.5
4
37
22
.627
6.5
5
34
24
.586
9.0
6
32
26
.552
11.0
7
31
26
.544
11.5
8
31
28
.525
12.5
9
29
31
.483
15.0
10
28
31
.475
15.5
11
25
31
.446
17.0
12
24
35
.407
19.5
13
16
41
.281
26.5
14
15
42
.263
27.5
15
15
44
.254
28.5
WesternWLPCTGB
1
45
14
.763
2
41
16
.719
3.0
3
35
21
.625
8.5
4
36
22
.621
8.5
5
36
23
.610
9.0
6
34
23
.596
10.0
7
33
26
.559
12.0
8
30
28
.517
14.5
9
28
31
.475
17.0
10
27
30
.474
17.0
11
21
35
.375
22.5
12
21
36
.368
23.0
13
18
40
.310
26.5
14
17
42
.288
28.0
15
13
46
.220
32.0

NBA 2025-26 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Thu
1/22
@
117-114
Thu
1/22
@
110-98
Fri
1/23
@
115-119
Fri
1/23
@
112-109
Fri
1/23
@
119-105

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Wed
2/25
@
7:30 PM
Wed
2/25
@
7:30 PM
Wed
2/25
@
7:30 PM
Wed
2/25
@
8:00 PM
Wed
2/25
@
8:00 PM