nba most playoff loses 1996-97 to 2025-26

Since 1996-97, the Boston Celtics lost the most games by a team in the playoffs, with 135 losses.

	TEAM	L	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	135	295	242.3	99.9	41.8	21.9	7.1	4.9	36.0	80.8	44.5	9.8	27.8	35.2	18.2	23.1	78.9	54.9	9.5	32.3	13.6	71,475	29,470	12,336	6,452	2,107	1,456	4,011	6,349
2	Heat	127	288	241.5	96.2	40.1	19.2	7.0	4.7	34.8	76.9	45.2	8.2	23.4	35.2	18.4	24.7	74.4	54.8	9.2	30.9	13.8	69,545	27,699	11,546	5,529	2,020	1,344	3,970	6,302
3	Spurs	124	307	241.8	98.4	42.4	20.5	7.0	5.4	36.1	79.0	45.7	7.3	19.8	36.8	19.0	25.6	74.2	54.5	10.5	31.9	13.5	74,230	30,215	13,013	6,281	2,160	1,652	4,145	6,464
4	Lakers	121	290	241.2	100.3	42.5	21.2	7.1	5.7	36.8	80.4	45.8	7.1	20.8	34.2	19.5	27.3	71.6	54.3	11.5	31.0	13.5	69,950	29,095	12,327	6,159	2,046	1,644	3,902	6,571
5	Pacers	110	222	241.5	96.2	40.8	20.6	7.0	5.0	34.7	77.8	44.6	7.9	21.7	36.2	18.9	24.6	76.7	54.3	10.1	30.7	14.2	53,605	21,351	9,065	4,580	1,552	1,104	3,142	5,076
6	Mavericks	104	201	241.2	102.1	41.6	19.0	6.7	4.4	36.8	82.3	44.7	8.9	24.5	36.4	19.6	24.9	78.7	54.7	11.1	30.5	12.5	48,490	20,521	8,368	3,824	1,339	878	2,516	4,502
7	Thunder	95	205	242.1	103.8	43.2	20.2	8.0	5.7	37.3	83.2	44.9	8.7	25.3	34.3	20.5	25.6	80.0	55.0	11.3	31.8	13.4	49,625	21,279	8,852	4,138	1,637	1,159	2,757	4,592
8	Jazz	94	174	241.1	97.4	42.3	21.6	6.9	4.8	35.3	78.6	44.9	6.6	18.6	35.6	20.2	26.8	75.2	53.9	11.1	31.1	14.1	41,960	16,949	7,352	3,762	1,200	827	2,450	4,190
9	76ers	92	171	241.3	97.8	42.5	20.6	7.3	4.6	35.6	81.1	43.9	7.2	21.0	34.4	19.4	25.4	76.6	53.0	11.5	31.0	13.3	41,265	16,731	7,269	3,528	1,247	785	2,275	3,663
10	Nuggets	89	164	241.7	105.2	42.9	22.6	7.0	4.4	38.4	84.6	45.4	9.3	26.4	35.1	19.3	25.0	77.1	55.1	11.2	31.7	12.8	39,635	17,258	7,042	3,699	1,147	718	2,096	3,636
11	Hawks	89	150	240.7	93.9	40.4	19.1	6.7	4.6	34.2	80.1	42.8	8.1	24.4	33.1	17.4	22.6	76.9	52.2	10.2	30.2	13.6	36,100	14,085	6,059	2,868	1,010	690	2,037	3,097
12	Rockets	86	161	241.4	100.7	42.9	19.4	7.7	4.7	35.5	81.4	43.6	10.2	29.8	34.1	19.6	26.5	73.9	54.1	10.8	32.1	14.3	38,865	16,208	6,903	3,120	1,241	762	2,307	3,518
13	Pistons	85	171	241.6	90.9	40.1	19.5	7.3	5.4	33.0	76.9	42.9	6.2	18.1	34.3	18.7	24.9	75.0	51.7	11.2	28.9	13.3	41,315	15,542	6,862	3,334	1,251	928	2,278	3,819
14	Trail Blazers	84	135	242.0	98.7	41.7	19.3	6.6	4.6	35.3	81.5	43.4	8.2	23.1	35.6	19.8	25.6	77.2	53.2	11.0	30.6	13.3	32,675	13,322	5,627	2,602	890	626	1,795	3,164
15	Cavaliers	83	200	241.6	100.4	42.0	19.9	7.0	4.7	35.9	79.7	45.0	9.5	26.9	35.2	19.2	25.7	74.6	55.2	10.7	31.3	13.5	48,325	20,074	8,396	3,983	1,390	931	2,708	4,117
16	Bucks	80	148	242.4	102.3	44.4	22.0	7.1	4.8	38.1	84.7	45.0	9.4	27.2	34.5	16.7	22.5	74.2	54.1	10.6	33.8	13.4	35,870	15,144	6,573	3,262	1,045	716	1,976	3,186
17	Suns	79	152	241.5	104.4	40.6	22.2	6.7	4.8	38.9	83.3	46.7	8.6	23.3	36.9	18.0	23.1	78.1	55.9	10.0	30.6	13.1	36,705	15,874	6,168	3,372	1,018	733	1,985	3,393
18	Nets	74	135	243.0	97.0	41.5	21.2	7.2	4.1	35.3	80.2	44.0	7.2	21.2	33.7	19.3	25.5	75.5	53.1	10.7	30.8	14.1	32,800	13,096	5,599	2,868	972	556	1,909	3,161
19	Knicks	72	152	241.2	96.4	41.3	18.6	7.5	4.1	35.2	79.7	44.2	7.9	22.5	35.0	18.2	23.9	76.2	53.5	10.9	30.4	13.7	36,655	14,658	6,278	2,826	1,142	621	2,076	3,430
20	Clippers	72	128	241.2	105.8	41.3	21.0	7.4	4.8	38.5	82.5	46.6	9.4	26.3	35.9	19.4	25.8	75.0	56.3	9.9	31.4	12.9	30,870	13,538	5,281	2,692	951	613	1,652	2,939
21	Raptors	70	130	242.1	99.5	40.7	20.8	7.4	4.6	36.1	82.1	44.0	8.8	25.9	34.1	18.4	23.4	78.5	53.8	9.6	31.1	13.2	31,475	12,935	5,289	2,700	968	595	1,711	2,931
22	Magic	68	116	241.7	94.5	40.6	18.2	6.7	4.7	33.5	77.5	43.3	8.4	25.2	33.4	19.1	26.3	72.6	53.1	10.2	30.4	13.9	28,040	10,967	4,705	2,112	772	544	1,607	2,583
23	Bulls	66	136	242.9	94.4	43.0	20.6	7.3	5.2	34.8	80.7	43.1	6.3	18.8	33.7	18.5	24.6	75.2	51.6	12.5	30.5	13.7	33,040	12,832	5,853	2,797	986	703	1,868	3,040
24	Warriors	64	182	241.5	109.5	44.0	25.3	7.9	5.3	40.0	85.9	46.5	12.2	32.9	37.0	17.4	22.8	76.4	57.1	10.7	33.3	14.5	43,955	19,930	8,006	4,609	1,445	970	2,636	4,074
25	Grizzlies	64	102	243.9	98.0	42.0	20.0	7.6	4.6	36.1	84.0	43.0	6.7	20.3	33.1	19.1	24.9	76.8	51.6	11.6	30.4	12.8	24,880	10,000	4,284	2,036	776	467	1,307	2,246

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More Celtics Stats

Team Leaders

PPG

28.7

Brown

RPG

8.4

Queta

APG

5.4

White

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

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Tue 10/20	BOS	@	DET	3:00 PM
Fri 10/23	NYK	@	BOS	7:00 PM
Mon 10/26	CHI	@	BOS	7:30 PM
Tue 10/27	BKN	@	BOS	7:30 PM
Fri 10/30	CHI	@	BOS	7:30 PM

Last Game

76ers

4 - 3

109

Final

100

Celtics

3 - 4

Sat 2 May 2026

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

PPG Leaders

33.5

Dončić

31.1

Gilgeous-Alexander

28.8

Edwards

RPG Leaders

12.9

Jokić

11.9

Towns

11.6

Clingan

APG Leaders

10.7

Jokić

9.9

Cunningham

8.3

Dončić

SPG Leaders

2.0

Thompson

2.0

Daniels

1.9

Wallace

BPG Leaders

3.1

Wembanyama

1.9

Holmgren

1.9

Huff

3PM Leaders

4.0

Dončić

3.8

Ball

3.4

Knueppel

TS% Leaders

68.8

Duren

67.6

Ayton

67.4

Queta

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

ORtg Rankings

122.6

120.8

119.8

119.6

119.4

119.2

DRtg Rankings

107.7

109.7

111.3

112.7

113.0

113.2

NetRtg Rankings

11.1

8.3

8.2

8.1

6.5

5.4

Tank Leaderboard

17-65

19-63

20-62

22-60

25-57

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

FanDuel Points Leaders

4,039.7

Jokić

3,694

Dončić

3,474

Johnson

DraftKings Points Leaders

4,298.5

Jokić

3,909.3

Dončić

3,685.5

Johnson

USG% Leaders

38.0

Dončić

36.1

Brown

33.4

Leonard

MPG Leaders

38.0

Maxey

37.4

Thompson

36.4

Durant

FanDuel PTS/MIN Leaders

1.78

Jokić

1.61

Dončić

1.52

Gilgeous-Alexander

DraftKings PTS/MIN Leaders

1.90

Jokić

1.71

Dončić

1.52

Gilgeous-Alexander

NBA 2025-26 Betting

Best Record ATS

50-34

61-44

50-37-1

51-38

47-36

57-44

Worst Record ATS

33-49

41-59

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