who is the last nba to lose back to back finals against different opponents

The Boston Celtics lost on no rest in Game 4 of the 1981 NBA Finals against the Rockets on May 10, 1981.

		TEAM	DATE	L	DR	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		Celtics	5/10/1981	1	0	1980-81	NBA Finals	BOS	@	HOU	L 86-91	240	86	47	22	5	6	35	74	47.3	0	3	0.0	16	24	66.7	50.9	17	30	22	22
2		Lakers	5/11/1980	1	0	1979-80	NBA Finals	LAL	@	PHI	L 102-105	240	102	49	23	12	6	44	93	47.3	0	0		14	19	73.7	50.3	18	31	19	22
3		Warriors	4/24/1967	1	0	1966-67	NBA Finals	SFW	vs	PHI	L 122-125	240	122	64	28			50	113	44.2				22	29	75.9	48.5				36
4		Lakers	4/20/1966	1	0	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
5		Lakers	4/19/1965	1	0	1964-65	NBA Finals	LAL	@	BOS	L 123-129	240	123	51	16			50	107	46.7				23	31	74.2	51.0				23
6		Celtics	4/17/1963	1	0	1962-63	NBA Finals	BOS	@	LAL	L 99-119	240	99	42	16			37	101	36.6				25	28	89.3	43.7				27
7		Lakers	4/11/1962	1	0	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
8		Celtics	4/8/1962	1	0	1961-62	NBA Finals	BOS	vs	LAL	L 122-129	240	122	57	32			53	107	49.5				16	28	57.1	51.1				26
9		Hawks	4/9/1961	1	0	1960-61	NBA Finals	STL	vs	BOS	L 104-119	240	104	67	21			38	105	36.2				28	34	82.4	43.3				31
10		Hawks	4/2/1961	1	0	1960-61	NBA Finals	STL	@	BOS	L 95-129	240	95	54	19			37	103	35.9				21	30	70.0	40.9				24
11		Celtics	4/3/1960	1	0	1959-60	NBA Finals	BOS	@	STL	L 96-106	240	96	55	5			33	93	35.5				30	38	78.9	43.7				24
12		Hawks	3/27/1960	1	0	1959-60	NBA Finals	STL	@	BOS	L 122-140	240	122	62	25			49	110	44.5				24	31	77.4	49.3				20
13		Lakers	4/5/1959	1	0	1958-59	NBA Finals	MIN	@	BOS	L 108-128	240	108	70	24			41	122	33.6				26	34	76.5	39.4				29
14		Hawks	3/30/1958	1	0	1957-58	NBA Finals	STL	@	BOS	L 112-136	240	112	45	18			38	107	35.5				36	45	80.0	44.2				31
15		Hawks	4/7/1957	1	0	1956-57	NBA Finals	STL	vs	BOS	L 118-123	240	118	46	25			39	86	45.3				40	54	74.1	53.8				34
16		Hawks	3/31/1957	1	0	1956-57	NBA Finals	STL	@	BOS	L 99-119	240	99	53	14			35	105	33.3				29	41	70.7	40.2				20
17		Warriors	4/1/1956	1	0	1955-56	NBA Finals	PHI	@	FTW	L 83-84	240	83	52	17			32	90	35.6				19	25	76.0	41.1				26
18		Pistons	4/10/1955	1	0	1954-55	NBA Finals	FTW	@	SYR	L 91-92	240	91	42	26			33	88	37.5				25	34	73.5	44.2				30
19		Nationals	4/3/1955	1	0	1954-55	NBA Finals	SYR	@	FTW	L 89-96	240	89					26						37	52	71.2					28
20		Nationals	4/12/1954	1	0	1953-54	NBA Finals	SYR	@	MIN	L 80-87	240	80	29	24			28	62	45.2				24	38	63.2	50.8				38
21		Lakers	4/11/1954	1	0	1953-54	NBA Finals	MIN	vs	SYR	L 63-65	240	63					23	58	39.7				17	27	63.0	45.1				25
22		Nationals	4/4/1954	1	0	1953-54	NBA Finals	SYR	vs	MIN	L 67-81	240	67	40	18			21	65	32.3				25	37	67.6	41.2				23
23		Knicks	4/8/1953	1	0	1952-53	NBA Finals	NYK	vs	MIN	L 69-71	240	69					19	65	29.2				31	41	75.6	41.5				22
24		Knicks	4/5/1953	1	0	1952-53	NBA Finals	NYK	@	MIN	L 71-73	240	71					26	59	44.1				19	30	63.3	49.2				31
25		Lakers	4/13/1952	1	0	1951-52	NBA Finals	MIN	vs	NYK	L 72-80	240	72	55	12			23	77	29.9				26	34	76.5	39.1				30

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