worst conference finals loss for celtics

The Boston Celtics had their lowest point differential in a Conference Finals game against the Cavaliers on May 19, 2017, with a -44 point differential.

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worst conference finals loss in a game for celtics

	TEAM	DIFF	DATE	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	-44	5/19/2017	2016-17	Conference Finals	BOS	vs	CLE	L 86-130	240	86	39	23	7	4	32	86	37.2	8	27	29.6	14	15	93.3	46.4	10	29	21	19
2	Celtics	-33	5/25/2017	2016-17	Conference Finals	BOS	vs	CLE	L 102-135	240	102	39	20	7	5	37	86	43.0	11	30	36.7	17	23	73.9	53.1	12	27	18	23
3	Celtics	-33	4/18/1973	1972-73	Conference Finals	BOS	@	NYK	L 96-129	240	96	41	20			37	94	39.4				22	28	78.6	45.1				32
4	Celtics	-30	5/19/2018	2017-18	Conference Finals	BOS	@	CLE	L 86-116	240	86	34	16	4	4	29	74	39.2	6	22	27.3	22	28	78.6	49.8	6	28	15	25
5	Celtics	-26	5/21/2023	2022-23	Conference Finals	BOS	@	MIA	L 102-128	240	102	57	25	3	3	39	98	39.8	11	42	26.2	13	17	76.5	48.4	21	36	15	24
6	Celtics	-26	5/24/1987	1986-87	Conference Finals	BOS	@	DET	L 119-145	240	119	35	27	2	2	49	92	53.3	2	10	20.0	19	24	79.2	58.0	12	23	11	20
7	Celtics	-25	5/16/1982	1981-82	Conference Finals	BOS	@	PHI	L 94-119	240	94	32	25		9	39	84	46.4	2	3	66.7	14	18	77.8	51.1			16	26
8	Celtics	-25	4/30/1975	1974-75	Conference Finals	BOS	@	WAS	L 92-117	240	92	53	23			38	102	37.3				16	18	88.9	41.8				21
9	Celtics	-22	4/13/1972	1971-72	Conference Finals	BOS	vs	NYK	L 94-116	240	94	44	14			35	95	36.8				24	33	72.7	42.9				22
10	Celtics	-21	5/26/2010	2009-10	Conference Finals	BOS	@	ORL	L 92-113	240	92	26	19	5	4	31	72	43.1	7	16	43.8	23	30	76.7	54.0	4	22	10	30
11	Celtics	-19	5/29/2023	2022-23	Conference Finals	BOS	vs	MIA	L 84-103	240	84	40	18	6	4	32	82	39.0	9	42	21.4	11	13	84.6	47.9	10	30	15	13
12	Celtics	-19	6/7/2012	2011-12	Conference Finals	BOS	vs	MIA	L 79-98	240	79	34	14	9	3	32	75	42.7	1	14	7.1	14	20	70.0	47.1	7	27	13	19
13	Celtics	-19	5/26/2008	2007-08	Conference Finals	BOS	@	DET	L 75-94	240	75	38	12	3	3	21	66	31.8	1	9	11.1	32	39	82.1	45.1	11	27	14	24
14	Celtics	-19	5/14/1976	1975-76	Conference Finals	BOS	@	CLE	L 87-106	240	87	46	16	8		31	90	34.4				25	27	92.6	42.7	17	29		23
15	Celtics	-18	5/23/1987	1986-87	Conference Finals	BOS	@	DET	L 104-122	240	104	40	21	2	2	38	74	51.4	3	6	50.0	25	34	73.5	58.5	10	30	23	28
16	Celtics	-18	4/21/1972	1971-72	Conference Finals	BOS	@	NYK	L 98-116	240	98	47	16			37	94	39.4				24	34	70.6	45.0				31
17	Celtics	-16	4/29/1973	1972-73	Conference Finals	BOS	vs	NYK	L 78-94	240	78	43	16			31	83	37.3				16	25	64.0	41.5				29
18	Celtics	-14	5/28/2012	2011-12	Conference Finals	BOS	@	MIA	L 79-93	240	79	33	19	6	1	32	81	39.5	4	14	28.6	11	21	52.4	43.8	10	23	9	19
19	Celtics	-14	5/23/1982	1981-82	Conference Finals	BOS	vs	PHI	L 106-120	240	106	46	23	4	8	39	89	43.8	2	4	50.0	26	38	68.4	50.1			22	28
20	Celtics	-13	5/23/2017	2016-17	Conference Finals	BOS	@	CLE	L 99-112	240	99	29	26	7	2	35	79	44.3	10	31	32.3	19	20	95.0	56.4	7	22	12	15
21	Celtics	-13	5/17/2017	2016-17	Conference Finals	BOS	vs	CLE	L 104-117	240	104	40	33	4	1	41	88	46.6	12	38	31.6	10	18	55.6	54.2	13	27	14	26
22	Celtics	-13	6/9/2012	2011-12	Conference Finals	BOS	@	MIA	L 88-101	240	88	33	19	10	2	35	75	46.7	6	19	31.6	12	15	80.0	53.9	7	26	13	24
23	Celtics	-12	9/27/2020	2019-20	Conference Finals	BOS	@	MIA	L 113-125	240	113	42	26	7	2	43	99	43.4	15	46	32.6	12	15	80.0	53.5	13	29	10	21
24	Celtics	-12	4/25/1980	1979-80	Conference Finals	BOS	@	PHI	L 90-102	240	90	40	17		5	33	84	39.3	0	2	0.0	24	27	88.9	46.9			13	30
25	Celtics	-11	5/17/2022	2021-22	Conference Finals	BOS	@	MIA	L 107-118	240	107	38	22	8	8	36	79	45.6	11	34	32.4	24	32	75.0	57.5	8	30	16	23

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3	Knicks	37	21	.638	6.0
4	Cavaliers	36	22	.621	7.0
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4	Nuggets	36	22	.621	8.0
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6	Timberwolves	35	23	.603	9.0
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8	Warriors	30	27	.526	13.5
9	Trail Blazers	28	30	.483	16.0
10	Clippers	27	30	.474	16.5
11	Grizzlies	21	35	.375	22.0
12	Mavericks	20	36	.357	23.0
13	Jazz	18	40	.310	26.0
14	Pelicans	16	42	.276	28.0
15	Kings	13	46	.220	31.5