celtics playoff underdog wins since 1979-1980

The Boston Celtics have 20 wins as underdogs in the playoffs since 1979-80.

	TEAM	DATE	W	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	4/16/2016	0	BOS	@	ATL	L 101-102	240	101	50	27	6	6	37	102	36.3	11	35	31.4	16	19	84.2	45.8	15	35	10	32
2	Celtics	4/19/2016	0	BOS	@	ATL	L 72-89	240	72	43	16	5	10	28	88	31.8	5	28	17.9	11	12	91.7	38.6	10	33	16	15
3	Celtics	4/26/2016	0	BOS	@	ATL	L 83-110	240	83	44	19	5	6	29	77	37.7	7	29	24.1	18	25	72.0	47.2	10	34	20	17
4	Celtics	4/28/2016	0	BOS	vs	ATL	L 92-104	240	92	43	16	5	4	34	94	36.2	7	32	21.9	17	18	94.4	45.1	10	33	12	29
5	Celtics	5/4/2017	0	BOS	@	WAS	L 89-116	240	89	38	20	4	2	27	77	35.1	10	32	31.3	25	33	75.8	48.6	8	30	16	26
6	Celtics	5/7/2017	0	BOS	@	WAS	L 102-121	240	102	31	28	13	6	35	79	44.3	14	31	45.2	18	24	75.0	56.9	9	22	20	25
7	Celtics	5/12/2017	0	BOS	@	WAS	L 91-92	240	91	37	25	5	3	32	79	40.5	11	35	31.4	16	18	88.9	52.3	7	30	11	19
8	Celtics	5/17/2017	0	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
9	Celtics	5/19/2017	0	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
10	Celtics	5/21/2017	1	BOS	@	CLE	W 111-108	240	111	38	28	10	3	42	91	46.2	18	40	45.0	9	12	75.0	57.6	11	27	9	23
11	Celtics	5/23/2017	0	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
12	Celtics	5/25/2017	0	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
13	Celtics	4/17/2018	1	BOS	vs	MIL	W 120-106	240	120	38	24	10	6	48	90	53.3	13	31	41.9	11	18	61.1	61.3	9	29	7	16
14	Celtics	4/20/2018	0	BOS	@	MIL	L 92-116	240	92	45	17	3	1	32	80	40.0	8	24	33.3	20	28	71.4	49.8	17	28	18	15
15	Celtics	4/22/2018	0	BOS	@	MIL	L 102-104	240	102	43	22	6	3	36	87	41.4	10	29	34.5	20	25	80.0	52.0	16	27	9	21
16	Celtics	4/26/2018	0	BOS	@	MIL	L 86-97	240	86	39	18	3	3	30	81	37.0	10	36	27.8	16	19	84.2	48.1	6	33	9	19
17	Celtics	4/30/2018	1	BOS	vs	PHI	W 117-101	240	117	36	27	4	4	41	85	48.2	17	35	48.6	18	19	94.7	62.7	5	31	10	21
18	Celtics	5/3/2018	1	BOS	vs	PHI	W 108-103	240	108	41	23	7	3	37	82	45.1	15	36	41.7	19	24	79.2	58.3	5	36	9	16
19	Celtics	5/5/2018	1	BOS	@	PHI	W 101-98	265	101	49	19	9	7	41	91	45.1	10	38	26.3	9	14	64.3	52.0	9	40	13	20
20	Celtics	5/7/2018	0	BOS	@	PHI	L 92-103	240	92	42	16	4	10	31	75	41.3	11	32	34.4	19	26	73.1	53.2	6	36	15	28
21	Celtics	5/13/2018	1	BOS	vs	CLE	W 108-83	240	108	48	27	6	4	43	84	51.2	11	30	36.7	11	13	84.6	60.2	6	42	11	17
22	Celtics	5/15/2018	1	BOS	vs	CLE	W 107-94	240	107	46	24	8	2	40	92	43.5	10	31	32.3	17	20	85.0	53.1	11	35	6	18
23	Celtics	5/19/2018	0	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
24	Celtics	5/21/2018	0	BOS	@	CLE	L 102-111	240	102	37	21	9	3	35	85	41.2	9	28	32.1	23	30	76.7	51.9	9	28	10	26
25	Celtics	5/25/2018	0	BOS	@	CLE	L 99-109	240	99	31	25	5	2	38	74	51.4	12	28	42.9	11	20	55.0	59.8	5	26	14	18
	Average		0.4					241.0	102.8	41.2	22.7	6.0	5.2	36.7	84.5	43.4	12.2	34.4	35.6	17.2	21.8	78.7	54.6	9.0	32.2	13.3	20.8
	Total		20					12,290	5,243	2,103	1,160	308	265	1,872	4,309	43.4	624	1,755	35.6	875	1,112	78.7	54.6	460	1,643	677	1,060

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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