50pts
Paul Pierce
BOSvsCLE
Feb 15, 2006
NBA head-to-headClassic Rivalry
Boston Celtics vs Cleveland Cavaliers Head-to-Head
Boston Celtics lead the all-time record 170-114 across 284 recorded meetings.
Matchup fact
The Boston Celtics lead the playoff series 26-25 over 51 meetings.
By Erik AnderssonStats synced Apr 16, 2026BOS
170
vs
CLE
114
284 meetings
All-time
BOS lead 170-114
Recent form
BOS 8-2 over the latest 10
Last meeting
BOS won 109-98 on Mar 8, 2026
Closeness
56 wins separate the teams
Series context
51 of 284 scored meetings were playoff games.
Recent Games
Last 10 Games
Mar 8, 26
CLE 98-109 BOS
BOSNov 30, 25
CLE 115-117 BOS
BOSOct 29, 25
BOS 125-105 CLE
BOSFeb 28, 25
BOS 116-123 CLE
CLEFeb 4, 25
CLE 105-112 BOS
BOSDec 1, 24
CLE 115-111 BOS
CLENov 19, 24
BOS 120-117 CLE
BOSMay 15, 24
BOS 113-98 CLE
BOSMay 13, 24
CLE 102-109 BOS
BOSMay 11, 24
CLE 93-106 BOS
BOS| Date | Home | Away | Score | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 8, 2026 | CLE | BOS | 98–109 | BOS |
| Nov 30, 2025 | CLE | BOS | 115–117 | BOS |
| Oct 29, 2025 | BOS | CLE | 125–105 | BOS |
| Feb 28, 2025 | BOS | CLE | 116–123 | CLE |
| Feb 4, 2025 | CLE | BOS | 105–112 | BOS |
| Dec 1, 2024 | CLE | BOS | 115–111 | CLE |
| Nov 19, 2024 | BOS | CLE | 120–117 | BOS |
| May 15, 2024 | BOS | CLE | 113–98 | BOS |
| May 13, 2024 | CLE | BOS | 102–109 | BOS |
| May 11, 2024 | CLE | BOS | 93–106 | BOS |
Last Meeting
Mar 8, 2026Final
CLE
98
HOME
BOS
109
AWAY
Celticswon by11
Celtics' 3rd straight in this series·Game 284 of all-time series
Playoff history
51 of 284 scored meetings came in the playoffs. Boston Celtics lead the playoff subset 26-25. Boston Celtics lead the complete decided record 170-114.
- Playoff games
- 51
- 9 postseasons
- Regular season
- 233
- Scored meetings outside the playoffs
- Full history
- 284
- 56 seasons
All-Time Record
Win Percentage
170W
114W
BOS
CLE
60%40%
Boston CelticsCleveland Cavaliers
Season Split & Biggest Wins
Regular season vs playoff record, plus each team's largest margin of victory
Regular Season233 games
144
89
Playoffs51 games
26
25
Boston Celtics Biggest Win
117–78+39
Apr 12, 2015
Cleveland Cavaliers Biggest Win
130–86+44
May 19, 2017Playoff
Decade Breakdown
Click a decade to filter stats below
Season by Season
| Season ↓ | BOS ↕ | CLE ↕ | Games ↕ |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025–26 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2024–25 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2023–24 | 6 | 2 | 8 |
| 2022–23 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2021–22 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2020–21 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2019–20 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2018–19 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2017–18 | 4 | 6 | 10 |
| 2016–17 | 2 | 7 | 9 |
Matchup Insights
Home / Away Split
AWAY
65-77
BOS
AWAY
37-105
CLE
Streaks & Momentum
Current Streak
Boston Celtics: 3 consecutive wins
3
Avg. Margin of Victory
Games decided by 11.6 pts on average
11.6pts
Momentum (Last 10 vs All-Time)
BOS↑Trending Up
Last 1080%
All-Time59.9%
CLE↓Trending Down
Last 1020%
All-Time40.1%
Last 10 Results
BOS / CLE
Advanced Stats
1996-presentBased on 103 of 284 all-time meetings that have play-by-play dataOvertime History
Total OT Games
7
BOS OT Wins
2
CLE OT Wins
5
Biggest OT Game
109-113 on Feb 15, 2006 (2OT)
Largest Leads
BOS Biggest Leads
+41pts
Jan 24, 2021
#2:+41 pts·Apr 12, 2015
#3:+33 pts·Nov 30, 2018
CLE Biggest Leads
+50pts
May 19, 2017
#2:+39 pts·May 25, 2017
#3:+35 pts·May 7, 2010
Lead Changes
Most in a Game
28
Feb 5, 2008
Average per Game
5.9
per game
Times Tied
Most Ties in a Game
23
Feb 5, 2008
Average Ties per Game
4.8
per game
Attendance Records
Across covered games (1996+)
Highest
20,562
May 25, 2018
Lowest
11,997
Dec 14, 1999
Average
18,323
Shooting Percentages
Average per game, 1996 to 2023. Every bar uses the same 0 to 100% scale.
FG%
BOS45.2%
CLE44.9%
BOS +0.3 pp
3P%
BOS34.1%
CLE33.6%
BOS +0.5 pp
FT%
BOS75.6%
CLE75.7%
CLE +0.1 pp
TS%
BOS54.3%
CLE54.3%
Even
Top Scorers (1996-present)
Career points, games, and biggest single-game vs this opponent
BOS Top 15 Scorers
| Player | Pts | G | Avg | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Pierce | 905 | 44 | 20.6 | 50 |
| Jaylen Brown | 538 | 29 | 18.6 | 34 |
| Jayson Tatum | 505 | 24 | 21.0 | 41 |
| Antoine Walker | 485 | 20 | 24.3 | 36 |
| Marcus Smart | 421 | 40 | 10.5 | 27 |
| Avery Bradley | 376 | 25 | 15.0 | 26 |
| Ray Allen | 334 | 22 | 15.2 | 33 |
| Kevin Garnett | 314 | 19 | 16.5 | 26 |
| Isaiah Thomas | 313 | 16 | 19.6 | 31 |
| Al Horford | 305 | 24 | 12.7 | 23 |
| Rajon Rondo | 297 | 23 | 12.9 | 29 |
| Terry Rozier | 238 | 21 | 11.3 | 28 |
| Jae Crowder | 208 | 18 | 11.6 | 21 |
| Kendrick Perkins | 151 | 21 | 7.2 | 13 |
| Marcus Morris Sr. | 149 | 12 | 12.4 | 21 |
CLE Top 15 Scorers
| Player | Pts | G | Avg | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LeBron James | 1664 | 56 | 29.7 | 46 |
| Kevin Love | 571 | 34 | 16.8 | 32 |
| Kyrie Irving | 517 | 22 | 23.5 | 42 |
| Zydrunas Ilgauskas | 449 | 35 | 12.8 | 27 |
| Tristan Thompson | 344 | 36 | 9.6 | 20 |
| Anderson Varejao | 243 | 29 | 8.4 | 20 |
| JR Smith | 222 | 24 | 9.3 | 20 |
| Collin Sexton | 214 | 10 | 21.4 | 41 |
| Mo Williams | 191 | 14 | 13.6 | 26 |
| Shawn Kemp | 187 | 9 | 20.8 | 28 |
| Cedi Osman | 164 | 15 | 10.9 | 26 |
| Donovan Mitchell | 150 | 4 | 37.5 | 44 |
| Darius Garland | 139 | 9 | 15.4 | 29 |
| Jordan Clarkson | 136 | 11 | 12.4 | 19 |
| Andre Miller | 132 | 8 | 16.5 | 36 |
Biggest Individual Games (1996-present)
Single-game scoring highs in this matchup
46pts
LeBron James
CLEvsBOS
May 25, 2018
44pts
Donovan Mitchell
CLEvsBOS
Mar 1, 2023
44pts
LeBron James
CLEvsBOS
May 21, 2018
43pts
LeBron James
CLEvsBOS
Feb 15, 2006
Rivalry Fingerprint
Focus or tap a row to compare the exact gap. Every value is an average from matched game-level records, not a projection.
Quarter scoring pulse
107 games with complete quarter lines
BOSCLE
How they create points
96 games with complete style splits
Selected comparison
Q1 scoring: BOS +1.4 points107 games
BOS highest-scoring quarter
Q1 · 25.4
CLE highest-scoring quarter
Q2 · 25.2
Widest fingerprint gap
BOS +1.4 q1 scoring
Questions about this record: Boston Celtics vs Cleveland Cavaliers
What is the Boston Celtics vs Cleveland Cavaliers NBA playoff record?
The playoff subset contains 51 games: Boston Celtics have 26 wins and Cleveland Cavaliers have 25. Those games are already included in the complete all-time total.
How do recent Boston Celtics vs Cleveland Cavaliers results compare with the complete record?
Boston Celtics have won 8 of the latest 10 decided meetings. Boston Celtics lead the complete decided record 170-114. The recent window is a subset of the complete history, so the page reports the two separately.
Methodology & Data Sources
Last updated
Every head-to-head record on SharkBetting is computed from scored game logs. Regular-season and playoff results come from the balldontlie API and historical records cross-checked against basketball-reference.com. All-time records, recent form, postseason splits, margins, streaks, decades, and seasons are calculated from the same listed results. Records without a final score are excluded from decided-game statistics.
Stats are refreshed after completed game days when new source data is available. Each page's Last updated date shows when its underlying data was actually synced. If you spot an error, head to our contact page with the game date and we will verify against the source feeds.
Pre-1996 game scores partially derived from the nbadb dataset by Wyatt Walsh, distributed under CC BY-SA 4.0.