48pts
Shaquille O'Neal
LALvsBOS
Mar 21, 2003
NBA head-to-headLakers vs Celtics Finals Rivalry
Boston Celtics vs Los Angeles Lakers Head-to-Head
Boston Celtics lead the all-time record 206-159 across 378 recorded meetings and 13 meetings without a final source score.
Matchup fact
The Boston Celtics lead the playoff series 40-31 in 71 decided meetings.
By Erik AnderssonStats synced Apr 16, 2026BOS
206
vs
LAL
159
378 meetings13 scores unavailable
All-time
BOS lead 206-159
Recent form
BOS 7-3 over the latest 10
Last meeting
BOS won 111-89 on Feb 22, 2026
Closeness
47 wins separate the teams
Series context
71 of 365 scored meetings were playoff games.
Recent Games
Last 10 Games
Feb 22, 26
LAL 89-111 BOS
BOSDec 5, 25
BOS 126-105 LAL
BOSMar 8, 25
BOS 111-101 LAL
BOSJan 23, 25
LAL 117-96 BOS
LALFeb 1, 24
BOS 105-114 LAL
LALDec 25, 23
LAL 115-126 BOS
BOSJan 28, 23
BOS 125-121 LAL
BOSDec 13, 22
LAL 118-122 BOS
BOSDec 7, 21
LAL 117-102 BOS
LALNov 19, 21
BOS 130-108 LAL
BOS| Date | Home | Away | Score | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 22, 2026 | LAL | BOS | 89–111 | BOS |
| Dec 5, 2025 | BOS | LAL | 126–105 | BOS |
| Mar 8, 2025 | BOS | LAL | 111–101 | BOS |
| Jan 23, 2025 | LAL | BOS | 117–96 | LAL |
| Feb 1, 2024 | BOS | LAL | 105–114 | LAL |
| Dec 25, 2023 | LAL | BOS | 115–126 | BOS |
| Jan 28, 2023 | BOS | LAL | 125–121 | BOS |
| Dec 13, 2022 | LAL | BOS | 118–122 | BOS |
| Dec 7, 2021 | LAL | BOS | 117–102 | LAL |
| Nov 19, 2021 | BOS | LAL | 130–108 | BOS |
Last Meeting
Feb 22, 2026Final
LAL
89
HOME
BOS
111
AWAY
Celticswon by22
Celtics' 3rd straight in this series·Game 378 of all-time series
Playoff history
71 of 365 scored meetings came in the playoffs. Boston Celtics lead the playoff subset 40-31. Boston Celtics lead the complete decided record 206-159.
- Playoff games
- 71
- 12 postseasons
- Regular season
- 294
- Scored meetings outside the playoffs
- Full history
- 378
- 77 seasons
All-Time Record
Win Percentage
206W
159W
BOS
LAL
56%44%
Boston CelticsLos Angeles Lakers
Season Split & Biggest Wins
Regular season vs playoff record, plus each team's largest margin of victory
Regular Season294 games
166
128
Playoffs71 games
40
31
Boston Celtics Biggest Win
119–75+44
Nov 12, 1955
Los Angeles Lakers Biggest Win
141–104+37
Feb 11, 1968
Decade Breakdown
Click a decade to filter stats below
Season by Season
| Season ↓ | BOS ↕ | LAL ↕ | Games ↕ |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025–26 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2024–25 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2023–24 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2022–23 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2021–22 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2020–21 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2019–20 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2018–19 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2017–18 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2016–17 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Matchup Insights
Home / Away Split
AWAY
74-99
BOS
AWAY
60-132
LAL
Streaks & Momentum
Current Streak
Boston Celtics: 3 consecutive wins
3
Avg. Margin of Victory
Games decided by 10.3 pts on average
10.3pts
Momentum (Last 10 vs All-Time)
BOS↑Trending Up
Last 1070%
All-Time56.4%
LAL↓Trending Down
Last 1030%
All-Time43.6%
Last 10 Results
BOS / LAL
Advanced Stats
1996-presentBased on 48 of 378 all-time meetings that have play-by-play dataOvertime History
Total OT Games
5
BOS OT Wins
2
LAL OT Wins
3
Biggest OT Game
125-121 on Jan 28, 2023 (1OT)
Largest Leads
BOS Biggest Leads
+43pts
Jun 17, 2008
#2:+31 pts·Mar 3, 2017
#3:+26 pts·Apr 6, 2001
LAL Biggest Leads
+34pts
Jan 20, 2020
#2:+28 pts·Feb 23, 2007
#3:+27 pts·Apr 15, 2021
Lead Changes
Most in a Game
22
Jun 6, 2010
Average per Game
6.1
per game
Times Tied
Most Ties in a Game
15
Jan 28, 2023
Average Ties per Game
5.4
per game
Attendance Records
Across covered games (1996+)
Highest
19,156
Jan 28, 2023
Lowest
1,915
Apr 15, 2021
Reduced capacity (COVID era)
Average
18,466
Shooting Percentages
Average per game, 1996 to 2023. Every bar uses the same 0 to 100% scale.
FG%
BOS45.9%
LAL44.9%
BOS +1.0 pp
3P%
BOS34.5%
LAL32.7%
BOS +1.8 pp
FT%
BOS73.8%
LAL73.9%
LAL +0.1 pp
TS%
BOS54.8%
LAL53.4%
BOS +1.4 pp
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 | 737 | 33 | 22.3 | 42 |
| Ray Allen | 395 | 22 | 17.9 | 32 |
| Kevin Garnett | 357 | 22 | 16.2 | 26 |
| Rajon Rondo | 288 | 25 | 11.5 | 24 |
| Jayson Tatum | 227 | 10 | 22.7 | 44 |
| Antoine Walker | 207 | 9 | 23.0 | 28 |
| Jaylen Brown | 205 | 11 | 18.6 | 40 |
| Marcus Smart | 157 | 15 | 10.5 | 22 |
| Kendrick Perkins | 144 | 20 | 7.2 | 21 |
| Isaiah Thomas | 127 | 5 | 25.4 | 38 |
| Kyrie Irving | 106 | 4 | 26.5 | 33 |
| Tony Allen | 100 | 17 | 5.9 | 18 |
| Jae Crowder | 93 | 5 | 18.6 | 22 |
| Ricky Davis | 88 | 4 | 22.0 | 29 |
| Avery Bradley | 80 | 6 | 13.3 | 20 |
LAL Top 15 Scorers
| Player | Pts | G | Avg | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kobe Bryant | 969 | 37 | 26.2 | 43 |
| Pau Gasol | 386 | 22 | 17.6 | 25 |
| Lamar Odom | 301 | 26 | 11.6 | 21 |
| Derek Fisher | 280 | 30 | 9.3 | 26 |
| Shaquille O'Neal | 252 | 8 | 31.5 | 48 |
| Andrew Bynum | 194 | 17 | 11.4 | 21 |
| LeBron James | 186 | 7 | 26.6 | 33 |
| Anthony Davis | 122 | 5 | 24.4 | 37 |
| Kyle Kuzma | 116 | 7 | 16.6 | 28 |
| Jordan Clarkson | 115 | 8 | 14.4 | 24 |
| Jordan Farmar | 115 | 19 | 6.0 | 13 |
| Sasha Vujacic | 115 | 17 | 6.8 | 20 |
| Rick Fox | 112 | 8 | 14.0 | 27 |
| Metta World Peace | 103 | 12 | 8.6 | 15 |
| Julius Randle | 78 | 5 | 15.6 | 20 |
Biggest Individual Games (1996-present)
Single-game scoring highs in this matchup
44pts
Jayson Tatum
BOSvsLAL
Dec 13, 2022
43pts
Kobe Bryant
LALvsBOS
Jan 31, 2007
43pts
Kobe Bryant
LALvsBOS
Mar 20, 2006
42pts
Paul Pierce
BOSvsLAL
Mar 13, 2001
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
54 games with complete quarter lines
BOSLAL
How they create points
46 games with complete style splits
Selected comparison
Points in paint: BOS +2.0 points46 games
BOS highest-scoring quarter
Q2 · 26.0
LAL highest-scoring quarter
Q4 · 25.9
Widest fingerprint gap
BOS +2.0 points in paint
Questions about this record: Boston Celtics vs Los Angeles Lakers
How is the Boston Celtics vs Los Angeles Lakers meeting total counted?
The source contains 378 recorded meetings. 365 meetings have a winner; 13 meetings have no final source score and do not count as a win. This is why the meeting total can be larger than the two win totals combined.
What is the Boston Celtics vs Los Angeles Lakers NBA playoff record?
The playoff subset contains 71 games: Boston Celtics have 40 wins and Los Angeles Lakers have 31. Those games are already included in the complete all-time total.
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.