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.
By Erik AnderssonStats synced Apr 16, 2026BOS lead 206-159
BOS 7-3 over the latest 10
BOS won 111-89 on Feb 22, 2026
47 wins separate the teams
71 of 365 scored meetings were playoff games.
Recent Games
| 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 |
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
| 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
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
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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.