The Boston Celtics are an NBA basketball club headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. The Celtics are a member of the Eastern Conference’s Atlantic Division in the National Basketball Association.
The Boston Celtics Rivals are the Lakers team and the Rivalry is often known as, The Celtics – Lakers Rivalry.
The Los Angeles Lakers are also a Los Angeles-based professional basketball franchise. The Lakers are a member of the Western Conference Pacific Division of the National Basketball Association.
The Boston Celtics and the Los Angeles Lakers are rivals in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The Celtics and Lakers are two of the NBA’s most illustrious franchises, and their rivalry has been dubbed “the best in the league.”
Since their first meeting in the NBA Finals in 1959, the Boston Celtics and the Los Angeles Lakers have met a total of 12 times in the NBA Finals. They would go on to dominate the league in the 1960s and 1980s, meeting six times in the 1960s, three times in the 1980s, and twice in 2008 and 2010 respectively.
With 17 championships apiece, the Lakers and Celtics are tied for the most in the NBA, 12 for the L.A. Lakers and 5 for the Minneapolis Lakers. They have a combined total of 34 championships in the NBA’s 74-year history.
The Celtics and Lakers have respective all-time winning records as of 2018. Boston is the only team with a winning overall record versus the Lakers as of the end of the 2020–2021 season.
