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Justin Quinn

All 36 Boston Celtics Christmas Day game results

Over the course of closer to eight decades of existence than not in the NBA and the Basketball Association of America from which it sprung before that, the Boston Celtics have appeared in no less than a total of 36 games played on the most important day of the league’s regular season.

That would of course be the league’s annual slate of Christmas Day games, with the Celtics having uncharacteristically lost more of those contests than they have won over the years. 16 wins of those 36 tilts, to be specific. Now, ahead of the Celtics having their 37th such game on Christmas Day against their age-old Western Conference rivals, the Los Angeles Lakers, Boston can get things back on track with a win.

But let’s take a look at those other Christmas Day contests first.

1948 - Philadelphia Warriors 80 vs. Boston Celtics 77

(Photo by Omar Rawlings/Getty Images)

1949 - Rochester Royals 88 vs. Boston Celtics 79

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1950 - Rochester Royals 90 vs. Boston Celtics 77

AP Photo/Paul E. Thomson)

1951 - Minneapolis Lakers 100 vs. Boston Celtics 93

(AP Photo/Bill Chaplis)

1952 - New York Knicks 97 vs. Boston Celtics 84

AP Photo/Matty Zimmerman)

1953 - Fort Wayne Pistons 108 vs. Boston Celtics 79

(AP Photo/John Lindsay)

1954 - Boston Celtics 108 at Milwaukee Hawks 99

(Photo by Jim Rogash/Getty Images)

1955 - Boston Celtics 115 at Minneapolis Lakers 112

(AP Photo)

1956 - Philadelphia Warriors 89 vs. Boston Celtics 82

(AP Photo/Sam Myers)

1957 - Philadelphia Warriors 115 vs. Boston Celtics 105

(Photo by Charles Hoff/NY Daily News via Getty Images)

1958 - Boston Celtics 129 at New York Knicks 120

(Photo By Winslow Townson/Getty Images)

1959 - Boston Celtics 123 at New York Knicks 119

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1961 - Boston Celtics 127 at Syracuse Nationals 122

(Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)

1964 - Boston Celtics 118 vs. Detroit Pistons 106

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1965 - Boston Celtics 113 at Baltimore Bullets 99

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1967 - Boston Celtics 134 at New York Knicks 124

(Photo by Dick Raphael/NBAE via Getty Images)

1969 - Phoenix Suns 127 vs. Boston Celtics 116

Winslow Townson-USA TODAY Sports

1971 - Boston Celtics 99 at Cincinnati Royals 94

(AP Photo)

1974 - Phoenix Suns 110 vs. Boston Celtics 96

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1980 - Boston Celtics 117 at New York Knicks 108

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1985 - New York Knicks 113 vs. Boston Celtics 104 (2 OT)

(AP Photo/G. Paul Burnett)

1991 - Chicago Bulls 121 vs. Boston Celtics 99

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2002 - New Jersey Nets 117 vs. Boston Celtics 81

(AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

2008 - Los Angeles Lakers 92 vs. Boston Celtics 83

AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill

2009 - Boston Celtics 86 at Orlando Magic 77

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2010 - Orlando Magic 86 vs. Boston Celtics 78

(Photo by Jim Rogash/Getty Images)

2011 - New York Knicks 106 vs. Boston Celtics 104

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2012 - Boston Celtics 93 at Brooklyn Nets 76

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2016 - Boston Celtics 119 at New York Knicks 114

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2017 - Washington Wizards 111 at Boston Celtics 103

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2018 - Boston Celtics 121 vs. Philadelphia 76ers 114 (OT)

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2019 - Boston Celtics 118 at Toronto Raptors 102

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2020 - Brooklyn Nets 123 at Boston Celtics 95

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2021 - Milwaukee Bucks 117 vs. Boston Celtics 113

(AP Photo/Jon Durr)

2022 - Boston Celtics 139 vs. Milwaukee Bucks 118

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