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Justin Quinn

Where each of the Boston Celtics’ NBA-record nine consecutive playoff runs ended

The Boston Celtics currently possess the NBA’s longest consecutive string of postseason appearances at a total of nine since the last time the Celtics were a lottery team. That happened at the end of the last era of Celtics contention when what was left of the “New Big Three” of Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce, and Ray Allen were traded to the Brooklyn Nets with Jason Terry after Allen had decamped to the Miami Heat.

Somehow, after losing their title core for the haul then-team president Danny Ainge extracted from the Nets as well as their head coach Doc Rivers to the Los Angeles Clippers, a smart hire in Brad Stevens and good lottery luck had Boston out of the hunt for just one season.

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Let’s take a look at where each season’s Celtics postseason ended.

2015: Lost First Round (0-4) vs. Cleveland Cavaliers

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2016: Lost First Round (2-4) vs. Atlanta Hawks

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2017: Lost Eastern Conference Finals (1-4) vs. Cleveland Cavaliers

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2018: Lost Eastern Conference Finals (3-4) vs. Cavaliers

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2019: Lost Eastern Conference Semifinals (1-4) vs. Milwaukee Bucks

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2020: Lost Eastern Conference Finals (2-4) vs. Miami Heat

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2021: Lost First Round (1-4) vs. Brooklyn Nets

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2022: Lost NBA Finals (2-4) vs. Golden State Warriors

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2023: ???

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