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The 1985–86 Boston Celtics season was the 40th season of the Boston Celtics in the National Basketball Association (NBA). They finished with the best record in the league at 67–15, including a 40–1 record at home (37–1 at the Boston Garden , 3–0 at the Hartford Civic Center ).
Denotes player who has been selected for at least one All-Star Game with the Boston Celtics x: Denotes player who is currently on the Boston Celtics roster: 0.0: Denotes the Boston Celtics statistics leader (min. 100 games played for the team for per-game statistics)
Lost conference finals 4–1 — [73] 2017–18: Eastern 2nd Atlantic 2nd 55 27 .671 4 Won First round 4–3 Won conference semifinals 4–1 Lost conference finals 4–3 — [74] 2018–19: Eastern 4th Atlantic 3rd 49 33 .598 9 Won First round 4–0 Lost conference semifinals 4–1 — [75] 2019–20: Eastern 3rd Atlantic
On Wednesday, January 22, 1986, the Boston Celtics (31–8) defeated the defending champion Los Angeles Lakers (32–8) 110–95 in a matchup of the league's two best teams. [12] On Friday, January 24, 1986, the Boston Celtics (32–8) overtook the Los Angeles Lakers (32–9) as the team with the best record in the NBA.
The 1985–1986 edition of the Boston Celtics won the franchise's 16th NBA championship and is considered one of the greatest teams in NBA history. [ 15 ] The Celtics acquired former NBA Most Valuable Player Bill Walton in a trade from the Los Angeles Clippers in September 1985, and added the 6 ft 11 in (211 cm) center to its already-formidable ...
He was also a lifelong Celtics fan and willing to come off the bench, deferring to the three big men already with the team. Walton would be a big part of the Celtics' success in 1986. In 1985–86 the Celtics fielded one of the best teams in NBA history. The 1986 Celtics won 67 games, going 40–1 at their home, the Boston Garden.
From 2005 to 2017, the Celtics wore alternate green uniforms with black lettering and trim featuring the word "Boston" on the front side. One noticeable difference in the alternate uniforms was the black panels with a green shamrock, reminiscent of the original Celtics uniforms worn in the late 1940s.
The 1986 NBA Finals was the championship series of the National Basketball Association's (NBA) 1985–86 season, and the culmination of the season's playoffs.It pitted the Eastern Conference champion Boston Celtics against the Western Conference champion Houston Rockets, in a rematch of the 1981 NBA Finals (though only Allen Leavell and Robert Reid remained from the Rockets' 1981 team).