The NBA Belt · rivalry

Boston Celtics vs. Washington Wizards

66Belt meetings

44Celtics wins

22Wizards wins

28Title changes

Boston Celtics and Washington Wizards have met 66 times with the NBA belt on the line, from December 14, 1961 to November 22, 2024. The belt changed hands in 28 of those games. Boston Celtics lead the belt series 44–22.

Belt game	Date	Result
1,237	Dec 14, 1961	Boston Celtics beat Chicago Packers 123–108	Defense
1,252	Jan 10, 1962	Chicago Packers beat Boston Celtics 103–90	Title change
1,267	Feb 5, 1962	Boston Celtics beat Chicago Packers 127–111	Defense
1,272	Feb 11, 1962	Boston Celtics beat Chicago Packers 148–115	Title change
1,273	Feb 13, 1962	Boston Celtics beat Chicago Packers 138–117	Defense
1,282	Feb 27, 1962	Boston Celtics beat Chicago Packers 115–100	Defense
1,380	Mar 8, 1963	Chicago Zephyrs beat Boston Celtics 110–109	Title change
1,403	Oct 16, 1963	Boston Celtics beat Baltimore Bullets 109–95	Defense
1,405	Oct 26, 1963	Boston Celtics beat Baltimore Bullets 123–108	Defense
1,424	Dec 7, 1963	Boston Celtics beat Baltimore Bullets 114–97	Title change
1,477	Mar 15, 1964	Boston Celtics beat Baltimore Bullets 129–105	Defense
1,479	Mar 18, 1964	Baltimore Bullets beat Boston Celtics 108–95	Title change
1,507	Dec 12, 1964	Boston Celtics beat Baltimore Bullets 112–99	Defense
1,515	Dec 30, 1964	Boston Celtics beat Baltimore Bullets 121–114	Title change
1,524	Jan 20, 1965	Boston Celtics beat Baltimore Bullets 131–105	Defense
1,532	Feb 3, 1965	Baltimore Bullets beat Boston Celtics 122–114	Title change
1,597	Dec 25, 1965	Boston Celtics beat Baltimore Bullets 113–99	Title change
1,598	Dec 26, 1965	Boston Celtics beat Baltimore Bullets 120–99	Defense
1,611	Jan 22, 1966	Baltimore Bullets beat Boston Celtics 132–107	Title change
1,634	Mar 13, 1966	Boston Celtics beat Baltimore Bullets 129–98	Title change
1,656	Oct 21, 1966	Boston Celtics beat Baltimore Bullets 111–91	Defense
1,704	Jan 20, 1967	Boston Celtics beat Baltimore Bullets 129–117	Defense
1,712	Feb 1, 1967	Boston Celtics beat Baltimore Bullets 111–107	Defense
1,724	Feb 22, 1967	Boston Celtics beat Baltimore Bullets 135–120	Defense
1,806	Jan 20, 1968	Baltimore Bullets beat Boston Celtics 118–115	Title change
1,886	Dec 10, 1968	Baltimore Bullets beat Boston Celtics 115–101	Title change
1,888	Dec 14, 1968	Baltimore Bullets beat Boston Celtics 110–101	Defense
1,937	Mar 15, 1969	Baltimore Bullets beat Boston Celtics 99–98	Defense
2,009	Jan 31, 1970	Baltimore Bullets beat Boston Celtics 120–117	Title change
2,129	Mar 19, 1971	Boston Celtics beat Baltimore Bullets 125–117	Defense
2,133	Oct 19, 1971	Boston Celtics beat Baltimore Bullets 134–114	Title change
2,206	Mar 19, 1972	Baltimore Bullets beat Boston Celtics 125–112	Defense
2,232	Oct 21, 1972	Boston Celtics beat Baltimore Bullets 104–101	Defense
2,236	Nov 3, 1972	Boston Celtics beat Baltimore Bullets 109–96	Defense
2,300	Mar 14, 1973	Boston Celtics beat Baltimore Bullets 111–107	Defense
2,301	Mar 16, 1973	Baltimore Bullets beat Boston Celtics 103–97	Title change
2,308	Mar 28, 1973	Boston Celtics beat Baltimore Bullets 120–101	Defense
2,331	Oct 20, 1973	Capital Bullets beat Boston Celtics 96–87	Title change
2,806	Nov 22, 1978	Washington Bullets beat Boston Celtics 119–103	Defense
3,005	Dec 7, 1980	Washington Bullets beat Boston Celtics 113–103	Title change
3,082	Oct 30, 1981	Boston Celtics beat Washington Bullets 124–100	Defense
3,141	Mar 16, 1982	Boston Celtics beat Washington Bullets 98–97	Title change
3,162	Apr 25, 1982	Boston Celtics beat Washington Bullets 109–91 Playoffs	Title change
3,163	Apr 28, 1982	Washington Bullets beat Boston Celtics 103–102 Playoffs	Title change
3,164	May 1, 1982	Boston Celtics beat Washington Bullets 92–83 Playoffs	Title change
3,165	May 2, 1982	Boston Celtics beat Washington Bullets 103–99 Playoffs	Defense
3,166	May 5, 1982	Boston Celtics beat Washington Bullets 131–126 Playoffs	Defense
3,257	Apr 2, 1983	Boston Celtics beat Washington Bullets 120–117	Title change
3,260	Apr 8, 1983	Washington Bullets beat Boston Celtics 107–99	Title change
3,315	Jan 4, 1984	Boston Celtics beat Washington Bullets 113–104	Title change
3,394	Nov 10, 1984	Washington Bullets beat Boston Celtics 112–95	Title change
3,400	Nov 23, 1984	Boston Celtics beat Washington Bullets 118–110	Title change
3,555	Mar 28, 1986	Boston Celtics beat Washington Bullets 116–97	Defense
3,586	Oct 31, 1986	Boston Celtics beat Washington Bullets 120–102	Defense
3,764	Apr 17, 1988	Washington Bullets beat Boston Celtics 98–92	Defense
3,988	Jan 12, 1991	Washington Bullets beat Boston Celtics 116–99	Title change
4,229	Mar 28, 1993	Boston Celtics beat Washington Bullets 114–113	Defense
4,676	Dec 12, 1997	Boston Celtics beat Washington Wizards 97–88	Defense
4,698	Jan 28, 1998	Boston Celtics beat Washington Wizards 104–102	Defense
5,150	Jan 6, 2003	Washington Wizards beat Boston Celtics 100–95	Defense
5,693	Apr 9, 2008	Washington Wizards beat Boston Celtics 109–95	Title change
5,742	Dec 11, 2008	Boston Celtics beat Washington Wizards 122–88	Defense
5,845	Dec 10, 2009	Boston Celtics beat Washington Wizards 104–102	Defense
6,845	Nov 13, 2019	Boston Celtics beat Washington Wizards 140–133	Defense
7,318	Oct 24, 2024	Boston Celtics beat Washington Wizards 122–102	Defense
7,333	Nov 22, 2024	Boston Celtics beat Washington Wizards 108–96	Defense

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