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Fri, Oct 16 · 7:00 PM ET

BOSBOSBoston Celtics56-26 · 2025-26 final
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PHIPHIPhiladelphia 76ers45-37 · 2025-26 final

Boston Celtics at Philadelphia 76ers preview

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Numbers to know

  • 1PHI has lost its last 4 games (2025-26, incl. playoffs).
  • 2BOS has lost its last 3 games (2025-26, incl. playoffs).
  • 3PHI has been outscored by opponents by 16.0 points per game over its last 5 (103.4–119.4).
BOS

BOS recent form

Last 10 games played (2025-26, incl. playoffs)

  • L5/2vs PHI100–109Playoffs
  • L4/30@ PHI93–106Playoffs
  • L4/28vs PHI97–113Playoffs
  • W4/26@ PHI128–96Playoffs
  • W4/24@ PHI108–100Playoffs
PHI

PHI recent form

Last 10 games played (2025-26, incl. playoffs)

  • L5/10vs NYK114–144Playoffs
  • L5/8vs NYK94–108Playoffs
  • L5/6@ NYK102–108Playoffs
  • L5/4@ NYK98–137Playoffs
  • W5/2@ BOS109–100Playoffs

Key players

NBA: the top scorer per game on the current roster over the latest regular season in our logs (2025-26; min. 20 games).

Head to head

BOS 2 – 3 PHI · last 5

Meetings since the 2024-25 season, incl. playoffs.

  • 5/2/26PHI 109 @ BOS 100Playoffs
  • 4/30/26BOS 93 @ PHI 106Playoffs
  • 4/28/26PHI 113 @ BOS 97Playoffs
  • 4/26/26BOS 128 @ PHI 96Playoffs
  • 4/24/26BOS 108 @ PHI 100Playoffs

All numbers come from our own schedule and game-log tables; each section states its window. Results our logs can't settle reliably (e.g. a tied run or goal sum) show as “–” and are left out of streaks. Not betting advice.