Boston Celtics Largest Margins of Defeat in the 1988-89 NBA Regular Season

Here you can find which game was the Celtics' worst loss by point differential during the 1989 season and also the full list of their losses ordered from the largest to the smallest margin of defeat, with final score, date and other details.

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What was the Celtics' biggest margin of defeat in the 1988-89 Regular Season?

The Boston Celtics lost to the Cleveland Cavaliers by 28 points, 112-84, on December 2, 1988. That was the biggest of the team's 40 losses in the 1988-89 NBA Regular Season.

Largest Margin of Defeat
1988-89 Regular Season

28
points
vs. Cleveland Cavaliers

Full list of Celtics' Losses in the 1988-89 NBA Regular Season, by Point Differential, from the Largest to the Smallest

Lost by...W/LGame / Details
1.
28
L
Boston Celtics
Dec. 2, 1988, at Cleveland
2.
21
L
Boston Celtics
Dec. 27, 1988, at Denver
3.
20
L
Boston Celtics
Apr. 20, 1989, at New York
4.
19
L
Boston Celtics
Jan. 11, 1989, at Boston
Lost by...W/LGame / Details
5.
17
L
Apr. 2, 1989, at Cleveland
6.
16
L
Boston Celtics
Dec. 29, 1988, at Dallas
7.
15
L
Boston Celtics
Feb. 16, 1989, at Utah
8.
14
L
Boston Celtics
Apr. 13, 1989, at Atlanta
14
L
Apr. 6, 1989, at Golden State
14
L
Boston Celtics
Feb. 14, 1989, at Houston
14
L
Boston Celtics
Nov. 5, 1988, at Philadelphia
Lost by...W/LGame / Details
12.
13
L
Apr. 7, 1989, at Portland
13
L
Boston Celtics
Nov. 26, 1988, at Atlanta
14.
12
L
Boston Celtics
Mar. 21, 1989, at Milwaukee
12
L
Boston Celtics
Feb. 26, 1989, at New York
12
L
Nov. 22, 1988, at Boston played at Hartford, CT
Lost by...W/LGame / Details
17.
11
L
Boston Celtics
Jan. 18, 1989, at Philadelphia
18.
10
L
Boston Celtics
Apr. 21, 1989, at Indiana
10
L
Boston Celtics
Dec. 13, 1988, at Washington
20.
9
L
Boston Celtics
Feb. 19, 1989, at Los Angeles
9
L
Boston Celtics
Feb. 17, 1989, at Phoenix
9
L
Boston Celtics
Jan. 25, 1989, at Indiana
9
L
Boston Celtics
Jan. 16, 1989, at Detroit
9
L
Boston Celtics
Nov. 11, 1988, at Boston
Lost by...W/LGame / Details
25.
8
L
Boston Celtics
Apr. 18, 1989, at Boston
8
L
Boston Celtics
Mar. 17, 1989, at Detroit
8
L
Boston Celtics
Nov. 12, 1988, at Milwaukee
28.
7
L
Boston Celtics
Jan. 31, 1989, at Washington
29.
6
L
Boston Celtics
Jan. 15, 1989, at Chicago
6
L
Boston Celtics
Nov. 9, 1988, at Boston
Lost by...W/LGame / Details
31.
5
L
Boston Celtics
Feb. 21, 1989, at Seattle
5
L
Boston Celtics
Dec. 6, 1988, at Chicago
33.
4
L
Boston Celtics
Nov. 19, 1988, at Washington
34.
3
L
Boston Celtics
Mar. 4, 1989, at New Jersey
3
L
Boston Celtics
Dec. 7, 1988, at Boston
Lost by...W/LGame / Details
36.
2
L
115 - 117  OT
Boston Celtics
Mar. 28, 1989, at Philadelphia
2
L
Boston Celtics
Feb. 5, 1989, at Boston
2
L
Boston Celtics
Jan. 4, 1989, at Boston
2
L
107 - 109  OT
Boston Celtics
Jan. 3, 1989, at New York
40.
1
L
Dec. 21, 1988, at Boston

Number of games showed: 40