Twelve times. The Celtics have won nine of the championship meetings.
Three times!
Twelve times.
The Los Angeles Lakers have beaten the Boston Celtics three times in the NBA Finals: in 1985, 1987 and 2010.
The 2010 NBA Finals marked the 12th championship meeting between the Celtics and the Lakers. Boston has won nine times.
The Boston Celtics have won 17 times. LA Lakers are in second with 16 wins.
Once. The Celtics defeated the Los Angeles Lakers in six games to win the 2007-2008 NBA title.
The two franchises have met 12 times for the NBA Championship, with the Celtics having the overall advantage 9-3.....The 3 Laker victories have occurred out of the last 4 meetings between the two........
Yes the played 9 times:1959,1962-63,1965-66,1968-69,1984-85 and 1987 Celtics and Lakers have played 11 times in the NBA Finals. They played in the years listed above as well as in 2008. Celtics won 9 of the 11 meetings including the most recent one in 2008.
As of June 2010, the Boston Celtics have 17 NBA championships while the LA Lakers have 15. These numbers will change soon as both teams are currently playing in the NBA Finals with another ring on the line.
the lakers have been there 30 times and the celtics have been there 38 times
I'm pretty sure it twice. The lakers are 2-8 verse the celtics in the finals.
Los Angeles Lakers played 29 times in the NBA Finals while 20 times for the Boston Celtics.