Schedule and 2024-25 Results
Regular Season Records: Boston 61-21, Orlando 41-41
Game 1 on Sunday, 20 April: Orlando loses at Boston, 103-pts-86
Game 2 on Wednesday, 23 April: Orlando loses at Boston, 109-pts-100
Game 3 on Friday, 25 April: Boston loses at Orlando, 95-pts-93
Game 4 on Sunday, 27 April: Boston wins at Orlando, 107-pts-98
Game 5 on Tuesday, 29 April: Orlando loses at Boston, 120-pts-89

SERIES NOTES:

After Game 5: The Boston Celtics hosted and topped the Orlando Magic 120-pts-89 to complete a 4-games-1 best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1600 victory. With the series 1600 win, the Boston Celtics improve their best-of-7 NBA playoff series record to 79-32 overall and 14-6 in the Preliminary round. With the series 1600 loss, the Orlando Magic see their best-of-7 NBA playoff series record fall to 9-13 (with an active seven-series losing streak) overall and 3-8 (with an active six-series NBA Preliminary-round losing streak) in the Preliminary round. The win order for the victorious Boston Celtics in series 1600 was WWLWW: Series 1600 thus becomes the 23rd NBA Preliminary-round series, the 66th NBA series (all rounds), and the 134th MLB/NBA/NHL series (all rounds) to follow that win order to completion. With their series 1600 win, the Boston Celtics now own 79 best-of-7 NBA playoff series victories, just one behind the NHL Montreal Canadiens for the most best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series victories (all rounds).

After Game 4: The Boston Celtics visited and defeated the Orlando Magic 107-pts-98 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1600 lead of 3-games-1.

After Game 3: The Orlando Magic hosted and bested the Boston Celtics 95-pts-93 to reduce the Boston Celtics best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1600 lead to 2-games-1. The Orlando Magic trailed the visiting Boston Celtics by ten points as late as after two quarters but prevailed: In the history of best-of-7 NBA playoff games from 1947 through 2024, inclusive, home teams down ten points as late as after two quarters had a game record of only 16-38 (.296) - the Orlando Magic thus achieve a grade-C (.200 - .299) in-game comeback.

After Game 2: The Boston Celtics hosted and defeated the Orlando Magic 109-pts-100 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1600 lead of 2-games-nil.

After Game 1: The Boston Celtics hosted and topped the Orlando Magic 103-pts-86 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1600 lead of 1-game-nil.

Pre-series assessment: In the 2024-25 NBA regular season, the Boston Celtics finished 20 games ahead of the Orlando Magic. From 1947 through the 2024 NBA Finals round, when NBA teams led their best-of-7 playoff series opponents by 20 regular-season games, they have posted a best-of-7 playoff series record of 5-0 (1.000) in those series against those opponents. MLB/NBA/NHL best-of-7 playoff series 1600 is the 111th best-of-7 NBA playoff series for the Boston Celtics, and the 22nd for the Orlando Magic. In best-of-7 NBA playoff series, the Boston Celtics have an all-rounds series record of 78-32, a Preliminary-round series record of 13-6, and a Game 1 record of 72-38, while the Orlando Magic have an all-rounds series record of 9-12, a Preliminary-round series record of 3-7, and a Game 1 record of 12-9. Series 1600 is the third best-of-7 NBA playoff series meeting between the Boston Celtics and the Orlando Magic. In their previous two best-of-7 NBA playoff series meetings, the Orlando Magic won best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1080 over the Boston Celtics in the 2009 NBA Quarterfinals, while Boston returned the favor in series 1116 in the 2010 NBA Semifinals.