Not your garden variety Celtics

One trait NBA champions share is a decided homecourt advantage. The past 14 title winners each finished the regular season with no more than 10 losses on their home floor. That doesn’t bode well for the 2009-10 Celtics [team stats], who are currently 16-11 at the Garden. In fact, the Celts are one of only two teams (the Sixers are the other) with a worse record at home than on the road. This is all very un-Celtic-like, of course. The C’s enjoyed remarkable success at home during their 17 championship seasons, losing double-digit games only twice on the parquet. Here is a look at the numbers:

YEAR NBA CHAMPIONS, HOME RECORDS

2008-09 -- Lakers, 36-5

2007-08 -- Celtics, 35-6

2006-07 -- Spurs, 31-10

2005-06 -- Heat, 31-10

2004-05 -- Spurs, 38-3

2003-04 -- Pistons, 31-10

2002-03 -- Spurs, 33-8

2001-02 -- Lakers, 34-7

2000-01 -- Lakers, 31-10

1999-00 -- Lakers, 36-5

1998-99 -- Spurs, 21-4

1997-98 -- Bulls, 37-4

1996-97 -- Bulls, 39-2

1995-96 -- Bulls, 39-2

1994-95 -- Rockets, 25-16

CELTICS CHAMPIONSHIPS HOME RECORDS

2007-08 -- 35-6

1985-86 -- 40-1

1983-84 -- 33-8

1980-81 -- 35-6

1975-76 -- 31-10

1973-74 -- 26-6

1968-69 -- 24-12

1967-68 -- 28-9

1965-66 -- 26-5

1964-65 -- 27-3

1963-64 -- 26-4

1962-63 -- 25-5

1961-62 -- 23-5

1960-61 -- 21-7

1959-60 -- 25-2

1958-59 -- 26-4

1956-57 -- 27-4