Larry Bird has scored the most points by a Celtics rookie in a game, with 45 points versus the Suns on February 13, 1980.
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boston celtics most points by a rookie player in a single regular-season game| NAME | PTS | DATE | TM | OPP | MIN | REB | AST | STL | BLK | FGM | FGA | FG% | 3PM | 3PA | 3P% | FTM | FTA | FT% | TS% | OREB | DREB | TOV | PF | +/- | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | L. Bird | 45 | 2/13/1980 | @ | 43 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 32 | 59.4 | 3 | 5 | 60.0 | 4 | 4 | 100.0 | 66.6 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 4 | |||
| 2 | | L. Bird | 41 | 3/2/1980 | vs | 44 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 29 | 58.6 | 4 | 7 | 57.1 | 3 | 3 | 100.0 | 67.6 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 4 | |||
| 3 |  | T. Heinsohn | 41 | 3/5/1957 | @ | 44 | 14 | 15 | 35 | 42.9 | 11 | 15 | 73.3 | 49.3 | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 4 |  | B. Cousy | 39 | 2/25/1951 | vs | 7 | 6 | 16 | 24 | 66.7 | 7 | 7 | 100.0 | 72.0 | 5 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | | A. Walker | 37 | 3/28/1997 | @ | 43 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 30 | 50.0 | 3 | 5 | 60.0 | 4 | 6 | 66.7 | 56.7 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 3 | +3 | ||
| 6 | | A. Walker | 36 | 4/4/1997 | vs | 46 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 24 | 50.0 | 3 | 6 | 50.0 | 9 | 11 | 81.8 | 62.4 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 3 | -12 | ||
| 7 | | D. Radja | 36 | 3/27/1994 | vs | 37 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 15 | 80.0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 12 | 100.0 | 88.8 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 5 | ||||
| 8 | | D. Radja | 36 | 3/4/1994 | vs | 44 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 22 | 68.2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 75.0 | 70.5 | 4 | 11 | 2 | 2 | ||||
| 9 | | L. Bird | 36 | 1/27/1980 | vs | 39 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 25 | 56.0 | 2 | 4 | 50.0 | 6 | 6 | 100.0 | 65.1 | 2 | 5 | |||||
| 10 |  | D. Cowens | 36 | 2/28/1971 | vs | 47 | 19 | 4 | 16 | 31 | 51.6 | 4 | 5 | 80.0 | 54.2 | 4 | |||||||||||
| 11 | | T. Heinsohn | 35 | 2/28/1957 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 100.0 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | | T. Heinsohn | 34 | 12/11/1956 | vs | 11 | 12 | 14 | 85.7 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 13 | | B. Cousy | 34 | 1/14/1951 | vs | 6 | 7 | 11 | 24 | 45.8 | 12 | 14 | 85.7 | 56.4 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 14 | | L. Bird | 33 | 3/28/1980 | vs | 43 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 25 | 52.0 | 2 | 3 | 66.7 | 5 | 6 | 83.3 | 59.7 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 3 | |||
| 15 | | L. Bird | 33 | 3/9/1980 | vs | 45 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 27 | 40.7 | 2 | 4 | 50.0 | 9 | 9 | 100.0 | 53.3 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 4 | |||
| 16 | | L. Bird | 33 | 2/20/1980 | @ | 40 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 21 | 61.9 | 1 | 2 | 50.0 | 6 | 6 | 100.0 | 69.8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |||
| 17 | | L. Bird | 32 | 2/6/1980 | vs | 38 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 27 | 44.4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 100.0 | 52.4 | 0 | 3 | ||||||
| 18 | | L. Bird | 32 | 12/8/1979 | @ | 41 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 29 | 48.3 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 4 | 5 | 80.0 | 51.3 | 5 | 13 | 3 | 4 | |||
| 19 |  | J. Havlicek | 32 | 3/2/1963 | vs | 30 | 3 | 14 | 21 | 66.7 | 4 | 8 | 50.0 | 65.3 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 20 | | T. Heinsohn | 32 | 2/21/1957 | vs | 37 | 18 | 3 | 12 | 25 | 48.0 | 8 | 9 | 88.9 | 55.2 | 5 | |||||||||||
| 21 | | B. Cousy | 32 | 3/13/1951 | vs | 12 | 8 | 8 | 100.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 22 |  | P. Pierce | 31 | 4/29/1999 | @ | 44 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 19 | 63.2 | 3 | 6 | 50.0 | 4 | 4 | 100.0 | 74.7 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 1 | +6 | ||
| 23 | | R. Mercer | 31 | 3/19/1998 | @ | 42 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 12 | 24 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 87.5 | 56.3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | -4 | |||
| 24 | | E. Williams | 31 | 3/29/1996 | @ | 37 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 18 | 66.7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 70.0 | 69.2 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | ||||
| 25 | | G. Minor | 31 | 1/27/1995 | vs | 37 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 20 | 65.0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 83.3 | 68.5 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | ||||
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