boston celtics most points by a rookie player in a single game

Larry Bird has put up 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	Larry Bird L. Bird	45	2/13/1980	BOS	@	PHX	43	13	3	2	0	19	32	59.4	3	5	60.0	4	4	100.0	66.6	5	8	5	4
2	Larry Bird L. Bird	41	3/2/1980	BOS	vs	DET	44	13	7	0	1	17	29	58.6	4	7	57.1	3	3	100.0	67.6	6	7	3	4
3	Tom Heinsohn T. Heinsohn	41	3/5/1957	BOS	@	STL	44	14				15	35	42.9				11	15	73.3	49.3				3
4	Bob Cousy B. Cousy	39	2/25/1951	BOS	vs	PHI		7	6			16	24	66.7				7	7	100.0	72.0				5
5	Antoine Walker A. Walker	37	3/28/1997	BOS	@	PHI	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	Antoine Walker A. Walker	36	4/4/1997	BOS	vs	LAC	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	Dino Radja D. Radja	36	3/27/1994	BOS	vs	PHI	37	11	5	1	1	12	15	80.0	0	0		12	12	100.0	88.8	1	10	2	5
8	Dino Radja D. Radja	36	3/4/1994	BOS	vs	LAL	44	15	2	2	1	15	22	68.2	0	0		6	8	75.0	70.5	4	11	2	2
9	Larry Bird L. Bird	36	1/27/1980	BOS	vs	SDC	39	7	3	3	2	14	25	56.0	2	4	50.0	6	6	100.0	65.1			2	5
10	Dave Cowens D. Cowens	36	2/28/1971	BOS	vs	MIL	47	19	4			16	31	51.6				4	5	80.0	54.2				4
11	Tom Heinsohn T. Heinsohn	35	2/28/1957	BOS		NYK						12						11	11	100.0					6
12	Tom Heinsohn T. Heinsohn	34	12/11/1956	BOS	vs	FTW						11						12	14	85.7					4
13	Bob Cousy B. Cousy	34	1/14/1951	BOS	vs	PHI		6	7			11	24	45.8				12	14	85.7	56.4				2
14	Larry Bird L. Bird	33	3/28/1980	BOS	vs	CLE	43	10	3	1	0	13	25	52.0	2	3	66.7	5	6	83.3	59.7	3	7	2	3
15	Larry Bird L. Bird	33	3/9/1980	BOS	vs	WAS	45	10	6	2	0	11	27	40.7	2	4	50.0	9	9	100.0	53.3	1	9	1	4
16	Larry Bird L. Bird	33	2/20/1980	BOS	@	UTA	40	7	4	1	1	13	21	61.9	1	2	50.0	6	6	100.0	69.8	4	3	0	3
17	Larry Bird L. Bird	32	2/6/1980	BOS	vs	PHI	38	11	4	0	1	12	27	44.4	0	0		8	8	100.0	52.4			0	3
18	Larry Bird L. Bird	32	12/8/1979	BOS	@	CLE	41	18	5	1	3	14	29	48.3	0	2	0.0	4	5	80.0	51.3	5	13	3	4
19	John Havlicek J. Havlicek	32	3/2/1963	BOS	vs	NYK	30		3			14	21	66.7				4	8	50.0	65.3				0
20	Tom Heinsohn T. Heinsohn	32	2/21/1957	BOS	vs	STL	37	18	3			12	25	48.0				8	9	88.9	55.2				5
21	Bob Cousy B. Cousy	32	3/13/1951	BOS	vs	ROC						12						8	8	100.0
22	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	31	4/29/1999	BOS	@	MIA	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	Ron Mercer R. Mercer	31	3/19/1998	BOS	@	HOU	42	4	3	6	0	12	24	50.0	0	0		7	8	87.5	56.3	3	1	0	4	-4
24	Eric Williams E. Williams	31	3/29/1996	BOS	@	PHI	37	9	4	1	1	12	18	66.7	0	0		7	10	70.0	69.2	5	4	4	2
25	Greg Minor G. Minor	31	1/27/1995	BOS	vs	GSW	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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