celtics most rebounds by a player in a playoff game before 1960

Before 1959-60, Bill Russell had the most rebounds for the Celtics in a playoff game, with 40 rebounds in Game 3 of the 1958 Division Finals against the Philadelphia Warriors.

	NAME	REB	DATE	TM		OPP	MIN	PTS	AST	FGM	FGA	FG%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	PF
1	Bill Russell B. Russell	40	3/23/1958	BOS	vs	PHI	48	14	6	6	17	35.3	2	2	100.0	39.1	3
2	Bill Russell B. Russell	32	4/1/1959	BOS	vs	SYR	46	18	2	8	23	34.8	2	3	66.7	37.0	6
3	Bill Russell B. Russell	32	3/28/1959	BOS	vs	SYR	44	18		8	18	44.4	2	2	100.0	47.7	1
4	Bill Russell B. Russell	32	3/18/1959	BOS	vs	SYR	43	19		9	24	37.5	1	1	100.0	38.9	2
5	Bill Russell B. Russell	32	4/13/1957	BOS	vs	STL	54	19	2	7	17	41.2	5	10	50.0	44.4	5
6	Bill Russell B. Russell	31	3/21/1957	BOS	vs	SYR	33	16		7	15	46.7	2	7	28.6	44.2	5
7	Bill Russell B. Russell	30	4/9/1959	BOS	@	MIN	48	15		5	9	55.6	5	10	50.0	56.0	1
8	Bill Russell B. Russell	30	4/7/1959	BOS	@	MIN	48	8	8	3	8	37.5	2	8	25.0	34.7	2
9	Bill Russell B. Russell	30	4/5/1959	BOS	vs	MIN	47	9		2	10	20.0	5	8	62.5	33.3	3
10	Bill Russell B. Russell	30	3/27/1958	BOS	vs	PHI	46	18	2	6	19	31.6	6	6	100.0	41.6	4
11	Bill Russell B. Russell	30	3/23/1957	BOS	@	SYR	44	20	7	7	18	38.9	6	7	85.7	47.4	4
12	Bill Russell B. Russell	29	3/29/1958	BOS	vs	STL	40	14		4	15	26.7	6	13	46.2	33.8	4
13	Bill Russell B. Russell	28	4/4/1959	BOS	vs	MIN	43	5	7	2	11	18.2	1	3	33.3	20.3	3
14	Bill Russell B. Russell	28	3/22/1958	BOS	@	PHI	41	16	2	7	21	33.3	2	5	40.0	34.5	2
15	Bill Russell B. Russell	27	3/22/1959	BOS	vs	SYR	33	15		6	15	40.0	3	5	60.0	43.6	0
16	Bill Russell B. Russell	27	3/30/1958	BOS	vs	STL	43	22		7	15	46.7	8	10	80.0	56.7	2
17	Bill Russell B. Russell	25	3/19/1958	BOS	vs	PHI	39	18	1	6	11	54.5	6	11	54.5	56.8	2
18	Bill Russell B. Russell	25	3/31/1957	BOS	vs	STL	31	11		5	15	33.3	1	3	33.3	33.7	3
19	Bill Russell B. Russell	24	3/29/1959	BOS	@	SYR	48	25		8	16	50.0	9	12	75.0	58.7	2
20	Tom Heinsohn T. Heinsohn	23	4/13/1957	BOS	vs	STL	45	37	2	17	33	51.5	3	11	27.3	48.9	6
21	Bill Russell B. Russell	23	4/11/1957	BOS	@	STL	46	17		5	16	31.3	7	12	58.3	39.9	4
22	Bill Russell B. Russell	23	4/9/1957	BOS	vs	STL	36	14	3	5	15	33.3	4	6	66.7	39.7	5
23	Bill Russell B. Russell	23	3/24/1957	BOS	vs	SYR	41	10		4	14	28.6	2	4	50.0	31.7	2
24	Bill Russell B. Russell	21	3/25/1959	BOS	@	SYR	48	20		7	12	58.3	6	7	85.7	66.3	4
25	Bill Russell B. Russell	21	3/26/1958	BOS	@	PHI	44	12	4	6	16	37.5	0	4	0.0	33.8	1