Ed Macauley has dropped the most points for the Celtics in a game against the Lakers, with 46 points on March 6, 1953.
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highest scoring regular-season game by a celtics player vs lakers| 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 |  | E. Macauley | 46 | 3/6/1953 | vs | 41 | 18 | 29 | 62.1 | 10 | 17 | 58.8 | 63.0 | 3 | |||||||||||||
| 2 |  | J. Tatum | 44 | 12/13/2022 | @ | 44 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 29 | 51.7 | 5 | 10 | 50.0 | 9 | 10 | 90.0 | 65.9 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 1 | +12 | ||
| 3 | | T. Heinsohn | 43 | 2/27/1959 | vs | 36 | 11 | 2 | 18 | 28 | 64.3 | 7 | 12 | 58.3 | 64.6 | 3 | |||||||||||
| 4 |  | P. Pierce | 42 | 3/13/2001 | @ | 38 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 19 | 68.4 | 3 | 7 | 42.9 | 13 | 21 | 61.9 | 74.4 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | -19 | ||
| 5 | | J. Tatum | 41 | 2/23/2020 | @ | 37 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 20 | 60.0 | 4 | 7 | 57.1 | 13 | 15 | 86.7 | 77.1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | +6 | ||
| 6 |  | J. Havlicek | 41 | 11/17/1965 | @ | 4 | 6 | 15 | 32 | 46.9 | 11 | 12 | 91.7 | 55.0 | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | | B. Sharman | 41 | 12/21/1957 | vs | 32 | 5 | 16 | 23 | 69.6 | 9 | 9 | 100.0 | 76.0 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 8 | | J. Tatum | 40 | 3/8/2025 | vs | 45 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 28 | 42.9 | 6 | 16 | 37.5 | 10 | 12 | 83.3 | 60.1 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 3 | +12 | ||
| 9 |  | J. Brown | 40 | 4/15/2021 | @ | 32 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 20 | 85.0 | 3 | 5 | 60.0 | 3 | 3 | 100.0 | 93.8 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 2 | +36 | ||
| 10 | | P. Pierce | 39 | 2/26/2006 | @ | 41 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 20 | 60.0 | 1 | 2 | 50.0 | 14 | 21 | 66.7 | 66.7 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 5 | +3 | ||
| 11 |  | I. Thomas | 38 | 2/3/2017 | vs | 38 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 24 | 54.2 | 5 | 11 | 45.5 | 7 | 7 | 100.0 | 70.2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 2 | +3 | ||
| 12 | | T. Heinsohn | 38 | 1/12/1959 | 14 | 2 | 15 | 23 | 65.2 | 8 | 9 | 88.9 | 70.5 | 3 | |||||||||||||
| 13 | | J. Brown | 37 | 1/28/2023 | vs | 39 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 23 | 56.5 | 2 | 9 | 22.2 | 9 | 11 | 81.8 | 66.5 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 5 | +2 | ||
| 14 | | J. Tatum | 37 | 11/19/2021 | vs | 34 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 26 | 50.0 | 4 | 9 | 44.4 | 7 | 7 | 100.0 | 63.6 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 3 | +10 | ||
| 15 |  | B. Russell | 37 | 12/17/1967 | @ | 19 | 7 | 17 | 23 | 73.9 | 3 | 9 | 33.3 | 68.6 | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 16 | | E. Macauley | 37 | 12/14/1954 | 13 | 11 | 13 | 84.6 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 17 | | E. Macauley | 37 | 11/1/1952 | @ | 10 | 19 | 52.6 | 17 | 22 | 77.3 | 64.5 | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| 18 | | 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 | ||||
| 19 |  | L. Bird | 36 | 2/11/1981 | @ | 47 | 21 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 25 | 64.0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 80.0 | 66.2 | 5 | 16 | 3 | 3 | ||||
| 20 | | J. Havlicek | 36 | 12/1/1971 | vs | 48 | 11 | 7 | 13 | 29 | 44.8 | 10 | 11 | 90.9 | 53.2 | 3 | |||||||||||
| 21 |  | J. Jo White | 36 | 11/14/1971 | @ | 41 | 7 | 3 | 15 | 32 | 46.9 | 6 | 6 | 100.0 | 52.0 | 5 | |||||||||||
| 22 | | L. Bird | 35 | 12/11/1987 | vs | 43 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 26 | 53.8 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 6 | 8 | 75.0 | 59.3 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 3 | |||
| 23 |  | D. Cowens | 35 | 12/16/1973 | @ | 46 | 21 | 8 | 0 | 12 | 26 | 46.2 | 11 | 11 | 100.0 | 56.7 | 9 | 12 | 5 | ||||||||
| 24 | | S. Jones | 35 | 2/19/1966 | @ | 5 | 5 | 14 | 24 | 58.3 | 7 | 10 | 70.0 | 61.6 | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 25 | | B. Sharman | 35 | 2/2/1956 | 14 | 35 | 40.0 | 7 | 7 | 100.0 | 46.0 | 2 | |||||||||||||||
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