most 45 point games by a player in celtics history

Larry Bird had the most games for the Celtics with 45+ points, with 19 games.

Interpreted as:

most 45 or more point regular-season games by a player in celtics history

	NAME	GP	PTS	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Larry Bird L. Bird	19	920	43.1	48.4	10.9	6.2	1.9	0.9	18.8	31.1	60.6	1.2	3.1	39.0	9.5	10.4	91.9	67.9	2.5	8.5	3.9	818	208	118	36	17	75	46
2	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	9	454	40.7	50.4	9.6	4.9	0.3	0.8	16.3	28.8	56.8	6.7	12.0	55.6	11.1	12.3	90.1	73.7	1.6	8.0	2.2	367	86	44	3	7	20	24	+101
3	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	4	189	46.1	47.3	8.8	3.5	2.0	1.0	14.5	29.8	48.7	2.8	6.3	44.0	15.5	17.3	89.9	63.3	1.8	7.0	3.5	184	35	14	8	4	14	13	+55
4	Jaylen Brown J. Brown	3	146	42.4	48.7	7.7	5.0	1.3	1.0	17.7	28.3	62.4	6.3	11.3	55.9	7.0	8.7	80.8	75.7	0.3	7.3	4.3	127	23	15	4	3	13	12	+47
5	Antoine Walker A. Walker	2	96	43.5	48.0	8.5	6.5	2.5	0.5	18.5	32.5	56.9	7.0	9.5	73.7	4.0	8.5	47.1	66.2	1.0	7.5	5.0	87	17	13	5	1	10	9	-3
6	Kyrie Irving K. Irving	1	47	38.8	47.0	3.0	6.0	1.0	0.0	16.0	22.0	72.7	5.0	7.0	71.4	10.0	11.0	90.9	87.6	1.0	2.0	3.0	39	3	6	1	0	3	3	+21
7	Isaiah Thomas I. Thomas	1	52	37.2	52.0	2.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	15.0	26.0	57.7	9.0	13.0	69.2	13.0	13.0	100.0	82.0	1.0	1.0	2.0	37	2	0	1	0	2	2	+10
8	Danny Ainge D. Ainge	1	45	37.0	45.0	3.0	6.0	2.0	0.0	20.0	29.0	69.0	2.0	4.0	50.0	3.0	4.0	75.0	73.1	1.0	2.0	3.0	37	3	6	2	0	3	1
9	Kevin McHale K. McHale	1	56	41.0	56.0	16.0	4.0	1.0	3.0	22.0	28.0	78.6	0.0	0.0		12.0	13.0	92.3	83.0	10.0	6.0	4.0	41	16	4	1	3	4	3
10	Sam Jones S. Jones	1	51		51.0					21.0	35.0	60.0				9.0	9.0	100.0	65.5
11	Tom Heinsohn T. Heinsohn	1	45		45.0					19.0	36.0	52.8				7.0	9.0	77.8	56.3										4
12	Bob Cousy B. Cousy	1	46	40.0	46.0	5.0	8.0			18.0	36.0	50.0				10.0	10.0	100.0	56.9				40	5	8				1
13	Ed Macauley E. Macauley	1	46	41.0	46.0					18.0	29.0	62.1				10.0	17.0	58.8	63.0				41						3

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1	Pistons	60	22	.732
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1	Pistons - z	60	22	.732
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3	Knicks - x	53	29	.646	7.0
4	Cavaliers - x	52	30	.634	8.0
5	Raptors - x	46	36	.561	14.0
6	Hawks - x	46	36	.561	14.0
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8	Magic - x	45	37	.549	15.0
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3	Nuggets - x	54	28	.659	10.0
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6	Timberwolves - x	49	33	.598	15.0
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9	Clippers	42	40	.512	22.0
10	Warriors	37	45	.451	27.0
11	Pelicans - e	26	56	.317	38.0
12	Mavericks - e	26	56	.317	38.0
13	Grizzlies - e	25	57	.305	39.0
14	Kings - e	22	60	.268	42.0
15	Jazz - e	22	60	.268	42.0