most amount of points put up in a game against the nuggets by a celtics player

Paul Pierce has posted the most points for the Celtics in a game against the Nuggets, with 45 points on January 24, 2003.

Interpreted as:

most amount of points put up in a regular-season game against the nuggets by a celtics player

	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	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	45	1/24/2003	BOS	vs	DEN	41	10	2	3	0	16	27	59.3	4	7	57.1	9	10	90.0	71.7	3	7	3	1	+20
2	Larry Bird L. Bird	43	12/5/1990	BOS	vs	DEN	44	8	13	2	2	14	26	53.8	3	6	50.0	12	13	92.3	67.8	0	8	6	1
3	Jaylen Brown J. Brown	41	3/7/2024	BOS	@	DEN	41	14	4	2	0	16	29	55.2	2	7	28.6	7	14	50.0	58.3	6	8	2	4	+5
4	Larry Bird L. Bird	40	12/9/1987	BOS	vs	DEN	40	13	1	2	1	16	25	64.0	0	5	0.0	8	8	100.0	70.1	1	12	3	2
5	Larry Bird L. Bird	40	2/20/1985	BOS	@	DEN	46	9	6	0	0	14	28	50.0	0	2	0.0	12	13	92.3	59.3	1	8	6	4
6	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	38	12/15/2006	BOS	vs	DEN	40	8	9	0	0	11	17	64.7	6	12	50.0	10	11	90.9	87.0	0	8	6	3	+10
7	Robert Parish R. Parish	38	12/8/1989	BOS	vs	DEN	38	12	1	0	1	15	21	71.4	0	0		8	9	88.9	76.1	8	4	0	1
8	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	36	3/12/2006	BOS	vs	DEN	37	1	4	3	0	15	23	65.2	1	4	25.0	5	8	62.5	67.9	0	1	3	3	+9
9	Reggie Lewis R. Lewis	36	12/9/1992	BOS	vs	DEN	43	3	3	2	1	14	21	66.7	0	0		8	8	100.0	73.4	0	3	5	0
10	Kevin McHale K. McHale	36	2/10/1987	BOS	@	DEN	35	14	2	2	4	15	21	71.4	0	0		6	7	85.7	74.8	7	7	4	4
11	Larry Bird L. Bird	36	12/12/1982	BOS	vs	DEN	43	19	3	6	3	15	33	45.5	0	0		6	7	85.7	49.9	7	12	3	2
12	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	35	12/5/2001	BOS	vs	DEN	40	7	2	4	0	12	23	52.2	2	7	28.6	9	10	90.0	63.9	0	7	1	1	+19
13	Ron Mercer R. Mercer	35	3/5/1999	BOS	vs	DEN	35	6	1	1	1	15	24	62.5	0	1	0.0	5	6	83.3	65.7	1	5	3	0	-4
14	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	34	11/11/2022	BOS	vs	DEN	37	8	5	0	0	11	21	52.4	2	7	28.6	10	11	90.9	65.8	0	8	1	4	+18
15	Danny Ainge D. Ainge	34	12/3/1986	BOS	vs	DEN	42	1	3	3	0	12	21	57.1	3	5	60.0	7	8	87.5	69.3	0	1	2	4
16	Larry Bird L. Bird	34	2/5/1982	BOS	vs	DEN	40	10	7	1	3	15	29	51.7	1	1	100.0	3	3	100.0	56.1	3	7	6	2
17	Cedric Maxwell C. Maxwell	34	2/15/1981	BOS	@	DEN	43	12	3	0	2	13	19	68.4	0	0		8	12	66.7	70.0	5	7	2	2
18	Kyrie Irving K. Irving	33	12/13/2017	BOS	vs	DEN	33	1	7	1	2	12	19	63.2	4	9	44.4	5	6	83.3	76.2	0	1	3	4	-5
19	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	33	12/7/2003	BOS	@	DEN	40	7	10	1	0	12	22	54.5	3	7	42.9	6	8	75.0	64.7	1	6	3	1	+4
20	Kevin McHale K. McHale	33	2/17/1988	BOS	@	DEN	36	11	1	1	0	11	17	64.7	0	0		11	12	91.7	74.1	4	7	3	2
21	Kevin McHale K. McHale	33	1/15/1986	BOS	vs	DEN	36	7	5	0	0	14	19	73.7	0	0		5	6	83.3	76.2	2	5	3	4
22	Robert Parish R. Parish	33	2/5/1982	BOS	vs	DEN	33	12	1	0	5	15	20	75.0	0	0		3	4	75.0	75.8	5	7	3	5
23	Kevin McHale K. McHale	32	2/20/1985	BOS	@	DEN	45	9	3	1	7	13	23	56.5	0	1	0.0	6	8	75.0	60.3	1	8	1	2
24	Kyrie Irving K. Irving	31	11/5/2018	BOS	@	DEN	34	5	5	3	1	13	17	76.5	4	6	66.7	1	1	100.0	88.9	2	3	2	3	+2
25	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	31	12/15/2004	BOS	vs	DEN	37	6	4	2	0	9	22	40.9	3	8	37.5	10	14	71.4	55.0	0	6	2	4	+6