most playoff points in a game off the bench by a player in games in celtics history

Kevin McHale has dropped the most points by a player off the bench for the Celtics in a playoff game, with 34 points in Game 6 of the 1991 Eastern Conference Semifinals versus the Pistons.

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 Kevin McHale
K. McHale
34
5/17/1991
BOS BOS
@
DET DET
46
8
3
0
0
11
19
57.9
1
1
100.0
11
14
78.6
67.6
1
7
2
5
2 Eddie House
E. House
31
5/6/2009
BOS BOS
vs
ORL ORL
28
4
2
1
0
11
14
78.6
4
4
100.0
5
6
83.3
93.1
0
4
2
4
+9
3 Kevin McHale
K. McHale
30
5/1/1993
BOS BOS
vs
CHA CHA
36
10
0
0
1
13
18
72.2
0
0
4
5
80.0
74.3
2
8
1
0
4 Kevin McHale
K. McHale
28
5/13/1991
BOS BOS
@
DET DET
37
3
1
0
0
13
21
61.9
0
2
0.0
2
3
66.7
62.7
1
2
2
5
5 Kelly Olynyk
K. Olynyk
26
5/15/2017
BOS BOS
vs
WAS WAS
28
4
4
0
0
10
14
71.4
2
6
33.3
4
5
80.0
80.2
0
4
1
5
+3
6 Scott Wedman
S. Wedman
26
5/27/1985
BOS BOS
vs
LAL LAL
23
5
2
2
0
11
11
100.0
4
4
100.0
0
2
0.0
109.4
1
4
1
4
7 Kevin McHale
K. McHale
25
4/26/1991
BOS BOS
vs
IND IND
27
4
0
0
0
9
15
60.0
0
0
7
8
87.5
67.5
3
1
0
4
8 Kevin McHale
K. McHale
25
5/8/1987
BOS BOS
@
MIL MIL
38
6
0
0
3
8
14
57.1
0
0
9
12
75.0
64.8
2
4
1
6
9 Kevin McHale
K. McHale
25
5/27/1984
BOS BOS
vs
LAL LAL
39
8
1
1
3
10
16
62.5
0
1
0.0
5
6
83.3
67.1
4
4
2
3
10 Kevin McHale
K. McHale
25
4/29/1984
BOS BOS
vs
NYK NYK
36
8
5
0
4
11
14
78.6
0
0
3
4
75.0
79.3
3
5
2
3
11 Kevin McHale
K. McHale
25
5/2/1982
BOS BOS
@
WAS WAS
40
7
0
12
19
63.2
0
0
1
3
33.3
61.5
1
12 Kevin McHale
K. McHale
24
5/3/1991
BOS BOS
@
IND IND
37
5
1
0
2
8
12
66.7
2
2
100.0
6
8
75.0
77.3
1
4
1
3
13 Kevin McHale
K. McHale
24
5/17/1984
BOS BOS
vs
MIL MIL
25
3
1
0
1
8
10
80.0
0
0
8
8
100.0
88.8
1
2
1
2
14 Kevin McHale
K. McHale
24
5/2/1984
BOS BOS
vs
NYK NYK
34
4
0
0
2
12
14
85.7
0
0
0
0
85.7
2
2
2
3
15 Payton Pritchard
P. Pritchard
23
5/10/2025
BOS BOS
@
NYK NYK
35
4
2
1
0
8
16
50.0
5
10
50.0
2
2
100.0
68.1
2
2
0
3
+8
16 Malcolm Brogdon
M. Brogdon
23
5/3/2023
BOS BOS
vs
PHI PHI
24
6
2
0
1
7
15
46.7
6
10
60.0
3
4
75.0
68.6
0
6
0
2
+11
17 Kevin McHale
K. McHale
23
5/10/1992
BOS BOS
vs
CLE CLE
35
5
1
1
0
8
15
53.3
0
0
7
9
77.8
60.7
4
1
1
4
18 Nate Archibald
N. Archibald
23
4/27/1983
BOS BOS
vs
MIL MIL
27
0
7
0
0
6
17
35.3
1
1
100.0
10
12
83.3
51.6
0
0
3
3
19 M.L. Carr
M.L. Carr
23
4/14/1980
BOS BOS
@
HOU HOU
21
2
2
1
8
13
61.5
1
1
100.0
6
6
100.0
73.5
1
20 John Havlicek
J. Havlicek
23
5/27/1976
BOS BOS
vs
PHX PHX
34
4
3
0
0
9
18
50.0
5
7
71.4
54.6
1
3
1
21 Derrick White
D. White
22
5/27/2022
BOS BOS
vs
MIA MIA
33
3
5
3
1
7
14
50.0
4
7
57.1
4
5
80.0
67.9
0
3
0
4
+5
22 Isaiah Thomas
I. Thomas
22
4/21/2015
BOS BOS
@
CLE CLE
30
1
7
1
0
6
14
42.9
0
3
0.0
10
10
100.0
59.8
1
0
4
2
-3
23 Isaiah Thomas
I. Thomas
22
4/19/2015
BOS BOS
@
CLE CLE
32
5
10
1
0
6
14
42.9
2
5
40.0
8
8
100.0
62.8
0
5
5
1
+5
24 Ricky Davis
R. Davis
22
5/5/2005
BOS BOS
@
IND IND
42
5
4
2
0
7
15
46.7
1
2
50.0
7
8
87.5
59.4
1
4
5
3
+15
25 Kevin McHale
K. McHale
22
5/15/1992
BOS BOS
vs
CLE CLE
23
6
0
0
0
9
12
75.0
0
0
4
6
66.7
75.1
1
5
0
4
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for games started going back to the 1982 playoffs.

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