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.
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most playoff points by a player of the bench in a game in celtics history| 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 |  | K. McHale | 34 | 5/17/1991 | @ | 46 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 19 | 57.9 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 11 | 14 | 78.6 | 67.6 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 5 | |||
| 2 |  | P. Pritchard | 32 | 4/26/2026 | @ | 35 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 21 | 57.1 | 6 | 12 | 50.0 | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 73.1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | +20 | ||
| 3 |  | E. House | 31 | 5/6/2009 | vs | 28 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 14 | 78.6 | 4 | 4 | 100.0 | 5 | 6 | 83.3 | 93.1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | +9 | ||
| 4 | | K. McHale | 30 | 5/1/1993 | vs | 36 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 18 | 72.2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 80.0 | 74.3 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 5 | | K. McHale | 28 | 5/13/1991 | @ | 37 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 21 | 61.9 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 2 | 3 | 66.7 | 62.7 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | |||
| 6 |  | K. Olynyk | 26 | 5/15/2017 | vs | 28 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 14 | 71.4 | 2 | 6 | 33.3 | 4 | 5 | 80.0 | 80.2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | +3 | ||
| 7 | | S. Wedman | 26 | 5/27/1985 | vs | 23 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 11 | 100.0 | 4 | 4 | 100.0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 109.4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | |||
| 8 | | K. McHale | 25 | 4/26/1991 | vs | 27 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 15 | 60.0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 87.5 | 67.5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| 9 | | K. McHale | 25 | 5/8/1987 | @ | 38 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 57.1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 12 | 75.0 | 64.8 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 6 | ||||
| 10 | | K. McHale | 25 | 5/27/1984 | vs | 39 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 16 | 62.5 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 5 | 6 | 83.3 | 67.1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | |||
| 11 | | K. McHale | 25 | 4/29/1984 | vs | 36 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 78.6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 75.0 | 79.3 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| 12 | | K. McHale | 25 | 5/2/1982 | @ | 40 | 7 | 0 | 12 | 19 | 63.2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 33.3 | 61.5 | 1 | |||||||||
| 13 | | K. McHale | 24 | 5/3/1991 | @ | 37 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 66.7 | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 6 | 8 | 75.0 | 77.3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | |||
| 14 | | K. McHale | 24 | 5/17/1984 | vs | 25 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 80.0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 100.0 | 88.8 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| 15 | | K. McHale | 24 | 5/2/1984 | vs | 34 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 85.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 85.7 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | |||||
| 16 | | P. Pritchard | 23 | 5/10/2025 | @ | 35 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 16 | 50.0 | 5 | 10 | 50.0 | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 68.1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | +8 | ||
| 17 |  | M. Brogdon | 23 | 5/3/2023 | vs | 24 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 15 | 46.7 | 6 | 10 | 60.0 | 3 | 4 | 75.0 | 68.6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | +11 | ||
| 18 | | K. McHale | 23 | 5/10/1992 | vs | 35 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 15 | 53.3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 77.8 | 60.7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||||
| 19 |  | N. Archibald | 23 | 4/27/1983 | vs | 27 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 17 | 35.3 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 10 | 12 | 83.3 | 51.6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |||
| 20 | | M.L. Carr | 23 | 4/14/1980 | @ | 21 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 13 | 61.5 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 6 | 6 | 100.0 | 73.5 | 1 | |||||||
| 21 |  | J. Havlicek | 23 | 5/27/1976 | vs | 34 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 18 | 50.0 | 5 | 7 | 71.4 | 54.6 | 1 | 3 | 1 | |||||||
| 22 |  | D. White | 22 | 5/27/2022 | vs | 33 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 14 | 50.0 | 4 | 7 | 57.1 | 4 | 5 | 80.0 | 67.9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | +5 | ||
| 23 |  | I. Thomas | 22 | 4/21/2015 | @ | 30 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 14 | 42.9 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | 10 | 10 | 100.0 | 59.8 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | -3 | ||
| 24 | | I. Thomas | 22 | 4/19/2015 | @ | 32 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 14 | 42.9 | 2 | 5 | 40.0 | 8 | 8 | 100.0 | 62.8 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 1 | +5 | ||
| 25 | | R. Davis | 22 | 5/5/2005 | @ | 42 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 15 | 46.7 | 1 | 2 | 50.0 | 7 | 8 | 87.5 | 59.4 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | +15 | ||
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