most points by a bench player in a game for celtics all seasons

Larry Bird has scored the most points by a player off the bench for the Celtics in a game, with 47 points versus the Bucks on April 12, 1985.

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most points by a bench player in a regular-season game for celtics all seasons

	NAME	PTS	SEAS	DATE	TM		OPP	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Larry Bird L. Bird	47	1	4/12/1985	BOS	vs	MIL	38	14	2	1	3	15	31	48.4	1	2	50.0	16	17	94.1	61.1	4	10	4	4
2	Payton Pritchard P. Pritchard	43	1	3/5/2025	BOS	vs	POR	43	10	5	0	0	14	20	70.0	10	16	62.5	5	5	100.0	96.8	4	6	0	2	+12
3	Todd Day T. Day	41	1	12/22/1995	BOS	vs	MIN	38	3	3	3	0	11	18	61.1	5	8	62.5	14	16	87.5	81.9	3	0	3	5
4	Anfernee Simons A. Simons	39	1	1/15/2026	BOS	@	MIA	34	4	4	1	0	13	28	46.4	7	16	43.8	6	6	100.0	63.6	0	4	2	0	+18
5	Billy Knight B. Knight	37	1	10/18/1978	BOS	@	ATL	37	6	0	2	0	14	16	87.5				9	12	75.0	86.9	1	5	6	4
6	Payton Pritchard P. Pritchard	36	1	3/27/2026	BOS	vs	ATL	35	7	4	0	0	13	23	56.5	6	11	54.5	4	4	100.0	72.7	3	4	5	2	+26
7	Ricky Davis R. Davis	36	1	4/1/2005	BOS	@	ATL	37	2	3	0	1	14	17	82.4	0	0		8	10	80.0	84.1	1	1	1	1	+4
8	Don Nelson D. Nelson	36	1	3/14/1971	BOS	vs	CHI	37	5	4			15	22	68.2				6	7	85.7	71.8				1
9	Gordon Hayward G. Hayward	35	1	1/2/2019	BOS	vs	MIN	32	1	5	0	0	14	18	77.8	4	7	57.1	3	3	100.0	90.6	0	1	2	1	-7
10	Larry Bird L. Bird	35	1	12/10/1986	BOS	vs	NJN	30	5	4	1	1	15	21	71.4	2	4	50.0	3	3	100.0	78.4	1	4	2	6
11	Larry Bird L. Bird	35	1	3/31/1982	BOS	vs	WAS	33	9	3			15	20	75.0	0	0		5	5	100.0	78.8				3
12	Isaiah Thomas I. Thomas	34	1	4/8/2015	BOS	@	DET	30	3	6	0	0	10	16	62.5	4	8	50.0	10	11	90.9	81.6	2	1	2	0	+35
13	Ricky Davis R. Davis	34	1	12/13/2004	BOS	@	LAC	38	3	6	1	0	11	18	61.1	1	2	50.0	11	11	100.0	74.4	0	3	3	4	+9
14	Kevin McHale K. McHale	34	1	2/23/1990	BOS	@	GSW	33	11	1	2	1	10	16	62.5	3	3	100.0	11	11	100.0	81.6	3	8	1	4
15	Kevin McHale K. McHale	34	1	2/21/1990	BOS	@	UTA	38	9	1	1	4	10	17	58.8	0	1	0.0	14	15	93.3	72.0	3	6	2	3
16	Kevin McHale K. McHale	34	1	2/16/1990	BOS	@	POR	38	8	1	0	4	9	18	50.0	2	2	100.0	14	14	100.0	70.4	3	5	3	2
17	Kevin McHale K. McHale	34	1	4/2/1989	BOS	@	CLE	33	8	1	1	2	16	30	53.3	0	0		2	3	66.7	54.3	6	2	1	3
18	Ricky Davis R. Davis	33	1	1/13/2004	BOS	@	MIL	32	5	0	2	0	13	21	61.9	3	4	75.0	4	6	66.7	69.8	1	4	2	4	-5
19	Todd Day T. Day	33	1	3/9/1997	BOS	vs	ATL	34	7	2	1	3	10	20	50.0	6	10	60.0	7	9	77.8	68.9	4	3	2	3	-13
20	Kevin McHale K. McHale	33	1	2/5/1984	BOS	vs	DET	40	13	1	0	4	11	16	68.8	0	0		11	12	91.7	77.5	3	10	1	3
21	Ricky Davis R. Davis	32	1	2/17/2004	BOS	@	SAC	36	4	6	0	1	11	12	91.7	1	1	100.0	9	10	90.0	97.6	0	4	2	4	-10
22	Kevin McHale K. McHale	32	1	11/21/1990	BOS	vs	HOU	35	10	7	0	3	13	19	68.4	1	2	50.0	5	5	100.0	75.5	1	9	5	2
23	Kevin McHale K. McHale	32	1	4/13/1984	BOS	@	DET	39	9	4	0	1	13	22	59.1	0	0		6	7	85.7	63.8	7	2	3	4
24	Dee Brown D. Brown	31	1	2/4/1995	BOS	@	NJN	34	1	5	4	1	10	15	66.7	7	11	63.6	4	4	100.0	92.5	0	1	1	3
25	Rick Fox R. Fox	31	1	11/30/1991	BOS	@	ATL	30	4	0	2	0	13	23	56.5	4	7	57.1	1	2	50.0	64.9	1	3	2	4

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