most points by a celtic when facing elimination

Jayson Tatum has posted the most points for the Celtics in an elimination game, with 51 points in Game 7 of the 2023 Eastern Conference Semifinals versus the 76ers.

	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	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	51	5/14/2023	BOS	vs	PHI	42	13	5	2	0	17	28	60.7	6	10	60.0	11	14	78.6	74.6	0	13	0	1	+33
2	Sam Jones S. Jones	47	4/10/1963	BOS	vs	CIN	41	7	1			18	27	66.7				11	12	91.7	72.8				4
3	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	46	5/13/2022	BOS	@	MIL	43	9	4	0	1	17	32	53.1	7	15	46.7	5	7	71.4	65.6	0	9	4	2	+21
4	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	46	5/3/2002	BOS	vs	PHI	44	4	6	1	1	16	25	64.0	8	10	80.0	6	7	85.7	81.9	1	3	0	1	+27
5	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	41	5/18/2008	BOS	vs	CLE	44	4	5	2	0	13	23	56.5	4	6	66.7	11	12	91.7	72.5	1	3	4	4	+10
6	Jo Jo White J. Jo White	40	4/29/1977	BOS	vs	PHI	48	5	5		0	16	31	51.6				8	9	88.9	57.2				4
7	Larry Bird L. Bird	39	5/13/1984	BOS	vs	NYK	42	12	10	3	0	13	24	54.2	1	2	50.0	12	12	100.0	66.6	3	9	5	5
8	John Havlicek J. Havlicek	38	4/11/1967	BOS	@	PHI	48	6	2			16	36	44.4				6	8	75.0	48.1				5
9	Larry Bird L. Bird	37	5/30/1987	BOS	vs	DET	48	9	9	0	2	13	24	54.2	1	2	50.0	10	10	100.0	65.1	2	7	3	3
10	Sam Jones S. Jones	37	4/15/1968	BOS	@	PHI	37	1	4			15	27	55.6				7	11	63.6	58.1				4
11	Sam Jones S. Jones	37	4/15/1965	BOS	vs	PHI	48	2	1			15	31	48.4				7	9	77.8	52.9				3
12	Tom Heinsohn T. Heinsohn	37	4/13/1957	BOS	vs	STL	45	23	2			17	33	51.5				3	11	27.3	48.9				6
13	Sam Jones S. Jones	35	4/16/1962	BOS	@	LAL	40	7	3			17	27	63.0				1	4	25.0	60.8				3
14	Derrick White D. White	34	5/14/2025	BOS	vs	NYK	40	3	2	0	3	9	16	56.3	7	13	53.8	9	11	81.8	81.6	0	3	2	3	+26
15	Jaylen Brown J. Brown	34	6/16/2022	BOS	vs	GSW	44	7	3	1	0	12	23	52.2	5	11	45.5	5	6	83.3	66.3	1	6	5	2	+1
16	Kevin McHale K. McHale	34	5/17/1991	BOS	@	DET	46	8	3	0	0	11	19	57.9	1	1	100.0	11	14	78.6	67.6	1	7	2	5
17	Larry Bird L. Bird	34	5/22/1988	BOS	vs	ATL	47	4	6	1	1	15	24	62.5	1	3	33.3	3	3	100.0	67.1	0	4	4	2
18	Sam Jones S. Jones	34	4/1/1966	BOS	vs	CIN		5	3			15	26	57.7				4	7	57.1	58.5				1
19	Bob Cousy B. Cousy	34	3/26/1952	BOS	vs	NYK	55		8			10	24	41.7				14	16	87.5	54.8				6
20	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	33	5/23/2023	BOS	@	MIA	42	11	7	1	2	14	22	63.6	4	9	44.4	1	2	50.0	72.1	1	10	5	3	+21
21	Kevin McHale K. McHale	33	6/3/1988	BOS	@	DET	44	11	3	0	0	12	20	60.0	0	0		9	14	64.3	63.1	7	4	3	3
22	Kevin McHale K. McHale	33	5/22/1988	BOS	vs	ATL	43	13	0	0	4	10	14	71.4	0	0		13	13	100.0	83.7	3	10	0	4
23	Dennis Johnson D. Johnson	33	6/14/1987	BOS	@	LAL	46	10	5	0	1	11	22	50.0	0	2	0.0	11	11	100.0	61.5	6	4	0	1
24	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	32	6/1/2021	BOS	@	BKN	41	9	5	0	2	12	27	44.4	4	11	36.4	4	4	100.0	55.6	1	8	3	2	-14
25	Larry Bird L. Bird	32	5/5/1991	BOS	vs	IND	33	9	7	1	0	12	19	63.2	0	5	0.0	8	10	80.0	68.4	2	7	4	2