most points celtics player vs knicks in a single game

Larry Bird has the most points for the Celtics in a game versus the Knicks, with 47 points on April 12, 1987.

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most points celtics player vs knicks in a single regular-season game

	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	Larry Bird L. Bird	47	4/12/1987	BOS	vs	NYK	38	7	8	4	0	22	34	64.7	0	1	0.0	3	5	60.0	64.9	4	3	2	3
2	Jaylen Brown J. Brown	46	10/20/2021	BOS	@	NYK	46	9	6	3	1	16	30	53.3	8	14	57.1	6	8	75.0	68.6	0	9	4	5	+16
3	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	46	11/2/2002	BOS	@	NYK	40	6	3	2	2	12	22	54.5	2	6	33.3	20	21	95.2	73.6	2	4	3	4	+22
4	Bob Cousy B. Cousy	46	2/7/1960	BOS	vs	NYK	40	5	8			18	36	50.0				10	10	100.0	56.9				1
5	Sam Jones S. Jones	44	2/13/1965	BOS	@	NYK						17						10	11	90.9
6	Bill Sharman B. Sharman	44	12/26/1957	BOS	vs	NYK	39	4				17	37	45.9				10	11	90.9	52.6				4
7	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	43	4/17/2012	BOS	@	NYK	43	2	3	2	0	11	19	57.9	4	6	66.7	17	18	94.4	79.9	0	2	3	4	+2
8	Tom Heinsohn T. Heinsohn	43	1/20/1960	BOS	vs	NYK	35	13	2			19	37	51.4				5	5	100.0	54.8				5
9	Antoine Walker A. Walker	42	12/11/2001	BOS	@	NYK	44	9	9	3	0	14	33	42.4	6	17	35.3	8	9	88.9	56.8	2	7	2	3	+16
10	Kevin McHale K. McHale	42	3/5/1985	BOS	@	NYK	44	9	2	0	1	15	21	71.4	0	0		12	16	75.0	74.9	2	7	4	5
11	Larry Bird L. Bird	41	1/6/1988	BOS	vs	NYK	44	6	5	3	0	17	30	56.7	3	3	100.0	4	4	100.0	64.5	1	5	5	2
12	John Havlicek J. Havlicek	41	3/12/1972	BOS	vs	NYK	48	6	4			18	29	62.1				5	7	71.4	63.9				1
13	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	40	2/8/2025	BOS	@	NYK	37	6	4	0	0	13	26	50.0	7	14	50.0	7	9	77.8	66.8	0	6	1	1	+18
14	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	40	3/5/2023	BOS	vs	NYK	49	11	6	0	0	12	30	40.0	6	17	35.3	10	12	83.3	56.7	2	9	2	2	+4
15	Isaiah Thomas I. Thomas	39	1/18/2017	BOS	vs	NYK	37	3	2	1	0	12	25	48.0	5	12	41.7	10	10	100.0	66.3	2	1	2	0	+5
16	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	39	11/18/2006	BOS	@	NYK	43	9	4	2	1	10	23	43.5	1	7	14.3	18	22	81.8	59.7	2	7	1	3	+7
17	Larry Bird L. Bird	39	3/31/1987	BOS	@	NYK	41	8	9	3	0	12	22	54.5	1	3	33.3	14	14	100.0	69.2	0	8	0	4
18	Larry Bird L. Bird	39	1/19/1982	BOS	@	NYK	44	10	7	2		18	24	75.0	0	0		3	4	75.0	75.7				2
19	Bill Sharman B. Sharman	39	1/9/1958	BOS		NYK						16	19	84.2				7	7	100.0	88.3				4
20	Larry Bird L. Bird	38	4/7/1985	BOS	vs	NYK	46	9	10	0	0	15	27	55.6	2	3	66.7	6	8	75.0	62.3	4	5	4	4
21	Dave Cowens D. Cowens	38	12/26/1972	BOS	vs	NYK	46	20	4			17	27	63.0				4	5	80.0	65.1				5
22	Frank Ramsey F. Ramsey	38	1/26/1962	BOS	@	NYK						17						4	5	80.0					2
23	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	37	10/22/2024	BOS	vs	NYK	30	4	10	1	1	14	18	77.8	8	11	72.7	1	2	50.0	98.0	0	4	1	1	+26
24	John Havlicek J. Havlicek	37	3/7/1971	BOS	vs	NYK	48	6	6			11	22	50.0				15	15	100.0	64.7				4
25	Sam Jones S. Jones	37	12/22/1965	BOS	vs	NYK	38	4	1			14	24	58.3				9	13	69.2	62.2				3