most points in a game 5 of conference finals by a celtic

Larry Bird has posted the most points for the Celtics, with 36 points in Game 5 of the 1987 Eastern Conference Finals against the Pistons on May 26, 1987.

	NAME	PTS	DATE	SEASON	SERIES	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	36	5/26/1987	1986-87	Conference Finals	BOS	vs	DET	47	12	9	1	1	12	25	48.0	0	2	0.0	12	12	100.0	59.4	1	11	5	1
2	Kevin Garnett K. Garnett	33	5/28/2008	2007-08	Conference Finals	BOS	vs	DET	41	7	2	1	0	11	17	64.7	1	1	100.0	10	12	83.3	74.1	1	6	5	3	+8
3	John Havlicek J. Havlicek	33	4/24/1974	1973-74	Conference Finals	BOS	vs	NYK	48	5	5			14	22	63.6				5	5	100.0	68.2				1
4	Larry Bird L. Bird	32	4/29/1981	1980-81	Conference Finals	BOS	vs	PHI	43	11	5	3	2	11	24	45.8	0	0		10	10	100.0	56.3			6	4
5	Dave Cowens D. Cowens	32	4/25/1973	1972-73	Conference Finals	BOS	vs	NYK	48	16	3			14	30	46.7				4	6	66.7	49.0				3
6	John Havlicek J. Havlicek	32	4/23/1972	1971-72	Conference Finals	BOS	vs	NYK	48	6	3			9	21	42.9				14	16	87.5	57.1				2
7	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	31	9/25/2020	2019-20	Conference Finals	BOS	vs	MIA	43	10	6	1	0	8	22	36.4	3	10	30.0	12	14	85.7	55.0	2	8	2	3	+10
8	Ray Allen R. Allen	29	5/28/2008	2007-08	Conference Finals	BOS	vs	DET	39	3	2	0	0	9	15	60.0	5	6	83.3	6	6	100.0	82.2	1	2	3	2	+14
9	Jaylen Brown J. Brown	28	9/25/2020	2019-20	Conference Finals	BOS	vs	MIA	39	8	2	1	0	12	23	52.2	4	10	40.0	0	1	0.0	59.7	3	5	4	1	+11
10	Larry Bird L. Bird	27	6/1/1988	1987-88	Conference Finals	BOS	vs	DET	49	17	4	5	1	9	25	36.0	0	1	0.0	9	9	100.0	46.6	3	14	2	3
11	Dave Cowens D. Cowens	27	5/9/1975	1974-75	Conference Finals	BOS	vs	WAS	38	12	4			12	27	44.4				3	3	100.0	47.7				5
12	Don Nelson D. Nelson	27	4/23/1972	1971-72	Conference Finals	BOS	vs	NYK	42	10	0			12	22	54.5				3	4	75.0	56.8				5
13	Kevin Garnett K. Garnett	26	6/5/2012	2011-12	Conference Finals	BOS	@	MIA	36	11	2	1	2	11	20	55.0	0	0		4	6	66.7	57.4	3	8	1	4	+4
14	Kevin McHale K. McHale	26	6/1/1988	1987-88	Conference Finals	BOS	vs	DET	41	7	3	0	3	9	20	45.0	0	0		8	9	88.9	54.3	2	5	0	6
15	Robert Parish R. Parish	26	5/19/1982	1981-82	Conference Finals	BOS	vs	PHI	30	10	3		1	12	19	63.2	0	0		2	8	25.0	57.7				4
16	Dave Cowens D. Cowens	26	5/16/1976	1975-76	Conference Finals	BOS	vs	CLE	48	11	6	0	0	9	23	39.1				8	8	100.0	49.0	2	9		5
17	Jaylen Brown J. Brown	25	5/25/2022	2021-22	Conference Finals	BOS	@	MIA	40	4	1	1	1	10	19	52.6	5	9	55.6	0	1	0.0	64.3	0	4	4	3	+20
18	Derrick White D. White	24	5/25/2023	2022-23	Conference Finals	BOS	vs	MIA	37	3	1	2	0	8	11	72.7	6	8	75.0	2	3	66.7	97.4	1	2	1	3	+18
19	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	24	5/23/2018	2017-18	Conference Finals	BOS	vs	CLE	41	7	4	4	2	7	15	46.7	3	7	42.9	7	8	87.5	64.8	0	7	2	3	+19
20	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	24	5/29/2002	2001-02	Conference Finals	BOS	@	NJN	43	12	5	1	3	5	13	38.5	2	9	22.2	12	12	100.0	65.6	2	10	3	5	-17
21	Marcus Smart M. Smart	23	5/25/2023	2022-23	Conference Finals	BOS	vs	MIA	30	3	2	5	0	7	12	58.3	4	6	66.7	5	6	83.3	78.6	1	2	2	0	+20
22	Avery Bradley A. Bradley	23	5/25/2017	2016-17	Conference Finals	BOS	vs	CLE	32	4	1	0	0	10	20	50.0	2	5	40.0	1	1	100.0	56.3	1	3	2	1	-32
23	Dennis Johnson D. Johnson	23	6/1/1988	1987-88	Conference Finals	BOS	vs	DET	49	4	8	0	1	9	18	50.0	0	3	0.0	5	8	62.5	53.4	3	1	4	5
24	Dennis Johnson D. Johnson	23	5/22/1985	1984-85	Conference Finals	BOS	vs	PHI	43	5	8	3	1	10	20	50.0	0	0		3	5	60.0	51.8	3	2	4	4
25	Nate Archibald N. Archibald	23	4/29/1981	1980-81	Conference Finals	BOS	vs	PHI	35	2	7		0	8	15	53.3	0	0		7	7	100.0	63.6				5

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