most points in a game by a player on the celtics less than 48 points

Kyrie Irving, Antoine Walker and Larry Bird are tied for the most points for the Celtics in a game with fewer than 48 points, with 47 points.

Interpreted as:

most points in a regular-season game by a player on the celtics less than 48 points

	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	Kyrie Irving K. Irving	47	11/20/2017	BOS	@	DAL	39	3	6	1	0	16	22	72.7	5	7	71.4	10	11	90.9	87.6	1	2	3	3	+21
2	Antoine Walker A. Walker	47	1/17/2001	BOS	@	SAC	45	5	13	4	1	16	29	55.2	9	14	64.3	6	10	60.0	70.4	0	5	5	3	-5
3	Larry Bird L. Bird	47	11/7/1987	BOS	@	WAS	53	8	7	2	0	19	29	65.5	1	2	50.0	8	10	80.0	70.4	2	6	8	2
4	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
5	Larry Bird L. Bird	47	2/14/1986	BOS	@	POR	49	14	11	1	2	21	34	61.8	3	3	100.0	2	3	66.7	66.5	3	11	8	1
6	Larry Bird L. Bird	47	11/27/1985	BOS	vs	DET	39	12	2	2	0	17	31	54.8	0	0		13	13	100.0	64.0	5	7	3	3
7	Larry Bird L. Bird	47	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
8	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	46	2/28/2025	BOS	vs	CLE	41	16	9	0	3	19	37	51.4	4	12	33.3	4	5	80.0	58.7	5	11	3	4	+5
9	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
10	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
11	Larry Bird L. Bird	46	3/16/1990	BOS	@	ORL	44	8	10	1	0	19	33	57.6	1	3	33.3	7	8	87.5	63.0	0	8	0	1
12	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
13	Ed Macauley E. Macauley	46	3/6/1953	BOS	vs	MIN	41					18	29	62.1				10	17	58.8	63.0				3
14	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	45	1/10/2024	BOS	vs	MIN	42	4	2	1	0	13	26	50.0	6	11	54.5	13	14	92.9	70.0	0	4	1	3	+3
15	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	45	11/20/2023	BOS	@	CHA	44	13	6	0	2	15	28	53.6	7	15	46.7	8	10	80.0	69.4	0	13	3	1	-5
16	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	45	1/24/2003	BOS	vs	DEN	41	10	2	3	0	16	27	59.3	4	7	57.1	9	10	90.0	71.7	3	7	3	1	+20
17	Larry Bird L. Bird	45	11/14/1990	BOS	vs	CHA	44	8	8	2	5	18	28	64.3	0	0		9	9	100.0	70.4	1	7	4	1
18	Danny Ainge D. Ainge	45	12/9/1988	BOS	vs	PHI	37	3	6	2	0	20	29	69.0	2	4	50.0	3	4	75.0	73.1	1	2	3	1
19	Larry Bird L. Bird	45	2/24/1985	BOS	@	IND	45	12	5	5	0	18	31	58.1	1	3	33.3	8	11	72.7	62.8	1	11	5	2
20	Larry Bird L. Bird	45	2/13/1980	BOS	@	PHX	43	13	3	2	0	19	32	59.4	3	5	60.0	4	4	100.0	66.6	5	8	5	4
21	Tom Heinsohn T. Heinsohn	45	12/25/1961	BOS	@	SYR						19	36	52.8				7	9	77.8	56.3				4
22	Jaylen Brown J. Brown	44	12/27/2024	BOS	vs	IND	37	5	3	4	0	16	24	66.7	6	11	54.5	6	6	100.0	82.6	3	2	1	0	+30
23	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	44	12/13/2022	BOS	@	LAL	44	9	6	0	1	15	29	51.7	5	10	50.0	9	10	90.0	65.9	1	8	4	1	+12
24	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	44	3/9/2022	BOS	@	CHA	38	5	3	3	1	16	24	66.7	6	9	66.7	6	6	100.0	82.6	0	5	2	3	+18
25	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	44	4/17/2021	BOS	vs	GSW	40	10	3	2	0	16	25	64.0	5	9	55.6	7	8	87.5	77.1	0	10	2	2	+12