most points in a game during the 1950s by a celtic

Between the 1949-50 and 1958-59 seasons, Ed Macauley scored the most points for the Celtics in a game, with 46 points against the Minneapolis Lakers on March 6, 1953.

Interpreted as:

most points in a regular-season game during the 1950s by a celtic

	NAME	PTS	DATE	TM		OPP	MIN	REB	AST	FGM	FGA	FG%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	PF
1	Ed Macauley E. Macauley	46	3/6/1953	BOS	vs	MIN	41			18	29	62.1	10	17	58.8	63.0	3
2	Bill Sharman B. Sharman	44	12/26/1957	BOS	vs	NYK	39	4		17	37	45.9	10	11	90.9	52.6	4
3	Tom Heinsohn T. Heinsohn	43	2/27/1959	BOS	vs	MIN	36	11	2	18	28	64.3	7	12	58.3	64.6	3
4	Bob Cousy B. Cousy	42	2/22/1954	BOS		BAL				17	32	53.1	8	9	88.9	58.4	4
5	Bill Sharman B. Sharman	42	12/11/1952	BOS		BAL	41	4	4	17	25	68.0	8	9	88.9	72.5	3
6	Bill Sharman B. Sharman	41	12/21/1957	BOS	vs	MIN	32	5		16	23	69.6	9	9	100.0	76.0	1
7	Tom Heinsohn T. Heinsohn	41	3/5/1957	BOS	@	STL	44	14		15	35	42.9	11	15	73.3	49.3	3
8	Bob Cousy B. Cousy	40	3/8/1955	BOS		PHI				14	28	50.0	12	14	85.7	58.5	1
9	Bob Cousy B. Cousy	39	1/29/1958	BOS	vs	STL	41	6	7	17	35	48.6	5	6	83.3	51.8	0
10	Bill Sharman B. Sharman	39	1/9/1958	BOS		NYK				16	19	84.2	7	7	100.0	88.3	4
11	Bob Cousy B. Cousy	39	2/25/1951	BOS	vs	PHI		7	6	16	24	66.7	7	7	100.0	72.0	5
12	Tom Heinsohn T. Heinsohn	38	1/12/1959	BOS		MIN		14	2	15	23	65.2	8	9	88.9	70.5	3
13	Bob Cousy B. Cousy	38	2/8/1958	BOS		CIN				13			12	13	92.3		1
14	Bob Cousy B. Cousy	37	3/10/1959	BOS	vs	NYK	43	11	9	15	37	40.5	7	7	100.0	46.2	4
15	Bill Sharman B. Sharman	37	3/12/1955	BOS	@	ROC				13			11	13	84.6		0
16	Bill Sharman B. Sharman	37	1/11/1955	BOS	@	FTW				12			13	14	92.9		3
17	Ed Macauley E. Macauley	37	12/14/1954	BOS		MIN				13			11	13	84.6		4
18	Ed Macauley E. Macauley	37	11/1/1952	BOS	@	MIN				10	19	52.6	17	22	77.3	64.5	4
19	Tom Heinsohn T. Heinsohn	36	2/8/1959	BOS	vs	CIN	35	11		15	26	57.7	6	6	100.0	62.8	4
20	Bill Sharman B. Sharman	36	1/18/1959	BOS	vs	STL	33	2		13	24	54.2	10	11	90.9	62.4	3
21	Bob Cousy B. Cousy	36	12/14/1957	BOS	vs	PHI	40	5	9	14	28	50.0	8	8	100.0	57.1	0
22	Ed Macauley E. Macauley	36	2/21/1951	BOS	vs	NYK				14	26	53.8	8	10	80.0	59.2	1
23	Frank Ramsey F. Ramsey	35	2/15/1958	BOS	@	PHI		9	4	9	21	42.9	17	19	89.5	59.6	1
24	Frank Ramsey F. Ramsey	35	12/3/1957	BOS	@	DET				8			19	21	90.5		5
25	Tom Heinsohn T. Heinsohn	35	2/28/1957	BOS		NYK				12			11	11	100.0		6