most points scored for a celtics player in a single game with 41 points or less before 1966

Before 1965-66, Tom Heinsohn and Bill Sharman were tied for the most points for the Celtics in a game with 41 or fewer points, with 41 points.

Interpreted as:

most points scored for a celtics player in a single regular-season game with 41 points or less before 1966

	NAME	PTS	DATE	TM		OPP	MIN	REB	AST	FGM	FGA	FG%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	PF
1	Tom Heinsohn T. Heinsohn	41	1/2/1963	BOS	@	SFW	39	12	1	17	29	58.6	7	10	70.0	61.4	5
2	Bill Sharman B. Sharman	41	12/21/1957	BOS	vs	MIN	32	5		16	23	69.6	9	9	100.0	76.0	1
3	Tom Heinsohn T. Heinsohn	41	3/5/1957	BOS	@	STL	44	14		15	35	42.9	11	15	73.3	49.3	3
4	Sam Jones S. Jones	40	12/27/1964	BOS		DET				16	34	47.1	8	9	88.9	52.7
5	John Havlicek J. Havlicek	40	2/2/1964	BOS	vs	CIN	50	7	2	17	35	48.6	6	9	66.7	51.3	3
6	Tom Heinsohn T. Heinsohn	40	1/3/1960	BOS	@	SYR				19	26	73.1	2	4	50.0	72.0	4
7	Bob Cousy B. Cousy	40	3/8/1955	BOS		PHI				14	28	50.0	12	14	85.7	58.5	1
8	Tom Heinsohn T. Heinsohn	39	2/13/1960	BOS	vs	PHI	39	15	4	15	24	62.5	9	10	90.0	68.7	5
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	Sam Jones S. Jones	38	3/5/1965	BOS	@	BAL				14			10	10	100.0
13	John Havlicek J. Havlicek	38	2/3/1965	BOS	vs	BAL	37	5	1	15	42	35.7	8	9	88.9	41.3	4
14	Frank Ramsey F. Ramsey	38	1/26/1962	BOS	@	NYK				17			4	5	80.0		2
15	Bob Cousy B. Cousy	38	11/15/1959	BOS	@	CIN		7		13			12	13	92.3		1
16	Tom Heinsohn T. Heinsohn	38	1/12/1959	BOS		MIN		14	2	15	23	65.2	8	9	88.9	70.5	3
17	Bob Cousy B. Cousy	38	2/8/1958	BOS		CIN				13			12	13	92.3		1
18	Sam Jones S. Jones	37	12/30/1964	BOS	@	BAL				16			5	6	83.3
19	Sam Jones S. Jones	37	12/1/1964	BOS	@	NYK			5	14			9	9	100.0
20	Tom Heinsohn T. Heinsohn	37	3/13/1963	BOS	vs	CHI	34	14	2	14	27	51.9	9	10	90.0	58.9	2
21	Sam Jones S. Jones	37	1/19/1963	BOS	@	SYR				13			11	14	78.6		3
22	Bill Russell B. Russell	37	3/5/1961	BOS	vs	PHI	48	25	4	17	34	50.0	3	3	100.0	52.4	4
23	Tom Heinsohn T. Heinsohn	37	3/6/1960	BOS	vs	SYR	40	16	3	16	35	45.7	5	8	62.5	48.0	2
24	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
25	Bill Sharman B. Sharman	37	3/12/1955	BOS	@	ROC				13			11	13	84.6		0