most points scored for a celtics player in a single playoff game with 40 points or less

7 players are tied for the most points for the Celtics with 40 or fewer points in a playoff game, with 40 points. The first three are Jaylen Brown and Larry Bird 2 times and Jayson Tatum.

	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	Jaylen Brown J. Brown	40	5/23/2024	BOS	vs	IND	37	5	2	1	0	14	27	51.9	4	10	40.0	8	11	72.7	62.8	2	3	2	4	+18
2	Jaylen Brown J. Brown	40	5/21/2022	BOS	vs	MIA	42	9	1	1	1	14	20	70.0	3	9	33.3	9	12	75.0	79.1	2	7	7	2	-6
3	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	40	5/30/2021	BOS	vs	BKN	40	7	5	1	2	10	22	45.5	3	7	42.9	17	17	100.0	67.8	1	6	2	3	-9
4	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	40	4/19/2003	BOS	@	IND	45	11	6	4	1	8	24	33.3	3	5	60.0	21	21	100.0	60.2	2	9	2	5	+4
5	Larry Bird L. Bird	40	5/5/1987	BOS	vs	MIL	44	11	7	4	1	13	23	56.5	1	1	100.0	13	13	100.0	69.6	2	9	3	2
6	Larry Bird L. Bird	40	4/18/1985	BOS	vs	CLE	43	7	3	2	1	14	25	56.0	1	2	50.0	11	12	91.7	66.1	2	5	2	2
7	Jo Jo White J. Jo White	40	4/29/1977	BOS	vs	PHI	48	5	5		0	16	31	51.6				8	9	88.9	57.2				4
8	John Havlicek J. Havlicek	40	5/2/1968	BOS	@	LAL	47	10	7			14	28	50.0				12	12	100.0	60.1				4
9	Sam Jones S. Jones	40	4/6/1965	BOS	@	PHI	42	6	3			16	32	50.0				8	8	100.0	56.3				3
10	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	39	5/1/2023	BOS	vs	PHI	44	11	5	1	1	14	25	56.0	4	5	80.0	7	8	87.5	68.4	2	9	1	2	-6
11	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	39	4/23/2022	BOS	@	BKN	45	5	6	6	0	13	29	44.8	4	13	30.8	9	10	90.0	58.4	2	3	6	4	+4
12	Larry Bird L. Bird	39	5/13/1984	BOS	vs	NYK	42	12	10	3	0	13	24	54.2	1	2	50.0	12	12	100.0	66.6	3	9	5	5
13	Derrick White D. White	38	4/29/2024	BOS	@	MIA	41	4	3	0	3	15	26	57.7	8	15	53.3	0	0		73.1	1	3	1	3	+10
14	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	38	4/22/2011	BOS	@	NYK	33	3	1	3	0	14	19	73.7	6	8	75.0	4	4	100.0	91.5	0	3	3	3	+23
15	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	38	6/15/2008	BOS	@	LAL	48	6	8	1	0	10	22	45.5	2	6	33.3	16	19	84.2	62.6	1	5	5	5	-4
16	Larry Bird L. Bird	38	5/11/1988	BOS	vs	ATL	47	5	8	3	0	15	25	60.0	3	5	60.0	5	6	83.3	68.7	1	4	5	1
17	Jo Jo White J. Jo White	38	4/15/1977	BOS	@	SAS	45	6	4	4	0	15	19	78.9				8	8	100.0	84.4				3
18	John Havlicek J. Havlicek	38	4/11/1967	BOS	@	PHI	48	6	2			16	36	44.4				6	8	75.0	48.1				5
19	Sam Jones S. Jones	38	3/21/1967	BOS	vs	NYK	33	4	4			15	18	83.3				8	8	100.0	88.3				3
20	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	37	4/27/2025	BOS	@	ORL	42	14	3	3	0	10	25	40.0	3	10	30.0	14	14	100.0	59.4	3	11	2	3	+6
21	Kyrie Irving K. Irving	37	4/17/2019	BOS	vs	IND	39	6	7	1	2	15	26	57.7	6	10	60.0	1	2	50.0	68.8	1	5	2	2	+4
22	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	37	4/27/2003	BOS	vs	IND	48	10	7	1	1	10	21	47.6	3	5	60.0	14	15	93.3	67.0	1	9	3	4	+10
23	Larry Bird L. Bird	37	5/30/1987	BOS	vs	DET	48	9	9	0	2	13	24	54.2	1	2	50.0	10	10	100.0	65.1	2	7	3	3
24	Larry Bird L. Bird	37	5/2/1984	BOS	vs	NYK	37	11	4	4	2	16	22	72.7	1	1	100.0	4	4	100.0	77.9	4	7	5	3
25	Dave Cowens D. Cowens	37	4/24/1977	BOS	vs	PHI	48	21	4			16	24	66.7				5	6	83.3	69.4				3