the largest average margin of defeat in a nba playoffs game in celtics history

The Boston Celtics had their most points per game in a win in a playoff game in Game 2 of the 1990 First Round against the Knicks, with 157.0 per game.

	TEAM	PPG	W	DATE	TM		OPP	RESULT	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF
1	Celtics	157.0	1	4/28/1990	BOS	vs	NYK	W 157-128	240	157	42	46	7	7	63	94	67.0	1	6	16.7	30	33	90.9	72.3	14	28	12	20
2	Celtics	148.0	1	5/27/1985	BOS	vs	LAL	W 148-114	240	148	48	43	10	3	62	102	60.8	7	9	77.8	17	25	68.0	65.5	13	35	13	17
3	Celtics	142.0	1	4/18/1965	BOS	vs	LAL	W 142-110	240	142	77	30			53	124	42.7				36	47	76.6	49.1				26
4	Celtics	142.0	1	4/10/1963	BOS	vs	CIN	W 142-131	240	142	61	27			51	98	52.0				40	50	80.0	59.2				36
5	Celtics	140.0	1	3/21/1967	BOS	vs	NYK	W 140-110	240	140	62	27			55	105	52.4				30	36	83.3	57.9				22
6	Celtics	140.0	1	3/27/1960	BOS	vs	STL	W 140-122	240	140	73	27			61	133	45.9				18	24	75.0	48.8				20
7	Celtics	138.0	1	5/10/1987	BOS	@	MIL	W 138-137	290	138	42	33	6	7	51	100	51.0	5	10	50.0	31	38	81.6	59.1	15	27	11	30
8	Celtics	138.0	1	4/14/1980	BOS	@	HOU	W 138-121	240	138	31	36	7	4	50	79	63.3	4	6	66.7	34	40	85.0	71.4			14	24
9	Celtics	136.0	1	4/2/1972	BOS	vs	ATL	W 136-113	240	136	52	31			57	108	52.8				22	23	95.7	57.6				26
10	Celtics	136.0	1	3/30/1958	BOS	vs	STL	W 136-112	240	136	77	25			48	103	46.6				40	46	87.0	55.2				32
11	Celtics	135.0	1	4/20/1986	BOS	vs	CHI	W 135-131	290	135	59	31	7	12	49	103	47.6	3	9	33.3	34	42	81.0	55.6	19	40	16	32
12	Celtics	135.0	1	3/28/1968	BOS	@	DET	W 135-110	240	135	70	24			54	100	54.0				27	35	77.1	58.5				29
13	Celtics	134.0	1	4/15/1973	BOS	vs	NYK	W 134-108	240	134	52	31			59	103	57.3				16	24	66.7	59.0				18
14	Celtics	134.0	1	4/1/1973	BOS	vs	ATL	W 134-109	240	134	58	41			60	107	56.1				14	17	82.4	58.5				20
15	Celtics	134.0	1	3/28/1969	BOS	vs	PHI	W 134-103	240	134	65	22			52	102	51.0				30	40	75.0	56.0				26
16	Celtics	133.0	1	5/21/2024	BOS	vs	IND	W 133-128	265	133	43	30	11	5	47	99	47.5	15	45	33.3	24	30	80.0	59.3	13	30	15	15
17	Celtics	133.0	1	4/28/1985	BOS	vs	DET	W 133-99	240	133	59	32	10	2	58	107	54.2	0	3	0.0	17	21	81.0	57.2	24	35	15	19
18	Celtics	133.0	1	3/23/1961	BOS	vs	SYR	W 133-110	240	133	91	25			51	117	43.6				31	42	73.8	49.1				31
19	Celtics	133.0	1	3/22/1959	BOS	vs	SYR	W 133-111	240	133	78	26			54	126	42.9				25	32	78.1	47.5				24
20	Celtics	132.0	1	5/6/1986	BOS	vs	ATL	W 132-99	240	132	51	27	9	6	50	90	55.6	2	4	50.0	30	40	75.0	61.3	17	34	14	21
21	Celtics	132.0	1	3/26/1966	BOS	@	CIN	W 132-125	240	132	41	29			49	96	51.0				34	46	73.9	56.8				34
22	Celtics	131.0	1	6/17/2008	BOS	vs	LAL	W 131-92	240	131	48	33	18	4	43	87	49.4	13	26	50.0	32	37	86.5	63.4	14	34	8	25
23	Celtics	131.0	1	5/5/1982	BOS	vs	WAS	W 131-126	290	131	50	35			53	102	52.0	0	1	0.0	25	33	75.8	56.2				33
24	Celtics	131.0	1	3/18/1959	BOS	vs	SYR	W 131-109	240	131	95	30			57	140	40.7				17	28	60.7	43.0				31
25	Celtics	130.0	1	5/8/1985	BOS	vs	DET	W 130-123	240	130	46	21	9	3	46	89	51.7	1	3	33.3	37	39	94.9	61.2	14	32	18	28

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Fri 10/30	CHI	@	BOS	7:30 PM
Sun 11/1	BOS	@	ORL	3:30 PM
Mon 11/2	BOS	@	HOU	8:30 PM
Wed 11/4	MIL	@	BOS	7:30 PM
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2	76ers	4	1	.800
3	Raptors	3	1	.750	0.5
4	Celtics	3	1	.750	0.5
5	Cavaliers	3	1	.750	0.5
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8	Knicks	2	3	.400	2.0
9	Wizards	2	3	.400	2.0
10	Pacers	2	3	.400	2.0
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1	Rockets	5	0	1.000
2	Grizzlies	4	0	1.000	0.5
3	Trail Blazers	3	0	1.000	1.0
4	Lakers	4	1	.800	1.0
5	Thunder	4	1	.800	1.0
6	Spurs	3	2	.600	2.0
7	Mavericks	3	2	.600	2.0
8	Timberwolves	3	2	.600	2.0
9	Nuggets	2	2	.500	2.5
10	Warriors	2	3	.400	3.0
11	Suns	1	2	.333	3.0
12	Clippers	1	3	.250	3.5
13	Jazz	1	4	.200	4.0
14	Pelicans	0	4	.000	4.5
15	Kings	0	4	.000	4.5