what was the highest scoring playoff nba game by celtics all-time

The Boston Celtics put up their most points in a playoff game in Game 2 of the 1990 First Round versus the Knicks, with 157 points.

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What was the highest scoring in a game playoff NBA game by celtics all-time?
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1Celtics
Celtics
157
4/28/1990
vs
W
157-128
240
42
46
7
7
63
94
67.0
1
6
16.7
30
33
90.9
72.3
14
28
12
20
2Celtics
Celtics
148
5/27/1985
vs
W
148-114
240
48
43
10
3
62
102
60.8
7
9
77.8
17
25
68.0
65.5
13
35
13
17
3Celtics
Celtics
142
4/18/1965
vs
W
142-110
240
77
30
53
124
42.7
36
47
76.6
49.1
26
4Celtics
Celtics
142
4/10/1963
vs
W
142-131
240
61
27
51
98
52.0
40
50
80.0
59.2
36
5Celtics
Celtics
140
3/21/1967
vs
W
140-110
240
62
27
55
105
52.4
30
36
83.3
57.9
22
6Celtics
Celtics
140
3/27/1960
vs
W
140-122
240
73
27
61
133
45.9
18
24
75.0
48.8
20
7Celtics
Celtics
138
5/10/1987
@
W
138-137
290
42
33
6
7
51
100
51.0
5
10
50.0
31
38
81.6
59.1
15
27
11
30
8Celtics
Celtics
138
4/14/1980
@
W
138-121
240
31
36
7
4
50
79
63.3
4
6
66.7
34
40
85.0
71.4
14
24
9Celtics
Celtics
136
4/2/1972
vs
W
136-113
240
52
31
57
108
52.8
22
23
95.7
57.6
26
10Celtics
Celtics
136
3/30/1958
vs
W
136-112
240
77
25
48
103
46.6
40
46
87.0
55.2
32
11Celtics
Celtics
135
4/20/1986
vs
W
135-131
290
59
31
7
12
49
103
47.6
3
9
33.3
34
42
81.0
55.6
19
40
16
32
12Celtics
Celtics
135
3/28/1968
@
W
135-110
240
70
24
54
100
54.0
27
35
77.1
58.5
29
13Celtics
Celtics
134
4/15/1973
vs
W
134-108
240
52
31
59
103
57.3
16
24
66.7
59.0
18
14Celtics
Celtics
134
4/1/1973
vs
W
134-109
240
58
41
60
107
56.1
14
17
82.4
58.5
20
15Celtics
Celtics
134
3/28/1969
vs
W
134-103
240
65
22
52
102
51.0
30
40
75.0
56.0
26
16Celtics
Celtics
133
5/21/2024
vs
W
133-128
265
43
30
11
5
47
99
47.5
15
45
33.3
24
30
80.0
59.3
13
30
15
15
17Celtics
Celtics
133
4/28/1985
vs
W
133-99
240
59
32
10
2
58
107
54.2
0
3
0.0
17
21
81.0
57.2
24
35
15
19
18Celtics
Celtics
133
3/23/1961
vs
W
133-110
240
91
25
51
117
43.6
31
42
73.8
49.1
31
19Celtics
Celtics
133
3/22/1959
vs
W
133-111
240
78
26
54
126
42.9
25
32
78.1
47.5
24
20Celtics
Celtics
132
5/6/1986
vs
W
132-99
240
51
27
9
6
50
90
55.6
2
4
50.0
30
40
75.0
61.3
17
34
14
21
21Celtics
Celtics
132
3/26/1966
@
W
132-125
240
41
29
49
96
51.0
34
46
73.9
56.8
34
22Celtics
Celtics
132
3/28/1963
vs
L
132-135
240
61
31
52
120
43.3
28
39
71.8
48.1
32
23Celtics
Celtics
131
6/17/2008
vs
W
131-92
240
48
33
18
4
43
87
49.4
13
26
50.0
32
37
86.5
63.4
14
34
8
25
24Celtics
Celtics
131
5/5/1982
vs
W
131-126
290
50
35
53
102
52.0
0
1
0.0
25
33
75.8
56.2
33
25Celtics
Celtics
131
4/9/1965
@
L
131-134
265
72
31
57
126
45.2
17
28
60.7
47.4
38

More Celtics Stats

Team Leaders

PPG

29.3

Brown

Jaylen Brown

RPG

8.3

Queta

Neemias Queta

APG

5.6

White

Derrick White
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ORTG

120.7

2nd

DRTG

113.5

8th

NETRTG

7.2

3rd

3P%

36.3

11th

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1
40
13
.755
2
Celtics Celtics
35
19
.648
5.5
3
35
20
.636
6.0
4
34
21
.618
7.0
5
32
23
.582
9.0
Schedule
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Tue
2/24
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Wed
2/25
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10:00 PM
Fri
2/27
@
7:30 PM
Last Game
CHI Bulls

24 - 31

105

Final

124

BOS Celtics

35 - 19

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NBA 2025-26 Leaders

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NBA Fantasy 2025-26

NBA 2025-26 Betting

NBA 2025-26 Standings

EasternWLPCTGB
1
40
13
.755
2
35
19
.648
5.5
3
35
20
.636
6.0
4
34
21
.618
7.0
5
32
23
.582
9.0
6
30
24
.556
10.5
7
28
25
.528
12.0
8
29
27
.518
12.5
9
26
29
.473
15.0
10
26
30
.464
15.5
11
24
31
.436
17.0
12
23
30
.434
17.0
13
15
38
.283
25.0
14
15
40
.273
26.0
15
14
39
.264
26.0
WesternWLPCTGB
1
42
14
.750
2
38
16
.704
3.0
3
35
20
.636
6.5
4
33
20
.623
7.5
5
33
21
.611
8.0
6
34
22
.607
8.0
7
32
23
.582
9.5
8
29
26
.527
12.5
9
27
29
.482
15.0
10
26
28
.481
15.0
11
20
33
.377
20.5
12
19
35
.352
22.0
13
18
38
.321
24.0
14
15
41
.268
27.0
15
12
44
.214
30.0

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Scores

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Fri
1/16
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106-99
Fri
1/16
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78-121
Fri
1/16
@
120-122
Fri
1/16
@
123-126
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1/16
@
116-136

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2/19
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Thu
2/19
@
7:00 PM
Thu
2/19
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Thu
2/19
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7:00 PM
Thu
2/19
@
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