most points in a game including playoffs by celtics player 1981-82

Larry Bird dropped the most points for the Celtics in a 1982 regular-season or postseason game, with 40 points against the Pistons on January 10, 1982.

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 Larry Bird
L. Bird
40
1/10/1982
BOS BOS
vs
DET DET
45
16
7
6
18
29
62.1
0
1
0.0
4
5
80.0
64.1
5
2 Larry Bird
L. Bird
39
1/19/1982
BOS BOS
@
NYK NYK
44
10
7
2
18
24
75.0
0
0
3
4
75.0
75.7
2
3 Robert Parish
R. Parish
37
3/21/1982
BOS BOS
@
PHI PHI
41
21
1
5
16
27
59.3
0
0
5
9
55.6
59.8
5
16
3
4 Robert Parish
R. Parish
36
4/9/1982
BOS BOS
vs
NJN NJN
45
13
2
7
16
21
76.2
0
0
4
4
100.0
79.1
4
5 Robert Parish
R. Parish
36
1/24/1982
BOS BOS
vs
POR POR
38
10
0
0
5
15
21
71.4
0
0
6
7
85.7
74.8
4
6
5
3
6 Larry Bird
L. Bird
36
12/22/1981
BOS BOS
vs
CLE CLE
45
7
7
2
0
14
28
50.0
0
0
8
9
88.9
56.3
3
4
3
3
7 Larry Bird
L. Bird
35
4/13/1982
BOS BOS
@
CHI CHI
45
17
4
3
1
11
25
44.0
1
2
50.0
12
12
100.0
57.8
1
16
4
4
8 Larry Bird
L. Bird
35
3/31/1982
BOS BOS
vs
WAS WAS
33
9
3
15
20
75.0
0
0
5
5
100.0
78.8
3
9 Larry Bird
L. Bird
35
2/10/1982
BOS BOS
@
PHX PHX
44
15
7
3
0
15
25
60.0
0
0
5
6
83.3
63.3
6
9
0
1
10 Robert Parish
R. Parish
34
2/21/1982
BOS BOS
@
SEA SEA
41
13
0
1
16
30
53.3
0
0
2
5
40.0
52.8
6
7
1
5
11 Larry Bird
L. Bird
34
2/5/1982
BOS BOS
vs
DEN DEN
40
10
7
1
3
15
29
51.7
1
1
100.0
3
3
100.0
56.1
3
7
6
2
12 Robert Parish
R. Parish
33
5/5/1982
BOS BOS
vs
WAS WAS
49
13
3
13
25
52.0
0
0
7
9
77.8
57.0
5
13 Robert Parish
R. Parish
33
3/14/1982
BOS BOS
vs
PHX PHX
37
8
2
1
1
15
27
55.6
0
0
3
4
75.0
57.4
4
4
4
2
14 Robert Parish
R. Parish
33
2/5/1982
BOS BOS
vs
DEN DEN
33
12
1
0
5
15
20
75.0
0
0
3
4
75.0
75.8
5
7
3
5
15 Larry Bird
L. Bird
33
1/28/1982
BOS BOS
@
CLE CLE
36
10
4
3
1
14
23
60.9
0
0
5
6
83.3
64.4
2
8
5
2
16 Larry Bird
L. Bird
32
1/20/1982
BOS BOS
vs
IND IND
38
13
5
1
14
25
56.0
0
0
4
4
100.0
59.8
5
17 Larry Bird
L. Bird
32
1/16/1982
BOS BOS
@
DET DET
41
14
9
2
15
25
60.0
0
0
2
2
100.0
61.8
5
18 Robert Parish
R. Parish
32
12/18/1981
BOS BOS
@
WAS WAS
39
14
1
15
22
68.2
0
0
2
5
40.0
66.1
2
19 Larry Bird
L. Bird
32
11/25/1981
BOS BOS
vs
GSW GSW
38
7
3
0
2
15
24
62.5
0
1
0.0
2
2
100.0
64.3
4
3
6
3
20 Robert Parish
R. Parish
31
4/18/1982
BOS BOS
vs
NYK NYK
30
16
2
11
21
52.4
0
0
9
12
75.0
59.0
3
21 Larry Bird
L. Bird
31
3/16/1982
BOS BOS
@
WAS WAS
45
21
2
10
20
50.0
0
0
11
14
78.6
59.3
5
16
2
22 Robert Parish
R. Parish
31
3/12/1982
BOS BOS
@
NJN NJN
41
14
0
13
22
59.1
0
0
5
7
71.4
61.8
3
23 Cedric Maxwell
C. Maxwell
31
2/28/1982
BOS BOS
vs
MIL MIL
39
6
1
3
1
7
13
53.8
0
0
17
18
94.4
74.1
1
3
24 Cedric Maxwell
C. Maxwell
31
2/12/1982
BOS BOS
@
SDC SDC
37
7
3
0
12
15
80.0
0
0
7
7
100.0
85.7
2
5
25 Larry Bird
L. Bird
31
1/27/1982
BOS BOS
vs
NYK NYK
31
8
11
4
13
20
65.0
0
0
5
7
71.4
67.2
3

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1
Cavaliers Cavaliers
64
18
.780
2
Celtics Celtics
61
21
.744
3.0
3
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51
31
.622
13.0
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48
34
.585
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1
Thunder Thunder
68
14
.829
2
Rockets Rockets
52
30
.634
16.0
3
Lakers Lakers
50
32
.610
18.0
4
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50
32
.610
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50
32
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33
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64
18
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2
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61
21
.744
3.0
3
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51
31
.622
13.0
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50
32
.610
14.0
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48
34
.585
16.0
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44
38
.537
20.0