most points in a playoff game against the celtics from 1980-81 to 1988-89

Between the 1980-81 and 1988-89 seasons, Michael Jordan posted the most points in a playoff game against the Celtics, with 63 points in Game 2 of the 1986 First Round.

Interpreted as:

most points by a player in a playoff game against the celtics from 1980-81 to 1988-89

	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	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	63	4/20/1986	CHI	@	BOS	53	5	6	3	2	22	41	53.7	0	0		19	21	90.5	62.7	1	4	4	4
2	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	49	4/17/1986	CHI	@	BOS	43	4	2	2	1	18	36	50.0	0	0		13	15	86.7	57.5	0	4	5	3
3	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	47	5/22/1988	ATL	@	BOS	43	5	3	0	0	19	33	57.6	1	2	50.0	8	9	88.9	63.6	2	3	0	0
4	Bernard King B. King	44	5/11/1984	NYK	vs	BOS	41	2	2	3	0	16	25	64.0	0	0		12	15	80.0	69.6	0	2	4	3
5	Bernard King B. King	43	5/6/1984	NYK	vs	BOS	40	4	4	0	0	17	25	68.0	0	0		9	11	81.8	72.1	2	2	4	5
6	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	42	4/26/1987	CHI	@	BOS	45	4	4	0	4	14	29	48.3	2	3	66.7	12	14	85.7	59.7	1	3	4	3
7	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	40	5/16/1988	ATL	vs	BOS	37	5	4	0	0	15	29	51.7	0	1	0.0	10	13	76.9	57.6	4	1	4	3
8	Andrew Toney A. Toney	39	5/16/1982	PHI	vs	BOS	42	4	6		0	14	21	66.7	0	1	0.0	11	12	91.7	74.2				3
9	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	38	5/2/1986	ATL	vs	BOS	39	5	4	2	0	15	27	55.6	1	1	100.0	7	8	87.5	62.3	0	5	2	3
10	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	37	5/4/1986	ATL	vs	BOS	41	9	5	0	0	11	25	44.0	0	1	0.0	15	15	100.0	58.5	3	6	3	4
11	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	37	5/10/1985	DET	vs	BOS	45	12	9	0	0	12	28	42.9	0	2	0.0	13	17	76.5	52.1	6	6	5	5
12	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	36	5/21/1987	DET	@	BOS	43	5	10	2	0	11	21	52.4	1	2	50.0	13	17	76.5	63.2	3	2	5	3
13	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	36	6/7/1985	LAL	vs	BOS	42	7	7	1	3	16	28	57.1	0	0		4	5	80.0	59.6	2	5	4	4
14	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	35	6/1/1988	DET	@	BOS	47	8	5	4	0	14	30	46.7	0	2	0.0	7	9	77.8	51.5	1	7	5	5
15	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	35	5/25/1988	DET	@	BOS	44	2	12	1	0	12	19	63.2	2	3	66.7	9	10	90.0	74.8	0	2	2	1
16	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	35	5/20/1988	ATL	vs	BOS	43	10	4	0	0	13	30	43.3	0	2	0.0	9	11	81.8	50.2	5	5	3	2
17	Joe Dumars J. Dumars	35	5/30/1987	DET	@	BOS	38	2	6	0	0	15	21	71.4	2	2	100.0	3	7	42.9	72.7	1	1	1	3
18	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	35	4/23/1987	CHI	@	BOS	44	6	7	4	2	12	25	48.0	0	1	0.0	11	11	100.0	58.6	0	6	2	4
19	Andrew Toney A. Toney	35	4/22/1981	PHI	@	BOS	31	7	7	1	0	11	23	47.8	0	1	0.0	13	14	92.9	60.0	1	6	4	3
20	Johnny Newman J. Newman	34	5/4/1988	NYK	vs	BOS	42	6	3	2	1	14	25	56.0	0	4	0.0	6	7	85.7	60.5	4	2	0	5
21	Sidney Moncrief S. Moncrief	34	5/15/1987	MIL	vs	BOS	39	6	4	3	0	11	20	55.0	1	3	33.3	11	13	84.6	66.1	2	4	2	4
22	Vinnie Johnson V. Johnson	34	5/5/1985	DET	vs	BOS	30	2	3	0	0	16	21	76.2	0	1	0.0	2	2	100.0	77.7	1	1	2	3
23	Andrew Toney A. Toney	34	5/23/1982	PHI	@	BOS	43	3	6		0	14	23	60.9	0	1	0.0	6	8	75.0	64.1				4
24	James Worthy J. Worthy	33	6/2/1987	LAL	vs	BOS	40	9	10	2	0	16	23	69.6	0	2	0.0	1	4	25.0	66.6	4	5	3	1
25	Sidney Moncrief S. Moncrief	33	5/13/1987	MIL	@	BOS	38	5	4	0	1	13	18	72.2	1	1	100.0	6	6	100.0	79.9	1	4	0	2