Larry Bird had his most points in a playoff game in Game 5 of the 1985 Eastern Conference Semifinals versus the Pistons, with 43 points.

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Larry Bird playoffs career high points in a game

	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	43	5/8/1985	BOS	vs	DET	43	13	5	1	0	17	33	51.5	0	1	0.0	9	9	100.0	58.2	3	10	6	3
2	Larry Bird L. Bird	42	5/10/1987	BOS	@	MIL	56	7	8	0	2	13	23	56.5	3	5	60.0	13	15	86.7	70.9	1	6	4	4
3	Larry Bird L. Bird	42	4/30/1985	BOS	vs	DET	40	10	6	0	1	14	26	53.8	0	1	0.0	14	15	93.3	64.4	4	6	1	3
4	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
5	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
6	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
7	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
8	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
9	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
10	Larry Bird L. Bird	36	5/1/1988	BOS	vs	NYK	42	4	6	3	0	12	19	63.2	1	2	50.0	11	11	100.0	75.5	0	4	4	2
11	Larry Bird L. Bird	36	5/26/1987	BOS	vs	DET	47	12	9	1	1	12	25	48.0	0	2	0.0	12	12	100.0	59.4	1	11	5	1
12	Larry Bird L. Bird	36	5/6/1986	BOS	vs	ATL	39	10	5	2	1	14	24	58.3	1	2	50.0	7	7	100.0	66.5	2	8	0	4
13	Larry Bird L. Bird	36	4/29/1986	BOS	vs	ATL	42	8	7	2	1	15	23	65.2	0	1	0.0	6	7	85.7	69.0	4	4	2	3
14	Larry Bird L. Bird	36	4/20/1986	BOS	vs	CHI	56	12	8	1	2	14	27	51.9	2	5	40.0	6	7	85.7	59.8	4	8	4	5
15	Larry Bird L. Bird	35	5/28/1987	BOS	@	DET	47	9	2	1	1	14	20	70.0	0	0		7	7	100.0	75.8	1	8	0	4
16	Larry Bird L. Bird	35	5/11/1984	BOS	@	NYK	46	11	7	3	0	14	28	50.0	0	0		7	8	87.5	55.5	2	9	3	3
17	Larry Bird L. Bird	35	4/12/1981	BOS	@	CHI	44	11	5	3	1	13	22	59.1	1	1	100.0	8	8	100.0	68.6				3
18	Larry Bird L. Bird	34	5/22/1988	BOS	vs	ATL	47	4	6	1	1	15	24	62.5	1	3	33.3	3	3	100.0	67.1	0	4	4	2
19	Larry Bird L. Bird	34	4/25/1985	BOS	@	CLE	42	14	7	1	0	11	17	64.7	0	1	0.0	12	14	85.7	73.4	3	11	2	3
20	Larry Bird L. Bird	34	6/8/1984	BOS	vs	LAL	42	17	2	2	1	15	20	75.0	2	2	100.0	2	4	50.0	78.1	2	15	5	4
21	Larry Bird L. Bird	34	4/22/1981	BOS	vs	PHI	41	16	5	0	1	14	21	66.7	0	0		6	7	85.7	70.6	2	14	5	3
22	Larry Bird L. Bird	34	4/14/1980	BOS	@	HOU	40	10	7		0	13	20	65.0	1	2	50.0	7	8	87.5	72.3				4
23	Larry Bird L. Bird	33	4/21/1981	BOS	vs	PHI	48	10	3	1	0	14	29	48.3	0	0		5	5	100.0	52.9			1	4
24	Larry Bird L. Bird	32	5/5/1991	BOS	vs	IND	33	9	7	1	0	12	19	63.2	0	5	0.0	8	10	80.0	68.4	2	7	4	2
25	Larry Bird L. Bird	32	6/2/1987	BOS	@	LAL	42	7	6	1	0	14	25	56.0	0	0		4	4	100.0	59.8	2	5	0	0