how many times did kobe go to the conference finals

Kobe Bryant had 8 appearances in Conference Finals in his career.

	NAME	DATE	GP	SEASON	SERIES	TM		OPP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	5/16/1998	1	1997-98	Conference Finals	LAL	@	UTA	31	16	4	2	0	1	4	14	28.6	0	5	0.0	8	12	66.7	41.5	2	2	0	0	-20
2	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	5/18/1998	1	1997-98	Conference Finals	LAL	@	UTA	22	9	2	1	0	0	3	10	30.0	0	1	0.0	3	4	75.0	38.3	1	1	2	3	-6
3	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	5/22/1998	1	1997-98	Conference Finals	LAL	vs	UTA	15	9	0	1	0	0	2	4	50.0	0	1	0.0	5	7	71.4	63.6	0	0	2	4	-2
4	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	5/24/1998	1	1997-98	Conference Finals	LAL	vs	UTA	19	6	1	0	1	1	2	2	100.0	0	0		2	3	66.7	90.4	0	1	3	3	0
5	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	5/20/2000	1	1999-00	Conference Finals	LAL	vs	POR	38	13	3	6	1	1	4	9	44.4	0	1	0.0	5	7	71.4	53.8	1	2	1	5	+19
6	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	5/22/2000	1	1999-00	Conference Finals	LAL	vs	POR	42	12	2	4	2	1	2	9	22.2	1	2	50.0	7	8	87.5	47.9	0	2	2	5	-28
7	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	5/26/2000	1	1999-00	Conference Finals	LAL	@	POR	47	25	7	7	2	1	11	18	61.1	1	1	100.0	2	2	100.0	66.2	2	5	3	5	+2
8	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	5/28/2000	1	1999-00	Conference Finals	LAL	@	POR	46	18	4	7	2	3	5	15	33.3	2	3	66.7	6	7	85.7	49.8	1	3	3	4	+12
9	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	5/30/2000	1	1999-00	Conference Finals	LAL	vs	POR	34	17	5	4	0	2	4	13	30.8	1	3	33.3	8	9	88.9	50.1	1	4	6	6	-4
10	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	6/2/2000	1	1999-00	Conference Finals	LAL	@	POR	48	33	2	6	4	3	12	24	50.0	6	9	66.7	3	6	50.0	61.9	0	2	3	5	-10
11	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	6/4/2000	1	1999-00	Conference Finals	LAL	vs	POR	47	25	11	7	0	4	9	19	47.4	1	4	25.0	6	12	50.0	51.5	0	11	2	4	+8
12	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	5/19/2001	1	2000-01	Conference Finals	LAL	@	SAS	47	45	10	3	1	1	19	35	54.3	1	2	50.0	6	8	75.0	58.4	1	9	4	4	+17
13	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	5/21/2001	1	2000-01	Conference Finals	LAL	@	SAS	47	28	7	6	2	1	11	24	45.8	1	4	25.0	5	6	83.3	52.6	1	6	2	4	+5
14	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	5/25/2001	1	2000-01	Conference Finals	LAL	vs	SAS	40	36	9	8	1	0	14	27	51.9	2	4	50.0	6	9	66.7	58.1	5	4	3	1	+28
15	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	5/27/2001	1	2000-01	Conference Finals	LAL	vs	SAS	34	24	2	11	2	1	10	19	52.6	1	4	25.0	3	3	100.0	59.1	0	2	2	4	+23
16	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	5/18/2002	1	2001-02	Conference Finals	LAL	@	SAC	44	30	6	5	2	2	12	26	46.2	0	2	0.0	6	7	85.7	51.6	1	5	5	1	+7
17	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	5/20/2002	1	2001-02	Conference Finals	LAL	@	SAC	40	22	6	2	1	1	9	21	42.9	1	2	50.0	3	5	60.0	47.4	1	5	4	3	-3
18	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	5/24/2002	1	2001-02	Conference Finals	LAL	vs	SAC	40	22	2	3	2	2	8	24	33.3	4	9	44.4	2	2	100.0	44.2	1	1	2	6	-18
19	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	5/26/2002	1	2001-02	Conference Finals	LAL	vs	SAC	42	25	4	2	2	3	12	26	46.2	0	1	0.0	1	3	33.3	45.8	2	2	4	5	+7
20	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	5/28/2002	1	2001-02	Conference Finals	LAL	@	SAC	45	30	5	3	1	0	11	29	37.9	0	2	0.0	8	11	72.7	44.3	2	3	5	5	-5
21	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	5/31/2002	1	2001-02	Conference Finals	LAL	vs	SAC	44	31	11	5	0	0	10	20	50.0	0	0		11	11	100.0	62.4	2	9	1	3	+3
22	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	6/2/2002	1	2001-02	Conference Finals	LAL	@	SAC	52	30	10	7	2	0	10	26	38.5	2	3	66.7	8	10	80.0	49.3	3	7	0	5	+8
23	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	5/21/2004	1	2003-04	Conference Finals	LAL	@	MIN	45	23	3	6	3	0	9	20	45.0	0	1	0.0	5	8	62.5	48.9	0	3	3	2	+8
24	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	5/23/2004	1	2003-04	Conference Finals	LAL	@	MIN	41	27	5	6	2	0	10	24	41.7	0	4	0.0	7	10	70.0	47.5	2	3	2	1	-16
25	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	5/25/2004	1	2003-04	Conference Finals	LAL	vs	MIN	45	22	2	6	0	0	5	12	41.7	2	6	33.3	10	11	90.9	65.3	0	2	4	3	+11
	Average		1.0		0.2				40.5	26.8	5.4	5.3	1.2	0.9	9.6	20.5	46.9	1.6	4.3	36.3	6.0	7.4	81.1	56.4	1.2	4.2	2.6	3.1	3.5
	Total		45		8				1,822	1,204	243	237	55	40	432	921	46.9	70	193	36.3	270	333	81.1	56.4	53	190	116	138	+159