most east conference finals appearances by a coach

Erik Spoelstra and Phil Jackson are tied for the most appearances by a coach in Eastern Conference Finals, with 7 appearances.

	COACH	SERIES	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
1	Erik Spoelstra	Conference Finals	45	242.8	100.5	38.7	19.7	7.3	4.8	36.4	79.4	45.9	9.1	25.7	35.5	18.5	23.4	78.8	56.0	9.1	29.6	12.5	10,925	4,521	1,742	885	328	214	564	955
2	Phil Jackson	Conference Finals	39	240.0	96.4	41.8	20.9	8.9	4.8	34.9	78.2	44.7	3.7	11.1	33.4	22.8	30.3	75.3	52.6	14.6	27.2	13.4	9,360	3,759	1,632	816	346	187	523	976
3	Billy Cunningham	Conference Finals	35	241.4	101.9	44.0	23.3		7.4	39.5	85.6	46.1	0.4	1.5	29.5	22.6	29.6	76.3	51.7				8,450	3,567	1,540	816		260		914
4	K.C. Jones	Conference Finals	33	242.3	107.3	43.1	23.8			40.5	84.6	47.8	1.9	6.1	30.1	24.9	30.9	80.6	54.7				7,995	3,542	1,421	786				798
5	Larry Brown	Conference Finals	34	240.0	90.0	41.6	20.4	7.3	4.4	32.6	76.7	42.4	4.6	12.4	36.6	20.3	27.5	73.9	50.6	13.1	28.6	14.3	8,160	3,059	1,415	694	249	151	485	768
6	Chuck Daly	Conference Finals	30	242.5	100.2	42.8	21.3	7.0	3.6	38.1	81.0	47.0	1.8	6.5	27.0	22.2	30.3	73.5	53.1	13.5	29.3	13.9	7,275	3,006	1,283	639	210	107	418	815
7	Tom Heinsohn	Conference Finals	29	241.7	100.4	48.9	21.2			39.6	92.2	42.9				21.3	27.2	78.4	48.2				7,010	2,913	1,419	616				728
8	Rick Carlisle	Conference Finals	20	242.5	95.8	39.4	21.1	7.5	5.6	35.0	80.1	43.7	8.2	23.3	35.1	17.7	22.8	77.8	53.2	9.1	30.3	13.6	4,850	1,915	787	421	150	111	272	465
9	Pat Riley	Conference Finals	24	240.0	87.4	39.8	18.3	7.2	4.8	31.5	69.1	45.6	5.0	15.8	31.9	19.4	28.3	68.5	53.6	11.5	28.3	18.1	5,760	2,098	956	439	172	114	434	603
10	Bill Fitch	Conference Finals	25	240.0	99.6	45.6	22.6		6.4	39.7	87.4	45.4	0.7	3.3	20.6	19.6	27.5	71.4	50.0				6,000	2,490	1,140	565		161		656
11	Red Holzman	Conference Finals	24	242.1	101.6	43.4	20.5			40.8	90.0	45.3				20.1	26.8	75.2	49.9				5,810	2,439	1,041	491				614
12	Brad Stevens	Conference Finals	18	241.4	103.0	40.8	24.0	6.8	3.3	37.3	84.9	44.0	11.2	33.5	33.5	17.1	21.3	80.4	54.6	9.3	31.4	12.8	4,345	1,854	734	432	122	59	231	393
13	Tyronn Lue	Conference Finals	18	240.0	106.7	42.6	20.4	6.6	4.7	38.3	78.2	48.9	11.6	30.7	37.8	18.5	24.3	76.2	60.0	8.1	34.5	13.1	4,320	1,920	766	368	119	85	236	327
14	Mike Budenholzer	Conference Finals	16	244.7	105.6	46.6	23.4	7.9	4.6	39.1	88.1	44.4	10.3	34.9	29.5	17.1	23.3	73.4	53.7	10.9	35.8	11.8	3,915	1,690	746	375	127	73	188	333
15	Doc Rivers	Conference Finals	19	243.9	92.4	38.9	19.1	7.5	3.8	33.4	74.7	44.7	5.3	15.9	33.4	20.3	26.3	77.4	53.6	9.3	29.6	13.1	4,635	1,755	739	362	142	72	249	469
16	Mike Brown	Conference Finals	16	246.3	101.3	41.1	20.3	8.3	3.7	36.6	80.2	45.7	8.0	22.6	35.5	20.0	27.1	73.7	55.0	9.9	31.2	13.1	3,940	1,620	658	325	132	59	209	368
17	Flip Saunders	Conference Finals	18	242.8	86.8	35.4	18.2	6.9	4.8	30.8	73.1	42.1	4.8	15.6	31.0	20.4	26.6	76.8	51.2	10.1	25.3	13.2	4,370	1,563	637	328	125	86	237	414
18	Stan Van Gundy	Conference Finals	19	242.6	93.9	38.8	16.7	6.0	5.3	33.2	71.9	46.1	7.2	19.9	35.9	20.4	28.8	70.9	55.5	8.1	30.7	14.1	4,610	1,784	737	317	114	100	268	433
19	Larry Bird	Conference Finals	19	240.0	91.2	37.9	18.4	5.4	4.2	32.2	72.0	44.7	5.8	15.1	38.7	21.0	27.5	76.3	54.2	9.5	28.5	14.1	4,560	1,732	721	349	102	80	267	480
20	Don Nelson	Conference Finals	14	241.8	102.6	41.9	22.2	8.9	5.9	39.6	87.9	45.0	1.7	4.8	35.8	21.8	29.2	74.6	51.0	14.3	27.6	15.5	3,385	1,437	586	311	125	82	217	368
21	Joe Mazzulla	Conference Finals	11	242.3	110.5	41.1	23.6	7.2	5.8	40.0	85.5	46.8	12.8	39.9	32.1	17.6	22.2	79.5	58.0	11.1	30.0	12.8	2,665	1,215	452	260	79	64	141	197
22	Frank Vogel	Conference Finals	13	241.9	91.7	39.8	16.8	5.3	2.7	33.2	71.9	46.2	6.5	17.2	37.9	18.7	25.7	72.8	55.1	11.4	28.4	15.5	3,145	1,192	517	218	69	35	202	282
23	Tom Thibodeau	Conference Finals	11	244.5	102.4	42.3	18.9	7.8	5.2	37.0	84.3	43.9	8.5	26.0	32.5	19.9	26.2	76.0	53.4	12.6	29.6	14.4	2,690	1,126	465	208	86	57	158	250
24	Byron Scott	Conference Finals	10	240.0	93.6	48.0	21.3	7.6	4.8	34.8	80.3	43.3	4.1	14.1	29.1	19.9	27.2	73.2	50.7	12.6	35.4	15.0	2,400	936	480	213	76	48	150	248
25	Jeff Van Gundy	Conference Finals	12	240.0	88.3	36.9	16.3	6.5	4.3	33.3	74.8	44.5	4.1	10.8	38.0	17.8	23.7	75.0	51.9	8.7	28.3	12.0	2,880	1,060	443	196	78	51	144	304

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1	Pistons - z	60	22	.732
2	Celtics - x	56	26	.683	4.0
3	Knicks - x	53	29	.646	7.0
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5	Raptors - x	46	36	.561	14.0
6	Hawks - x	46	36	.561	14.0
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14	Kings - e	22	60	.268	42.0
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