most finals points in a double double by a eastern division rookie

Tom Heinsohn has the most points by an Eastern Division rookie in a double-double in an NBA Finals game, with 37 points against the St. Louis Hawks on April 13, 1957.

NAMEPTSDD2DATESEASONSERIESTMOPPMINREBASTSTLBLKFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTOVPF+/-
1Tom Heinsohn
T. Heinsohn
37
1
4/13/1957
1956-57
NBA Finals
vs
45
23
2
17
33
51.5
3
11
27.3
48.9
6
2Tom Heinsohn
T. Heinsohn
28
1
4/11/1957
1956-57
NBA Finals
@
42
11
12
34
35.3
4
5
80.0
38.7
4
3Tom Heinsohn
T. Heinsohn
26
1
3/30/1957
1956-57
NBA Finals
vs
42
11
10
27
37.0
6
7
85.7
43.2
5
4Tom Heinsohn
T. Heinsohn
21
1
4/6/1957
1956-57
NBA Finals
@
37
12
6
21
28.6
9
9
100.0
42.1
2
5Bill Russell
B. Russell
19
1
4/13/1957
1956-57
NBA Finals
vs
54
32
2
7
17
41.2
5
10
50.0
44.4
5
6Tom Heinsohn
T. Heinsohn
19
1
4/7/1957
1956-57
NBA Finals
@
30
14
6
19
31.6
7
9
77.8
41.4
5
7Bill Russell
B. Russell
17
1
4/11/1957
1956-57
NBA Finals
@
46
23
5
16
31.3
7
12
58.3
39.9
4
8Bill Russell
B. Russell
17
1
4/7/1957
1956-57
NBA Finals
@
44
20
5
7
10
70.0
3
7
42.9
65.0
3
9Johnny Kerr
J. Kerr
17
1
4/2/1955
1954-55
NBA Finals
vs
17
8
1
2
50.0
2
10Tom Gola
T. Gola
16
1
4/7/1956
1955-56
NBA Finals
vs
15
5
5
15
33.3
6
9
66.7
42.2
5
11Tom Sanders
T. Sanders
14
1
4/2/1961
1960-61
NBA Finals
vs
19
10
0
5
5
100.0
4
5
80.0
97.2
6
12Bill Russell
B. Russell
14
1
4/9/1957
1956-57
NBA Finals
vs
36
23
3
5
15
33.3
4
6
66.7
39.7
5
13Nathaniel Clifton
N. Clifton
14
1
4/13/1951
1950-51
NBA Finals
vs
17
6
6
13
46.2
2
6
33.3
44.8
5
14Bill Russell
B. Russell
11
1
3/31/1957
1956-57
NBA Finals
vs
31
25
5
15
33.3
1
3
33.3
33.7
3
15Tom Gola
T. Gola
11
1
3/31/1956
1955-56
NBA Finals
vs
9
10
4
14
28.6
3
3
100.0
35.9
5
16Nathaniel Clifton
N. Clifton
10
1
4/15/1951
1950-51
NBA Finals
@
10
7
4
16
25.0
2
5
40.0
27.5
3
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for double-doubles going back to the 1960 Finals.

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