most minutes played in one conference final game nba by a rookie

Alvan Adams has played the most minutes by a rookie, with 49 minutes on the court in Game 4 of the 1976 Western Conference Finals against the Warriors on May 9, 1976.

	NAME	MIN	DATE	SEASON	SERIES	TM		OPP	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Alvan Adams A. Adams	49	5/9/1976	1975-76	Conference Finals	PHX	vs	GSW	19	16	4	0	0	9	22	40.9				1	1	100.0	42.3	7	9		3
2	Larry Bird L. Bird	47	4/23/1980	1979-80	Conference Finals	BOS	@	PHI	22	21	4	4	0	9	21	42.9	3	4	75.0	1	2	50.0	50.3	2	19	2	4
3	Dylan Harper D. Harper	47	5/18/2026	2025-26	Conference Finals	SAS	@	OKC	24	11	6	7	0	8	20	40.0	1	7	14.3	7	7	100.0	52.0	1	10	1	3	+14
4	Larry Bird L. Bird	46	4/20/1980	1979-80	Conference Finals	BOS	vs	PHI	31	12	2	1	1	15	30	50.0	0	1	0.0	1	1	100.0	50.9			8	4
5	Larry Bird L. Bird	46	4/18/1980	1979-80	Conference Finals	BOS	vs	PHI	27	9	5	4	1	13	24	54.2	0	3	0.0	1	1	100.0	55.2			2	4
6	Earl Tatum E. Tatum	45	5/6/1977	1976-77	Conference Finals	LAL	vs	POR	32	7	3	2	0	16	23	69.6				0	0		69.6	1	6		6
7	Jim McMillian J. McMillian	45	4/9/1971	1970-71	Conference Finals	LAL	@	MIL	10	8	1			5	17	29.4				0	2	0.0	28.0				2
8	Earl Tatum E. Tatum	44	5/8/1977	1976-77	Conference Finals	LAL	vs	POR	10	8	4	1	1	4	15	26.7				2	2	100.0	31.5	2	6		3
9	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	43	4/25/1980	1979-80	Conference Finals	LAL	@	SEA	14	11	10	0	1	4	15	26.7	0	1	0.0	6	9	66.7	36.9	5	6	3	1
10	Jim McMillian J. McMillian	43	4/11/1971	1970-71	Conference Finals	LAL	@	MIL	6	6	3			3	10	30.0				0	1	0.0	28.7				0
11	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	42	5/27/2018	2017-18	Conference Finals	BOS	vs	CLE	24	7	1	1	0	9	17	52.9	2	6	33.3	4	4	100.0	64.0	0	7	4	6	-17
12	Larry Bird L. Bird	42	4/27/1980	1979-80	Conference Finals	BOS	vs	PHI	12	14	4	2	2	5	19	26.3	0	1	0.0	2	2	100.0	30.2			6	5
13	Johnny Davis J. Davis	42	5/6/1977	1976-77	Conference Finals	POR	@	LAL	20	2	3	3	0	6	13	46.2				8	11	72.7	56.1	0	2		0
14	Alvan Adams A. Adams	42	5/16/1976	1975-76	Conference Finals	PHX	@	GSW	18	20	3		1	7	17	41.2				4	4	100.0	48.0	3	17		3
15	Dean Meminger D. Meminger	42	4/16/1972	1971-72	Conference Finals	NYK	vs	BOS	12	5	1			5	9	55.6				2	4	50.0	55.8				3
16	Byron Scott B. Scott	41	5/18/1984	1983-84	Conference Finals	LAL	@	PHX	26	4	2	2	0	9	19	47.4	1	1	100.0	7	12	58.3	53.5	1	3	4	6
17	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	41	4/30/1980	1979-80	Conference Finals	LAL	vs	SEA	20	10	10	1	1	9	14	64.3	0	1	0.0	2	2	100.0	67.2	2	8	3	4
18	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	41	4/27/1980	1979-80	Conference Finals	LAL	@	SEA	15	13	6	6	0	6	15	40.0	0	0		3	7	42.9	41.5	6	7	6	3
19	Larry Bird L. Bird	41	4/25/1980	1979-80	Conference Finals	BOS	@	PHI	19	13	3	1	3	6	15	40.0	0	0		7	8	87.5	51.3			4	4
20	John Lucas J. Lucas	41	5/11/1977	1976-77	Conference Finals	HOU	vs	PHI	20	5	9	3	0	8	15	53.3				4	5	80.0	58.1				4
21	Jim McMillian J. McMillian	41	4/14/1971	1970-71	Conference Finals	LAL	vs	MIL	18	8	6			9	20	45.0				0	1	0.0	44.0				1
22	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	41	5/23/2018	2017-18	Conference Finals	BOS	vs	CLE	24	7	4	4	2	7	15	46.7	3	7	42.9	7	8	87.5	64.8	0	7	2	3	+19
23	Kawhi Leonard K. Leonard	41	6/6/2012	2011-12	Conference Finals	SAS	@	OKC	5	2	1	1	0	2	7	28.6	1	3	33.3	0	0		35.7	2	0	1	3	-6
24	Tyler Herro T. Herro	40	9/15/2020	2019-20	Conference Finals	MIA	@	BOS	12	11	9	0	0	5	10	50.0	2	5	40.0	0	0		60.0	0	11	2	3	+5
25	Jack Sikma J. Sikma	40	5/7/1978	1977-78	Conference Finals	SEA	@	DEN	19	9	5	3	2	5	12	41.7				9	11	81.8	56.4	1	8	1	4

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