most points in a game in the eastern conference finals as a rookie

Tyler Herro has posted the most points by a rookie, with 37 points in Game 4 of the 2020 Eastern Conference Finals against the Celtics on September 23, 2020.

	NAME	PTS	DATE	SEASON	SERIES	TM		OPP	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Tyler Herro T. Herro	37	9/23/2020	2019-20	Conference Finals	MIA	vs	BOS	36	6	3	0	0	14	21	66.7	5	10	50.0	4	4	100.0	81.3	0	6	1	1	-4
2	Andrew Toney A. Toney	35	4/22/1981	1980-81	Conference Finals	PHI	@	BOS	31	7	7	1	0	11	23	47.8	0	1	0.0	13	14	92.9	60.0	1	6	4	3
3	Daniel Gibson D. Gibson	31	6/2/2007	2006-07	Conference Finals	CLE	vs	DET	29	6	2	0	0	7	9	77.8	5	5	100.0	12	15	80.0	99.4	2	4	2	5	+19
4	Larry Bird L. Bird	31	4/20/1980	1979-80	Conference Finals	BOS	vs	PHI	46	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	27	4/18/1980	1979-80	Conference Finals	BOS	vs	PHI	46	9	5	4	1	13	24	54.2	0	3	0.0	1	1	100.0	55.2			2	4
6	Andrew Toney A. Toney	26	4/21/1981	1980-81	Conference Finals	PHI	@	BOS	31	4	4		2	8	18	44.4	1	1	100.0	9	10	90.0	58.0				3
7	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	24	5/27/2018	2017-18	Conference Finals	BOS	vs	CLE	42	7	1	1	0	9	17	52.9	2	6	33.3	4	4	100.0	64.0	0	7	4	6	-17
8	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	24	5/23/2018	2017-18	Conference Finals	BOS	vs	CLE	41	7	4	4	2	7	15	46.7	3	7	42.9	7	8	87.5	64.8	0	7	2	3	+19
9	John Lucas J. Lucas	24	5/17/1977	1976-77	Conference Finals	HOU	vs	PHI	39	1	4		0	10	16	62.5				4	4	100.0	67.6				3
10	Charles Barkley C. Barkley	23	5/18/1985	1984-85	Conference Finals	PHI	vs	BOS	39	11	2	3	1	10	20	50.0	0	0		3	5	60.0	51.8	4	7	3	2
11	Tyler Herro T. Herro	22	9/19/2020	2019-20	Conference Finals	MIA	vs	BOS	36	4	4	1	0	8	18	44.4	4	12	33.3	2	2	100.0	58.3	0	4	1	1	0
12	Larry Bird L. Bird	22	4/23/1980	1979-80	Conference Finals	BOS	@	PHI	47	21	4	4	0	9	21	42.9	3	4	75.0	1	2	50.0	50.3	2	19	2	4
13	Daniel Gibson D. Gibson	21	5/29/2007	2006-07	Conference Finals	CLE	vs	DET	35	3	2	2	0	4	7	57.1	1	4	25.0	12	12	100.0	85.5	0	3	4	4	+6
14	John Lucas J. Lucas	21	5/15/1977	1976-77	Conference Finals	HOU	@	PHI	38	4	6	3	1	7	15	46.7				7	12	58.3	51.8				2
15	Andrew Toney A. Toney	20	4/29/1981	1980-81	Conference Finals	PHI	@	BOS	23	1	0		0	6	14	42.9	0	0		8	8	100.0	57.1				4
16	Kevin McHale K. McHale	20	4/22/1981	1980-81	Conference Finals	BOS	vs	PHI	24	6	1	1	1	10	14	71.4	0	0		0	0		71.4	3	3	0	2
17	John Lucas J. Lucas	20	5/11/1977	1976-77	Conference Finals	HOU	vs	PHI	41	5	9	3	0	8	15	53.3				4	5	80.0	58.1				4
18	Tyler Herro T. Herro	19	9/27/2020	2019-20	Conference Finals	MIA	vs	BOS	35	5	7	0	0	8	13	61.5	1	3	33.3	2	2	100.0	68.4	0	5	5	1	+9
19	Jaylen Brown J. Brown	19	5/19/2017	2016-17	Conference Finals	BOS	vs	CLE	24	4	1	2	0	7	11	63.6	0	2	0.0	5	5	100.0	72.0	1	3	3	5	-14
20	Andrew Toney A. Toney	19	4/24/1981	1980-81	Conference Finals	PHI	vs	BOS	24	5	3		1	6	11	54.5	0	0		7	8	87.5	65.4				4
21	Larry Bird L. Bird	19	4/25/1980	1979-80	Conference Finals	BOS	@	PHI	41	13	3	1	3	6	15	40.0	0	0		7	8	87.5	51.3			4	4
22	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	18	5/19/2018	2017-18	Conference Finals	BOS	@	CLE	31	1	1	0	1	6	10	60.0	0	1	0.0	6	8	75.0	66.6	0	1	1	2	-11
23	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	17	5/21/2018	2017-18	Conference Finals	BOS	@	CLE	38	2	1	0	0	5	13	38.5	0	1	0.0	7	8	87.5	51.5	1	1	2	3	-14
24	Rodney Stuckey R. Stuckey	17	5/24/2008	2007-08	Conference Finals	DET	vs	BOS	28	2	4	4	1	4	12	33.3	0	2	0.0	9	10	90.0	51.8	1	1	2	1	+3
25	Danny Ainge D. Ainge	17	5/23/1982	1981-82	Conference Finals	BOS	vs	PHI	28	2	2		0	4	7	57.1	2	3	66.7	7	8	87.5	80.8				5

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8	Magic	45	37	.549	15.0
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2	Celtics - x	56	26	.683	4.0
3	Knicks - x	53	29	.646	7.0
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4	Lakers - x	53	29	.646	11.0
5	Rockets - x	52	30	.634	12.0
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7	Suns - x	45	37	.549	19.0
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9	Clippers	42	40	.512	22.0
10	Warriors	37	45	.451	27.0
11	Pelicans - e	26	56	.317	38.0
12	Mavericks - e	26	56	.317	38.0
13	Grizzlies - e	25	57	.305	39.0
14	Kings - e	22	60	.268	42.0
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