most points scored by a rookie in a conference finals game since 1977

Since 1976-77, Tyler Herro has dropped the most points by a rookie in a Conference Finals game, with 37 points versus 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	Earl Tatum E. Tatum	32	5/6/1977	1976-77	Conference Finals	LAL	vs	POR	45	7	3	2	0	16	23	69.6				0	0		69.6	1	6		6
4	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
5	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
6	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
7	Byron Scott B. Scott	26	5/18/1984	1983-84	Conference Finals	LAL	@	PHX	41	4	2	2	0	9	19	47.4	1	1	100.0	7	12	58.3	53.5	1	3	4	6
8	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
9	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
10	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
11	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
12	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
13	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
14	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
15	Anthony Roberts A. Roberts	22	5/7/1978	1977-78	Conference Finals	DEN	vs	SEA	34	10	2	1	0	8	18	44.4				6	7	85.7	52.2	4	6	1	5
16	Anthony Roberts A. Roberts	22	5/5/1978	1977-78	Conference Finals	DEN	vs	SEA	39	8	3	0	0	8	19	42.1				6	7	85.7	49.8	6	2	1	3
17	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
18	Manu Ginobili M. Ginobili	21	5/25/2003	2002-03	Conference Finals	SAS	@	DAL	32	6	1	2	0	8	12	66.7	3	5	60.0	2	2	100.0	81.5	5	1	1	4	+14
19	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
20	Johnny Davis J. Davis	21	5/13/1977	1976-77	Conference Finals	POR	vs	LAL	39	1	4	4	0	9	12	75.0				3	7	42.9	69.6	0	1		1
21	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
22	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
23	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	20	4/30/1980	1979-80	Conference Finals	LAL	vs	SEA	41	10	10	1	1	9	14	64.3	0	1	0.0	2	2	100.0	67.2	2	8	3	4
24	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
25	Johnny Davis J. Davis	20	5/6/1977	1976-77	Conference Finals	POR	@	LAL	42	2	3	3	0	6	13	46.2				8	11	72.7	56.1	0	2		0