most points scored by a rookie in a nba playoff game 4

Chuck Person has scored the most points by a rookie, with 40 points in Game 4 of the 1987 First Round against the Hawks.

	NAME	PTS	DATE	TM		OPP	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Chuck Person C. Person	40	5/1/1987	IND	vs	ATL	44	7	6	1	0	14	27	51.9	0	3	0.0	12	15	80.0	59.5	0	7	4	3
2	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	38	4/19/1970	MIL	vs	NYK	48	9	1			14	26	53.8				10	13	76.9	59.9				1
3	Tyler Herro T. Herro	37	9/23/2020	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
4	Larry Bird L. Bird	34	4/14/1980	BOS	@	HOU	40	10	7		0	13	20	65.0	1	2	50.0	7	8	87.5	72.3				4
5	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	33	4/23/2018	UTA	vs	OKC	39	7	4	0	1	13	28	46.4	3	8	37.5	4	5	80.0	54.6	0	7	0	3	+22
6	Alonzo Mourning A. Mourning	33	5/5/1993	CHA	vs	BOS	35	7	0	0	6	9	13	69.2	0	0		15	18	83.3	78.9	1	6	4	5
7	Maurice Cheeks M. Cheeks	33	4/22/1979	PHI	vs	SAS	46	6	9	6	1	12	19	63.2				9	12	75.0	68.0			1	4
8	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	33	4/1/1970	MIL	@	PHI	47	7	3			13	21	61.9				7	9	77.8	66.1				2
9	Jerry West J. West	33	3/25/1961	LAL	vs	STL	39	4				10	19	52.6				13	16	81.3	63.4				5
10	Elgin Baylor E. Baylor	32	3/26/1959	MIN	vs	STL		12				14	22	63.6				4	8	50.0	62.7				4
11	Elvin Hayes E. Hayes	30	4/4/1969	SDR	vs	ATL		20	1			13	20	65.0				4	5	80.0	67.6				3
12	Elgin Baylor E. Baylor	30	4/9/1959	MIN	vs	BOS	45	14				12	29	41.4				6	8	75.0	46.1				4
13	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	29	4/26/1985	CHI	vs	MIL	42	7	5	2	3	6	16	37.5	0	2	0.0	17	20	85.0	58.5	2	5	4	3
14	Tom Burleson T. Burleson	29	4/19/1975	SEA	vs	GSW	46	15	3		0	12	22	54.5				5	5	100.0	59.9				5
15	Mark Jackson M. Jackson	28	5/6/1988	NYK	vs	BOS	47	5	9	1	0	11	24	45.8	2	5	40.0	4	5	80.0	53.4	2	3	0	2
16	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	28	5/11/1980	LAL	@	PHI	45	9	9	3	1	10	14	71.4	0	0		8	10	80.0	76.1	1	8	3	1
17	Jack Sikma J. Sikma	28	4/26/1978	SEA	vs	POR	38	10	1	1	0	11	16	68.8				6	6	100.0	75.1	4	6	2	3
18	Jack Nichols J. Nichols	27	4/9/1949	WAS	vs	MIN						11						5	5	100.0					3
19	Paul Hoffman P. Hoffman	27	4/17/1948	BAL	vs	PHI			0			10	20	50.0				7	8	87.5	57.4				5
20	Harrison Barnes H. Barnes	26	5/12/2013	GSW	vs	SAS	51	10	1	1	0	9	26	34.6	1	3	33.3	7	7	100.0	44.7	5	5	4	1	+13
21	Matt Maloney M. Maloney	26	5/11/1997	HOU	@	SEA	48	1	6	0	0	9	19	47.4	8	13	61.5	0	0		68.4	0	1	4	2	+7
22	Freddie Crawford F. Crawford	26	3/28/1967	NYK	vs	BOS	33	10	6			11	24	45.8				4	7	57.1	48.0				6
23	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	25	4/21/2019	LAC	vs	GSW	31	2	2	1	0	9	15	60.0	3	5	60.0	4	4	100.0	74.6	0	2	2	3	-1
24	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	25	5/6/2018	UTA	vs	HOU	38	9	2	4	0	8	24	33.3	2	7	28.6	7	7	100.0	46.2	1	8	3	6	-6
25	Arvydas Sabonis A. Sabonis	25	5/1/1996	POR	vs	UTA	35	13	4	1	1	6	13	46.2	3	3	100.0	10	12	83.3	68.4	0	13	3	5

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