most points scored by a rookie in first nba conference final game since 1980

Since 1979-80, Larry Bird has put up the most points by a rookie in his first game, with 27 points in Game 1 of the 1980 Eastern Conference Finals against the 76ers on April 18, 1980.

	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	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
2	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
3	Dylan Harper D. Harper	24	5/18/2026	2025-26	Conference Finals	SAS	@	OKC	47	11	6	7	0	8	20	40.0	1	7	14.3	7	7	100.0	52.0	1	10	1	3	+14
4	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	19	4/22/1980	1979-80	Conference Finals	LAL	vs	SEA	36	8	9	3	1	7	10	70.0	1	1	100.0	4	5	80.0	77.9	2	6	3	4
5	Patrick McCaw P. McCaw	18	5/16/2017	2016-17	Conference Finals	GSW	vs	SAS	27	3	5	3	0	6	8	75.0	3	4	75.0	3	3	100.0	96.6	1	2	2	4	+19
6	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	16	5/13/2018	2017-18	Conference Finals	BOS	vs	CLE	37	6	3	2	0	6	11	54.5	2	5	40.0	2	2	100.0	67.3	1	5	2	3	+27
7	Oliver Miller O. Miller	15	5/24/1993	1992-93	Conference Finals	PHX	vs	SEA	25	10	4	2	5	5	7	71.4	0	0		5	10	50.0	65.8	3	7	4	3
8	Michael Porter Jr. M. Porter Jr.	14	9/18/2020	2019-20	Conference Finals	DEN	@	LAL	29	10	4	1	0	3	9	33.3	1	6	16.7	7	8	87.5	55.9	1	9	2	2	+5
9	Tyler Herro T. Herro	12	9/15/2020	2019-20	Conference Finals	MIA	@	BOS	40	11	9	0	0	5	10	50.0	2	5	40.0	0	0		60.0	0	11	2	3	+5
10	Manu Ginobili M. Ginobili	12	5/19/2003	2002-03	Conference Finals	SAS	vs	DAL	22	5	4	0	0	3	8	37.5	2	5	40.0	4	5	80.0	58.8	0	5	0	6	+7
11	Mehmet Okur M. Okur	12	5/18/2003	2002-03	Conference Finals	DET	vs	NJN	23	3	0	0	0	4	8	50.0	2	2	100.0	2	2	100.0	67.6	2	1	0	4	-6
12	Shandon Anderson S. Anderson	11	5/19/1997	1996-97	Conference Finals	UTA	vs	HOU	22	5	1	1	0	5	7	71.4	1	1	100.0	0	0		78.6	4	1	2	4	+16
13	David Benoit D. Benoit	11	5/16/1992	1991-92	Conference Finals	UTA	@	POR	28	5	1	1	0	5	10	50.0	1	3	33.3	0	0		55.0	1	4	2	4
14	Drazen Petrovic D. Petrovic	11	5/21/1990	1989-90	Conference Finals	POR	vs	PHX	19	4	2	1	0	5	11	45.5	1	1	100.0	0	2	0.0	46.3	1	3	1	3
15	Dan Majerle D. Majerle	11	5/20/1989	1988-89	Conference Finals	PHX	@	LAL	27	5	1	1	0	5	14	35.7	0	1	0.0	1	1	100.0	38.1	3	2	2	4
16	Jaylen Brown J. Brown	10	5/17/2017	2016-17	Conference Finals	BOS	vs	CLE	20	9	1	0	0	5	7	71.4	0	1	0.0	0	2	0.0	63.5	4	5	1	2	+4
17	Richard Jefferson R. Jefferson	10	5/19/2002	2001-02	Conference Finals	NJN	vs	BOS	20	2	0	0	0	3	6	50.0	0	1	0.0	4	4	100.0	64.4	0	2	1	4	+7
18	Byron Irvin B. Irvin	10	5/25/1990	1989-90	Conference Finals	POR	@	PHX	22	2	3	1	0	3	11	27.3	0	0		4	4	100.0	39.2	1	1	3	2
19	Charles Barkley C. Barkley	10	5/12/1985	1984-85	Conference Finals	PHI	@	BOS	24	12	0	1	0	5	13	38.5	0	0		0	0		38.5	4	8	2	5
20	Byron Scott B. Scott	10	5/12/1984	1983-84	Conference Finals	LAL	vs	PHX	23	1	2	1	0	5	10	50.0	0	1	0.0	0	0		50.0	0	1	2	1
21	Paul Pressey P. Pressey	10	5/8/1983	1982-83	Conference Finals	MIL	@	PHI	19	2	0	1	0	4	5	80.0	0	0		2	2	100.0	85.0	2	0	1	3
22	Gene Banks G. Banks	10	5/9/1982	1981-82	Conference Finals	SAS	@	LAL	17	5	0	0	0	5	10	50.0	0	0		0	0		50.0			0	1
23	Dereck Lively II D. Lively II	9	5/22/2024	2023-24	Conference Finals	DAL	@	MIN	27	11	3	0	2	4	4	100.0	0	0		1	1	100.0	101.4	4	7	1	1	+19
24	Clint Capela C. Capela	9	5/19/2015	2014-15	Conference Finals	HOU	@	GSW	13	4	1	1	1	4	4	100.0	0	0		1	2	50.0	92.2	1	3	0	1	-1
25	Rodney Stuckey R. Stuckey	9	5/20/2008	2007-08	Conference Finals	DET	@	BOS	23	3	0	1	0	3	5	60.0	0	1	0.0	3	5	60.0	62.5	0	3	1	0	+5

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Tue 10/20	BOS	@	DET	3:00 PM
Fri 10/23	NYK	@	BOS	7:00 PM
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Tue 10/27	BKN	@	BOS	7:30 PM
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1	Pistons - z	60	22	.732
2	Celtics - x	56	26	.683	4.0
3	Knicks - x	53	29	.646	7.0
4	Cavaliers - x	52	30	.634	8.0
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Mon 3/30	PHX	@	MEM	131-105
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