most rebounds in a conference finals game by a rookie

Larry Bird has grabbed the most boards by a rookie, with 21 boards in Game 3 of the 1980 Eastern Conference Finals against the 76ers on April 23, 1980.

	NAME	REB	DATE	SEASON	SERIES	TM		OPP	MIN	PTS	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Larry Bird L. Bird	21	4/23/1980	1979-80	Conference Finals	BOS	@	PHI	47	22	4	4	0	9	21	42.9	3	4	75.0	1	2	50.0	50.3	2	19	2	4
2	Charles Barkley C. Barkley	20	5/19/1985	1984-85	Conference Finals	PHI	vs	BOS	34	15	3	3	1	7	13	53.8	1	2	50.0	0	2	0.0	54.0	7	13	2	5
3	Alvan Adams A. Adams	20	5/16/1976	1975-76	Conference Finals	PHX	@	GSW	42	18	3		1	7	17	41.2				4	4	100.0	48.0	3	17		3
4	Anthony Roberts A. Roberts	16	5/17/1978	1977-78	Conference Finals	DEN	@	SEA	35	19	3	0	0	7	18	38.9				5	6	83.3	46.0	6	10	3	5
5	Alvan Adams A. Adams	16	5/9/1976	1975-76	Conference Finals	PHX	vs	GSW	49	19	4	0	0	9	22	40.9				1	1	100.0	42.3	7	9		3
6	Kurt Rambis K. Rambis	15	5/11/1982	1981-82	Conference Finals	LAL	vs	SAS	33	8	1	0	3	4	7	57.1	0	0		0	0		57.1			1	5
7	Greg Ballard G. Ballard	15	5/5/1978	1977-78	Conference Finals	WAS	vs	PHI	27	12	2	1	1	3	9	33.3				6	7	85.7	49.7			0	4
8	Larry Bird L. Bird	14	4/27/1980	1979-80	Conference Finals	BOS	vs	PHI	42	12	4	2	2	5	19	26.3	0	1	0.0	2	2	100.0	30.2			6	5
9	Alvan Adams A. Adams	14	5/7/1976	1975-76	Conference Finals	PHX	vs	GSW	35	17	5	0	1	7	19	36.8				3	4	75.0	40.9	6	8		3
10	Alvan Adams A. Adams	14	5/2/1976	1975-76	Conference Finals	PHX	@	GSW	37	19	6	1	1	6	16	37.5				7	8	87.5	48.7	4	10		3
11	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	13	4/27/1980	1979-80	Conference Finals	LAL	@	SEA	41	15	6	6	0	6	15	40.0	0	0		3	7	42.9	41.5	6	7	6	3
12	Larry Bird L. Bird	13	4/25/1980	1979-80	Conference Finals	BOS	@	PHI	41	19	3	1	3	6	15	40.0	0	0		7	8	87.5	51.3			4	4
13	Charles Barkley C. Barkley	12	5/12/1985	1984-85	Conference Finals	PHI	@	BOS	24	10	0	1	0	5	13	38.5	0	0		0	0		38.5	4	8	2	5
14	Larry Bird L. Bird	12	4/20/1980	1979-80	Conference Finals	BOS	vs	PHI	46	31	2	1	1	15	30	50.0	0	1	0.0	1	1	100.0	50.9			8	4
15	Jack Sikma J. Sikma	12	5/5/1978	1977-78	Conference Finals	SEA	@	DEN	30	8	3	3	1	2	9	22.2				4	5	80.0	35.7	2	10	1	4
16	Dylan Harper D. Harper	11	5/18/2026	2025-26	Conference Finals	SAS	@	OKC	47	24	6	7	0	8	20	40.0	1	7	14.3	7	7	100.0	52.0	1	10	1	3	+14
17	Dereck Lively II D. Lively II	11	5/22/2024	2023-24	Conference Finals	DAL	@	MIN	27	9	3	0	2	4	4	100.0	0	0		1	1	100.0	101.4	4	7	1	1	+19
18	Tyler Herro T. Herro	11	9/15/2020	2019-20	Conference Finals	MIA	@	BOS	40	12	9	0	0	5	10	50.0	2	5	40.0	0	0		60.0	0	11	2	3	+5
19	Charles Barkley C. Barkley	11	5/18/1985	1984-85	Conference Finals	PHI	vs	BOS	39	23	2	3	1	10	20	50.0	0	0		3	5	60.0	51.8	4	7	3	2
20	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	11	4/25/1980	1979-80	Conference Finals	LAL	@	SEA	43	14	10	0	1	4	15	26.7	0	1	0.0	6	9	66.7	36.9	5	6	3	1
21	Jack Sikma J. Sikma	11	5/10/1978	1977-78	Conference Finals	SEA	vs	DEN	34	10	2	1	0	3	11	27.3				4	7	57.1	35.5	3	8	2	5
22	Alvan Adams A. Adams	11	5/5/1976	1975-76	Conference Finals	PHX	@	GSW	39	13	9	2	2	4	14	28.6				5	6	83.3	39.1	3	8		2
23	Michael Porter Jr. M. Porter Jr.	10	9/18/2020	2019-20	Conference Finals	DEN	@	LAL	29	14	4	1	0	3	9	33.3	1	6	16.7	7	8	87.5	55.9	1	9	2	2	+5
24	Kawhi Leonard K. Leonard	10	6/4/2012	2011-12	Conference Finals	SAS	vs	OKC	36	4	2	1	0	1	4	25.0	0	1	0.0	2	2	100.0	41.0	0	10	1	2	-2
25	Kawhi Leonard K. Leonard	10	5/29/2012	2011-12	Conference Finals	SAS	vs	OKC	35	18	0	1	2	7	12	58.3	3	6	50.0	1	1	100.0	72.3	2	8	1	1	+9

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DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
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