what nba player has made the most conference finals appearances before turning 29 years old

Magic Johnson has the most career appearances by a player younger than 29 in Conference Finals, with 8 appearances.

	NAME	SERIES	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	Conference Finals	42	39.8	17.9	8.0	13.2	2.2	0.5	6.5	12.9	50.6	0.1	0.7	20.7	4.6	5.7	81.3	57.9			3.5	1,673	751	336	553	91	20	145	127
2	Jaylen Brown J. Brown	Conference Finals	36	34.9	20.6	5.7	2.5	1.1	0.4	7.9	16.3	48.3	2.0	5.6	35.0	2.9	4.2	70.7	57.0	1.5	4.2	2.4	1,258	743	205	89	38	13	87	113	-20
3	Tayshaun Prince T. Prince	Conference Finals	35	37.3	10.5	5.2	2.8	0.7	0.7	3.9	10.7	36.4	0.7	2.1	35.6	1.9	2.4	78.8	44.4	1.7	3.5	1.6	1,305	367	181	97	23	24	56	69	+8
4	Byron Scott B. Scott	Conference Finals	31	33.8	17.9	3.1	2.8	1.7	0.2	6.9	12.8	53.9	0.7	1.7	38.9	3.4	4.1	82.7	61.2	0.8	2.3	1.8	1,048	554	97	87	52	6	57	83
5	James Worthy J. Worthy	Conference Finals	31	37.3	22.7	6.2	3.5	1.7	0.9	9.7	16.7	58.0	0.0	0.3	12.5	3.3	4.6	72.0	60.7	2.1	4.1	2.2	1,157	704	191	107	52	29	68	75
6	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	Conference Finals	31	40.6	24.4	8.4	5.0	1.2	0.7	8.2	18.0	45.8	2.1	6.8	30.7	5.9	6.8	86.7	58.3	1.0	7.4	3.5	1,259	757	259	154	37	23	107	95	+97
7	Kawhi Leonard K. Leonard	Conference Finals	23	34.2	16.3	7.4	2.1	1.6	0.7	5.7	12.4	46.3	1.4	3.7	37.2	3.4	3.8	88.6	57.8	1.7	5.7	1.7	787	374	170	49	36	15	39	47	+57
8	Kevin Durant K. Durant	Conference Finals	28	41.0	28.4	8.0	3.8	1.4	1.5	9.6	20.3	47.6	1.8	5.5	31.6	7.3	8.4	87.6	59.3	1.0	7.0	3.4	1,147	794	223	106	38	42	96	73	+82
9	LeBron James L. James	Conference Finals	31	44.9	30.7	8.8	6.3	1.7	1.2	10.6	21.7	49.0	1.5	4.3	35.1	7.9	10.6	74.2	58.1	1.6	7.2	3.4	1,393	952	272	196	53	38	106	78	+101
10	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	Conference Finals	28	40.0	23.3	4.9	4.8	1.3	1.1	8.3	18.9	43.8	1.1	3.3	34.4	5.6	7.4	75.0	52.5	1.1	3.8	2.7	1,119	652	137	133	37	30	76	100	+59
11	Horace Grant H. Grant	Conference Finals	29	37.0	11.3	9.6	2.0	0.7	1.2	4.3	8.6	50.4	0.0	0.1	0.0	2.7	3.4	77.8	56.1	4.0	5.7	1.9	1,072	327	279	59	19	34	56	99
12	Scottie Pippen S. Pippen	Conference Finals	29	38.5	17.8	7.8	4.2	2.0	1.2	6.4	13.9	46.2	0.5	1.9	25.9	4.5	6.2	71.8	53.5	2.0	5.8	3.2	1,116	516	226	123	57	34	92	95
13	Joe Dumars J. Dumars	Conference Finals	30	36.6	15.0	2.0	4.1	0.9	0.1	5.7	12.4	46.0	0.3	1.0	29.0	3.3	4.1	80.3	52.7	0.8	1.2	2.1	1,097	449	59	123	27	3	64	73
14	John Salley J. Salley	Conference Finals	30	24.2	7.2	5.3	0.7	0.7	0.8	2.3	4.8	47.2	0.0	0.0		2.7	3.9	69.8	55.6	2.4	2.9	1.0	726	217	159	22	21	25	30	123
15	Danny Ainge D. Ainge	Conference Finals	24	27.5	10.7	2.8	3.4		0.2	4.1	8.8	46.9	0.5	1.7	31.7	1.9	2.0	93.8	55.1				661	256	68	81		5		75
16	Kurt Rambis K. Rambis	Conference Finals	26	20.0	5.4	5.3	0.6	0.7	0.6	2.1	3.7	57.9	0.0	0.0		1.2	1.7	69.8	61.4			1.3	521	140	138	16	17	15	33	81
17	Kevin McHale K. McHale	Conference Finals	28	29.0	15.5	7.0	1.6		2.4	6.1	11.0	55.4	0.0	0.0		3.4	4.5	76.0	60.1				813	435	197	44		66		91
18	Clint Richardson C. Richardson	Conference Finals	23	19.5	5.7	2.9	1.7		0.1	2.4	5.0	48.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.9	1.1	76.9	51.8				448	130	67	39		3		44
19	Larry Bird L. Bird	Conference Finals	29	42.7	23.0	12.0	5.6	2.2	1.2	8.9	19.8	45.2	0.3	0.9	32.0	4.9	5.6	86.5	51.7			4.0	1,237	667	348	161	63	35	116	98
20	Maurice Cheeks M. Cheeks	Conference Finals	29	34.8	12.2	3.7	6.7		0.2	5.0	10.7	46.6	0.0	0.3	12.5	2.2	3.0	74.7	51.0				1,010	354	107	195		6		80
21	Darryl Dawkins D. Dawkins	Conference Finals	31	23.5	11.8	5.8	0.7		1.5	4.7	8.2	57.7	0.0	0.1	0.0	2.4	3.3	71.6	61.3				729	365	179	23		45		123
22	Paul Westphal P. Westphal	Conference Finals	30	22.8	12.2	1.6	3.3			5.2	11.1	46.5				1.9	2.6	74.0	50.0			1.3	684	367	47	100			9	72
23	Dave Cowens D. Cowens	Conference Finals	29	43.2	19.6	15.1	3.5			8.3	19.5	42.8				2.9	4.1	69.2	45.8				1,252	567	438	101				130
24	Marcus Smart M. Smart	Conference Finals	23	33.2	13.0	4.5	5.8	1.4	0.3	4.1	11.5	35.6	1.9	6.1	30.7	2.9	3.5	83.8	49.8	1.0	3.4	2.3	763	298	103	133	33	8	53	73	0
25	Tristan Thompson T. Thompson	Conference Finals	22	31.2	8.4	8.5	0.7	0.3	0.8	2.9	4.7	62.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.6	4.0	64.0	65.1	3.1	5.4	1.0	686	185	187	15	6	18	22	45	+192

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1	Thunder	30	7	.811
2	Spurs	25	10	.714	4.0
3	Lakers	22	11	.667	6.0
4	Nuggets	24	12	.667	5.5
5	Rockets	22	11	.667	6.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Tue 1/6	LAL	@	NOP	8:00 PM
Wed 1/7	LAL	@	SAS	9:30 PM
Fri 1/9	MIL	@	LAL	10:30 PM
Mon 1/12	LAL	@	SAC	10:00 PM
Tue 1/13	ATL	@	LAL	10:30 PM

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Final

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22 - 11

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33.7

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31.6

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31.0

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12.2

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11.5

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11.1

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9.7

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9.0

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2.1

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1.9

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69.4

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2,035.3

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1,828.8

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DraftKings Points Leaders

2,165.8

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Worst Record ATS

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1	Pistons	27	9	.750
2	Celtics	23	12	.657	3.5
3	Knicks	23	13	.639	4.0
4	Raptors	22	15	.595	5.5
5	76ers	19	15	.559	7.0
6	Magic	20	16	.556	7.0
7	Heat	20	16	.556	7.0
8	Cavaliers	20	17	.541	7.5
9	Bulls	17	19	.472	10.0
10	Hawks	17	21	.447	11.0
11	Bucks	16	20	.444	11.0
12	Hornets	13	23	.361	14.0
13	Nets	11	22	.333	14.5
14	Wizards	9	25	.265	17.0
15	Pacers	6	30	.167	21.0

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1	Thunder	30	7	.811
2	Spurs	25	10	.714	4.0
3	Lakers	22	11	.667	6.0
4	Nuggets	24	12	.667	5.5
5	Rockets	22	11	.667	6.0
6	Timberwolves	23	13	.639	6.5
7	Suns	21	15	.583	8.5
8	Warriors	19	18	.514	11.0
9	Trail Blazers	17	20	.459	13.0
10	Grizzlies	15	20	.429	14.0
11	Clippers	13	22	.371	16.0
12	Mavericks	13	23	.361	16.5
13	Jazz	12	23	.343	17.0
14	Kings	8	28	.222	21.5
15	Pelicans	8	29	.216	22.0

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Thu 12/4	LAC	@	MEM	98-107
Thu 12/4	PHI	@	MIL	116-101
Thu 12/4	PHX	@	HOU	98-117
Thu 12/4	DAL	@	OKC	111-132
Fri 12/5	NOP	@	BKN	101-119

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Tue 1/6	ORL	@	WAS	7:00 PM
Tue 1/6	SAS	@	MEM	8:00 PM
Tue 1/6	MIA	@	MIN	8:00 PM
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