which rookie has the most points in an nba conference finals game

Tyler Herro has dropped the most points by a rookie, with 37 points in Game 4 of the 2020 Eastern Conference Finals against 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	Jamaal Wilkes J. Wilkes	26	4/27/1975	1974-75	Conference Finals	GSW	vs	CHI	38	9	4	0	0	12	20	60.0				2	2	100.0	62.3	1	8		4
10	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
11	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
12	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
13	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
14	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
15	Ricky Sobers R. Sobers	23	5/5/1976	1975-76	Conference Finals	PHX	@	GSW	37	5	4	0	0	9	17	52.9				5	7	71.4	57.3	2	3		3
16	Jamaal Wilkes J. Wilkes	23	5/14/1975	1974-75	Conference Finals	GSW	vs	CHI	37	8	3	1	3	10	19	52.6				3	4	75.0	55.4	0	8		1
17	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
18	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
19	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
20	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
21	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
22	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
23	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
24	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
25	Ricky Sobers R. Sobers	21	5/14/1976	1975-76	Conference Finals	PHX	vs	GSW	27	4	6	0	0	8	12	66.7				5	5	100.0	73.9	3	1		4

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Tyler Herro has dropped the most points by a rookie, with 37 points in Game 4 of the 2020 Eastern Conference Finals against the Celtics on September 23, 2020.

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