who has most rebounds in a playoff game for a rookie small forward

Dave DeBusschere has the most rebounds by a rookie small forward in a playoff game, with 26 boards in Game 3 of the 1963 Division Semifinals versus the St. Louis Hawks.

NAME REB DATE TM OPP MIN PTS AST STL BLK FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% TS% OREB DREB TOV PF +/-
1 Dave DeBusschere
D. DeBusschere
26
3/24/1963
DET DET
vs
STL STL
46
23
3
7
18
38.9
9
13
69.2
48.5
2
2 Larry Bird
L. Bird
21
4/23/1980
BOS BOS
@
PHI PHI
47
22
4
4
0
9
21
42.9
3
4
75.0
1
2
50.0
50.3
2
19
2
4
3 Cliff Hagan
C. Hagan
20
4/11/1957
STL STL
vs
BOS BOS
31
16
4
7
14
50.0
2
3
66.7
52.2
5
4 Andres Nocioni
A. Nocioni
18
4/24/2005
CHI CHI
vs
WAS WAS
47
25
4
0
1
8
18
44.4
2
4
50.0
7
8
87.5
58.1
3
15
2
4
+10
5 Dave DeBusschere
D. DeBusschere
18
3/20/1963
DET DET
@
STL STL
34
30
0
9
16
56.3
12
16
75.0
65.1
4
6 Chuck Person
C. Person
17
4/29/1987
IND IND
vs
ATL ATL
40
23
7
1
1
8
18
44.4
0
1
0.0
7
10
70.0
51.3
4
13
3
2
7 Marques Johnson
M. Johnson
17
4/30/1978
MIL MIL
vs
DEN DEN
30
16
9
1
4
8
20
40.0
0
0
40.0
7
10
1
0
8 Marques Johnson
M. Johnson
17
4/28/1978
MIL MIL
@
DEN DEN
38
34
2
1
1
13
22
59.1
8
11
72.7
63.3
2
15
0
5
9 Anthony Roberts
A. Roberts
16
5/17/1978
DEN DEN
@
SEA SEA
35
19
3
0
0
7
18
38.9
5
6
83.3
46.0
6
10
3
5
10 Marques Johnson
M. Johnson
16
5/3/1978
MIL MIL
@
DEN DEN
41
22
4
0
4
8
15
53.3
6
11
54.5
55.4
5
11
2
5
11 Marques Johnson
M. Johnson
16
4/11/1978
MIL MIL
@
PHX PHX
38
24
2
2
1
11
17
64.7
2
3
66.7
65.5
2
4
12 Bob Dandridge
B. Dandridge
16
3/25/1970
MIL MIL
vs
PHI PHI
39
17
6
6
15
40.0
5
6
83.3
48.2
4
13 Elgin Baylor
E. Baylor
16
3/18/1959
MIN MIN
vs
DET DET
30
8
20
40.0
14
14
100.0
57.3
4
14 Elgin Baylor
E. Baylor
16
3/15/1959
MIN MIN
@
DET DET
26
10
26
38.5
6
11
54.5
42.2
3
15 Cliff Hagan
C. Hagan
16
4/13/1957
STL STL
@
BOS BOS
40
24
0
7
15
46.7
10
14
71.4
56.7
6
16 Cliff Hagan
C. Hagan
16
3/14/1957
STL STL
vs
FTW FTW
35
15
6
12
50.0
3
4
75.0
54.5
5
17 Greg Ballard
G. Ballard
15
5/5/1978
WAS WAS
vs
PHI PHI
27
12
2
1
1
3
9
33.3
6
7
85.7
49.7
0
4
18 Lee Shaffer
L. Shaffer
15
3/19/1962
SYR SYR
@
PHI PHI
30
0
13
24
54.2
4
8
50.0
54.5
4
19 Elgin Baylor
E. Baylor
15
3/28/1959
MIN MIN
@
STL STL
53
36
15
32
46.9
6
7
85.7
51.3
2
20 Elgin Baylor
E. Baylor
15
3/22/1959
MIN MIN
vs
STL STL
33
6
13
28
46.4
7
7
100.0
53.1
4
21 Cliff Hagan
C. Hagan
15
3/16/1957
STL STL
vs
MIN MIN
39
28
11
20
55.0
6
8
75.0
59.5
4
22 Josh Howard
J. Howard
14
4/24/2004
DAL DAL
vs
SAC SAC
22
6
2
4
2
2
9
22.2
0
1
0.0
2
2
100.0
30.4
6
8
4
3
+9
23 Shawn Marion
S. Marion
14
4/29/2000
PHX PHX
vs
SAS SAS
39
16
0
0
2
7
16
43.8
1
2
50.0
1
1
100.0
48.7
7
7
2
1
+2
24 Larry Bird
L. Bird
14
4/27/1980
BOS BOS
vs
PHI PHI
42
12
4
2
2
5
19
26.3
0
1
0.0
2
2
100.0
30.2
6
5
25 Leroy Ellis
L. Ellis
14
4/2/1963
LAL LAL
vs
STL STL
42
10
3
3
7
42.9
4
5
80.0
54.3
3
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for rebounds going back to the 1963 playoffs.

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