who has scored the first points in the western conference finals

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar scored 32 points in Game 1 of the 1971 Western Conference Finals versus the Lakers on April 9, 1971.

Interpreted as:

Who has scored the first points in a game in the western conference finals?

	NAME	DATE	PTS	SEASON	SERIES	TM		OPP	MIN	REB	AST	FGM	FGA	FG%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	PF
1	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	4/9/1971	32	1970-71	Conference Finals	MIL	vs	LAL	46	22	1	14	30	46.7	4	7	57.1	48.4	2
2	Lucius Allen L. Allen	4/9/1971	6	1970-71	Conference Finals	MIL	vs	LAL	16	1	3	2	2	100.0	2	3	66.7	90.4	2
3	Bob Boozer B. Boozer	4/9/1971	6	1970-71	Conference Finals	MIL	vs	LAL	24	8	0	3	7	42.9	0	0		42.9	4
4	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	4/9/1971	22	1970-71	Conference Finals	LAL	@	MIL	46	20	1	10	19	52.6	2	10	20.0	47.0	3
5	Bob Dandridge B. Dandridge	4/9/1971	10	1970-71	Conference Finals	MIL	vs	LAL	41	8	5	4	16	25.0	2	3	66.7	28.9	1
6	Keith Erickson K. Erickson	4/9/1971	11	1970-71	Conference Finals	LAL	@	MIL	38	6	3	5	13	38.5	1	2	50.0	39.6	4
7	Gail Goodrich G. Goodrich	4/9/1971	16	1970-71	Conference Finals	LAL	@	MIL	40	3	7	5	17	29.4	6	8	75.0	39.0	3
8	Bob Greacen B. Greacen	4/9/1971	2	1970-71	Conference Finals	MIL	vs	LAL	2	2	0	0	2	0.0	2	2	100.0	34.7	0
9	Happy Hairston H. Hairston	4/9/1971	20	1970-71	Conference Finals	LAL	@	MIL	39	12	3	8	12	66.7	4	5	80.0	70.4	3
10	Willie McCarter W. McCarter	4/9/1971	2	1970-71	Conference Finals	LAL	@	MIL	21	2	3	1	4	25.0	0	0		25.0	3
11	Jon McGlocklin J. McGlocklin	4/9/1971	18	1970-71	Conference Finals	MIL	vs	LAL	40	1	3	9	15	60.0	0	1	0.0	58.3	2
12	Jim McMillian J. McMillian	4/9/1971	10	1970-71	Conference Finals	LAL	@	MIL	45	8	1	5	17	29.4	0	2	0.0	28.0	2
13	Pat Riley P. Riley	4/9/1971	4	1970-71	Conference Finals	LAL	@	MIL	3	0	0	2	2	100.0	0	0		100.0	1
14	Oscar Robertson O. Robertson	4/9/1971	19	1970-71	Conference Finals	MIL	vs	LAL	38	7	10	8	19	42.1	3	6	50.0	43.9	2
15	Greg Smith G. Smith	4/9/1971	10	1970-71	Conference Finals	MIL	vs	LAL	24	5	1	5	7	71.4	0	0		71.4	4
16	Jeff Webb J. Webb	4/9/1971	3	1970-71	Conference Finals	MIL	vs	LAL	2	1	0	1	1	100.0	1	1	100.0	104.2	0
17	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	4/11/1971	22	1970-71	Conference Finals	MIL	vs	LAL	43	10	4	9	19	47.4	4	8	50.0	48.8	0
18	Lucius Allen L. Allen	4/11/1971	8	1970-71	Conference Finals	MIL	vs	LAL	22	5	4	4	5	80.0	0	1	0.0	73.5	2
19	Bob Boozer B. Boozer	4/11/1971	6	1970-71	Conference Finals	MIL	vs	LAL	16	4	1	3	4	75.0	0	0		75.0	0
20	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	4/11/1971	26	1970-71	Conference Finals	LAL	@	MIL	48	22	0	10	21	47.6	6	8	75.0	53.0	1
21	Dick Cunningham D. Cunningham	4/11/1971	2	1970-71	Conference Finals	MIL	vs	LAL	5	3	0	1	1	100.0	0	0		100.0	2
22	Bob Dandridge B. Dandridge	4/11/1971	14	1970-71	Conference Finals	MIL	vs	LAL	40	11	6	7	21	33.3	0	0		33.3	3
23	Gail Goodrich G. Goodrich	4/11/1971	10	1970-71	Conference Finals	LAL	@	MIL	40	4	4	2	15	13.3	6	7	85.7	27.7	5
24	Happy Hairston H. Hairston	4/11/1971	8	1970-71	Conference Finals	LAL	@	MIL	36	6	3	3	11	27.3	2	3	66.7	32.5	3
25	Willie McCarter W. McCarter	4/11/1971	2	1970-71	Conference Finals	LAL	@	MIL	32	5	3	1	8	12.5	0	0		12.5	2

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