who scored the first points in game 1 of the eastern conference finals

Dick Barnett had 19 points in Game 1 of the 1971 Eastern Conference Finals against the Baltimore Bullets on April 6, 1971.

	NAME	DATE	PTS	SEASON	SERIES	TM		OPP	MIN	REB	AST	FGM	FGA	FG%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	PF
1	Dick Barnett D. Barnett	4/6/1971	19	1970-71	Conference Finals	NYK	vs	BAL	35	4	1	7	19	36.8	5	8	62.5	42.2	3
2	Bill Bradley B. Bradley	4/6/1971	15	1970-71	Conference Finals	NYK	vs	BAL	32	0	2	7	13	53.8	1	1	100.0	55.8	3
3	Fred Carter F. Carter	4/6/1971	19	1970-71	Conference Finals	BAL	@	NYK	36	7	0	7	12	58.3	5	7	71.4	63.0	3
4	Dave DeBusschere D. DeBusschere	4/6/1971	21	1970-71	Conference Finals	NYK	vs	BAL	42	17	2	9	12	75.0	3	4	75.0	76.3	4
5	Walt Frazier W. Frazier	4/6/1971	24	1970-71	Conference Finals	NYK	vs	BAL	44	5	7	7	18	38.9	10	12	83.3	51.5	4
6	Kevin Loughery K. Loughery	4/6/1971	22	1970-71	Conference Finals	BAL	@	NYK	46	3	3	8	18	44.4	6	7	85.7	52.2	3
7	Jack Marin J. Marin	4/6/1971	23	1970-71	Conference Finals	BAL	@	NYK	34	3	1	8	14	57.1	7	8	87.5	65.6	3
8	Earl Monroe E. Monroe	4/6/1971	29	1970-71	Conference Finals	BAL	@	NYK	47	5	4	11	24	45.8	7	9	77.8	51.9	5
9	Willis Reed W. Reed	4/6/1971	18	1970-71	Conference Finals	NYK	vs	BAL	48	16	1	8	22	36.4	2	2	100.0	39.3	4
10	Mike Riordan M. Riordan	4/6/1971	4	1970-71	Conference Finals	NYK	vs	BAL	15	6	1	2	5	40.0	0	0		40.0	4
11	Cazzie Russell C. Russell	4/6/1971	8	1970-71	Conference Finals	NYK	vs	BAL	11	2	1	2	7	28.6	4	4	100.0	45.7	0
12	Dave Stallworth D. Stallworth	4/6/1971	3	1970-71	Conference Finals	NYK	vs	BAL	11	2	0	1	5	20.0	1	2	50.0	25.5	2
13	John Tresvant J. Tresvant	4/6/1971	4	1970-71	Conference Finals	BAL	@	NYK	25	9	1	2	3	66.7	0	1	0.0	58.1	5
14	Wes Unseld W. Unseld	4/6/1971	14	1970-71	Conference Finals	BAL	@	NYK	48	22	3	6	16	37.5	2	3	66.7	40.4	3
15	Bill Bradley B. Bradley	4/13/1972	11	1971-72	Conference Finals	NYK	@	BOS	29	4	4	5	11	45.5	1	1	100.0	48.1	4
16	Don Chaney D. Chaney	4/13/1972	7	1971-72	Conference Finals	BOS	vs	NYK	31	5	1	2	9	22.2	3	3	100.0	33.9	2
17	Dave Cowens D. Cowens	4/13/1972	6	1971-72	Conference Finals	BOS	vs	NYK	41	15	1	3	10	30.0	0	2	0.0	27.6	2
18	Dave DeBusschere D. DeBusschere	4/13/1972	15	1971-72	Conference Finals	NYK	@	BOS	40	9	2	7	20	35.0	1	1	100.0	36.7	5
19	Walt Frazier W. Frazier	4/13/1972	36	1971-72	Conference Finals	NYK	@	BOS	42	5	6	14	19	73.7	8	10	80.0	76.9	2
20	Clarence Glover C. Glover	4/13/1972	2	1971-72	Conference Finals	BOS	vs	NYK	5	1	0	0	2	0.0	2	2	100.0	34.7	0
21	John Havlicek J. Havlicek	4/13/1972	14	1971-72	Conference Finals	BOS	vs	NYK	45	4	3	6	18	33.3	2	2	100.0	37.1	3
22	Phil Jackson P. Jackson	4/13/1972	19	1971-72	Conference Finals	NYK	@	BOS	24	5	3	6	12	50.0	7	8	87.5	61.2	3
23	Steve Kuberski S. Kuberski	4/13/1972	7	1971-72	Conference Finals	BOS	vs	NYK	19	2	0	3	8	37.5	1	3	33.3	37.6	2
24	Jerry Lucas J. Lucas	4/13/1972	16	1971-72	Conference Finals	NYK	@	BOS	46	11	8	8	11	72.7	0	0		72.7	1
25	Dean Meminger D. Meminger	4/13/1972	5	1971-72	Conference Finals	NYK	@	BOS	25	6	5	1	1	100.0	3	6	50.0	68.7	3

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