who was the last rookie to score 15 points in the finals

Dereck Lively II put up 28 points in his rookie season in the 2024 NBA Finals.

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Who was the last rookie to score 15 or more points in the finals?

	NAME	PTS	SEASON	SERIES	TM	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Dereck Lively II D. Lively II	28	2023-24	NBA Finals	DAL	5	22.8	5.6	8.2	0.4	0.8	0.2	2.4	3.4	70.6	0.2	0.2	100.0	0.6	1.4	42.9	69.7	3.2	5.0	1.0	114	41	2	4	1	5	11	-10
2	Christian Braun C. Braun	29	2022-23	NBA Finals	DEN	5	16.3	5.8	2.0	1.2	1.0	0.4	2.4	3.4	70.6	0.0	0.2	0.0	1.0	1.8	55.6	69.2	0.8	1.2	0.6	82	10	6	5	2	3	6	-8
3	Kendrick Nunn K. Nunn	63	2019-20	NBA Finals	MIA	6	22.6	10.5	3.5	1.8	0.0	0.2	4.0	8.5	47.1	1.5	3.8	39.1	1.0	1.0	100.0	58.7	0.5	3.0	1.3	135	21	11	0	1	8	10	-12
4	Tyler Herro T. Herro	88	2019-20	NBA Finals	MIA	6	34.6	14.7	4.2	3.0	0.5	0.0	5.3	14.5	36.8	1.8	5.0	36.7	2.2	2.7	81.3	46.8	0.2	4.0	2.3	208	25	18	3	0	14	7	-46
5	Jordan Bell J. Bell	23	2017-18	NBA Finals	GSW	4	13.5	5.8	3.3	1.0	0.3	0.5	2.5	3.5	71.4	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.8	1.5	50.0	69.1	1.0	2.3	0.0	54	13	4	1	2	0	4	+10
6	Courtney Lee C. Lee	29	2008-09	NBA Finals	ORL	5	17.6	5.8	1.4	0.2	0.6	0.0	2.4	6.4	37.5	0.4	2.2	18.2	0.6	0.8	75.0	43.0	0.4	1.0	0.6	88	7	1	3	0	3	13	-16
7	Daniel Gibson D. Gibson	43	2006-07	NBA Finals	CLE	4	34.8	10.8	1.8	2.5	1.5	0.0	4.5	10.3	43.9	1.5	4.8	31.6	0.3	0.3	100.0	51.9	0.3	1.5	0.0	139	7	10	6	0	0	8	-6
8	Manu Ginobili M. Ginobili	52	2002-03	NBA Finals	SAS	6	28.7	8.7	4.5	2.0	2.2	0.5	2.7	7.7	34.8	0.5	2.3	21.4	2.8	3.5	81.0	47.1	1.5	3.0	1.7	172	27	12	13	3	10	18	+52
9	Jason Collins J. Collins	17	2001-02	NBA Finals	NJN	4	18.8	4.3	2.5	0.3	0.3	0.5	1.3	2.5	50.0	0.0	0.0		1.8	2.0	87.5	62.9	1.3	1.3	0.8	75	10	1	1	2	3	19	+6
10	Richard Jefferson R. Jefferson	27	2001-02	NBA Finals	NJN	4	24.3	6.8	4.5	1.3	1.0	0.0	2.8	5.3	52.4	0.0	0.0		1.3	2.8	45.5	52.2	0.5	4.0	0.8	97	18	5	4	0	3	7	-1
11	Shandon Anderson S. Anderson	17	1996-97	NBA Finals	UTA	4	21.0	4.3	1.8	0.5	1.0	0.0	1.5	4.8	31.6	0.3	1.0	25.0	1.0	1.5	66.7	39.3	0.5	1.3	0.5	84	7	2	4	0	2	8	-10
12	Sam Cassell S. Cassell	70	1993-94	NBA Finals	HOU	7	22.6	10.0	3.1	2.9	1.3	0.3	2.7	6.4	42.2	1.0	2.3	43.8	3.6	3.9	92.6	61.5	0.9	2.3	2.6	158	22	20	9	2	18	22
13	Richard Dumas R. Dumas	95	1992-93	NBA Finals	PHX	6	26.7	15.8	4.3	1.0	1.3	1.0	7.3	12.8	57.1	0.0	0.0		1.2	1.5	77.8	58.7	2.5	1.8	1.0	160	26	6	8	6	6	15
14	Oliver Miller O. Miller	30	1992-93	NBA Finals	PHX	6	17.8	5.0	4.2	1.3	0.7	2.0	2.0	4.5	44.4	0.0	0.2	0.0	1.0	1.3	75.0	49.1	1.7	2.5	1.2	107	25	8	4	12	7	20
15	Elden Campbell E. Campbell	23	1990-91	NBA Finals	LAL	3	11.0	7.7	1.3	0.0	1.0	0.7	3.3	5.3	62.5	0.0	0.0		1.0	1.3	75.0	64.8	0.3	1.0	0.7	33	4	0	3	2	2	4
16	Clifford Robinson C. Robinson	19	1989-90	NBA Finals	POR	5	16.4	3.8	2.4	0.8	0.8	0.8	1.6	6.4	25.0	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.6	1.2	50.0	27.4	1.0	1.4	0.4	82	12	4	4	4	2	15
17	Byron Scott B. Scott	42	1983-84	NBA Finals	LAL	7	15.0	6.0	1.1	0.7	1.0	0.0	2.6	5.4	47.4	0.1	0.7	20.0	0.7	1.0	71.4	51.1	0.3	0.9	0.9	105	8	5	7	0	6	12
18	Marc Iavaroni M. Iavaroni	23	1982-83	NBA Finals	PHI	4	24.8	5.8	5.5	2.0	0.3	0.8	2.5	4.3	58.8	0.0	0.0		0.8	2.0	37.5	56.0	1.8	3.8	1.3	99	22	8	1	3	5	15
19	Kurt Rambis K. Rambis	47	1981-82	NBA Finals	LAL	6	20.0	7.8	6.5	1.2	1.0	0.5	3.3	6.5	51.3	0.0	0.0		1.2	2.5	46.7	51.5	3.2	3.3	1.8	120	39	7	6	3	11	21
20	Kevin McHale K. McHale	28	1980-81	NBA Finals	BOS	6	13.8	4.7	3.3	0.8	0.0	0.7	2.0	5.2	38.7	0.0	0.0		0.7	1.2	57.1	41.1	1.7	1.7	1.0	83	20	5	0	4	6	13
21	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	129	1979-80	NBA Finals	LAL	6	42.7	21.5	11.2	8.7	2.7	0.3	7.8	13.7	57.3	0.0	0.3	0.0	5.8	6.7	87.5	64.8	2.8	8.3	5.0	256	67	52	16	2	30	17
22	Greg Ballard G. Ballard	22	1977-78	NBA Finals	WAS	6	10.7	3.7	4.2	1.5	0.7	0.0	1.2	3.0	38.9				1.3	1.3	100.0	51.1	1.2	3.0	0.8	64	25	9	4	0	5	7
23	Jack Sikma J. Sikma	96	1977-78	NBA Finals	SEA	7	32.4	13.7	8.0	1.0	0.6	0.7	5.1	12.9	40.0				3.4	4.3	80.0	46.5	2.6	5.4	1.6	227	56	7	4	5	11	35
24	Wally Walker W. Walker	19	1976-77	NBA Finals	POR	3	6.7	6.3	0.0	0.7	1.0	0.0	3.0	4.0	75.0				0.3	0.7	50.0	73.8	0.0	0.0		20	0	2	3	0		2
25	Johnny Davis J. Davis	64	1976-77	NBA Finals	POR	6	32.7	10.7	3.3	5.0	1.8	0.0	4.0	9.3	42.9				2.7	3.3	80.0	49.4	1.2	2.2		196	20	30	11	0		18

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