youngest nba player to win a series in the playoffs

Kobe Bryant is the youngest in a win in a playoff game. He was 18 years and 245 days old in Game 1 of the 1997 First Round versus the Trail Blazers.

	NAME	Age	W	DATE	TM		OPP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	18-245	1	4/25/1997	LAL	vs	POR	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	100.0	0	0		0	0		100.0	0	0	0	0	+2
2	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	18-247	1	4/27/1997	LAL	vs	POR	5	6	0	0	0	0	1	3	33.3	0	1	0.0	4	4	100.0	63.0	0	0	0	1	-4
3	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	18-252	1	5/2/1997	LAL	@	POR	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0			0	0	0	0	-2
4	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	18-258	1	5/8/1997	LAL	vs	UTA	19	19	1	3	1	1	3	7	42.9	0	2	0.0	13	14	92.9	72.2	0	1	3	3	+10
5	Darko Milicic D. Milicic	18-303	1	4/18/2004	DET	vs	MIL	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		1	2	50.0	56.8	0	0	1	0	-2
6	Darko Milicic D. Milicic	18-314	1	4/29/2004	DET	vs	MIL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0			0	0	0	0	-1
7	Darko Milicic D. Milicic	18-318	1	5/3/2004	DET	vs	NJN	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0			0	0	0	1	-1
8	Darko Milicic D. Milicic	18-335	1	5/20/2004	DET	vs	NJN	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0		0	0		0.0	0	1	0	0	+2
9	Darko Milicic D. Milicic	18-356	1	6/10/2004	DET	vs	LAL	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0		0	0		0.0	0	1	0	0	+3
10	Darko Milicic D. Milicic	18-359	1	6/13/2004	DET	vs	LAL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0			0	0	0	0	-2
11	Darko Milicic D. Milicic	18-361	1	6/15/2004	DET	vs	LAL	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0.0	0	0		0	2	0.0	0.0	1	0	1	0	-8
12	Jonathan Bender J. Bender	19-090	1	4/29/2000	IND	@	MIL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0			0	0	0	0	0
13	Jonathan Bender J. Bender	19-097	1	5/6/2000	IND	vs	PHI	3	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	100.0	0	0		0	0		100.0	0	0	0	1	-3
14	Jonathan Bender J. Bender	19-110	1	5/19/2000	IND	@	PHI	2	3	1	0	0	0	1	1	100.0	1	1	100.0	0	2	0.0	79.8	0	1	0	0	-2
15	Jonathan Bender J. Bender	19-114	1	5/23/2000	IND	vs	NYK	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0			0	0	0	0	0
16	Jonathan Bender J. Bender	19-124	1	6/2/2000	IND	@	NYK	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0			0	0	0	0	0
17	Jonathan Bender J. Bender	19-138	1	6/16/2000	IND	vs	LAL	4	3	1	0	1	0	0	0		0	0		3	4	75.0	85.2	0	1	0	0	+3
18	Joan Beringer J. Beringer	19-163	1	4/23/2026	MIN	vs	DEN	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0		0	0		0.0	2	0	0	0	0
19	Andrew Bynum A. Bynum	19-181	1	4/26/2007	LAL	vs	PHX	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	0	0		3	6	50.0	32.3	2	1	0	0	+1
20	Jonathan Kuminga J. Kuminga	19-192	1	4/16/2022	GSW	vs	DEN	4	1	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0		1	2	50.0	56.8	0	0	1	0	-6
21	Jonathan Kuminga J. Kuminga	19-194	1	4/18/2022	GSW	vs	DEN	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	0		0	0		0	0			0	0	2	0	-3
22	Jonathan Kuminga J. Kuminga	19-203	1	4/27/2022	GSW	vs	DEN	5	4	0	0	0	0	2	4	50.0	0	0		0	0		50.0	0	0	0	0	-2
23	Jonathan Kuminga J. Kuminga	19-207	1	5/1/2022	GSW	@	MEM	15	6	6	1	1	0	2	3	66.7	0	0		2	2	100.0	77.3	1	5	1	2	-2
24	Jonathan Kuminga J. Kuminga	19-213	1	5/7/2022	GSW	vs	MEM	18	18	2	1	0	0	8	10	80.0	2	4	50.0	0	0		90.0	1	1	4	4	-2
25	Jonathan Kuminga J. Kuminga	19-215	1	5/9/2022	GSW	vs	MEM	5	0	1	1	0	1	0	0		0	0		0	0			0	1	0	0	-5

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Thu 5/7	LAL	@	OKC	9:30 PM
Sat 5/9	OKC	@	LAL	8:30 PM
Mon 5/11	OKC	@	LAL	10:30 PM
Wed 5/13	LAL	@	OKC	1:00 PM
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2	Celtics - x	56	26	.683	4.0
3	Knicks - x	53	29	.646	7.0
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Wed 3/25	BKN	@	GSW	106-109
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