youngest player to score 1 minutes in a game before 1998 conference semifinals while being younger than 21 years old

Before 1997-98, Kobe Bryant was the youngest player younger than 21 with 1+ minute played in a Conference Semifinals game. He was 18 years and 254 days old against the Jazz on May 4, 1997.

Interpreted as:
youngest player to score 1 or more minutes in a game before 1998 conference semifinals while being younger than 21 years old
NAME AGE MIN DATE SEASON SERIES TM OPP PTS REB AST STL BLK FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% TS% OREB DREB TOV PF +/-
1 Kobe Bryant
K. Bryant
18-254
14
5/4/1997
1996-97
Conference Semifinals
LAL LAL
@
UTA UTA
3
2
3
0
1
1
7
14.3
1
5
20.0
0
1
0.0
20.2
1
1
0
5
-10
2 Kobe Bryant
K. Bryant
18-256
4
5/6/1997
1996-97
Conference Semifinals
LAL LAL
@
UTA UTA
2
0
1
0
0
1
1
100.0
0
0
0
0
100.0
0
0
1
2
+3
3 Kobe Bryant
K. Bryant
18-258
19
5/8/1997
1996-97
Conference Semifinals
LAL LAL
vs
UTA UTA
19
1
3
1
1
3
7
42.9
0
2
0.0
13
14
92.9
72.2
0
1
3
3
+10
4 Kobe Bryant
K. Bryant
18-260
28
5/10/1997
1996-97
Conference Semifinals
LAL LAL
vs
UTA UTA
9
2
0
0
0
3
9
33.3
3
6
50.0
0
0
50.0
0
2
5
4
-12
5 Kobe Bryant
K. Bryant
18-262
29
5/12/1997
1996-97
Conference Semifinals
LAL LAL
@
UTA UTA
11
2
2
1
0
4
14
28.6
0
6
0.0
3
3
100.0
35.9
0
2
1
3
-1
6 Darryl Dawkins
D. Dawkins
20-099
21
4/20/1977
1976-77
Conference Semifinals
PHI PHI
vs
BOS BOS
3
8
1
1
1
100.0
1
1
100.0
104.2
3
7 Darryl Dawkins
D. Dawkins
20-101
9
4/22/1977
1976-77
Conference Semifinals
PHI PHI
@
BOS BOS
0
3
1
0
1
0.0
0
0
0.0
1
8 Darryl Dawkins
D. Dawkins
20-103
9
4/24/1977
1976-77
Conference Semifinals
PHI PHI
@
BOS BOS
4
2
1
2
5
40.0
0
0
40.0
2
9 Darryl Dawkins
D. Dawkins
20-106
22
4/27/1977
1976-77
Conference Semifinals
PHI PHI
vs
BOS BOS
0
10
0
0
2
0.0
0
0
0.0
2
10 Darryl Dawkins
D. Dawkins
20-108
15
4/29/1977
1976-77
Conference Semifinals
PHI PHI
@
BOS BOS
8
5
1
4
5
80.0
0
1
0.0
73.5
1
11 Darryl Dawkins
D. Dawkins
20-110
16
5/1/1977
1976-77
Conference Semifinals
PHI PHI
vs
BOS BOS
8
2
0
3
10
30.0
2
2
100.0
36.8
3
12 Magic Johnson
M. Johnson
20-238
39
4/8/1980
1979-80
Conference Semifinals
LAL LAL
vs
PHX PHX
13
12
16
2
0
4
12
33.3
0
0
5
7
71.4
43.1
2
10
3
2
13 Magic Johnson
M. Johnson
20-239
48
4/9/1980
1979-80
Conference Semifinals
LAL LAL
vs
PHX PHX
25
13
11
6
0
6
11
54.5
1
1
100.0
12
14
85.7
72.8
4
9
4
6
14 Magic Johnson
M. Johnson
20-241
39
4/11/1980
1979-80
Conference Semifinals
LAL LAL
@
PHX PHX
12
13
4
5
0
3
11
27.3
0
1
0.0
6
6
100.0
44.0
4
9
5
3
15 Magic Johnson
M. Johnson
20-243
40
4/13/1980
1979-80
Conference Semifinals
LAL LAL
@
PHX PHX
8
9
13
2
0
3
4
75.0
0
0
2
4
50.0
69.4
4
5
4
3
16 Magic Johnson
M. Johnson
20-245
38
4/15/1980
1979-80
Conference Semifinals
LAL LAL
vs
PHX PHX
19
7
11
2
0
8
14
57.1
0
0
3
5
60.0
58.6
4
3
2
1
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for minutes played going back to the 1975 playoffs.

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1
Thunder Thunder
68
14
.829
2
Rockets Rockets
52
30
.634
16.0
3
Lakers Lakers
50
32
.610
18.0
4
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50
32
.610
18.0
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Clippers Clippers
50
32
.610
18.0
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Western W L PCT GB
1
Thunder Thunder
68
14
.829
2
Rockets Rockets
52
30
.634
16.0
3
Lakers Lakers
50
32
.610
18.0
4
Nuggets Nuggets
50
32
.610
18.0
5
Clippers Clippers
50
32
.610
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6
Timberwolves Timberwolves
49
33
.598
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Cavaliers Cavaliers
64
18
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2
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61
21
.744
3.0
3
Knicks Knicks
51
31
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Bucks Bucks
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34
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Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Fri
3/28
MIA MIA
@
PHI PHI
118-95
Fri
3/28
DAL DAL
@
CHI CHI
120-119
Fri
3/28
LAL LAL
@
MEM MEM
134-127
Fri
3/28
BOS BOS
@
SAS SAS
121-111
Fri
3/28
IND IND
@
OKC OKC
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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Thu
5/22
MIN MIN
@
OKC OKC
8:30 PM
Fri
5/23
IND IND
@
NYK NYK
8:00 PM
Sat
5/24
OKC OKC
@
MIN MIN
8:30 PM
Sun
5/25
NYK NYK
@
IND IND
8:00 PM
Mon
5/26
OKC OKC
@
MIN MIN
8:30 PM