youngest player to score 20 points in an nba playoff game

Kobe Bryant is the youngest with 20+ points in a playoff game. He was 18 years and 250 days old in Game 3 of the 1997 First Round against the Trail Blazers.

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youngest player to score 20 or more points in an NBA playoff game

	NAME	Age	PTS	DATE	TM		OPP	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	18-250	22	4/30/1997	LAL	@	POR	27	4	2	1	0	7	13	53.8	2	3	66.7	6	8	75.0	66.6	0	4	4	5	+15
2	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	19-250	22	4/30/1998	LAL	@	POR	36	3	4	0	1	9	16	56.3	1	1	100.0	3	4	75.0	61.9	0	3	1	4	+21
3	Carmelo Anthony C. Anthony	19-331	24	4/24/2004	DEN	vs	MIN	38	10	4	1	0	9	20	45.0	2	3	66.7	4	4	100.0	55.1	2	8	3	1	+14
4	Tony Parker T. Parker	19-338	21	4/20/2002	SAS	vs	SEA	27	1	3	1	0	9	12	75.0	3	3	100.0	0	0		87.5	0	1	1	2	+27
5	Tony Parker T. Parker	19-345	23	4/27/2002	SAS	@	SEA	28	5	4	1	0	10	15	66.7	1	1	100.0	2	4	50.0	68.6	1	4	1	2	+11
6	Tony Parker T. Parker	19-358	24	5/10/2002	SAS	vs	LAL	37	1	5	1	0	9	17	52.9	1	6	16.7	5	6	83.3	61.1	0	1	2	2	-5
7	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	20-050	21	4/22/2018	BOS	@	MIL	36	3	3	2	0	7	16	43.8	2	5	40.0	5	6	83.3	56.3	2	1	1	4	0
8	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	20-054	22	4/26/2018	BOS	@	MIL	32	3	3	2	0	6	14	42.9	2	6	33.3	8	9	88.9	61.2	0	3	3	3	-7
9	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	20-056	20	4/28/2018	BOS	vs	MIL	39	6	5	0	1	7	17	41.2	1	4	25.0	5	5	100.0	52.1	0	6	1	1	+24
10	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	20-058	28	4/30/2018	BOS	vs	PHI	40	3	2	0	1	8	16	50.0	1	5	20.0	11	12	91.7	65.8	0	3	4	1	+18
11	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	20-061	21	5/3/2018	BOS	vs	PHI	33	2	2	1	1	7	14	50.0	2	4	50.0	5	6	83.3	63.1	0	2	2	2	-7
12	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	20-063	24	5/5/2018	BOS	@	PHI	41	5	4	1	0	11	17	64.7	1	4	25.0	1	4	25.0	64.0	1	4	4	3	+24
13	Stephon Marbury S. Marbury	20-063	28	4/24/1997	MIN	@	HOU	35	4	4	1	0	10	19	52.6	4	9	44.4	4	6	66.7	64.7	0	4	0	2	-21
14	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	20-065	20	5/7/2018	BOS	@	PHI	36	4	4	0	1	7	16	43.8	2	6	33.3	4	4	100.0	56.3	1	3	3	3	-1
15	Stephon Marbury S. Marbury	20-065	22	4/26/1997	MIN	@	HOU	45	5	6	1	0	10	25	40.0	2	7	28.6	0	2	0.0	42.5	1	4	7	2	-12
16	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	20-067	25	5/9/2018	BOS	vs	PHI	39	3	4	1	0	8	15	53.3	0	0		9	11	81.8	63.0	1	2	2	4	0
17	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	20-081	24	5/23/2018	BOS	vs	CLE	41	7	4	4	2	7	15	46.7	3	7	42.9	7	8	87.5	64.8	0	7	2	3	+19
18	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	20-085	24	5/27/2018	BOS	vs	CLE	42	7	1	1	0	9	17	52.9	2	6	33.3	4	4	100.0	64.0	0	7	4	6	-17
19	Michael Beasley M. Beasley	20-112	22	5/1/2009	MIA	vs	ATL	36	15	1	0	0	11	25	44.0	0	4	0.0	0	0		44.0	4	11	1	3	+16
20	Darryl Dawkins D. Dawkins	20-126	20	5/17/1977	PHI	@	HOU	31	7	3		1	7	12	58.3				6	8	75.0	64.4				3
21	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	20-138	25	4/23/2015	MIL	vs	CHI	51	12	2	0	2	10	22	45.5	0	0		5	8	62.5	49.0	6	6	3	3	0
22	Amar'e Stoudemire A. Stoudemire	20-154	24	4/19/2003	PHX	@	SAS	39	9	0	0	2	9	13	69.2	1	1	100.0	5	6	83.3	76.7	3	6	4	4	+7
23	Derrick Rose D. Rose	20-196	36	4/18/2009	CHI	@	BOS	50	4	11	1	0	12	19	63.2	0	1	0.0	12	12	100.0	74.1	1	3	5	6	+8
24	Derrick Rose D. Rose	20-204	23	4/26/2009	CHI	vs	BOS	49	11	9	0	0	10	17	58.8	0	0		3	4	75.0	61.3	1	10	7	4	+6
25	Brandon Jennings B. Jennings	20-206	34	4/17/2010	MIL	@	ATL	40	3	3	1	0	14	25	56.0	4	6	66.7	2	4	50.0	63.5	1	2	3	3	-7

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