youngest player to score 45+ points in a conference finals game

LeBron James is the youngest with 45+ points in a Conference Finals game. He was 22 years and 152 days old versus the Pistons on May 31, 2007.

	NAME	AGE	PTS	DATE	SEASON	SERIES	TM		OPP	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-
1	LeBron James L. James	22-152	48	5/31/2007	2006-07	Conference Finals	CLE	@	DET	50	9	7	2	0	18	33	54.5	2	3	66.7	10	14	71.4	61.3	3	6	2	3	+2
2	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	22-269	45	5/19/2001	2000-01	Conference Finals	LAL	@	SAS	47	10	3	1	1	19	35	54.3	1	2	50.0	6	8	75.0	58.4	1	9	4	4	+17
3	Trae Young T. Young	22-277	48	6/23/2021	2020-21	Conference Finals	ATL	@	MIL	41	7	11	1	0	17	34	50.0	4	13	30.8	10	12	83.3	61.1	1	6	6	3	+10
4	LeBron James L. James	24-141	49	5/20/2009	2008-09	Conference Finals	CLE	vs	ORL	41	6	8	2	3	20	30	66.7	3	6	50.0	6	10	60.0	71.2	3	3	2	1	+7
5	James Harden J. Harden	25-272	45	5/25/2015	2014-15	Conference Finals	HOU	vs	GSW	40	9	5	2	2	13	22	59.1	7	11	63.6	12	13	92.3	81.2	2	7	3	2	+21
6	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	25-359	46	6/1/2001	2000-01	Conference Finals	PHI	@	MIL	44	2	3	1	1	14	33	42.4	5	9	55.6	13	15	86.7	58.1	1	1	6	1	-16
7	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	26-099	46	5/27/1989	1988-89	Conference Finals	CHI	vs	DET	45	7	5	5	0	16	26	61.5	0	3	0.0	14	15	93.3	70.6	3	4	2	2
8	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	27-098	47	5/26/1990	1989-90	Conference Finals	CHI	vs	DET	43	10	4	1	0	17	32	53.1	2	2	100.0	11	13	84.6	62.3	3	7	4	3
9	LeBron James L. James	27-160	45	6/7/2012	2011-12	Conference Finals	MIA	@	BOS	45	15	5	0	0	19	26	73.1	2	4	50.0	5	9	55.6	75.1	2	13	4	3	+22
10	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	27-347	50	6/1/2006	2005-06	Conference Finals	DAL	vs	PHX	43	12	3	1	0	14	26	53.8	5	6	83.3	17	18	94.4	73.7	1	11	1	2	+22
11	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	30-103	54	5/31/1993	1992-93	Conference Finals	CHI	vs	NYK	39	6	2	2	1	18	30	60.0	6	9	66.7	12	14	85.7	74.7	0	6	2	5
12	Jimmy Butler III J. Butler III	32-255	47	5/27/2022	2021-22	Conference Finals	MIA	@	BOS	46	9	8	4	1	16	29	55.2	4	8	50.0	11	11	100.0	69.4	3	6	1	1	+8
13	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	32-332	48	5/17/2011	2010-11	Conference Finals	DAL	vs	OKC	41	6	4	0	4	12	15	80.0	0	0		24	24	100.0	93.9	0	6	2	3	+12
14	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	33-100	45	5/27/1996	1995-96	Conference Finals	CHI	@	ORL	44	3	5	1	1	16	23	69.6	3	4	75.0	10	14	71.4	77.2	2	1	4	5
15	LeBron James L. James	33-146	46	5/25/2018	2017-18	Conference Finals	CLE	vs	BOS	46	11	9	3	1	17	33	51.5	5	7	71.4	7	11	63.6	60.8	3	8	3	2	+15