Top 5 Rookie playoff debuts in NBA history

#4 Tim Duncan, 1998

Duncan was the No.1 pick in the NBA 1997 draft and for good reason

Stats : 9 Games, 20.7 PPG, 9.0 RPG, 2.6 BPG

Tim Duncan came to the San Antonio Spurs just as David Robinson's career had started to fall; he was the No.1 pick in the NBA 1997 draft and for good reason.

How soon he would take over as team leader was sorely miscalculated, but it was all for the best.

On the heels of winning rookie of the year, in one of the most dominant rookie seasons of all time, Duncan was lucky enough to win his first series on the team unlike many others on this list.

Fresh out of his insane season where he had not been sat out of any game despite his recent entry into the NBA, he brought the same energy into the playoffs. His quickly apparent skill earned him a nine-game-go-round in his first playoffs.

In just his first game against Utah Jazz in round two, he dropped 33 points and 12 rebounds in a one-point game loss. This was only the beginning to Duncan becoming the leading scorer of the series.