Who was the first player with 8 blocks in an NBA Finals game?

Bill Walton becomes the first player to block 8 shots in an NBA Finals game as the Trail Blazers beat the 76ers in Game 6 to win their first NBA Championship.

Interpreted as:
Who was the first player with 8 or more blocks in an NBA Finals game?
NAME DATE SEASON SERIES TM OPP BLK MIN PTS REB AST STL 3PM FG% FT% TOV FGM FGA 3PA 3P% FTM FTA PF
1 Bill Walton
Bill Walton
6/5/1977
1976-77
NBA Finals
POR POR
vs. PHI vs. PHI
8
42
20
23
7
0
53.3
80.0
8
15
4
5
4
2 Hakeem Olajuwon
Hakeem Olajuwon
6/5/1986
1985-86
NBA Finals
HOU HOU
vs. BOS vs. BOS
8
47
32
14
3
2
0
52.0
66.7
4
13
25
0
6
9
3
3 Patrick Ewing
Patrick Ewing
6/17/1994
1993-94
NBA Finals
NYK NYK
vs. HOU vs. HOU
8
43
25
12
1
2
1
52.4
100.0
3
11
21
1
100.0
2
2
4
4 Shaquille O'Neal
Shaquille O'Neal
6/8/2001
2000-01
NBA Finals
LAL LAL
vs. PHI vs. PHI
8
45
28
20
9
1
0
63.2
40.0
5
12
19
0
4
10
5
5 Tim Duncan
Tim Duncan
6/15/2003
2002-03
NBA Finals
SAS SAS
vs. NJN vs. NJN
8
46
21
20
10
0
0
47.4
60.0
4
9
19
1
0.0
3
5
2
6 Dwight Howard
Dwight Howard
6/11/2009
2008-09
NBA Finals
ORL ORL
vs. LAL vs. LAL
9
49
16
21
2
0
0
41.7
42.9
7
5
12
0
6
14
4
StatMuse has game-level data for blocks going back to the 1974 Finals.

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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
18.0
6
Timberwolves Timberwolves
49
33
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19.0
Eastern W L PCT GB
1
Cavaliers Cavaliers
64
18
.780
2
Celtics Celtics
61
21
.744
3.0
3
Knicks Knicks
51
31
.622
13.0
4
Pacers Pacers
50
32
.610
14.0
5
Bucks Bucks
48
34
.585
16.0
6
Pistons Pistons
44
38
.537
20.0