billy paultz most steals in a playoff game

Billy Paultz got his most steals in a playoff game in Game 1 of the 1981 NBA Finals versus the Celtics, with 3 steals.

	NAME	STL	DATE	TM		OPP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF
1	Billy Paultz B. Paultz	3	5/5/1981	HOU	@	BOS	37	14	7	4	1	7	16	43.8	0	0	0	0		43.8	3	4	3	2
2	Billy Paultz B. Paultz	2	4/17/1981	HOU	@	SAS	36	10	13	3	2	3	10	30.0	0	0	4	6	66.7	39.6			2	5
3	Billy Paultz B. Paultz	2	4/16/1978	SAS	vs	WAS	30	7	6	3	0	3	11	27.3			1	2	50.0	29.5			0	1
4	Billy Paultz B. Paultz	2	4/15/1977	SAS	vs	BOS	35	20	7	2	0	6	10	60.0			8	11	72.7	67.4				2
5	Billy Paultz B. Paultz	1	4/21/1985	UTA	@	HOU	2	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	4	25.0	28.4	0	0	1	1
6	Billy Paultz B. Paultz	1	5/4/1983	SAS	vs	DEN	21	6	12	4	1	3	13	23.1	0	0	0	0		23.1	4	8	0	5
7	Billy Paultz B. Paultz	1	4/29/1983	SAS	@	DEN	13	2	2	1	0	1	2	50.0	0	0	0	0		50.0			1	0
8	Billy Paultz B. Paultz	1	4/27/1983	SAS	vs	DEN	18	6	1	0	1	3	5	60.0	0	0	0	0		60.0	0	1	1	4
9	Billy Paultz B. Paultz	1	4/26/1983	SAS	vs	DEN	23	6	3	0	0	2	4	50.0	0	0	2	2	100.0	61.5	2	1	1	3
10	Billy Paultz B. Paultz	1	5/12/1981	HOU	@	BOS	31	10	5	1	0	5	12	41.7	0	0	0	0		41.7	1	4	1	4
11	Billy Paultz B. Paultz	1	5/10/1981	HOU	vs	BOS	33	10	6	1	1	5	14	35.7	0	0	0	0		35.7	4	2	0	4
12	Billy Paultz B. Paultz	1	5/9/1981	HOU	vs	BOS	34	6	8	0	1	2	10	20.0	0	0	2	4	50.0	25.5	2	6	5	1
13	Billy Paultz B. Paultz	1	5/7/1981	HOU	@	BOS	31	13	4	1	1	6	11	54.5	0	0	1	2	50.0	54.7	0	4	0	2
14	Billy Paultz B. Paultz	1	4/29/1981	HOU	@	KCK	37	12	8	0	2	5	10	50.0	0	0	2	4	50.0	51.0			2	4
15	Billy Paultz B. Paultz	1	4/26/1981	HOU	vs	KCK	28	12	4	1	2	6	11	54.5	0	0	0	0		54.5				3
16	Billy Paultz B. Paultz	1	4/22/1981	HOU	@	KCK	38	14	4	0	4	6	10	60.0	0	0	2	2	100.0	64.3				1
17	Billy Paultz B. Paultz	1	4/3/1981	HOU	vs	LAL	30	10	8	3	0	4	10	40.0	0	0	2	3	66.7	44.2			1	3
18	Billy Paultz B. Paultz	1	5/18/1979	SAS	@	WAS	29	8	9	4	2	4	8	50.0			0	0		50.0			1	4
19	Billy Paultz B. Paultz	1	5/9/1979	SAS	vs	WAS	27	8	12	2	4	3	9	33.3			2	2	100.0	40.5			2	4
20	Billy Paultz B. Paultz	1	4/20/1979	SAS	@	PHI	26	10	14	2	0	5	13	38.5			0	0		38.5			3	1
21	Billy Paultz B. Paultz	1	4/17/1979	SAS	vs	PHI	24	7	5	3	2	2	3	66.7			3	4	75.0	73.5			0	4
22	Billy Paultz B. Paultz	1	4/25/1978	SAS	vs	WAS	31	14	5	1	1	6	12	50.0			2	2	100.0	54.3			0	0
23	Billy Paultz B. Paultz	1	4/23/1978	SAS	@	WAS	35	17	8	1	0	6	12	50.0			5	7	71.4	56.4			0	1
24	Billy Paultz B. Paultz	1	4/18/1978	SAS	vs	WAS	35	10	5	3	1	4	7	57.1			2	2	100.0	63.5			1	1

Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for steals going back to the 1983 playoffs.

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