bulls most steals by a player in a playoff game before 1978

Before 1977-78, Scott May and Norm Van Lier were tied for the most steals for the Bulls in a playoff game, with 5 steals.

NAME STL DATE TM OPP MIN PTS REB AST BLK FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% TS% OREB DREB TOV PF +/-
1 Scott May
S. May
5
4/12/1977
CHI CHI
@
POR POR
37
15
3
2
2
4
8
50.0
7
8
87.5
65.1
2
1
3
2 Norm Van Lier
N. Van Lier
5
4/12/1977
CHI CHI
@
POR POR
46
12
9
8
1
3
9
33.3
6
8
75.0
47.9
4
5
3
3 Jerry Sloan
J. Sloan
4
4/23/1975
CHI CHI
@
KCO KCO
42
16
8
0
0
8
13
61.5
0
2
0.0
57.6
0
8
4
4 Norm Van Lier
N. Van Lier
4
4/20/1975
CHI CHI
vs
KCO KCO
44
8
5
5
0
3
12
25.0
2
2
100.0
31.1
2
3
4
5 Norm Van Lier
N. Van Lier
4
4/9/1975
CHI CHI
vs
KCO KCO
42
20
6
4
1
6
16
37.5
8
9
88.9
50.1
3
3
4
6 Norm Van Lier
N. Van Lier
4
4/22/1974
CHI CHI
vs
MIL MIL
48
6
3
7
0
2
14
14.3
2
2
100.0
20.2
4
7 John Mengelt
J. Mengelt
3
4/17/1977
CHI CHI
@
POR POR
42
28
3
6
0
10
17
58.8
8
9
88.9
66.8
0
3
1
8 Norm Van Lier
N. Van Lier
3
4/17/1977
CHI CHI
@
POR POR
45
0
1
10
0
0
4
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
1
6
9 Norm Van Lier
N. Van Lier
3
5/4/1975
CHI CHI
vs
GSW GSW
48
35
9
9
1
14
27
51.9
7
9
77.8
56.5
3
6
3
10 Bob Love
B. Love
3
4/27/1975
CHI CHI
@
GSW GSW
42
37
4
1
0
10
24
41.7
17
17
100.0
58.8
2
2
3
11 Jerry Sloan
J. Sloan
3
4/20/1975
CHI CHI
vs
KCO KCO
29
11
7
3
0
4
9
44.4
3
4
75.0
51.1
0
7
5
12 Jerry Sloan
J. Sloan
3
4/9/1975
CHI CHI
vs
KCO KCO
36
10
6
2
0
5
14
35.7
0
0
35.7
3
3
4
13 Rick Adelman
R. Adelman
3
4/20/1974
CHI CHI
@
MIL MIL
24
6
1
2
0
3
7
42.9
0
0
42.9
0
14 Clifford Ray
C. Ray
3
4/20/1974
CHI CHI
@
MIL MIL
42
19
15
6
1
9
16
56.3
1
2
50.0
56.3
2
15 Scott May
S. May
2
4/17/1977
CHI CHI
@
POR POR
29
8
5
0
0
3
7
42.9
2
2
100.0
50.8
1
4
5
16 Artis Gilmore
A. Gilmore
2
4/15/1977
CHI CHI
vs
POR POR
40
27
11
2
5
9
19
47.4
9
13
69.2
54.6
6
5
1
17 Mickey Johnson
M. Johnson
2
4/15/1977
CHI CHI
vs
POR POR
43
29
15
5
2
13
23
56.5
3
4
75.0
58.6
6
9
4
18 Norm Van Lier
N. Van Lier
2
4/15/1977
CHI CHI
vs
POR POR
43
4
5
11
0
0
6
0.0
4
4
100.0
25.8
1
4
5
19 Mickey Johnson
M. Johnson
2
4/12/1977
CHI CHI
@
POR POR
38
19
10
1
0
8
25
32.0
3
3
100.0
36.1
2
8
5
20 Chet Walker
C. Walker
2
5/14/1975
CHI CHI
@
GSW GSW
35
21
7
2
0
9
16
56.3
3
4
75.0
59.1
1
6
1
21 Rowland Garrett
R. Garrett
2
5/8/1975
CHI CHI
@
GSW GSW
17
8
3
1
1
4
13
30.8
0
0
30.8
2
1
3
22 Jerry Sloan
J. Sloan
2
5/8/1975
CHI CHI
@
GSW GSW
42
18
10
2
0
8
19
42.1
2
4
50.0
43.4
3
7
3
23 Chet Walker
C. Walker
2
5/8/1975
CHI CHI
@
GSW GSW
35
21
5
3
0
7
16
43.8
7
8
87.5
53.8
1
4
2
24 Norm Van Lier
N. Van Lier
2
5/6/1975
CHI CHI
@
GSW GSW
48
19
5
9
2
5
14
35.7
9
13
69.2
48.2
1
4
2
25 Jerry Sloan
J. Sloan
2
5/4/1975
CHI CHI
vs
GSW GSW
42
15
2
4
0
7
13
53.8
1
2
50.0
54.0
0
2
4
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for steals going back to the 1983 playoffs.

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