cavaliers most rebounds by a player in a playoff game before 1977

Before 1976-77, Nate Thurmond and Jim Brewer were tied for the most boards for the Cavaliers in a playoff game, with 16 boards.

	NAME	REB	DATE	TM		OPP	MIN	PTS	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	PF
1	Nate Thurmond N. Thurmond	16	5/6/1976	CLE	@	BOS	39	9	2	0	0	3	8	37.5	3	6	50.0	42.3	6	10	5
2	Jim Brewer J. Brewer	16	4/29/1976	CLE	vs	WAS	40	12	2	0	0	5	7	71.4	2	4	50.0	68.5	5	11	2
3	Jim Brewer J. Brewer	15	5/11/1976	CLE	vs	BOS	42	6	4	1	3	2	7	28.6	2	2	100.0	38.1	5	10	4
4	Nate Thurmond N. Thurmond	14	5/18/1976	CLE	vs	BOS	43	13	5	0	3	5	8	62.5	3	7	42.9	58.7	4	10	3
5	Jim Brewer J. Brewer	12	5/18/1976	CLE	vs	BOS	41	12	3	1	1	5	6	83.3	2	6	33.3	69.4	1	11	2
6	Jim Brewer J. Brewer	12	4/26/1976	CLE	@	WAS	41	15	2	3	0	7	11	63.6	1	1	100.0	65.6	6	6	1
7	Jim Brewer J. Brewer	12	4/22/1976	CLE	vs	WAS	39	13	3	1	2	4	13	30.8	5	6	83.3	41.6	4	8	3
8	Jim Brewer J. Brewer	12	4/17/1976	CLE	vs	WAS	37	8	6	0	2	2	8	25.0	4	7	57.1	36.1	2	10	2
9	Jim Cleamons J. Cleamons	11	5/18/1976	CLE	vs	BOS	42	7	5	1	0	3	13	23.1	1	2	50.0	25.2	4	7	5
10	Jim Brewer J. Brewer	11	5/14/1976	CLE	vs	BOS	38	6	5	2	1	3	6	50.0	0	1	0.0	46.6	2	9	2
11	Campy Russell C. Russell	11	4/13/1976	CLE	vs	WAS	27	19	1	1	1	8	19	42.1	3	4	75.0	45.8	6	5	5
12	Nate Thurmond N. Thurmond	10	5/16/1976	CLE	@	BOS	35	13	3	0	1	6	8	75.0	1	6	16.7	61.1	3	7	6
13	Jim Brewer J. Brewer	10	4/21/1976	CLE	@	WAS	36	13	1	2	1	5	11	45.5	3	7	42.9	46.2	4	6	2
14	Bingo Smith B. Smith	10	4/17/1976	CLE	vs	WAS	35	17	2	2	1	6	16	37.5	5	5	100.0	46.7	5	5	4
15	Nate Thurmond N. Thurmond	10	4/15/1976	CLE	@	WAS	23	7	2	1	3	3	6	50.0	1	1	100.0	54.3	4	6	4
16	Jim Brewer J. Brewer	10	4/13/1976	CLE	vs	WAS	29	2	2	1	1	1	8	12.5	0	2	0.0	11.3	2	8	2
17	Jim Cleamons J. Cleamons	9	5/11/1976	CLE	vs	BOS	43	18	3	0	0	8	14	57.1	2	2	100.0	60.5	1	8	1
18	Nate Thurmond N. Thurmond	9	5/11/1976	CLE	vs	BOS	40	6	6	3	4	3	10	30.0	0	0		30.0	4	5	5
19	Jim Brewer J. Brewer	9	5/9/1976	CLE	@	BOS	42	10	2	0	1	4	7	57.1	2	3	66.7	60.1	2	7	3
20	Jim Cleamons J. Cleamons	9	4/22/1976	CLE	vs	WAS	36	6	4	0	1	2	9	22.2	2	2	100.0	30.4	3	6	5
21	Campy Russell C. Russell	9	4/21/1976	CLE	@	WAS	31	22	1	2	2	7	18	38.9	8	10	80.0	49.1	4	5	4
22	Nate Thurmond N. Thurmond	8	5/14/1976	CLE	vs	BOS	37	12	3	0	6	6	10	60.0	0	2	0.0	55.1	2	6	4
23	Jim Chones J. Chones	8	4/26/1976	CLE	@	WAS	28	16	1	0	0	8	13	61.5	0	2	0.0	57.6	1	7	2
24	Nate Thurmond N. Thurmond	8	4/26/1976	CLE	@	WAS	27	2	2	0	2	1	2	50.0	0	0		50.0	0	8	4
25	Jim Chones J. Chones	8	4/22/1976	CLE	vs	WAS	32	12	0	0	0	4	14	28.6	4	4	100.0	38.1	4	4	5

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