dirk nowitzki most steals in a playoff game

Dirk Nowitzki got his most steals in a playoff game in Game 5 of the 2001 Western Conference Semifinals versus the Spurs, with 6 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	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	6	5/14/2001	DAL	@	SAS	47	42	18	2	1	14	24	58.3	0	1	0.0	14	18	77.8	65.8	6	12	3	2	-18
2	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	4	4/29/2007	DAL	@	GSW	47	23	15	3	1	9	19	47.4	2	5	40.0	3	4	75.0	55.4	6	9	3	5	+3
3	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	4	5/2/2005	DAL	vs	HOU	43	23	13	2	1	9	22	40.9	1	3	33.3	4	6	66.7	46.7	4	9	0	5	+2
4	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	4	4/24/2002	DAL	vs	MIN	43	31	15	2	1	9	21	42.9	4	5	80.0	9	10	90.0	61.0	1	14	0	6	+9
5	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	3	4/27/2007	DAL	@	GSW	38	20	12	2	1	7	16	43.8	0	1	0.0	6	8	75.0	51.2	6	6	4	5	-13
6	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	3	6/8/2006	DAL	vs	MIA	39	16	10	4	0	4	14	28.6	2	4	50.0	6	6	100.0	48.1	2	8	2	2	+7
7	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	3	6/3/2006	DAL	@	PHX	44	24	10	3	3	8	20	40.0	0	5	0.0	8	9	88.9	50.1	1	9	2	2	+11
8	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	3	5/9/2006	DAL	@	SAS	38	21	9	1	0	7	11	63.6	0	2	0.0	7	7	100.0	74.6	0	9	3	4	+21
9	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	3	5/18/2005	DAL	@	PHX	41	34	10	1	1	11	22	50.0	1	3	33.3	11	14	78.6	60.4	2	8	2	4	-2
10	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	3	4/18/2004	DAL	@	SAC	43	32	13	3	5	12	19	63.2	4	6	66.7	4	4	100.0	77.1	0	13	1	5	-14
11	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	3	5/15/2003	DAL	@	SAC	47	21	12	3	0	5	14	35.7	0	3	0.0	11	12	91.7	54.5	0	12	3	3	-6
12	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	3	4/23/2003	DAL	vs	POR	48	25	9	3	0	8	25	32.0	3	6	50.0	6	7	85.7	44.5	0	9	4	2	+4
13	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	3	4/28/2002	DAL	@	MIN	43	39	17	0	0	11	17	64.7	3	3	100.0	14	16	87.5	81.1	3	14	3	5	+11
14	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	2	5/4/2014	DAL	@	SAS	36	22	9	0	1	8	21	38.1	0	2	0.0	6	7	85.7	45.7	2	7	1	1	-30
15	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	2	4/26/2014	DAL	vs	SAS	39	18	7	3	0	7	13	53.8	0	0		4	6	66.7	57.5	0	7	3	4	+11
16	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	2	4/23/2014	DAL	@	SAS	35	16	5	1	1	7	19	36.8	1	1	100.0	1	1	100.0	41.2	0	5	1	2	+12
17	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	2	6/12/2011	DAL	@	MIA	39	21	11	1	0	9	27	33.3	1	7	14.3	2	2	100.0	37.7	0	11	2	4	-4
18	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	2	5/25/2011	DAL	vs	OKC	40	26	9	0	0	8	15	53.3	1	2	50.0	9	9	100.0	68.6	2	7	5	1	+8
19	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	2	5/2/2011	DAL	@	LAL	38	28	14	3	1	11	22	50.0	1	2	50.0	5	5	100.0	57.9	1	13	1	1	+6
20	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	2	4/25/2011	DAL	vs	POR	37	25	8	3	0	8	18	44.4	0	1	0.0	9	11	81.8	54.7	3	5	3	1	+4
21	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	2	4/27/2010	DAL	vs	SAS	31	15	9	2	2	7	14	50.0	0	0		1	1	100.0	51.9	0	9	3	1	+17
22	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	2	4/23/2010	DAL	@	SAS	42	35	7	3	1	13	23	56.5	1	1	100.0	8	8	100.0	66.0	0	7	2	5	-1
23	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	2	5/11/2009	DAL	vs	DEN	44	44	13	3	1	14	25	56.0	0	0		16	17	94.1	67.7	1	12	4	1	+12
24	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	2	5/3/2009	DAL	@	DEN	41	28	10	4	1	12	22	54.5	0	1	0.0	4	5	80.0	57.9	2	8	2	2	-11
25	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	2	4/20/2009	DAL	@	SAS	39	14	6	3	0	3	14	21.4	0	4	0.0	8	9	88.9	39.0	0	6	0	1	-14

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Dirk Nowitzki got his most steals in a playoff game in Game 5 of the 2001 Western Conference Semifinals versus the Spurs, with 6 steals.

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