first player to block 7 in a game nba playoffs

Tom Burleson had 7 blocks in Game 6 of the 1975 Western Conference Semifinals against the Warriors on April 24, 1975.

Interpreted as:
first player to block 7 or more in a game NBA playoffs
NAME DATE BLK TM OPP MIN PTS REB AST STL FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% TS% OREB DREB TOV PF +/-
1 Tom Burleson
T. Burleson
4/24/1975
7
SEA SEA
vs
GSW GSW
40
18
11
1
7
15
46.7
4
6
66.7
51.0
5
2 George Johnson
G. Johnson
4/24/1975
8
GSW GSW
@
SEA SEA
33
18
15
5
8
10
80.0
2
7
28.6
68.8
4
3 Elmore Smith
E. Smith
4/13/1976
7
MIL MIL
vs
DET DET
42
16
13
1
0
4
10
40.0
8
10
80.0
55.6
5
4 Elvin Hayes
E. Hayes
4/26/1976
8
WAS WAS
vs
CLE CLE
49
28
13
1
0
12
23
52.2
4
9
44.4
51.9
1
12
5
5 Bob Lanier
B. Lanier
4/30/1976
7
DET DET
vs
GSW GSW
50
30
16
1
12
23
52.2
6
6
100.0
58.5
4
6 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
4/22/1977
9
LAL LAL
vs
GSW GSW
40
40
19
3
3
18
28
64.3
4
6
66.7
65.3
7
12
4
7 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
5/10/1977
8
LAL LAL
@
POR POR
45
21
20
7
1
5
12
41.7
11
13
84.6
59.3
5
15
2
8 Bill Walton
B. Walton
6/5/1977
8
POR POR
vs
PHI PHI
42
20
23
7
0
8
15
53.3
4
5
80.0
58.1
3
20
4
9 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
4/14/1978
7
LAL LAL
vs
SEA SEA
43
24
18
4
1
11
24
45.8
2
2
100.0
48.2
8
10
5
6
10 Caldwell Jones
C. Jones
5/3/1978
8
PHI PHI
vs
WAS WAS
24
4
9
2
2
2
3
66.7
0
0
66.7
3
6
11 Marvin Webster
M. Webster
5/14/1978
7
SEA SEA
@
DEN DEN
43
16
12
5
0
8
14
57.1
0
2
0.0
53.8
4
8
4
4
12 Dennis Johnson
D. Johnson
5/28/1978
7
SEA SEA
@
WAS WAS
38
12
1
2
0
5
12
41.7
2
4
50.0
43.6
0
1
3
4
13 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
4/10/1979
7
LAL LAL
@
DEN DEN
42
23
12
4
2
7
14
50.0
9
11
81.8
61.0
3
9
2
3
14 Elvin Hayes
E. Hayes
4/17/1979
7
WAS WAS
vs
ATL ATL
32
10
8
4
5
17
29.4
0
0
29.4
3
6
15 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
4/18/1979
7
LAL LAL
@
SEA SEA
52
31
15
2
1
13
19
68.4
5
5
100.0
73.1
1
14
3
3
16 Elvin Hayes
E. Hayes
5/18/1979
7
WAS WAS
vs
SAS SAS
40
25
15
2
3
9
19
47.4
7
10
70.0
53.4
1
4
17 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
4/30/1980
7
LAL LAL
vs
SEA SEA
43
38
11
6
2
15
26
57.7
0
0
8
11
72.7
61.6
4
7
3
2
18 Artis Gilmore
A. Gilmore
3/31/1981
7
CHI CHI
@
NYK NYK
38
13
16
2
0
4
9
44.4
0
0
5
6
83.3
55.8
4
1
19 Darryl Dawkins
D. Dawkins
4/21/1982
8
PHI PHI
vs
ATL ATL
38
27
9
2
12
17
70.6
0
0
3
3
100.0
73.7
3
20 Alton Lister
A. Lister
5/5/1982
7
MIL MIL
@
PHI PHI
33
10
11
2
1
3
9
33.3
0
0
4
4
100.0
46.5
2
5
21 Robert Parish
R. Parish
5/9/1982
7
BOS BOS
vs
PHI PHI
29
24
14
2
10
16
62.5
0
0
4
6
66.7
64.4
2
22 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
5/1/1983
8
LAL LAL
@
POR POR
39
34
9
3
2
13
19
68.4
0
0
8
11
72.7
71.3
3
6
1
2
23 Mark Eaton
M. Eaton
4/19/1985
8
UTA UTA
@
HOU HOU
34
9
9
0
0
3
7
42.9
0
0
3
3
100.0
54.1
3
6
2
5
24 Mark Eaton
M. Eaton
4/26/1985
10
UTA UTA
vs
HOU HOU
40
8
10
0
2
3
7
42.9
0
0
2
4
50.0
45.7
2
8
3
4
25 Manute Bol
M. Bol
4/18/1986
9
WAS WAS
@
PHI PHI
32
4
7
0
0
2
3
66.7
0
0
0
0
66.7
1
6
3
3
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for blocks going back to the 1983 playoffs.

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