highest blocks for a single game in a nba game as 12th season in the playoffs

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar blocked the most shots by a player in a playoff game in his 12th playoff, with 8 blocks in Game 4 of the 1983 Western Conference Semifinals versus the Trail Blazers.

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highest blocks by a player for a single game in a NBA game as 12th season in the playoffs
NAME BLK DATE TM OPP MIN PTS REB AST STL FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% TS% OREB DREB TOV PF +/-
1 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
8
5/1/1983
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
2 Rasheed Wallace
R. Wallace
7
4/20/2008
DET DET
vs
PHI PHI
40
24
9
1
1
9
21
42.9
2
6
33.3
4
4
100.0
52.7
2
7
2
4
-5
3 Rasheed Wallace
R. Wallace
6
4/29/2008
DET DET
vs
PHI PHI
31
19
6
3
1
8
12
66.7
3
4
75.0
0
0
79.2
1
5
4
2
+20
4 Hakeem Olajuwon
H. Olajuwon
6
5/29/1997
HOU HOU
vs
UTA UTA
42
16
11
6
2
8
12
66.7
0
0
0
0
66.7
2
9
3
2
+1
5 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
6
4/24/1983
LAL LAL
vs
POR POR
34
32
6
0
1
11
15
73.3
0
0
10
11
90.9
80.6
0
6
5
5
6 Kevin Garnett
K. Garnett
5
6/3/2012
BOS BOS
vs
MIA MIA
43
17
14
3
2
8
20
40.0
0
1
0.0
1
1
100.0
41.6
3
11
5
3
+7
7 Kevin Garnett
K. Garnett
5
5/10/2012
BOS BOS
vs
ATL ATL
39
28
14
2
3
10
19
52.6
0
0
8
10
80.0
59.8
4
10
1
1
+9
8 Jermaine O'Neal
J. O'Neal
5
4/20/2010
MIA MIA
@
BOS BOS
21
2
5
0
1
1
10
10.0
0
0
0
1
0.0
9.6
1
4
2
3
-18
9 Rasheed Wallace
R. Wallace
5
5/26/2008
DET DET
vs
BOS BOS
32
14
5
1
1
6
9
66.7
0
1
0.0
2
2
100.0
70.9
1
4
1
5
+23
10 Shaquille O'Neal
S. O'Neal
5
6/4/2005
MIA MIA
@
DET DET
36
24
13
4
0
11
18
61.1
0
0
2
6
33.3
58.1
4
9
6
3
-15
11 David Robinson
D. Robinson
5
5/27/2003
SAS SAS
vs
DAL DAL
24
5
6
2
0
1
3
33.3
0
0
3
6
50.0
44.3
2
4
2
3
-3
12 Hakeem Olajuwon
H. Olajuwon
5
5/21/1997
HOU HOU
@
UTA UTA
38
30
5
1
1
12
22
54.5
0
0
6
9
66.7
57.8
2
3
1
4
-1
13 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
5
5/18/1983
LAL LAL
vs
SAS SAS
37
30
7
1
1
12
19
63.2
0
0
6
9
66.7
65.3
7
5
14 Andre Iguodala
A. Iguodala
4
6/10/2019
GSW GSW
@
TOR TOR
30
5
1
3
1
2
7
28.6
1
3
33.3
0
0
35.7
0
1
2
3
+3
15 LeBron James
L. James
4
4/17/2017
CLE CLE
vs
IND IND
42
25
10
7
4
11
20
55.0
0
2
0.0
3
6
50.0
55.2
0
10
8
2
+6
16 Kevin Garnett
K. Garnett
4
5/4/2012
BOS BOS
vs
ATL ATL
42
20
13
1
1
9
18
50.0
0
0
2
2
100.0
53.0
2
11
1
3
+11
17 Kobe Bryant
K. Bryant
4
6/14/2009
LAL LAL
@
ORL ORL
43
30
6
5
2
10
23
43.5
2
5
40.0
8
8
100.0
56.6
0
6
1
2
+14
18 Rasheed Wallace
R. Wallace
4
4/25/2008
DET DET
@
PHI PHI
34
2
5
1
1
1
6
16.7
0
3
0.0
0
2
0.0
14.5
1
4
4
4
-17
19 David Robinson
D. Robinson
4
6/4/2003
SAS SAS
vs
NJN NJN
27
14
6
1
0
6
8
75.0
0
0
2
3
66.7
75.1
2
4
0
2
+11
20 Vlade Divac
V. Divac
4
4/20/2002
SAC SAC
vs
UTA UTA
38
2
8
1
0
0
2
0.0
0
0
2
2
100.0
34.7
3
5
4
4
+15
21 Patrick Ewing
P. Ewing
4
5/8/1999
NYK NYK
@
MIA MIA
32
9
15
1
1
4
12
33.3
0
0
1
1
100.0
36.2
2
13
1
2
+27
22 Hakeem Olajuwon
H. Olajuwon
4
5/25/1997
HOU HOU
vs
UTA UTA
39
27
10
4
3
9
18
50.0
0
0
9
12
75.0
58.0
0
10
4
5
+1
23 Hakeem Olajuwon
H. Olajuwon
4
5/15/1997
HOU HOU
@
SEA SEA
41
30
11
1
1
12
21
57.1
0
1
0.0
6
7
85.7
62.3
3
8
4
5
-1
24 Hakeem Olajuwon
H. Olajuwon
4
4/26/1997
HOU HOU
vs
MIN MIN
40
18
10
5
4
9
12
75.0
0
1
0.0
0
0
75.0
1
9
3
5
+16
25 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
4
5/20/1983
LAL LAL
@
SAS SAS
44
28
10
4
2
12
26
46.2
0
0
4
5
80.0
49.6
4
4
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for blocks going back to the 1983 playoffs.

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