highest blocks for a single game in a nba game as 8th season in the playoffs

Hakeem Olajuwon blocked the most shots by a player in a playoff game in his 8th playoff, with 9 blocks in Game 1 of the 1993 First Round versus the Los Angeles Clippers.

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highest blocks by a player for a single game in a NBA game as 8th 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 Hakeem Olajuwon
H. Olajuwon
9
4/29/1993
HOU HOU
vs
LAC LAC
40
28
11
6
4
12
20
60.0
0
0
4
5
80.0
63.1
0
11
3
3
2 Shaquille O'Neal
S. O'Neal
8
6/8/2001
LAL LAL
vs
PHI PHI
45
28
20
9
1
12
19
63.2
0
0
4
10
40.0
59.8
8
12
5
5
+14
3 Hakeem Olajuwon
H. Olajuwon
8
5/16/1993
HOU HOU
vs
SEA SEA
46
24
12
5
3
12
21
57.1
0
0
0
0
57.1
2
10
3
3
4 Alton Lister
A. Lister
8
4/28/1989
SEA SEA
vs
HOU HOU
31
11
6
2
1
3
6
50.0
0
0
5
6
83.3
63.7
3
3
3
4
5 Shaquille O'Neal
S. O'Neal
7
5/6/2001
LAL LAL
vs
SAC SAC
44
44
21
4
0
17
32
53.1
0
0
10
19
52.6
54.5
11
10
2
3
+3
6 David Robinson
D. Robinson
7
6/4/1999
SAS SAS
@
POR POR
36
15
9
5
2
3
7
42.9
0
0
9
10
90.0
65.8
0
9
7
3
+33
7 Hakeem Olajuwon
H. Olajuwon
7
5/8/1993
HOU HOU
vs
LAC LAC
46
31
21
3
3
14
27
51.9
0
0
3
3
100.0
54.7
9
12
3
2
8 Elvin Hayes
E. Hayes
7
5/18/1979
WAS WAS
vs
SAS SAS
40
25
15
2
3
9
19
47.4
7
10
70.0
53.4
1
4
9 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
7
4/18/1979
LAL LAL
@
SEA SEA
52
31
15
2
1
13
19
68.4
5
5
100.0
73.1
1
14
3
3
10 Elvin Hayes
E. Hayes
7
4/17/1979
WAS WAS
vs
ATL ATL
32
10
8
4
5
17
29.4
0
0
29.4
3
6
11 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
7
4/10/1979
LAL LAL
@
DEN DEN
42
23
12
4
2
7
14
50.0
9
11
81.8
61.0
3
9
2
3
12 Tim Duncan
T. Duncan
6
4/28/2006
SAS SAS
@
SAC SAC
39
29
12
2
1
12
20
60.0
0
0
5
8
62.5
61.6
4
8
3
3
-2
13 Kevin Garnett
K. Garnett
6
5/8/2004
MIN MIN
vs
SAC SAC
43
28
11
4
1
8
16
50.0
0
1
0.0
12
14
85.7
63.2
0
11
4
1
+13
14 Patrick Ewing
P. Ewing
6
5/1/1995
NYK NYK
@
CLE CLE
40
23
10
0
0
7
14
50.0
0
0
9
10
90.0
62.5
0
10
3
4
15 Bob McAdoo
B. McAdoo
6
5/22/1985
LAL LAL
vs
DEN DEN
18
12
6
0
2
5
8
62.5
0
0
2
3
66.7
64.4
2
4
0
1
16 Elvin Hayes
E. Hayes
6
5/16/1979
WAS WAS
@
SAS SAS
43
25
14
5
0
9
16
56.3
7
9
77.8
62.6
3
11
3
3
17 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
6
4/20/1979
LAL LAL
vs
SEA SEA
53
32
8
5
11
20
55.0
10
12
83.3
63.3
0
8
4
4
18 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
6
4/15/1979
LAL LAL
@
DEN DEN
48
29
16
8
0
13
19
68.4
3
5
60.0
68.4
1
15
5
2
19 Nate Thurmond
N. Thurmond
6
5/14/1976
CLE CLE
vs
BOS BOS
37
12
8
3
0
6
10
60.0
0
2
0.0
55.1
2
6
4
20 Al Horford
A. Horford
5
4/19/2016
ATL ATL
vs
BOS BOS
31
17
5
2
1
6
11
54.5
3
4
75.0
2
2
100.0
71.5
1
4
2
2
+21
21 Dwight Howard
D. Howard
5
5/4/2015
HOU HOU
vs
LAC LAC
39
22
10
1
1
9
13
69.2
0
0
4
9
44.4
64.9
1
9
2
4
-17
22 Dwight Howard
D. Howard
5
4/18/2015
HOU HOU
vs
DAL DAL
17
11
5
0
1
5
9
55.6
0
0
1
2
50.0
55.7
0
5
1
5
+12
23 Rasheed Wallace
R. Wallace
5
5/24/2004
DET DET
@
IND IND
37
10
8
1
1
4
19
21.1
0
2
0.0
2
2
100.0
25.2
0
8
1
4
-2
24 Kevin Garnett
K. Garnett
5
5/19/2004
MIN MIN
vs
SAC SAC
46
32
21
2
4
12
23
52.2
1
1
100.0
7
11
63.6
57.5
1
20
2
1
+1
25 Kevin Garnett
K. Garnett
5
5/10/2004
MIN MIN
@
SAC SAC
44
30
15
3
3
11
23
47.8
0
1
0.0
8
9
88.9
55.6
2
13
1
4
-6
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for blocks going back to the 1983 playoffs.

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