highest steal per game in conference semi finals 1997

Gary Payton got the most steals per game in the 1997 Western Conference Semifinals, with 2.9 per game.

	NAME	SPG	SEASON	SERIES	TM	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Gary Payton G. Payton	2.9	1996-97	Conference Semifinals	SEA	7	45.7	22.6	5.4	8.4	0.3	8.1	19.7	41.3	1.3	4.6	28.1	5.0	6.0	83.3	50.5	1.7	3.7	2.9	320	158	38	59	20	2	20	17	+1
2	Hersey Hawkins H. Hawkins	2.6	1996-97	Conference Semifinals	SEA	7	40.0	14.9	4.1	2.9	0.6	4.7	10.6	44.6	2.0	4.6	43.8	3.4	3.9	88.9	60.5	1.3	2.9	1.3	280	104	29	20	18	4	9	13	+13
3	Tim Hardaway T. Hardaway	2.3	1996-97	Conference Semifinals	MIA	7	41.7	22.9	3.7	6.0	0.0	7.3	18.1	40.2	3.0	7.4	40.4	5.3	7.0	75.5	53.9	0.3	3.4	3.6	292	160	26	42	16	0	25	13	+29
4	Charles Oakley C. Oakley	2.3	1996-97	Conference Semifinals	NYK	7	38.0	10.1	9.9	1.4	0.4	3.7	9.4	39.4	0.0	0.1	0.0	2.7	3.1	86.4	46.9	2.6	7.3	2.3	266	71	69	10	16	3	16	26	-12
5	Charlie Ward C. Ward	2.2	1996-97	Conference Semifinals	NYK	6	21.5	2.2	3.0	4.3	0.0	0.8	3.2	26.3	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.5	0.7	75.0	31.3	0.2	2.8	1.7	129	13	18	26	13	0	10	15	+31
6	Chris Childs C. Childs	2.1	1996-97	Conference Semifinals	NYK	7	33.7	9.0	5.1	5.3	0.0	3.3	8.0	41.1	0.6	2.1	26.7	1.9	2.4	76.5	49.6	1.1	4.0	2.7	236	63	36	37	15	0	19	31	-33
7	Clyde Drexler C. Drexler	2.1	1996-97	Conference Semifinals	HOU	7	40.9	20.1	7.0	4.9	0.3	7.4	16.4	45.2	2.4	6.7	36.2	2.9	4.1	69.0	55.2	2.3	4.7	3.0	286	141	49	34	15	2	21	25	+34
8	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	2.0	1996-97	Conference Semifinals	CHI	5	42.0	26.6	10.2	5.2	1.4	10.8	23.8	45.4	0.4	3.4	11.8	4.6	5.6	82.1	50.6	3.2	7.0	3.2	210	133	51	26	10	7	16	9	+39
9	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	2.0	1996-97	Conference Semifinals	HOU	7	39.9	21.7	12.3	2.9	1.7	8.7	15.1	57.5	0.0	0.3	0.0	4.3	5.9	73.2	61.3	3.3	9.0	2.7	279	152	86	20	14	12	19	29	+16
10	John Stockton J. Stockton	2.0	1996-97	Conference Semifinals	UTA	5	36.8	13.2	3.6	8.4	0.2	4.6	9.0	51.1	0.6	2.4	25.0	3.4	4.6	73.9	59.9	0.8	2.8	2.2	184	66	18	42	10	1	11	16	+41
11	Charles Barkley C. Barkley	1.9	1996-97	Conference Semifinals	HOU	7	38.6	19.1	13.4	2.6	0.4	6.3	15.1	41.5	0.9	3.3	26.1	5.7	7.1	80.0	52.3	5.0	8.4	2.3	270	134	94	18	13	3	16	21	0
12	Mookie Blaylock M. Blaylock	1.8	1996-97	Conference Semifinals	ATL	5	43.8	20.6	6.6	6.4	0.0	7.6	16.8	45.2	3.8	9.2	41.3	1.6	2.0	80.0	58.3	1.0	5.6	4.0	219	103	33	32	9	0	20	8	-15
13	Robert Horry R. Horry	1.6	1996-97	Conference Semifinals	LAL	5	36.0	9.2	6.2	1.6	1.0	2.6	4.8	54.2	2.0	3.8	52.6	2.0	2.8	71.4	76.3	0.8	5.4	1.0	180	46	31	8	8	5	5	15	-10
14	Nick Van Exel N. Van Exel	1.6	1996-97	Conference Semifinals	LAL	5	41.8	19.2	3.8	6.4	0.0	6.6	15.8	41.8	1.6	5.8	27.6	4.4	4.8	91.7	53.6	1.0	2.8	2.2	209	96	19	32	8	0	11	11	-20
15	Dan Majerle D. Majerle	1.3	1996-97	Conference Semifinals	MIA	7	31.1	8.4	5.7	3.3	0.3	2.4	6.3	38.6	1.7	4.1	41.4	1.9	2.9	65.0	55.9	0.9	4.9	0.9	218	59	40	23	9	2	6	12	+29
16	Jamal Mashburn J. Mashburn	1.3	1996-97	Conference Semifinals	MIA	7	33.7	8.7	4.4	1.4	0.1	3.0	8.3	36.2	1.1	3.0	38.1	1.6	2.1	73.3	47.2	1.4	3.0	1.4	236	61	31	10	9	1	10	21	+13
17	Bison Dele B. Dele	1.2	1996-97	Conference Semifinals	CHI	5	16.0	7.4	4.2	0.6	0.2	3.2	6.0	53.3	0.0	0.0		1.0	2.0	50.0	53.8	2.4	1.8	0.6	80	37	21	3	6	1	3	15	+39
18	Christian Laettner C. Laettner	1.2	1996-97	Conference Semifinals	ATL	5	40.2	16.2	7.2	2.6	0.8	5.2	14.6	35.6	0.4	2.0	20.0	5.4	6.8	79.4	46.0	2.4	4.8	3.4	201	81	36	13	6	4	17	17	-20
19	Scottie Pippen S. Pippen	1.2	1996-97	Conference Semifinals	CHI	5	40.2	22.2	5.6	5.6	0.4	8.4	19.6	42.9	2.8	7.4	37.8	2.6	3.6	72.2	52.4	2.0	3.6	2.0	201	111	28	28	6	2	10	11	+49
20	Larry Johnson L. Johnson	1.2	1996-97	Conference Semifinals	NYK	6	32.2	11.8	4.5	2.3	0.2	3.7	7.5	48.9	0.3	1.0	33.3	4.2	5.0	83.3	61.0	1.5	3.0	1.8	193	71	27	14	7	1	11	16	0
21	Mario Elie M. Elie	1.1	1996-97	Conference Semifinals	HOU	7	38.1	10.4	2.7	5.1	0.3	3.1	6.7	46.8	1.7	3.7	46.2	2.4	3.1	77.3	64.4	1.3	1.4	2.1	267	73	19	36	8	2	15	27	+27
22	Shawn Kemp S. Kemp	1.1	1996-97	Conference Semifinals	SEA	7	36.3	21.1	10.9	3.0	1.4	7.3	14.7	49.5	0.0	0.6	0.0	6.6	7.9	83.6	58.2	4.3	6.6	4.1	254	148	76	21	8	10	29	31	-21
23	Sam Perkins S. Perkins	1.1	1996-97	Conference Semifinals	SEA	7	31.4	8.1	4.7	1.1	0.9	2.1	7.6	28.3	1.4	4.1	34.5	2.4	2.7	89.5	46.4	1.6	3.1	1.1	220	57	33	8	8	6	8	23	-14
24	Stephen Howard S. Howard	1.0	1996-97	Conference Semifinals	UTA	1	9.0	9.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	3.0	4.0	75.0	0.0	0.0		3.0	4.0	75.0	78.1	0.0	1.0	0.0	9	9	1	0	1	0	0	1	+5
25	Alonzo Mourning A. Mourning	1.0	1996-97	Conference Semifinals	MIA	7	35.7	19.1	9.1	1.0	2.9	6.9	14.7	46.6	0.3	0.9	33.3	5.1	9.9	52.2	50.2	2.1	7.0	3.9	250	134	64	7	7	20	27	36	+15

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