john salley most steals in a playoff game

John Salley had his most steals in a playoff game in Game 5 of the 1989 Eastern Conference Finals against the Bulls, with 3 steals.

NAMESTLDATETMOPPMINPTSREBASTBLKFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTOVPF+/-
1John Salley
J. Salley
3
5/31/1989
DET DET
vs
CHI CHI
31
8
5
1
0
3
6
50.0
0
0
2
2
100.0
58.1
2
3
0
4
2John Salley
J. Salley
2
4/30/1994
MIA MIA
@
ATL ATL
36
4
8
2
2
1
7
14.3
0
0
2
6
33.3
20.7
4
4
0
3
3John Salley
J. Salley
2
5/30/1990
DET DET
vs
CHI CHI
35
8
10
4
1
1
3
33.3
0
0
6
6
100.0
70.9
2
8
0
4
4John Salley
J. Salley
2
6/12/1988
DET DET
vs
LAL LAL
28
8
6
0
3
4
9
44.4
0
0
0
0
44.4
0
6
0
4
5John Salley
J. Salley
2
5/2/1988
DET DET
@
WAS WAS
28
2
2
3
2
1
1
100.0
0
0
0
0
100.0
0
2
1
6
6John Salley
J. Salley
1
6/9/2000
LAL LAL
vs
IND IND
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0.0
0
0
0
0
0.0
0
0
0
0
-4
7John Salley
J. Salley
1
4/26/1996
CHI CHI
vs
MIA MIA
9
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
4
8John Salley
J. Salley
1
5/1/1992
DET DET
vs
NYK NYK
23
6
1
1
3
2
4
50.0
0
0
2
2
100.0
61.5
1
0
2
4
9John Salley
J. Salley
1
4/28/1992
DET DET
vs
NYK NYK
37
20
6
4
2
7
17
41.2
0
0
6
9
66.7
47.7
3
3
2
5
10John Salley
J. Salley
1
4/26/1992
DET DET
@
NYK NYK
33
12
6
4
3
4
6
66.7
0
0
4
5
80.0
73.2
0
6
0
5
11John Salley
J. Salley
1
5/27/1991
DET DET
vs
CHI CHI
21
12
4
1
0
3
6
50.0
0
0
6
8
75.0
63.0
1
3
0
5
12John Salley
J. Salley
1
5/25/1991
DET DET
vs
CHI CHI
22
13
4
0
0
4
6
66.7
0
0
5
7
71.4
71.6
1
3
0
6
13John Salley
J. Salley
1
5/11/1991
DET DET
vs
BOS BOS
23
12
6
1
0
5
13
38.5
0
0
2
5
40.0
39.5
5
1
0
3
14John Salley
J. Salley
1
5/9/1991
DET DET
@
BOS BOS
18
2
4
1
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
100.0
113.6
1
3
0
3
15John Salley
J. Salley
1
5/2/1991
DET DET
@
ATL ATL
20
7
4
1
3
3
5
60.0
0
0
1
3
33.3
55.4
1
3
0
4
16John Salley
J. Salley
1
4/28/1991
DET DET
vs
ATL ATL
29
6
7
1
4
2
4
50.0
0
0
2
3
66.7
56.4
2
5
4
5
17John Salley
J. Salley
1
6/14/1990
DET DET
@
POR POR
25
8
6
0
1
4
8
50.0
0
0
0
0
50.0
4
2
1
4
18John Salley
J. Salley
1
6/3/1990
DET DET
vs
CHI CHI
32
14
3
1
5
6
8
75.0
0
0
2
3
66.7
75.1
0
3
2
3
19John Salley
J. Salley
1
5/28/1990
DET DET
@
CHI CHI
23
7
4
0
1
2
4
50.0
0
0
3
4
75.0
60.8
3
1
1
6
20John Salley
J. Salley
1
5/26/1990
DET DET
@
CHI CHI
16
9
4
0
0
1
3
33.3
0
0
7
8
87.5
69.0
4
0
1
5
21John Salley
J. Salley
1
5/20/1990
DET DET
vs
CHI CHI
28
11
4
1
0
3
5
60.0
0
0
5
6
83.3
72.0
3
1
2
3
22John Salley
J. Salley
1
5/15/1990
DET DET
vs
NYK NYK
27
5
7
2
2
1
5
20.0
0
0
3
4
75.0
37.0
1
6
1
4
23John Salley
J. Salley
1
5/8/1990
DET DET
vs
NYK NYK
20
12
5
1
3
3
6
50.0
0
0
6
9
66.7
60.2
3
2
0
1
24John Salley
J. Salley
1
6/8/1989
DET DET
vs
LAL LAL
17
8
2
0
3
4
4
100.0
0
0
0
0
100.0
1
1
0
4
25John Salley
J. Salley
1
6/2/1989
DET DET
@
CHI CHI
10
5
3
0
0
2
3
66.7
0
0
1
2
50.0
64.4
2
1
0
5
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for steals going back to the 1983 playoffs.

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