larry bird most steals in a playoff game

Larry Bird got his most steals in a playoff game in Game 3 of the 1983 Eastern Conference Semifinals versus the Bucks, with 6 steals.

	NAME	STL	DATE	TM		OPP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF
1	Larry Bird L. Bird	6	5/1/1983	BOS	@	MIL	36	21	14	6	0	10	22	45.5	0	0		1	2	50.0	45.9	4	10	3	2
2	Larry Bird L. Bird	5	6/1/1988	BOS	vs	DET	49	27	17	4	1	9	25	36.0	0	1	0.0	9	9	100.0	46.6	3	14	2	3
3	Larry Bird L. Bird	5	5/4/1988	BOS	@	NYK	46	20	8	12	0	8	22	36.4	1	5	20.0	3	3	100.0	42.9	3	5	3	3
4	Larry Bird L. Bird	5	5/9/1981	BOS	@	HOU	44	8	13	10	2	3	11	27.3	0	0		2	4	50.0	31.3	2	11	3	3
5	Larry Bird L. Bird	5	5/7/1981	BOS	vs	HOU	45	19	21	3	0	8	18	44.4	0	1	0.0	3	3	100.0	49.2	4	17	5	3
6	Larry Bird L. Bird	5	5/3/1981	BOS	vs	PHI	43	23	11	5	2	8	17	47.1	1	1	100.0	6	7	85.7	57.3			1	1
7	Larry Bird L. Bird	4	5/5/1987	BOS	vs	MIL	44	40	11	7	1	13	23	56.5	1	1	100.0	13	13	100.0	69.6	2	9	3	2
8	Larry Bird L. Bird	4	6/1/1986	BOS	@	HOU	45	25	15	11	0	10	26	38.5	0	3	0.0	5	5	100.0	44.3	4	11	3	5
9	Larry Bird L. Bird	4	5/29/1986	BOS	vs	HOU	44	31	8	7	2	12	19	63.2	3	5	60.0	4	4	100.0	74.7	2	6	3	0
10	Larry Bird L. Bird	4	5/26/1986	BOS	vs	HOU	44	21	8	13	0	8	18	44.4	0	2	0.0	5	6	83.3	50.9	1	7	4	4
11	Larry Bird L. Bird	4	5/18/1985	BOS	@	PHI	42	26	7	5	1	11	19	57.9	2	3	66.7	2	2	100.0	65.4	3	4	4	4
12	Larry Bird L. Bird	4	5/12/1985	BOS	vs	PHI	38	23	9	7	1	10	18	55.6	0	1	0.0	3	3	100.0	59.5	4	5	2	4
13	Larry Bird L. Bird	4	5/19/1984	BOS	@	MIL	41	28	8	6	0	10	18	55.6	0	0		8	8	100.0	65.1	1	7	8	1
14	Larry Bird L. Bird	4	5/2/1984	BOS	vs	NYK	37	37	11	4	2	16	22	72.7	1	1	100.0	4	4	100.0	77.9	4	7	5	3
15	Larry Bird L. Bird	4	4/24/1984	BOS	@	WAS	43	17	6	7	2	7	14	50.0	0	1	0.0	3	4	75.0	53.9	2	4	4	2
16	Larry Bird L. Bird	4	4/27/1983	BOS	vs	MIL	35	17	10	4	0	7	17	41.2	0	0		3	4	75.0	45.3	3	7	2	5
17	Larry Bird L. Bird	4	5/9/1982	BOS	vs	PHI	41	24	15	10	1	10	23	43.5	0	2	0.0	4	4	100.0	48.5			2	2
18	Larry Bird L. Bird	4	4/7/1981	BOS	vs	CHI	44	12	12	9		5	13	38.5	0	0		2	2	100.0	43.2			10	4
19	Larry Bird L. Bird	4	4/23/1980	BOS	@	PHI	47	22	21	4	0	9	21	42.9	3	4	75.0	1	2	50.0	50.3	2	19	2	4
20	Larry Bird L. Bird	4	4/18/1980	BOS	vs	PHI	46	27	9	5	1	13	24	54.2	0	3	0.0	1	1	100.0	55.2			2	4
21	Larry Bird L. Bird	3	5/13/1991	BOS	@	DET	44	13	6	4	0	4	10	40.0	0	0		5	5	100.0	53.3	0	6	1	1
22	Larry Bird L. Bird	3	4/26/1991	BOS	vs	IND	41	21	12	12	0	6	20	30.0	0	2	0.0	9	10	90.0	43.0	2	10	3	2
23	Larry Bird L. Bird	3	6/3/1988	BOS	@	DET	44	16	14	5	2	4	17	23.5	0	0		8	10	80.0	37.4	5	9	2	3
24	Larry Bird L. Bird	3	5/28/1988	BOS	@	DET	45	18	11	8	0	6	17	35.3	0	1	0.0	6	6	100.0	45.8	2	9	1	3
25	Larry Bird L. Bird	3	5/15/1988	BOS	@	ATL	40	22	9	9	2	5	18	27.8	0	3	0.0	12	13	92.3	46.4	3	6	4	2

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