most blocks by a rookie in a nba finals game

5 players are tied for rejecting the most shots by a rookie in an NBA Finals game, with 3 blocks. The first three are Oliver Miller on June 20, 1993, on June 11, 1993 and on June 9, 1993, Richard Dumas on June 9, 1993 and Kevin McHale on May 7, 1981.

	NAME	BLK	DATE	SEASON	SERIES	TM		OPP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Oliver Miller O. Miller	3	6/20/1993	1992-93	NBA Finals	PHX	vs	CHI	14	4	2	0	0	1	4	25.0	0	0		2	2	100.0	41.0	2	0	0	1
2	Oliver Miller O. Miller	3	6/11/1993	1992-93	NBA Finals	PHX	vs	CHI	25	8	6	2	2	4	6	66.7	0	0		0	0		66.7	2	4	2	2
3	Richard Dumas R. Dumas	3	6/9/1993	1992-93	NBA Finals	PHX	vs	CHI	42	20	12	4	2	10	20	50.0	0	0		0	0		50.0	8	4	1	4
4	Oliver Miller O. Miller	3	6/9/1993	1992-93	NBA Finals	PHX	vs	CHI	27	6	5	3	1	2	5	40.0	0	0		2	4	50.0	44.4	1	4	0	4
5	Kevin McHale K. McHale	3	5/7/1981	1980-81	NBA Finals	BOS	vs	HOU	26	12	5	2	0	6	8	75.0	0	0		0	0		75.0	2	3	3	5
6	Alvan Adams A. Adams	3	6/4/1976	1975-76	NBA Finals	PHX	@	BOS	37	20	9	5	0	9	16	56.3				2	2	100.0	59.2	2	7		6
7	Phil Smith P. Smith	3	5/18/1975	1974-75	NBA Finals	GSW	@	WAS	31	20	7	3	0	6	14	42.9				8	12	66.7	51.9	4	3		4
8	Luke Walton L. Walton	2	6/8/2004	2003-04	NBA Finals	LAL	vs	DET	27	7	5	8	0	3	3	100.0	1	1	100.0	0	0		116.7	1	4	0	3	+18
9	Manu Ginobili M. Ginobili	2	6/8/2003	2002-03	NBA Finals	SAS	@	NJN	28	8	2	4	4	3	6	50.0	0	0		2	3	66.7	54.6	2	0	1	2	+10
10	Oliver Miller O. Miller	2	6/13/1993	1992-93	NBA Finals	PHX	@	CHI	11	2	2	1	0	1	1	100.0	0	0		0	0		100.0	1	1	3	4
11	Clifford Robinson C. Robinson	2	6/7/1990	1989-90	NBA Finals	POR	@	DET	21	7	1	2	1	2	8	25.0	0	0		3	5	60.0	34.3	0	1	0	0
12	Marc Iavaroni M. Iavaroni	2	5/31/1983	1982-83	NBA Finals	PHI	@	LAL	18	4	3	2	0	2	5	40.0	0	0		0	2	0.0	34.0	2	1	3	6
13	Jack Sikma J. Sikma	2	5/28/1978	1977-78	NBA Finals	SEA	@	WAS	42	17	7	2	1	6	11	54.5				5	5	100.0	64.4	0	7	0	6
14	Jamaal Wilkes J. Wilkes	2	5/25/1975	1974-75	NBA Finals	GSW	@	WAS	32	12	8	0	2	5	13	38.5				2	3	66.7	41.9	3	5		3
15	Dereck Lively II D. Lively II	1	6/17/2024	2023-24	NBA Finals	DAL	@	BOS	24	2	4	0	0	1	2	50.0	0	0		0	0		50.0	2	2	1	5	-6
16	Christian Braun C. Braun	1	6/12/2023	2022-23	NBA Finals	DEN	vs	MIA	24	7	3	1	0	2	4	50.0	0	0		3	6	50.0	52.7	1	2	0	0	0
17	Christian Braun C. Braun	1	6/9/2023	2022-23	NBA Finals	DEN	@	MIA	15	1	1	0	1	0	1	0.0	0	0		1	2	50.0	26.6	0	1	0	1	-17
18	Moses Moody M. Moody	1	6/8/2022	2021-22	NBA Finals	GSW	@	BOS	2	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0			0	0	0	0	-2
19	Kendrick Nunn K. Nunn	1	10/2/2020	2019-20	NBA Finals	MIA	@	LAL	29	13	4	3	0	3	7	42.9	1	4	25.0	6	6	100.0	67.4	1	3	2	4	0
20	Jordan Bell J. Bell	1	6/8/2018	2017-18	NBA Finals	GSW	@	CLE	18	4	4	1	0	2	3	66.7	0	0		0	0		66.7	2	2	0	0	+4
21	Jordan Bell J. Bell	1	6/6/2018	2017-18	NBA Finals	GSW	@	CLE	12	10	6	0	0	4	5	80.0	0	0		2	4	50.0	74.0	2	4	0	0	0
22	Manu Ginobili M. Ginobili	1	6/13/2003	2002-03	NBA Finals	SAS	@	NJN	26	12	3	0	2	4	8	50.0	0	0		4	4	100.0	61.5	0	3	1	5	+15
23	Jason Collins J. Collins	1	6/12/2002	2001-02	NBA Finals	NJN	vs	LAL	19	4	4	0	1	2	3	66.7	0	0		0	0		66.7	1	3	0	6	+3
24	Jason Collins J. Collins	1	6/7/2002	2001-02	NBA Finals	NJN	@	LAL	21	6	1	0	0	2	2	100.0	0	0		2	2	100.0	104.2	0	1	1	4	-6
25	Mark Madsen M. Madsen	1	6/13/2001	2000-01	NBA Finals	LAL	@	PHI	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0		0	0		0.0	1	0	0	0	-1

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