most blocks in a game by a team before 1980

Before 1979-80, the New Orleans Jazz, the Detroit Pistons and the Los Angeles Lakers were tied for blocking the most shots in a game, with 19 blocks.

Interpreted as:

most blocks in a regular-season game by a team before 1980

	TEAM	BLK	DATE	TM		OPP	RESULT	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	FGM	FGA	FG%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF
1	Jazz	19	3/27/1979	NOJ	vs	IND	L 101-104	240	101	58	26	10	40	96	41.7	21	27	77.8	46.8			21	18
2	Pistons	19	11/10/1978	DET	vs	CHI	W 115-101	240	115	41	35	13	53	93	57.0	9	12	75.0	58.5	12	29	15	18
3	Lakers	19	10/28/1973	LAL	vs	POR	W 111-98	240	111	54	32	11	42	103	40.8	27	34	79.4	47.0	15	39		18
4	Jazz	18	1/23/1979	NOJ	vs	KCK	W 118-116	240	118	46	31	13	44	84	52.4	30	35	85.7	59.4				23
5	Trail Blazers	17	1/19/1979	POR	@	NOJ	L 101-107	240	101	47	24	15	46	100	46.0	9	22	40.9	46.0	20	27	17	19
6	76ers	16	3/21/1979	PHI	@	HOU	W 114-108	240	114	49	32		49	87	56.3	16	23	69.6	58.7			22	24
7	Trail Blazers	16	2/11/1979	POR	vs	ATL	W 91-87	240	91	43	23	9	37	78	47.4	17	21	81.0	52.2	11	32	25	23
8	Jazz	16	2/9/1979	NOJ	vs	HOU	L 99-106	240	99	42	18	12	41	84	48.8	17	27	63.0	51.6			27	25
9	Hawks	16	1/10/1979	ATL	@	MIL	W 117-113	290	117	45	22	11	40	87	46.0	37	49	75.5	53.9	14	31	30	37
10	Clippers	16	1/2/1979	SDC	vs	DET	W 137-119	240	137	57	25	11	54	114	47.4	29	39	74.4	52.2			17	33
11	Jazz	16	10/31/1978	NOJ	vs	CHI	W 97-92	240	97	67	29	8	40	97	41.2	17	24	70.8	45.1	25	42	24	22
12	Pistons	16	10/22/1977	DET	vs	DEN	W 126-106	240	126	56	23	16	48	101	47.5	30	43	69.8	52.5	23	33	21	24
13	Lakers	16	3/16/1975	LAL	vs	GSW	W 111-95	240	111	52	35	7	46	86	53.5	19	23	82.6	57.7	10	42	17	20
14	Braves	16	11/23/1974	BUF	vs	PHX	W 117-104	240	117	53	33	7	49	92	53.3	19	28	67.9	56.1	12	41	23	19
15	Bucks	16	11/3/1973	MIL	vs	DET	W 123-115	265	123	58	32		53	105	50.5	17	31	54.8	51.8				25
16	Hawks	15	3/3/1979	ATL	vs	CHI	W 119-101	240	119	47	33	11	41	75	54.7	37	42	88.1	63.6	15	32	17	30
17	Lakers	15	2/27/1979	LAL	vs	KCK	W 122-114	240	122	42	26	8	47	82	57.3	28	36	77.8	62.3	3	39	24	24
18	Hawks	15	2/21/1979	ATL	vs	POR	W 106-83	240	106	46	23	11	39	82	47.6	28	35	80.0	54.4	13	33	22	27
19	Nets	15	2/11/1979	NJN	vs	SDC	W 104-98	240	104	48	29	8	43	95	45.3	18	22	81.8	49.7			18	24
20	76ers	15	12/29/1978	PHI	vs	ATL	W 113-107	240	113	45	27		37	76	48.7	39	41	95.1	60.1			25	26
21	Pistons	15	12/7/1978	DET	vs	CLE	W 121-105	240	121	47	26	12	49	89	55.1	23	33	69.7	58.4	13	34	16	22
22	Hawks	15	11/18/1978	ATL	vs	PHI	W 124-116	240	124	47			51	93	54.8	22	30	73.3	58.4				32
23	Pistons	15	11/15/1978	DET	vs	LAL	L 126-133	240	126	47	36	3	52	112	46.4	22	27	81.5	50.9	18	29	14	32
24	Nets	15	11/27/1977	NJN	@	SEA	W 99-96	240	99	46	20	9	41	83	49.4	17	23	73.9	53.2	11	35	25	21
25	Nets	15	3/11/1977	NYN	vs	PHX	W 82-73	240	82	49	16	8	30	71	42.3	22	35	62.9	47.5	15	34	20	26