most blocks in a game in 1974

Elmore Smith denied the most shots in a game in 1973-74, with 17 blocks against the Trail Blazers on October 28, 1973.

Interpreted as:
most blocks by a player in a regular-season game in 1974
NAMEBLKDATETMOPPMINPTSREBASTSTLFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTOVPF+/-
1Elmore Smith
E. Smith
17
10/28/1973
LAL LAL
vs
POR POR
48
12
16
2
0
5
16
31.3
2
6
33.3
32.2
2
14
4
2Elmore Smith
E. Smith
14
11/4/1973
LAL LAL
vs
HOU HOU
45
9
18
2
3
7
42.9
3
5
60.0
48.9
4
3Elmore Smith
E. Smith
14
10/26/1973
LAL LAL
vs
DET DET
48
18
13
2
0
9
17
52.9
0
0
52.9
3
10
3
4Elmore Smith
E. Smith
11
3/15/1974
LAL LAL
vs
GSW GSW
40
25
12
0
0
12
19
63.2
1
1
100.0
64.3
4
8
3
5Elmore Smith
E. Smith
10
12/11/1973
LAL LAL
@
CLE CLE
53
10
17
2
1
4
13
30.8
2
5
40.0
32.9
2
15
5
6Elmore Smith
E. Smith
10
11/30/1973
LAL LAL
vs
KCO KCO
44
14
10
3
4
7
15
46.7
0
1
0.0
45.3
1
9
4
7Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
10
11/3/1973
MIL MIL
vs
DET DET
53
19
16
5
7
16
43.8
5
7
71.4
49.8
5
8Elmore Smith
E. Smith
10
10/23/1973
LAL LAL
@
HOU HOU
48
10
14
0
5
9
55.6
0
0
55.6
5
9George Johnson
G. Johnson
9
3/26/1974
GSW GSW
vs
POR POR
44
18
18
3
0
8
14
57.1
2
2
100.0
60.5
5
13
2
10Gar Heard
G. Heard
9
2/3/1974
BUF BUF
PHI PHI
11
2
7
9
77.8
11Gar Heard
G. Heard
9
12/23/1973
BUF BUF
CAP CAP
45
17
21
1
8
19
42.1
1
2
50.0
42.8
4
12Elmore Smith
E. Smith
9
11/18/1973
LAL LAL
vs
CLE CLE
43
15
9
5
2
6
12
50.0
3
5
60.0
52.8
4
5
4
13Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
9
10/12/1973
MIL MIL
@
PHX PHX
39
18
17
2
1
8
20
40.0
2
4
50.0
41.4
5
12
1
14Gar Heard
G. Heard
8
3/8/1974
BUF BUF
vs
SEA SEA
35
9
13
4
4
9
44.4
1
4
25.0
41.8
3
15Elmore Smith
E. Smith
8
2/3/1974
LAL LAL
vs
POR POR
32
4
13
3
1
2
5
40.0
0
0
40.0
3
10
4
16Elmore Smith
E. Smith
8
1/22/1974
LAL LAL
vs
CLE CLE
49
16
18
3
1
7
18
38.9
2
7
28.6
38.0
4
14
5
17Bob McAdoo
B. McAdoo
8
1/6/1974
BUF BUF
ATL ATL
34
9
13
8
14
57.1
18Bob Lanier
B. Lanier
8
12/14/1973
DET DET
vs
PHI PHI
19
8
3
4
75.0
19Nate Thurmond
N. Thurmond
8
10/20/1973
GSW GSW
vs
KCO KCO
45
6
14
1
1
3
11
27.3
0
0
27.3
4
10
3
20Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
8
10/17/1973
MIL MIL
vs
GSW GSW
46
22
11
5
1
10
18
55.6
2
2
100.0
58.3
2
9
2
21Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
7
3/22/1974
MIL MIL
@
SEA SEA
48
40
21
7
17
27
63.0
6
8
75.0
65.5
4
22Bob Lanier
B. Lanier
7
3/15/1974
DET DET
vs
MIL MIL
48
19
19
7
3
7
19
36.8
5
7
71.4
43.0
4
23Bob McAdoo
B. McAdoo
7
2/22/1974
BUF BUF
vs
BOS BOS
48
52
22
2
20
28
71.4
12
14
85.7
76.1
4
24Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
7
2/20/1974
MIL MIL
ATL ATL
45
32
12
5
2
16
22
72.7
0
1
0.0
71.3
2
25Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
7
2/10/1974
MIL MIL
BOS BOS
48
28
21
4
13
33
39.4
2
5
40.0
39.8
4
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for blocks going back to the 1983-84 season.

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