most blocks in a game in 1979

Tree Rollins rejected the most shots in a game in 1978-79, with 12 blocks versus the Trail Blazers on February 21, 1979.

Interpreted as:
most blocks by a player in a regular-season game in 1979
NAMEBLKDATETMOPPMINPTSREBASTSTLFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTOVPF+/-
1Tree Rollins
T. Rollins
12
2/21/1979
vs
27
11
13
0
1
4
7
57.1
3
4
75.0
62.8
1
12
1
4
2Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
11
11/28/1978
vs
43
27
16
4
4
11
18
61.1
5
5
100.0
66.8
3
13
5
3
3Robert Parish
R. Parish
11
10/29/1978
@
45
22
16
1
1
10
20
50.0
2
2
100.0
52.7
6
10
0
1
4Terry Tyler
T. Tyler
9
11/10/1978
vs
35
18
6
0
1
9
14
64.3
0
0
64.3
1
5
1
3
5Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
9
11/8/1978
@
40
25
13
8
2
9
22
40.9
7
8
87.5
49.0
3
10
2
2
6Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
9
11/7/1978
@
44
18
10
8
0
7
12
58.3
4
4
100.0
65.4
0
10
2
5
7Joe Meriweather
J. Meriweather
9
10/31/1978
vs
36
14
20
1
2
5
12
41.7
4
9
44.4
43.9
9
11
1
6
8Bob Dandridge
B. Dandridge
8
4/4/1979
vs
28
27
4
7
10
15
66.7
7
8
87.5
72.9
2
9Robert Parish
R. Parish
8
4/3/1979
vs
40
16
18
4
1
7
18
38.9
2
4
50.0
40.5
5
13
4
3
10Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
8
3/23/1979
vs
33
25
18
9
0
10
15
66.7
5
6
83.3
70.9
2
16
0
2
11George Johnson
G. Johnson
8
3/23/1979
@
33
10
9
0
5
9
55.6
0
0
55.6
4
12Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
8
3/21/1979
vs
40
28
6
6
1
9
13
69.2
10
13
76.9
74.8
1
5
2
1
13Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
8
2/27/1979
vs
37
25
11
6
0
10
17
58.8
5
7
71.4
62.3
2
9
6
1
14George Johnson
G. Johnson
8
2/23/1979
vs
36
12
10
1
2
4
5
80.0
4
7
57.1
74.3
3
7
5
4
15Tree Rollins
T. Rollins
8
1/17/1979
vs
19
8
1
0
0
4
5
80.0
0
0
80.0
0
1
2
5
16Darryl Dawkins
D. Dawkins
8
12/29/1978
vs
27
2
3
3
0
2
0.0
2
2
100.0
34.7
4
3
17George Johnson
G. Johnson
8
12/15/1978
vs
25
4
6
2
2
4
50.0
0
0
50.0
4
3
18Terry Tyler
T. Tyler
8
12/7/1978
vs
33
15
5
3
2
5
11
45.5
5
6
83.3
55.0
1
4
0
1
19Marvin Webster
M. Webster
8
11/30/1978
@
46
14
11
4
6
13
46.2
2
2
100.0
50.4
4
3
20Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
8
11/17/1978
vs
39
32
23
9
1
15
26
57.7
2
5
40.0
56.7
7
16
3
3
21George Johnson
G. Johnson
8
11/8/1978
@
30
8
10
1
3
4
75.0
2
2
100.0
82.0
5
22Caldwell Jones
C. Jones
7
4/8/1979
vs
45
16
16
1
1
8
13
61.5
0
0
61.5
3
13
4
3
23Sam Lacey
S. Lacey
7
4/6/1979
vs
49
11
14
7
2
4
7
57.1
3
6
50.0
57.1
3
24Mychal Thompson
M. Thompson
7
3/25/1979
vs
47
23
14
4
3
11
24
45.8
1
4
25.0
44.6
6
8
3
4
25Julius Erving
J. Erving
7
3/21/1979
@
39
22
8
5
10
18
55.6
2
4
50.0
55.7
3
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for blocks going back to the 1983-84 season.

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