most blocks in a playoff game by a celtics rookie

Kevin McHale has denied the most shots by a Celtics rookie in a playoff game, with 5 blocks in Game 1 of the 1981 Eastern Conference Semifinals versus the Bulls.

NAMEBLKDATETMOPPMINPTSREBASTSTLFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTOVPF+/-
1Kevin McHale
K. McHale
5
4/5/1981
vs
27
21
4
0
8
15
53.3
0
0
5
7
71.4
58.1
5
2Kevin McHale
K. McHale
4
5/1/1981
@
13
5
3
1
2
2
100.0
0
0
1
1
100.0
102.5
5
3Greg Stiemsma
G. Stiemsma
3
5/21/2012
vs
14
10
2
0
0
5
5
100.0
0
0
0
0
100.0
0
2
1
2
+2
4Al Jefferson
A. Jefferson
3
5/7/2005
vs
23
7
7
0
1
3
9
33.3
0
0
1
2
50.0
35.4
4
3
0
2
-21
5Kevin McHale
K. McHale
3
5/7/1981
vs
26
12
5
2
0
6
8
75.0
0
0
0
0
75.0
2
3
3
5
6Larry Bird
L. Bird
3
4/25/1980
@
41
19
13
3
1
6
15
40.0
0
0
7
8
87.5
51.3
4
4
7Jayson Tatum
J. Tatum
2
5/23/2018
vs
41
24
7
4
4
7
15
46.7
3
7
42.9
7
8
87.5
64.8
0
7
2
3
+19
8Greg Stiemsma
G. Stiemsma
2
5/4/2012
vs
6
0
3
1
0
0
1
0.0
0
0
0
0
0.0
0
3
0
0
-4
9Al Jefferson
A. Jefferson
2
5/5/2005
@
29
11
14
1
1
5
12
41.7
0
0
1
1
100.0
44.2
8
6
0
5
+17
10Tony Allen
T. Allen
2
4/30/2005
@
20
9
4
0
0
4
9
44.4
0
0
1
1
100.0
47.7
2
2
1
4
+5
11Al Jefferson
A. Jefferson
2
4/23/2005
vs
17
8
7
0
0
3
3
100.0
0
0
2
2
100.0
103.1
1
6
0
2
+17
12Rick Fox
R. Fox
2
4/25/1992
vs
15
4
2
2
0
1
3
33.3
0
0
2
2
100.0
51.5
1
1
0
3
13Kevin McHale
K. McHale
2
4/24/1981
@
17
15
4
1
6
9
66.7
0
0
3
4
75.0
69.7
3
14Kevin McHale
K. McHale
2
4/21/1981
vs
19
6
4
1
3
6
50.0
0
0
0
2
0.0
43.6
6
15Kevin McHale
K. McHale
2
4/12/1981
@
26
14
4
0
5
9
55.6
0
0
4
7
57.1
57.9
2
16Kevin McHale
K. McHale
2
4/10/1981
@
19
13
4
0
5
6
83.3
0
0
3
3
100.0
88.8
5
17Larry Bird
L. Bird
2
4/27/1980
vs
42
12
14
4
2
5
19
26.3
0
1
0.0
2
2
100.0
30.2
6
5
18Hugo González
H. González
1
4/19/2026
vs
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
+3
19Aaron Nesmith
A. Nesmith
1
5/28/2021
vs
9
0
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
2
+1
20Grant Williams
G. Williams
1
9/27/2020
@
10
0
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
0
0
+4
21Grant Williams
G. Williams
1
9/15/2020
vs
10
3
0
0
0
1
2
50.0
1
2
50.0
0
0
75.0
0
0
0
3
-6
22Grant Williams
G. Williams
1
9/3/2020
vs
18
5
0
0
0
2
5
40.0
1
3
33.3
0
0
50.0
0
0
1
4
+11
23Grant Williams
G. Williams
1
8/21/2020
@
11
7
1
1
0
2
3
66.7
1
1
100.0
2
2
100.0
90.2
0
1
0
2
-4
24Grant Williams
G. Williams
1
8/19/2020
vs
21
9
6
2
0
2
2
100.0
2
2
100.0
3
4
75.0
119.7
0
6
0
4
+13
25Jayson Tatum
J. Tatum
1
5/19/2018
@
31
18
1
1
0
6
10
60.0
0
1
0.0
6
8
75.0
66.6
0
1
1
2
-11
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for blocks going back to the 1983 playoffs.

More NBA News

More Celtics Stats

Team Leaders

PPG

28.7

Brown

Jaylen Brown

RPG

8.4

Queta

Neemias Queta

APG

5.4

White

Derrick White
Team Rankings

ORTG

120.8

2nd

DRTG

112.7

4th

NETRTG

8.1

4th

3P%

36.7

8th

2025-26 Conference Standings
TEAMWLPCTGB
1
60
22
.732
2
Celtics Celtics
56
26
.683
4.0
3
53
29
.646
7.0
4
52
30
.634
8.0
5
46
36
.561
14.0
Last Game
PHI 76ers

4 - 3

109

Final

100

BOS Celtics

3 - 4

Sat 2 May 2026

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

NBA 2025-26 Betting

NBA 2025-26 Standings

EasternWLPCTGB
1
60
22
.732
2
56
26
.683
4.0
3
53
29
.646
7.0
4
52
30
.634
8.0
5
46
36
.561
14.0
6
Hawks Hawks - x
46
36
.561
14.0
7
76ers 76ers - x
45
37
.549
15.0
8
Magic Magic - x
45
37
.549
15.0
9
44
38
.537
16.0
10
43
39
.524
17.0
11
Bucks Bucks - e
32
50
.390
28.0
12
Bulls Bulls - e
31
51
.378
29.0
13
Nets Nets - e
20
62
.244
40.0
14
19
63
.232
41.0
15
17
65
.207
43.0
WesternWLPCTGB
1
64
18
.780
2
Spurs Spurs - x
62
20
.756
2.0
3
54
28
.659
10.0
4
53
29
.646
11.0
5
52
30
.634
12.0
6
49
33
.598
15.0
7
Suns Suns - x
45
37
.549
19.0
8
42
40
.512
22.0
9
42
40
.512
22.0
10
37
45
.451
27.0
11
26
56
.317
38.0
12
26
56
.317
38.0
13
25
57
.305
39.0
14
Kings Kings - e
22
60
.268
42.0
15
Jazz Jazz - e
22
60
.268
42.0