most nba finals blocks by a rookie in a single 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 3 times and Richard Dumas and Kevin McHale.

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Data note: Blocks: player game data complete from 1973-74 · postseason

	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	Dylan Harper D. Harper	1	6/13/2026	2025-26	NBA Finals	SAS	vs	NYK	31	25	5	4	0	10	19	52.6	2	4	50.0	3	6	50.0	57.8	2	3	0	5	-12
16	Carter Bryant C. Bryant	1	6/8/2026	2025-26	NBA Finals	SAS	@	NYK	4	3	0	0	0	1	1	100.0	1	1	100.0	0	0		150.0	0	0	0	2	-9
17	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
18	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
19	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
20	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
21	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
22	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
23	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
24	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
25	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

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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 3 times and Richard Dumas and Kevin McHale.

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