The New Jersey Nets had their most steals in a playoff game in Game 5 of the 1984 First Round against the 76ers, with 17 steals.

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most steals in a game in totals nets playoffs

	TEAM	STL	DATE	TM		OPP	RESULT	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF
1	Nets	17	4/26/1984	NJN	@	PHI	W 101-98	240	101	37	25	5	39	83	47.0	0	2	0.0	23	34	67.6	51.6	11	26	16	24
2	Nets	14	4/22/2014	BKN	@	TOR	L 95-100	240	95	30	19	6	34	77	44.2	7	24	29.2	20	28	71.4	53.2	11	19	10	26
3	Nets	14	5/16/2004	NJN	vs	DET	L 75-81	240	75	31	19	4	27	68	39.7	2	14	14.3	19	26	73.1	47.2	9	22	14	23
4	Nets	13	4/27/2015	BKN	vs	ATL	W 120-115	265	120	40	25	5	46	96	47.9	14	31	45.2	14	21	66.7	57.0	11	29	9	19
5	Nets	13	6/8/2003	NJN	vs	SAS	L 79-84	240	79	41	17	5	30	81	37.0	4	13	30.8	15	17	88.2	44.6	14	27	18	26
6	Nets	13	5/12/2003	NJN	@	BOS	W 110-101	290	110	46	24	2	40	93	43.0	11	22	50.0	19	26	73.1	52.7	11	35	22	29
7	Nets	13	6/9/2002	NJN	vs	LAL	L 103-106	240	103	27	22	5	43	83	51.8	3	12	25.0	14	19	73.7	56.4	5	22	13	27
8	Nets	13	4/28/1992	NJN	vs	CLE	W 109-104	240	109	38	34	11	48	95	50.5	7	11	63.6	6	13	46.2	54.1	15	23	16	31
9	Nets	12	4/17/2022	BKN	@	BOS	L 114-115	240	114	29	20	6	42	78	53.8	11	24	45.8	19	24	79.2	64.4	5	24	16	26
10	Nets	12	5/8/2006	NJN	@	MIA	W 100-88	240	100	42	20	3	34	70	48.6	9	22	40.9	23	30	76.7	60.1	6	36	18	30
11	Nets	12	4/29/2006	NJN	@	IND	W 97-88	240	97	32	21	1	37	76	48.7	4	13	30.8	19	25	76.0	55.7	7	25	10	29
12	Nets	12	4/20/2004	NJN	vs	NYK	W 99-81	240	99	44	28	8	38	71	53.5	7	18	38.9	16	24	66.7	60.7	7	37	23	20
13	Nets	12	5/22/2003	NJN	vs	DET	W 97-85	240	97	50	19	9	34	82	41.5	4	8	50.0	25	37	67.6	49.3	19	31	11	26
14	Nets	12	5/7/1993	NJN	vs	CLE	W 96-79	240	96	46	31	14	44	84	52.4	5	9	55.6	3	3	100.0	56.3	10	36	20	15
15	Nets	12	5/1/1984	NJN	@	MIL	L 94-98	240	94	44	18	6	34	81	42.0	2	4	50.0	24	32	75.0	49.4	21	23	18	27
16	Nets	12	4/18/1984	NJN	@	PHI	W 116-101	240	116	45	28	9	45	86	52.3	1	3	33.3	25	31	80.6	58.2	16	29	16	23
17	Nets	11	6/17/2021	BKN	@	MIL	L 89-104	240	89	39	14	1	36	81	44.4	9	30	30.0	8	14	57.1	51.1	9	30	16	18
18	Nets	11	5/9/2004	NJN	vs	DET	W 82-64	240	82	48	22	7	29	70	41.4	4	15	26.7	20	26	76.9	50.3	11	37	15	30
19	Nets	11	5/7/2003	NJN	vs	BOS	W 104-95	240	104	44	29	1	35	79	44.3	7	10	70.0	27	33	81.8	55.6	13	31	17	23
20	Nets	11	6/7/2002	NJN	@	LAL	L 83-106	240	83	43	18	5	30	86	34.9	6	22	27.3	17	27	63.0	42.4	20	23	13	27
21	Nets	11	5/29/2002	NJN	vs	BOS	W 103-92	240	103	45	21	2	36	79	45.6	6	17	35.3	25	37	67.6	54.1	13	32	13	23
22	Nets	11	5/9/2002	NJN	@	CHA	L 97-115	240	97	36	21	3	34	81	42.0	3	16	18.8	26	34	76.5	50.5	14	22	15	27
23	Nets	11	4/30/1992	NJN	vs	CLE	L 89-98	240	89	43	21	10	33	90	36.7	2	11	18.2	21	29	72.4	43.3	19	24	13	27
24	Nets	11	4/25/1992	NJN	@	CLE	L 96-118	240	96	36	22	8	38	91	41.8	3	9	33.3	17	22	77.3	47.7	11	25	14	25
25	Nets	11	4/24/1985	NJN	vs	DET	L 115-116	240	115	44	23	9	45	87	51.7	1	1	100.0	24	30	80.0	57.4	12	32	20	31