nate thurmond most blocks in a playoff game

Nate Thurmond rejected his most shots in a playoff game in Game 4 of the 1976 Eastern Conference Finals against the Celtics, with 6 blocks.

	NAME	BLK	DATE	TM		OPP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	FGM	FGA	FG%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	PF
1	Nate Thurmond N. Thurmond	6	5/14/1976	CLE	vs	BOS	37	12	8	3	0	6	10	60.0	0	2	0.0	55.1	2	6	4
2	Nate Thurmond N. Thurmond	4	5/11/1976	CLE	vs	BOS	40	6	9	6	3	3	10	30.0	0	0		30.0	4	5	5
3	Nate Thurmond N. Thurmond	4	5/11/1975	CHI	vs	GSW	23	0	6	5	1	0	3	0.0	0	2	0.0	0.0	1	5	3
4	Nate Thurmond N. Thurmond	3	5/18/1976	CLE	vs	BOS	43	13	14	5	0	5	8	62.5	3	7	42.9	58.7	4	10	3
5	Nate Thurmond N. Thurmond	3	4/21/1976	CLE	@	WAS	23	2	7	0	1	1	5	20.0	0	2	0.0	17.0	3	4	1
6	Nate Thurmond N. Thurmond	3	4/15/1976	CLE	@	WAS	23	7	10	2	1	3	6	50.0	1	1	100.0	54.3	4	6	4
7	Nate Thurmond N. Thurmond	3	4/13/1976	CLE	vs	WAS	24	5	7	0	0	2	6	33.3	1	2	50.0	36.3	3	4	5
8	Nate Thurmond N. Thurmond	3	5/6/1975	CHI	@	GSW	25	3	9	4	1	0	2	0.0	3	9	33.3	25.2	2	7	5
9	Nate Thurmond N. Thurmond	3	4/9/1975	CHI	vs	KCO	19	4	3	2	1	2	3	66.7	0	0		66.7	1	2	4
10	Nate Thurmond N. Thurmond	2	4/26/1976	CLE	@	WAS	27	2	8	2	0	1	2	50.0	0	0		50.0	0	8	4
11	Nate Thurmond N. Thurmond	2	4/17/1976	CLE	vs	WAS	16	4	7	1	0	1	2	50.0	2	2	100.0	69.4	2	5	5
12	Nate Thurmond N. Thurmond	2	5/4/1975	CHI	vs	GSW	33	1	12	3	1	0	6	0.0	1	2	50.0	7.3	5	7	4
13	Nate Thurmond N. Thurmond	2	4/27/1975	CHI	@	GSW	24	1	7	2	0	0	2	0.0	1	2	50.0	17.4	1	6	2
14	Nate Thurmond N. Thurmond	2	4/20/1975	CHI	vs	KCO	16	6	3	1	1	2	2	100.0	2	3	66.7	90.4	0	3	1
15	Nate Thurmond N. Thurmond	2	4/16/1975	CHI	vs	KCO	13	6	7	3	0	3	4	75.0	0	0		75.0	2	5	4
16	Nate Thurmond N. Thurmond	1	4/15/1977	CLE	vs	WAS	1	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0			0	1	0
17	Nate Thurmond N. Thurmond	1	5/16/1976	CLE	@	BOS	35	13	10	3	0	6	8	75.0	1	6	16.7	61.1	3	7	6
18	Nate Thurmond N. Thurmond	1	5/9/1976	CLE	@	BOS	31	10	7	2	0	4	8	50.0	2	4	50.0	51.2	2	5	6
19	Nate Thurmond N. Thurmond	1	4/29/1976	CLE	vs	WAS	21	4	7	2	1	2	4	50.0	0	0		50.0	3	4	2
20	Nate Thurmond N. Thurmond	1	5/14/1975	CHI	@	GSW	8	2	2	2	0	0	0		2	2	100.0	113.6	1	1	1
21	Nate Thurmond N. Thurmond	1	4/30/1975	CHI	vs	GSW	13	3	3	2	0	1	2	50.0	1	3	33.3	45.2	1	2	0
22	Nate Thurmond N. Thurmond	1	4/23/1975	CHI	@	KCO	21	3	8	2	0	0	3	0.0	3	4	75.0	31.5	2	6	3

Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for blocks going back to the 1983 playoffs.

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Mon 3/30	CLE	@	UTA	9:00 PM
Tue 3/31	CLE	@	LAL	10:30 PM
Thu 4/2	CLE	@	GSW	10:00 PM
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