what is the record for most blocks in one game in a losing effort

The Houston Rockets have rejected the most shots by a team in a loss, with 20 blocks versus the Nuggets on November 16, 1984.

Interpreted as:

What is the record for most blocks in one regular-season game in a losing effort?

	TEAM	BLK	L	DATE	TM		OPP	RESULT	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF
1	Rockets	20	1	11/16/1984	HOU	@	DEN	L 102-119	240	102	46	22	10	41	95	43.2	0	2	0.0	20	26	76.9	47.9	18	28	24	32
2	Grizzlies	19	1	11/25/2018	MEM	vs	NYK	L 98-103	240	98	41	27	5	38	86	44.2	11	30	36.7	11	19	57.9	51.9	6	35	7	23
3	Bullets	19	1	1/7/1987	WAS	@	NJN	L 96-118	240	96	54	13	9	38	99	38.4	0	0		20	32	62.5	42.4	23	31	17	25
4	Nets	19	1	11/5/1983	NJN	vs	PHI	L 112-119	240	112	45	30	9	47	91	51.6	1	2	50.0	17	27	63.0	54.4	21	24	18	28
5	Pistons	19	1	12/17/1981	DET	vs	IND	L 96-100	240	96	41	24	6	40	79	50.6	1	3	33.3	15	19	78.9	54.9			25	28
6	Jazz	19	1	3/27/1979	NOJ	vs	IND	L 101-104	240	101	58	26	10	40	96	41.7				21	27	77.8	46.8			21	18
7	Warriors	18	1	4/13/2001	GSW	@	DEN	L 92-108	240	92	54	22	6	38	92	41.3	1	6	16.7	15	25	60.0	44.7	23	31	8	16
8	Nuggets	18	1	4/5/1994	DEN	vs	LAC	L 91-92	240	91	56	22	7	37	88	42.0	1	11	9.1	16	27	59.3	45.6	18	38	18	20
9	76ers	18	1	4/11/1984	PHI	vs	DET	L 113-126	240	113	43	25	5	41	80	51.3	1	5	20.0	30	43	69.8	57.1	14	29	22	27
10	Hawks	18	1	12/21/1982	ATL	@	CHI	L 116-124	290	116	49	19	9	51	112	45.5	0	5	0.0	14	21	66.7	47.8	19	30	20	30
11	Pelicans	17	1	2/9/2015	NOP	vs	UTA	L 96-100	240	96	40	20	5	33	79	41.8	13	22	59.1	17	20	85.0	54.7	15	25	15	19
12	Thunder	17	1	2/9/2012	OKC	@	SAC	L 101-106	240	101	40	13	6	37	77	48.1	7	18	38.9	20	26	76.9	57.1	12	28	23	24
13	Warriors	17	1	2/17/2002	GSW	vs	ATL	L 94-100	240	94	51	18	7	29	79	36.7	5	16	31.3	31	45	68.9	47.6	15	36	18	23
14	Nets	17	1	3/12/1996	NJN	vs	PHX	L 88-98	240	88	56	21	7	33	83	39.8	1	3	33.3	21	28	75.0	46.2	19	37	23	27
15	Nets	17	1	1/25/1990	NJN	vs	ORL	L 112-117	240	112	47	21	10	42	96	43.8	1	7	14.3	27	32	84.4	50.9	16	31	13	25
16	Jazz	17	1	3/12/1986	UTA	vs	GSW	L 111-118	240	111	44	37	12	49	102	48.0	0	3	0.0	13	16	81.3	50.9	21	23	13	27
17	Jazz	17	1	1/1/1985	UTA	vs	IND	L 117-119	240	117	49	26	6	45	91	49.5	2	3	66.7	25	38	65.8	54.3	14	35	17	22
18	Jazz	17	1	2/5/1983	UTA	@	DEN	L 136-143	240	136	56	40		51	93	54.8	1	3	33.3	33	38	86.8	62.0			31	30
19	76ers	17	1	4/11/1982	PHI	vs	BOS	L 109-110	265	109	41	32		42	82	51.2	0	0		25	37	67.6	55.5			21	24
20	Pistons	17	1	2/7/1980	DET	vs	SEA	L 102-119	240	102	40	28	12	48	106	45.3	1	4	25.0	5	6	83.3	46.9	16	24	17	18
21	Trail Blazers	17	1	1/19/1979	POR	@	NOJ	L 101-107	240	101	47	24	15	46	100	46.0				9	22	40.9	46.0	20	27	17	19
22	Thunder	16	1	11/22/2009	OKC	@	LAL	L 85-101	240	85	51	20	6	32	86	37.2	3	23	13.0	18	23	78.3	44.2	17	34	19	21
23	Suns	16	1	1/22/2006	PHX	vs	SEA	L 149-152	290	149	40	35	6	57	111	51.4	18	38	47.4	17	17	100.0	62.9	13	27	15	30
24	Spurs	16	1	10/29/2003	SAS	@	DEN	L 72-80	240	72	60	14	11	26	97	26.8	2	13	15.4	18	23	78.3	33.6	23	37	18	28
25	Nuggets	16	1	1/4/2002	DEN	vs	LAC	L 80-82	240	80	53	22	6	33	91	36.3	5	16	31.3	9	13	69.2	41.4	17	36	12	20