what player has most steals in a game in 1979

Eddie Jordan had the most steals in a game in 1978-79, with 10 steals versus the 76ers on March 23, 1979.

Interpreted as:

What player has most steals in a regular-season game in 1979?

	NAME	STL	DATE	TM		OPP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF
1	Eddie Jordan E. Jordan	10	3/23/1979	NJN	@	PHI	39	13	1	1	0	6	15	40.0	1	2	50.0	40.9				5
2	Gus Williams G. Williams	9	1/23/1979	SEA	@	WAS	37	24	7	6		12	22	54.5	0	0		54.5	6	1		2
3	Earl Tatum E. Tatum	9	11/28/1978	DET	@	LAL	33	19	2	2	1	8	15	53.3	3	5	60.0	55.2	1	1	2	2
4	Rick Barry R. Barry	8	4/1/1979	HOU	@	CLE	39	10	3	4	2	4	11	36.4	2	2	100.0	42.1	0	3	5	2
5	Eddie Jordan E. Jordan	8	3/17/1979	NJN	@	POR	48	28	4	6	0	10	17	58.8	8	9	88.9	66.8	2	2	6	4
6	Mike Bratz M. Bratz	8	2/11/1979	PHX	vs	CLE	31	16	3	7	0	7	15	46.7	2	2	100.0	50.4	1	2	3	4
7	Randy Smith R. Smith	8	2/7/1979	SDC	vs	SAS	40	21	6	4	0	8	19	42.1	5	7	71.4	47.6			6	0
8	Lonnie Shelton L. Shelton	8	12/15/1978	SEA	@	LAL	38	22	5	2	1	11	20	55.0	0	2	0.0	52.7	1	4	6	1
9	Mike Gale M. Gale	8	10/17/1978	SAS	@	PHX	42	10	2	9	2	5	7	71.4	0	0		71.4	0	2	6	2
10	T.R. Dunn	7	4/7/1979	POR	vs	LAL	29	12	7	1	1	4	10	40.0	4	4	100.0	51.0	2	5	1	2
11	Walter Davis W. Davis	7	3/21/1979	PHX	vs	BOS	31	33	3	8	0	14	21	66.7	5	6	83.3	69.8	2	1	2	4
12	Calvin Murphy C. Murphy	7	3/6/1979	HOU	@	DEN	42	30	1	5	0	14	23	60.9	2	2	100.0	62.8	0	1	3	3
13	Gus Williams G. Williams	7	2/6/1979	SEA	@	NYK	34	26	0	8		11	18	61.1	4	5	80.0	64.4	0	0		3
14	Micheal Ray Richardson M. Ray Richardson	7	1/26/1979	NYK	@	PHX	21	8	0	6	0	4	11	36.4	0	0		36.4	0	0	1	4
15	Randy Smith R. Smith	7	1/24/1979	SDC	vs	POR	43	29	3	4	0	12	18	66.7	5	5	100.0	71.8	1	2	3	1
16	Norm Nixon N. Nixon	7	12/22/1978	LAL	vs	WAS	38	20	6	12	0	9	18	50.0	2	3	66.7	51.8	0	6	2	5
17	Foots Walker F. Walker	7	11/18/1978	CLE	vs	BOS	42	7	2	6	0	2	5	40.0	3	5	60.0	48.6	0	2	2	4
18	Larry Steele L. Steele	7	11/18/1978	POR	vs	IND	36	13	3	4	0	4	11	36.4	5	6	83.3	47.7	1	2	1	5
19	Don Buse D. Buse	7	11/15/1978	PHX	@	SAS	40	8	3	6	0	3	6	50.0	2	5	40.0	48.8	2	1	2	2
20	Ricky Sobers R. Sobers	7	11/12/1978	IND	@	LAL	41	19	2	9	0	9	21	42.9	1	2	50.0	43.4	2	0	4	3
21	Don Buse D. Buse	7	10/27/1978	PHX	@	CHI	36	6	5	4	0	3	7	42.9	0	0		42.9	2	3	1	4
22	Walter Davis W. Davis	7	10/27/1978	PHX	@	CHI	41	37	9	5	1	14	25	56.0	9	11	81.8	62.0	3	6	4	3
23	Phil Ford P. Ford	6	4/6/1979	KCK	vs	NJN	41	21	5	7	0	8	18	44.4	5	6	83.3	50.9				2
24	George Gervin G. Gervin	6	4/4/1979	SAS	vs	NJN	41	30	9	1	0	12	32	37.5	6	6	100.0	43.3				4
25	Quinn Buckner Q. Buckner	6	3/28/1979	MIL	vs	BOS	33	11	5	10	1	5	11	45.5	1	3	33.3	44.6				3

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