which player has most blocks in nba finals in 1980s in a single season

Between the 1979-80 and 1988-89 seasons, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar denied the most shots in an NBA Finals in 1979-80, with 23 blocks.

	NAME	BLK	SEASON	SERIES	TM	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	TOV	PF
1	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	23	1979-80	NBA Finals	LAL	5	40.6	33.4	13.6	3.2	0.6	4.6	14.6	26.6	54.9	0.0	0.0		4.2	5.2	80.8	57.8	3.2	10.4	4.2	203	167	68	16	3	21	20
2	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	19	1985-86	NBA Finals	HOU	6	40.2	24.7	11.8	1.8	2.3	3.2	9.3	19.5	47.9	0.0	0.0		6.0	9.0	66.7	52.6	4.5	7.3	2.7	241	148	71	11	14	16	26
3	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	19	1981-82	NBA Finals	LAL	6	35.3	18.0	7.7	3.8	1.3	3.2	7.2	13.5	53.1	0.0	0.0		3.7	6.8	53.7	54.5	2.2	5.5	2.7	212	108	46	23	8	16	21
4	Caldwell Jones C. Jones	18	1981-82	NBA Finals	PHI	6	29.5	6.0	7.8	0.8	0.8	3.0	2.7	7.2	37.2	0.0	0.0		0.7	1.2	57.1	39.1	2.3	5.5	0.5	177	36	47	5	5	3	23
5	Caldwell Jones C. Jones	16	1979-80	NBA Finals	PHI	6	33.7	9.0	8.3	1.8	0.2	2.7	3.3	7.0	47.6	0.0	0.0		2.3	3.3	70.0	53.1	1.8	6.5	1.5	202	54	50	11	1	9	24
6	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	15	1986-87	NBA Finals	LAL	6	33.8	21.7	7.3	0.8	0.5	2.5	8.3	16.3	51.0	0.0	0.2	0.0	5.0	7.5	66.7	55.2	2.5	4.8	1.7	203	130	44	5	3	10	19
7	Kevin McHale K. McHale	15	1985-86	NBA Finals	BOS	6	40.2	25.8	8.5	1.7	0.8	2.5	9.8	17.2	57.3	0.0	0.0		6.2	7.7	80.4	62.9	3.7	4.8	3.3	241	155	51	10	5	20	20
8	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	15	1983-84	NBA Finals	LAL	7	38.9	26.6	8.1	4.4	1.7	2.1	10.7	22.3	48.1	0.0	0.0		5.1	7.6	67.9	51.9	3.3	4.9	3.0	272	186	57	31	12	21	27
9	Bob McAdoo B. McAdoo	14	1981-82	NBA Finals	LAL	6	27.5	16.3	5.0	0.8	1.0	2.3	6.8	12.0	56.9	0.0	0.0		2.7	4.0	66.7	59.4	1.7	3.3	2.0	165	98	30	5	6	12	22
10	Darryl Dawkins D. Dawkins	14	1979-80	NBA Finals	PHI	6	33.8	20.2	6.0	2.2	1.2	2.3	8.7	16.3	53.1	0.0	0.3	0.0	2.8	4.3	65.4	55.3	2.0	4.0	3.2	203	121	36	13	7	19	29
11	Julius Erving J. Erving	14	1979-80	NBA Finals	PHI	6	40.7	25.5	7.0	5.0	2.0	2.3	9.8	18.8	52.2	0.2	0.7	25.0	5.7	8.0	70.8	57.0	1.8	5.2	2.8	244	153	42	30	12	17	16
12	Robert Parish R. Parish	13	1985-86	NBA Finals	BOS	6	31.8	12.7	6.8	1.0	0.5	2.2	5.5	13.2	41.8	0.0	0.0		1.7	3.3	50.0	43.3	2.7	4.2	2.3	191	76	41	6	3	14	9
13	Moses Malone M. Malone	13	1980-81	NBA Finals	HOU	6	44.8	22.3	15.7	1.3	0.8	2.2	8.0	19.8	40.3	0.0	0.0		6.3	9.2	69.1	46.8	7.7	8.0	2.0	269	134	94	8	5	12	11
14	Darryl Dawkins D. Dawkins	12	1981-82	NBA Finals	PHI	6	20.2	12.2	5.0	0.2	0.3	2.0	5.2	9.2	56.4	0.0	0.0		1.8	3.3	55.0	57.2	1.5	3.5	2.2	121	73	30	1	2	13	26
15	Robert Parish R. Parish	12	1980-81	NBA Finals	BOS	6	27.8	15.0	7.7	1.0	1.2	2.0	6.5	12.8	50.6	0.0	0.0		2.0	3.2	63.2	52.7	2.7	5.0	3.2	167	90	46	6	7	19	27
16	John Salley J. Salley	11	1988-89	NBA Finals	DET	4	20.3	7.5	2.5	1.3	0.3	2.8	3.3	4.8	68.4	0.0	0.0		1.0	1.8	57.1	67.9	0.5	2.0	0.5	81	30	10	5	1	2	14
17	Kevin McHale K. McHale	11	1984-85	NBA Finals	BOS	6	40.0	26.0	10.7	1.3	0.3	1.8	9.7	16.2	59.8	0.0	0.0		6.7	9.2	72.7	64.4	3.5	7.2	2.7	240	156	64	8	2	16	20
18	Robert Parish R. Parish	11	1984-85	NBA Finals	BOS	6	37.2	17.2	9.0	2.0	1.0	1.8	6.3	13.2	48.1	0.0	0.0		4.5	5.8	77.1	54.6	2.2	6.8	1.5	223	103	54	12	6	9	16
19	Robert Parish R. Parish	11	1983-84	NBA Finals	BOS	7	36.6	15.4	11.4	1.3	1.6	1.6	6.3	14.3	44.0	0.0	0.0		2.9	4.9	58.8	47.0	4.3	7.1	2.0	256	108	80	9	11	14	32
20	Julius Erving J. Erving	11	1982-83	NBA Finals	PHI	4	38.3	19.0	8.5	5.0	1.3	2.8	7.5	16.0	46.9	0.0	0.0		4.0	5.0	80.0	52.2	2.3	6.3	2.3	153	76	34	20	5	9	11
21	Bobby Jones B. Jones	11	1979-80	NBA Finals	PHI	6	26.8	11.0	5.7	2.0	1.2	1.8	4.7	9.3	50.0	0.0	0.0		1.7	1.8	90.9	54.2	1.7	4.0	1.3	161	66	34	12	7	8	19
22	John Salley J. Salley	9	1987-88	NBA Finals	DET	7	25.3	7.1	6.3	0.9	0.7	1.3	2.6	4.4	58.1	0.0	0.0		2.0	2.9	70.0	62.8	1.7	4.6	1.0	177	50	44	6	5	7	25
23	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	9	1984-85	NBA Finals	LAL	6	35.5	25.7	9.0	5.2	1.0	1.5	11.2	18.5	60.4	0.0	0.0		3.3	4.3	76.9	62.9	2.8	6.2	2.8	213	154	54	31	6	17	27
24	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	9	1982-83	NBA Finals	LAL	4	38.8	23.5	7.5	3.0	0.8	2.3	9.3	16.8	55.2	0.0	0.0		5.0	6.5	76.9	59.9	1.3	6.3	3.5	155	94	30	12	3	14	18
25	Bobby Jones B. Jones	9	1982-83	NBA Finals	PHI	4	26.8	12.0	4.8	2.8	2.0	2.3	5.3	9.3	56.8	0.0	0.3	0.0	1.5	2.3	66.7	58.6	2.3	2.5	2.0	107	48	19	11	8	8	9

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