who was the first player with 10 blks in an nba game

Elmore Smith had 10 blocks against the Rockets on October 23, 1973.

Interpreted as:
Who was the first player with 10 or more blks in an NBA game?
NAME DATE BLK TM OPP MIN PTS REB AST STL FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% TS% OREB DREB TOV PF +/-
1 Elmore Smith
E. Smith
10/23/1973
10
LAL LAL
@
HOU HOU
48
10
14
0
5
9
55.6
0
0
55.6
5
2 Elmore Smith
E. Smith
10/26/1973
14
LAL LAL
vs
DET DET
48
18
13
2
0
9
17
52.9
0
0
52.9
3
10
3
3 Elmore Smith
E. Smith
10/28/1973
17
LAL LAL
vs
POR POR
48
12
16
2
0
5
16
31.3
2
6
33.3
32.2
2
14
4
4 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
11/3/1973
10
MIL MIL
vs
DET DET
53
19
16
5
7
16
43.8
5
7
71.4
49.8
5
5 Elmore Smith
E. Smith
11/4/1973
14
LAL LAL
vs
HOU HOU
45
9
18
2
3
7
42.9
3
5
60.0
48.9
4
6 Elmore Smith
E. Smith
11/30/1973
10
LAL LAL
vs
KCO KCO
44
14
10
3
4
7
15
46.7
0
1
0.0
45.3
1
9
4
7 Elmore Smith
E. Smith
12/11/1973
10
LAL LAL
@
CLE CLE
53
10
17
2
1
4
13
30.8
2
5
40.0
32.9
2
15
5
8 Elmore Smith
E. Smith
3/15/1974
11
LAL LAL
vs
GSW GSW
40
25
12
0
0
12
19
63.2
1
1
100.0
64.3
4
8
3
9 Nate Thurmond
N. Thurmond
10/18/1974
12
CHI CHI
vs
ATL ATL
45
22
14
13
1
8
12
66.7
6
8
75.0
70.9
2
12
3
10 Elmore Smith
E. Smith
3/16/1975
10
LAL LAL
vs
GSW GSW
42
7
22
7
1
3
6
50.0
1
1
100.0
54.3
4
18
3
11 Harvey Catchings
H. Catchings
3/21/1975
10
PHI PHI
vs
ATL ATL
20
4
5
1
2
2
100.0
0
0
100.0
3
12 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
11/2/1975
10
LAL LAL
vs
ATL ATL
49
39
23
5
15
29
51.7
9
10
90.0
58.4
6
13 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
12/3/1975
11
LAL LAL
@
DET DET
46
29
21
2
2
11
27
40.7
7
9
77.8
46.8
4
17
4
14 George Johnson
G. Johnson
3/30/1976
11
GSW GSW
@
CHI CHI
29
6
8
0
1
2
3
66.7
2
2
100.0
77.3
2
6
2
15 George Johnson
G. Johnson
4/3/1976
10
GSW GSW
vs
SEA SEA
26
10
6
1
2
3
7
42.9
4
5
80.0
54.3
1
5
6
16 George Johnson
G. Johnson
10/26/1977
10
NJN NJN
vs
ATL ATL
35
7
12
3
2
6
33.3
3
3
100.0
47.8
6
17 Joe Meriweather
J. Meriweather
10/28/1977
10
NOJ NOJ
vs
PHX PHX
34
10
14
4
1
4
6
66.7
2
4
50.0
64.4
3
11
4
5
18 Artis Gilmore
A. Gilmore
12/20/1977
11
CHI CHI
vs
ATL ATL
41
35
15
0
0
15
23
65.2
5
7
71.4
67.1
4
11
4
2
19 Elvin Hayes
E. Hayes
3/3/1978
11
WAS WAS
@
DET DET
47
22
27
0
8
20
40.0
6
6
100.0
48.6
5
22
4
20 George Johnson
G. Johnson
3/21/1978
12
NJN NJN
@
NOJ NOJ
37
17
13
1
6
11
54.5
5
7
71.4
60.4
5
21 Robert Parish
R. Parish
10/29/1978
11
GSW GSW
@
CLE CLE
45
22
16
1
1
10
20
50.0
2
2
100.0
52.7
6
10
0
1
22 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
11/28/1978
11
LAL LAL
vs
DET DET
43
27
16
4
4
11
18
61.1
5
5
100.0
66.8
3
13
5
3
23 Tree Rollins
T. Rollins
2/21/1979
12
ATL ATL
vs
POR POR
27
11
13
0
1
4
7
57.1
3
4
75.0
62.8
1
12
1
4
24 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
11/25/1979
11
LAL LAL
vs
KCK KCK
41
25
15
3
0
9
17
52.9
0
0
7
7
100.0
62.3
4
11
4
3
25 Joe Meriweather
J. Meriweather
12/12/1979
10
NYK NYK
@
ATL ATL
31
12
6
0
6
13
46.2
0
0
0
0
46.2
1
4
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for blocks going back to the 1983-84 season.

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