yao ming most steals in a playoff game

Yao Ming got his most steals in a playoff game in Game 5 of the 2004 First Round versus the Lakers, with 2 steals.

NAMESTLDATETMOPPMINPTSREBASTBLKFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTOVPF+/-
1Yao Ming
Y. Ming
2
4/28/2004
HOU HOU
@
LAL LAL
32
10
5
0
4
3
10
30.0
0
0
4
5
80.0
41.0
1
4
3
3
-12
2Yao Ming
Y. Ming
1
5/8/2009
HOU HOU
vs
LAL LAL
40
19
14
2
2
6
14
42.9
0
0
7
9
77.8
52.9
6
8
3
1
-9
3Yao Ming
Y. Ming
1
5/4/2009
HOU HOU
@
LAL LAL
40
28
10
0
2
9
17
52.9
0
0
10
10
100.0
65.4
1
9
2
4
+5
4Yao Ming
Y. Ming
1
4/30/2009
HOU HOU
vs
POR POR
41
17
10
2
2
8
16
50.0
0
0
1
2
50.0
50.4
3
7
1
3
+11
5Yao Ming
Y. Ming
1
4/26/2009
HOU HOU
vs
POR POR
44
21
12
2
1
7
14
50.0
0
0
7
8
87.5
59.9
1
11
2
1
+5
6Yao Ming
Y. Ming
1
4/21/2007
HOU HOU
vs
UTA UTA
35
28
13
0
1
8
18
44.4
0
0
12
14
85.7
57.9
4
9
4
2
-1
7Yao Ming
Y. Ming
1
5/7/2005
HOU HOU
@
DAL DAL
43
33
10
1
5
13
23
56.5
0
0
7
8
87.5
62.2
4
6
2
4
-33
8Yao Ming
Y. Ming
1
4/25/2005
HOU HOU
@
DAL DAL
36
33
8
0
2
13
14
92.9
0
0
7
7
100.0
96.6
2
6
1
4
0
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for steals going back to the 1983 playoffs.

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Thunder Thunder
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1
.889
2
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5
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MIL MIL
3:30 PM
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WAS WAS
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HOU HOU
8:00 PM
Fri
11/14
POR POR
@
HOU HOU
8:00 PM
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11/16
ORL ORL
@
HOU HOU
7:00 PM
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11/19
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@
CLE CLE
7:00 PM
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109

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