most points in a game on 5+ blocks before 1981 in playoffs

Before 1980-81, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar had the most points with 5+ blocks in a playoff game, with 40 points in Game 2 of the 1977 Western Conference Semifinals versus the Warriors.

Interpreted as:
most points by a player in a game on 5+ blocks before 1981 in playoffs
NAME PTS BLK DATE TM OPP MIN REB AST STL FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% TS% OREB DREB TOV PF +/-
1 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
40
9
4/22/1977
LAL LAL
vs
GSW GSW
40
19
3
3
18
28
64.3
4
6
66.7
65.3
7
12
4
2 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
38
5
5/7/1980
LAL LAL
vs
PHI PHI
41
14
3
2
19
31
61.3
0
0
0
2
0.0
59.6
4
10
4
4
3 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
38
7
4/30/1980
LAL LAL
vs
SEA SEA
43
11
6
2
15
26
57.7
0
0
8
11
72.7
61.6
4
7
3
2
4 David Thompson
D. Thompson
37
5
5/3/1978
DEN DEN
vs
MIL MIL
41
6
6
0
16
30
53.3
5
7
71.4
55.9
3
3
4
3
5 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
35
6
3/29/1974
MIL MIL
vs
LAL LAL
48
21
2
4
16
32
50.0
3
4
75.0
51.8
2
6 Moses Malone
M. Malone
34
5
4/4/1980
HOU HOU
@
SAS SAS
38
19
0
0
14
28
50.0
0
0
6
6
100.0
55.5
2
0
7 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
33
6
5/4/1980
LAL LAL
vs
PHI PHI
41
14
5
0
14
21
66.7
0
0
5
5
100.0
71.1
1
13
3
4
8 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
32
6
4/20/1979
LAL LAL
vs
SEA SEA
53
8
5
11
20
55.0
10
12
83.3
63.3
0
8
4
4
9 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
31
7
4/18/1979
LAL LAL
@
SEA SEA
52
15
2
1
13
19
68.4
5
5
100.0
73.1
1
14
3
3
10 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
31
6
4/4/1974
MIL MIL
@
LAL LAL
38
16
8
2
12
18
66.7
7
8
87.5
72.0
5
11
1
11 Julius Erving
J. Erving
30
5
4/15/1980
PHI PHI
vs
ATL ATL
34
6
5
10
21
47.6
0
0
10
10
100.0
59.1
3
5
12 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
30
5
4/8/1980
LAL LAL
vs
PHX PHX
35
12
2
2
10
14
71.4
0
0
10
11
90.9
79.6
3
9
5
2
13 Bob Lanier
B. Lanier
30
7
4/30/1976
DET DET
vs
GSW GSW
50
16
1
12
23
52.2
6
6
100.0
58.5
4
14 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
29
6
4/15/1979
LAL LAL
@
DEN DEN
48
16
8
0
13
19
68.4
3
5
60.0
68.4
1
15
5
2
15 Marvin Webster
M. Webster
28
6
5/5/1978
SEA SEA
@
DEN DEN
40
16
1
0
8
14
57.1
12
17
70.6
65.2
6
10
4
4
16 Elvin Hayes
E. Hayes
28
6
4/30/1978
WAS WAS
@
PHI PHI
48
18
2
4
10
21
47.6
8
11
72.7
54.2
4
4
17 Elvin Hayes
E. Hayes
28
6
4/18/1978
WAS WAS
@
SAS SAS
45
11
4
0
13
21
61.9
2
5
40.0
60.3
4
2
18 Elvin Hayes
E. Hayes
28
8
4/26/1976
WAS WAS
vs
CLE CLE
49
13
1
0
12
23
52.2
4
9
44.4
51.9
1
12
5
19 Spencer Haywood
S. Haywood
28
5
4/16/1975
SEA SEA
@
GSW GSW
41
15
2
8
21
38.1
12
15
80.0
50.7
5
20 Artis Gilmore
A. Gilmore
27
5
4/15/1977
CHI CHI
vs
POR POR
40
11
2
2
9
19
47.4
9
13
69.2
54.6
6
5
1
21 Elvin Hayes
E. Hayes
25
7
5/18/1979
WAS WAS
vs
SAS SAS
40
15
2
3
9
19
47.4
7
10
70.0
53.4
1
4
22 Elvin Hayes
E. Hayes
25
6
5/16/1979
WAS WAS
@
SAS SAS
43
14
5
0
9
16
56.3
7
9
77.8
62.6
3
11
3
3
23 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
24
7
4/14/1978
LAL LAL
vs
SEA SEA
43
18
4
1
11
24
45.8
2
2
100.0
48.2
8
10
5
6
24 Bill Walton
B. Walton
24
6
4/15/1977
POR POR
@
CHI CHI
41
17
3
1
12
21
57.1
0
1
0.0
56.0
4
13
5
25 Julius Erving
J. Erving
23
5
5/7/1980
PHI PHI
@
LAL LAL
38
10
7
1
8
15
53.3
0
0
7
7
100.0
63.6
3
7
5
2
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for blocks going back to the 1983 playoffs.

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