ORLANDO — Al Horford put himself in elite company Sunday night, joining Kareem Abdul-Jabbar as the only players in NBA history to record five blocks in an NBA playoff game at age 38 or older, and he did it without committing a single foul.
Horford stood strong down low with his hands up, and he closed out 3-point shooters aggressively. He swatted a pair of corner threes in the first quarter. He bookended his performance by rejecting a pair of driving layup attempts from Paolo Banchero, in the beginning of the first quarter and the final two minutes of the fourth.