average points in an nba game in the first 3 minutes

Joe Fulks had 26 points per game played when playing >0 minutes versus the Celtics on November 14, 1947.

Interpreted as:
average points per game in an NBA game in the first 3 minutes by a player
NAMEDATEPTS/GPMINPTSGPTMOPPREBASTSTLBLKFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTOVPF+/-
1Joe Fulks
J. Fulks
11/14/1947
26
53
26
1
@
7
12
15
80.0
2Ed Sadowski
E. Sadowski
11/14/1947
26
53
26
1
vs
9
8
15
53.3
3Joe Fulks
J. Fulks
1/18/1949
34
48
34
1
vs
1
13
38
34.2
8
9
88.9
40.5
3
4Andy Phillip
A. Phillip
2/1/1951
11
55
11
1
vs
10
9
4
16
25.0
3
7
42.9
28.8
2
5George Senesky
G. Senesky
2/1/1951
11
58
11
1
vs
12
9
5
12
41.7
1
1
100.0
44.2
0
6George Mikan
G. Mikan
3/23/1951
2
15
2
1
@
1
4
25.0
0
2
0.0
20.5
1
7Leo Barnhorst
L. Barnhorst
11/4/1951
14
37
14
1
@
2
4
6
11
54.5
2
2
100.0
58.9
0
8Bob Brannum
B. Brannum
11/4/1951
9
26
9
1
vs
12
4
2
9
22.2
5
6
83.3
38.7
3
9Chuck Cooper
C. Cooper
11/4/1951
11
29
11
1
vs
10
1
4
12
33.3
3
4
75.0
40.0
1
10Bob Cousy
B. Cousy
11/4/1951
25
37
25
1
vs
11
8
9
12
75.0
7
8
87.5
80.5
4
11Dillard Crocker
D. Crocker
11/4/1951
0
1
0
1
@
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
12Dick Dickey
D. Dickey
11/4/1951
2
11
2
1
vs
3
4
1
3
33.3
0
0
33.3
2
13Bob Donham
B. Donham
11/4/1951
3
24
3
1
vs
4
5
0
2
0.0
3
3
100.0
45.2
2
14Joe Graboski
J. Graboski
11/4/1951
5
31
5
1
@
10
0
2
7
28.6
1
2
50.0
31.7
3
15Bob Harris
B. Harris
11/4/1951
4
17
4
1
vs
5
2
2
5
40.0
0
1
0.0
36.8
1
16Joe Holland
J. Holland
11/4/1951
3
24
3
1
@
1
2
1
8
12.5
1
1
100.0
17.8
2
17Wah Wah Jones
W. Wah Jones
11/4/1951
2
7
2
1
@
1
2
1
5
20.0
0
0
20.0
1
18Bob Lavoy
B. Lavoy
11/4/1951
2
18
2
1
@
1
0
0
3
0.0
2
4
50.0
21.0
2
19Don Lofgran
D. Lofgran
11/4/1951
14
36
14
1
@
12
1
5
9
55.6
4
5
80.0
62.5
4
20Ed Macauley
E. Macauley
11/4/1951
16
34
16
1
vs
4
2
7
10
70.0
2
6
33.3
63.3
2
21John Mahnken
J. Mahnken
11/4/1951
4
16
4
1
vs
5
1
2
9
22.2
0
0
22.2
1
22Bones McKinney
B. McKinney
11/4/1951
4
22
4
1
vs
3
3
2
7
28.6
0
0
28.6
3
23Ralph O'Brien
R. O'Brien
11/4/1951
9
20
9
1
@
2
2
3
11
27.3
3
3
100.0
36.5
1
24Bill Sharman
B. Sharman
11/4/1951
19
24
19
1
vs
2
4
9
14
64.3
1
1
100.0
65.8
2
25Bill Tosheff
B. Tosheff
11/4/1951
16
41
16
1
@
4
4
5
14
35.7
6
7
85.7
46.8
5
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for minutes played going back to the 1982-83 season.

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