first player to make 3 three pointers in a game

Otis Birdsong sank 3 shots from beyond the arc against the Trail Blazers on October 23, 1979.

Interpreted as:

first player to make 3 or more three pointers in a game

	NAME	DATE	3PM	TM		OPP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF
1	Otis Birdsong O. Birdsong	10/23/1979	3	KCK	@	POR	36	29	3	2	1	0	11	16	68.8	3	100.0	4	6	66.7	77.8	2	1	3	4
2	Joe Hassett J. Hassett	10/31/1979	3	IND	vs	HOU	26	21	3	3	2	0	9	12	75.0	4	75.0	0	0		87.5				2
3	Brian Taylor B. Taylor	10/31/1979	3	SDC	vs	SAS	35	21	3	5	4	1	7	10	70.0	4	75.0	4	5	80.0	86.1			3	6
4	Greg Ballard G. Ballard	11/3/1979	3	WAS	vs	BOS	21	23	9	2	1	0	7	10	70.0	3	100.0	6	8	75.0	85.1	2	7	0	4
5	Brian Winters B. Winters	11/6/1979	3	MIL	vs	PHI	32	26	3	7	1	1	8	17	47.1	5	60.0	7	7	100.0	64.7				5
6	Brian Taylor B. Taylor	11/18/1979	5	SDC	vs	MIL	43	23	1	9	6	0	8	21	38.1	10	50.0	2	2	100.0	52.6			1	2
7	Brian Taylor B. Taylor	11/20/1979	3	SDC	vs	PHX	41	28	3	3	2	1	9	15	60.0	6	50.0	7	8	87.5	75.6	2	1	3	5
8	Brian Taylor B. Taylor	11/21/1979	3	SDC	@	DEN	34	18	4	4	1	1	6	14	42.9	5	60.0	3	5	60.0	55.6	0	4	4	3
9	Brian Winters B. Winters	11/23/1979	3	MIL	@	DET	34	21	2	5	1	2	6	17	35.3	6	50.0	6	8	75.0	51.2			8	2
10	Chris Ford C. Ford	11/24/1979	3	BOS	@	ATL	32	17	5	3			7	12	58.3	3	100.0	0	0		70.8			3	2
11	Freeman Williams F. Williams	11/27/1979	3	SDC	vs	CHI	23	20	0	1	3	0	7	12	58.3	3	100.0	3	3	100.0	75.1	0	0	1	2
12	Chris Ford C. Ford	11/28/1979	5	BOS	vs	DEN	27	27	1	3	4	0	11	16	68.8	7	71.4	0	0		84.4	1	0	0	3
13	John Williamson J. Williamson	12/9/1979	3	NJN	vs	ATL	19	15	0	2			6	11	54.5			0	0		68.2	0	0		2
14	Fred Brown F. Brown	12/9/1979	3	SEA	vs	CHI	25	21	2	2	2	0	9	16	56.3	4	75.0	0	0		65.6	0	2	4	3
15	Chris Ford C. Ford	12/12/1979	3	BOS	vs	NJN	34	18	3	3			7	10	70.0	6	50.0	1	2	50.0	82.7				3
16	Chris Ford C. Ford	12/14/1979	3	BOS	vs	MIL	38	15	4	5	3	0	5	8	62.5	6	50.0	2	2	100.0	84.5			0	3
17	Larry Bird L. Bird	12/15/1979	3	BOS	@	NYK	43	31	13	1	1	0	11	23	47.8	3	100.0	6	6	100.0	60.5			3	6
18	Chris Ford C. Ford	12/16/1979	3	BOS	@	NJN	36	15	4	1	2	0	6	8	75.0	4	75.0	0	1	0.0	88.9	2	2	5	5
19	John Roche J. Roche	12/22/1979	3	DEN	vs	LAL	29	19	1	10	1	0	8	12	66.7	5	60.0	0	0		79.2	0	1	3	5
20	Joe Hassett J. Hassett	12/22/1979	3	IND	vs	ATL	29	23	2	1			9	15	60.0	5	60.0	2	4	50.0	68.6				3
21	John Roche J. Roche	12/25/1979	3	DEN	@	UTA	29	17	0	4	0	0	6	11	54.5	6	50.0	2	2	100.0	71.5	0	0	4	3
22	Brian Taylor B. Taylor	12/26/1979	4	SDC	@	SEA	37	28	4	3	2	1	12	16	75.0	5	80.0	0	0		87.5	2	2	1	4
23	Rick Barry R. Barry	1/2/1980	3	HOU	vs	BOS	25	16	3	4	2	1	6	13	46.2			1	2	50.0	57.6			2	2
24	Chris Ford C. Ford	1/5/1980	3	BOS	@	SAS	34	13	1	3	0	0	5	7	71.4	3	100.0	0	0		92.9	1	0	0	2
25	Terry Furlow T. Furlow	1/5/1980	3	UTA	vs	WAS	46	37	4	9		0	16	28	57.1	3	100.0	2	2	100.0	64.1				1