highest three point percentage by a sf before 2000

Before 1999-00, Wesley Person had the best three-point percentage by a small forward, at 43.6 percent.

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	NAME	3P%	3PM	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PA	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Wesley Person W. Person	43.6	116	78	23.1	10.4	2.6	1.3	0.6	0.3	4.0	8.2	48.4	3.4	1.0	1.3	79.2	59.6	0.9	1.7	1.0	1,800	814	201	105	48	24	79	149
2	Doug Christie D. Christie	43.4	46	55	18.8	7.5	2.8	2.1	1.3	0.3	2.7	6.1	44.5	1.9	1.3	1.7	74.2	54.9	0.6	2.2	1.7	1,036	415	154	117	70	19	95	141
3	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	41.2	84	48	34.0	16.5	6.4	2.4	1.7	1.0	5.9	13.5	43.9	4.3	2.9	4.1	71.3	54.0	2.4	4.0	2.4	1,632	791	309	115	82	50	113	139	-64
4	Glen Rice G. Rice	40.8	1,269	745	37.4	20.6	4.7	2.3	1.1	0.3	7.7	16.7	46.2	4.2	3.5	4.2	84.4	55.7	1.1	3.7	1.9	27,843	15,371	3,511	1,712	829	232	1,431	1,848	+400
5	Dennis Scott D. Scott	40.3	981	446	30.7	14.8	3.1	2.3	1.0	0.3	5.4	12.9	42.2	5.5	1.7	2.2	78.9	53.5	0.7	2.4	1.4	13,692	6,603	1,363	1,034	429	146	615	970	+110
6	Dale Ellis D. Ellis	39.6	928	661	25.8	12.3	3.2	1.1	0.6	0.1	4.7	10.4	45.5	3.5	1.5	1.9	77.8	55.0	1.1	2.1	1.1	17,034	8,144	2,109	732	429	80	738	1,207	-465
7	Chris Mullin C. Mullin	38.9	727	782	35.1	19.9	4.6	3.9	1.7	0.6	7.5	14.6	51.4	2.4	4.0	4.6	86.7	59.9	1.2	3.5	2.6	27,439	15,544	3,621	3,028	1,318	471	2,039	1,615	+313
8	Tracy Murray T. Murray	38.8	554	450	20.0	10.2	2.7	0.8	0.6	0.3	3.7	8.6	43.7	3.2	1.4	1.7	82.9	54.4	0.9	1.8	1.0	8,983	4,577	1,216	381	287	119	452	798	+195
9	Matt Bullard M. Bullard	38.6	318	297	16.3	6.3	2.4	1.1	0.4	0.2	2.4	5.4	43.8	2.8	0.5	0.6	76.2	55.2	0.6	1.8	0.6	4,849	1,873	708	312	108	74	190	430	-25
10	Sam Mack S. Mack	38.3	144	115	19.3	8.3	2.1	1.3	0.6	0.2	2.9	6.9	42.5	3.3	1.2	1.4	83.3	55.2	0.4	1.7	0.7	2,218	949	241	149	71	18	83	213	-43
11	Scott Burrell S. Burrell	38.0	255	305	20.4	7.1	3.5	1.5	0.9	0.4	2.6	6.2	42.3	2.2	1.1	1.5	72.1	52.2	1.1	2.4	1.0	6,215	2,179	1,073	454	271	136	299	684	+155
12	Walt Williams W. Williams	37.7	573	387	29.5	13.3	4.2	2.8	1.2	0.7	4.7	11.0	42.4	3.9	2.5	3.4	73.6	53.2	1.2	3.0	2.2	11,425	5,145	1,609	1,077	453	269	868	1,247	-34
13	Harold Pressley H. Pressley	37.4	162	227	22.9	9.1	4.5	2.1	1.0	0.7	3.7	8.3	44.1	1.9	1.0	1.3	77.7	51.0	1.9	2.7	1.4	5,199	2,066	1,030	479	217	152	322	522
14	George McCloud G. McCloud	37.1	620	425	23.5	10.2	3.3	2.0	0.9	0.2	3.7	8.9	41.6	3.9	1.4	1.7	80.3	53.0	1.0	2.4	1.3	9,991	4,344	1,422	845	375	104	548	929	+39
15	Larry Bird L. Bird	37.1	520	792	38.5	24.9	10.1	6.3	1.8	0.8	9.8	19.6	50.0	1.8	4.6	5.2	88.4	56.7	2.1	8.0	3.2	30,504	19,719	8,031	4,958	1,406	664	2,504	2,079
16	Sean Elliott S. Elliott	37.1	521	671	34.1	14.9	4.5	2.7	0.8	0.4	5.5	11.7	46.7	2.1	3.2	4.0	80.2	55.5	1.2	3.3	1.9	22,882	10,021	2,987	1,788	541	257	1,258	1,512	+29
17	Clifford Robinson C. Robinson	36.6	533	528	32.1	15.9	4.9	2.3	1.1	1.0	5.9	13.0	45.1	2.8	3.2	4.7	67.8	52.9	1.6	3.3	2.0	16,945	8,394	2,589	1,235	594	548	1,039	1,678	+638
18	Chuck Person C. Person	36.5	1,196	906	31.6	15.2	5.2	2.9	0.7	0.2	6.1	13.3	46.0	3.6	1.6	2.3	72.4	53.1	1.3	3.9	2.1	28,601	13,756	4,710	2,623	678	195	1,940	2,509	+118
19	Tyrone Nesby T. Nesby	36.5	35	50	25.8	10.1	3.5	1.6	1.5	0.4	3.6	8.1	44.9	1.9	2.1	2.7	78.2	54.3	1.1	2.4	1.1	1,288	503	175	82	77	20	53	143	-149
20	Tim Thomas T. Thomas	36.3	62	77	23.1	11.0	3.7	1.2	0.7	0.2	4.0	8.9	44.7	2.2	2.2	3.0	74.0	53.8	1.4	2.4	1.5	1,779	845	288	90	54	17	118	185	-103
21	Mario Elie M. Elie	36.2	401	459	26.1	9.4	2.7	2.8	0.9	0.2	3.2	6.6	47.7	2.4	2.2	2.6	85.8	60.6	0.7	2.0	1.4	11,963	4,301	1,249	1,288	426	81	626	920	+315
22	Bryon Russell B. Russell	35.8	262	402	22.6	7.5	3.3	1.0	1.1	0.3	2.6	5.7	45.6	1.8	1.7	2.4	72.5	56.2	0.9	2.4	1.0	9,072	3,024	1,335	415	440	111	384	925	+1221
23	Dan Majerle D. Majerle	35.6	182	172	31.8	13.2	5.0	3.0	1.4	0.4	5.1	11.2	45.2	3.0	2.0	2.8	71.0	53.0	1.5	3.5	1.2	5,471	2,275	854	520	248	71	200	372	+122
24	Chris Mills C. Mills	35.3	369	446	32.8	11.8	5.3	2.0	0.8	0.5	4.4	10.1	43.8	2.3	2.1	2.6	81.7	52.3	1.4	3.9	1.4	14,641	5,265	2,352	904	356	222	615	1,280	+322
25	Rodney Rogers R. Rogers	35.1	149	227	25.7	11.0	4.1	2.2	1.0	0.6	4.2	9.1	46.0	1.9	1.9	2.9	65.6	52.7	1.5	2.6	2.2	5,836	2,486	923	490	226	144	496	683	-142

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5	Rockets	52	30	.634	12.0
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Wed 10/21	PHX	@	POR	10:00 PM
Sat 10/24	GSW	@	PHX	10:00 PM
Mon 10/26	PHX	@	OKC	8:00 PM
Fri 10/30	DEN	@	PHX	10:00 PM
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4	Cavaliers - x	52	30	.634	8.0
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