highest threes for a single game in a nba game as 8th season in the playoffs

Damian Lillard sank the most threes by a player in a playoff game in his 8th playoff, with 12 three-pointers in Game 5 of the 2021 First Round against the Nuggets.

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highest threes by a player for a single game in a NBA game as 8th season in the playoffs

	NAME	3PM	DATE	TM		OPP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	12	6/1/2021	POR	@	DEN	52	55	6	10	1	3	17	24	70.8	17	70.6	9	10	90.0	96.8	1	5	1	0	+2
2	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	9	5/24/2021	POR	@	DEN	42	42	4	10	0	1	11	24	45.8	16	56.3	11	13	84.6	70.7	0	4	3	1	-16
3	Klay Thompson K. Thompson	8	5/26/2022	GSW	vs	DAL	37	32	2	3	1	0	12	25	48.0	16	50.0	0	0		64.0	1	1	1	3	+18
4	Klay Thompson K. Thompson	8	5/13/2022	GSW	vs	MEM	42	30	8	2	0	3	11	22	50.0	14	57.1	0	0		68.2	1	7	3	2	+14
5	JR Smith	8	5/20/2015	CLE	@	ATL	36	28	8	3	1	1	10	16	62.5	12	66.7	0	0		87.5	0	8	2	2	+8
6	Ray Allen R. Allen	8	4/22/2011	BOS	@	NYK	37	32	3	1	2	0	11	18	61.1	11	72.7	2	2	100.0	84.7	0	3	2	2	+34
7	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	7	5/12/2025	BOS	@	NYK	40	42	8	4	4	2	16	28	57.1	16	43.8	3	3	100.0	71.6	0	8	4	3	-9
8	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	7	4/23/2025	CLE	vs	MIA	36	30	6	6	1	0	10	21	47.6	10	70.0	3	4	75.0	65.9	0	6	1	2	+4
9	Stephen Curry S. Curry	7	6/10/2022	GSW	@	BOS	41	43	10	4	0	0	14	26	53.8	14	50.0	8	9	88.9	71.8	2	8	5	3	+11
10	Stephen Curry S. Curry	7	6/2/2022	GSW	vs	BOS	38	34	5	5	3	0	12	25	48.0	14	50.0	3	4	75.0	63.5	0	5	2	3	-9
11	Klay Thompson K. Thompson	7	4/24/2022	GSW	@	DEN	31	32	4	0	2	0	12	20	60.0	11	63.6	1	2	50.0	76.6	1	3	2	5	+9
12	Jeff Green J. Green	7	6/15/2021	BKN	vs	MIL	35	27	1	3	0	1	8	11	72.7	8	87.5	4	4	100.0	105.8	0	1	0	5	+12
13	Mike Conley M. Conley	7	5/29/2021	UTA	@	MEM	36	27	6	8	0	0	8	16	50.0	10	70.0	4	4	100.0	76.0	0	6	2	2	+16
14	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	7	4/27/2018	OKC	@	UTA	44	46	10	5	2	0	18	43	41.9	19	36.8	3	6	50.0	50.4	1	9	5	3	-1
15	Vince Carter V. Carter	7	4/30/2014	DAL	@	SAS	27	28	3	2	0	1	10	16	62.5	9	77.8	1	2	50.0	82.9	1	2	1	0	+10
16	Derek Harper D. Harper	7	5/4/1995	NYK	@	CLE	39	30	8	6	1	0	11	14	78.6	10	70.0	1	2	50.0	100.8	1	7	2	2
17	Brook Lopez B. Lopez	6	4/23/2024	MIL	vs	IND	29	22	1	3	0	2	8	13	61.5	7	85.7	0	0		84.6	1	0	0	0	-8
18	Pat Connaughton P. Connaughton	6	4/19/2023	MIL	vs	MIA	25	22	4	3	1	1	8	12	66.7	10	60.0	0	0		91.7	1	3	1	2	+5
19	Stephen Curry S. Curry	6	6/16/2022	GSW	@	BOS	40	34	7	7	2	1	12	21	57.1	11	54.5	4	4	100.0	74.7	0	7	2	4	+8
20	Stephen Curry S. Curry	6	6/8/2022	GSW	@	BOS	37	31	4	2	2	0	12	22	54.5	11	54.5	1	1	100.0	69.1	0	4	3	4	-14
21	Stephen Curry S. Curry	6	5/20/2022	GSW	vs	DAL	37	32	8	5	0	0	11	21	52.4	10	60.0	4	4	100.0	70.3	0	8	3	4	+15
22	Stephen Curry S. Curry	6	5/13/2022	GSW	vs	MEM	40	29	7	5	1	2	10	27	37.0	17	35.3	3	4	75.0	50.4	0	7	3	3	+16
23	Klay Thompson K. Thompson	6	4/21/2022	GSW	@	DEN	37	26	1	1	0	2	10	18	55.6	13	46.2	0	0		72.2	0	1	1	0	+2
24	Jae Crowder J. Crowder	6	7/11/2021	PHX	@	MIL	33	18	6	1	0	1	6	7	85.7	7	85.7	0	0		128.6	0	6	0	3	-11
25	Jae Crowder J. Crowder	6	6/3/2021	PHX	@	LAL	37	18	8	0	1	2	6	9	66.7	9	66.7	0	0		100.0	1	7	1	3	0