houston rockets player most 3 pointer in a playoffs game by rookie

Matt Maloney has buried the most threes by a Rockets rookie in a playoff game, with 8 three-pointers in Game 4 of the 1997 Western Conference Semifinals versus the Seattle SuperSonics.

	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	Matt Maloney M. Maloney	8	5/11/1997	HOU	@	SEA	48	26	1	6	0	0	9	19	47.4	13	61.5	0	0		68.4	0	1	4	2	+7
2	Matt Maloney M. Maloney	6	4/29/1997	HOU	@	MIN	39	26	2	2	2	0	9	11	81.8	8	75.0	2	3	66.7	105.5	0	2	1	3	+10
3	Matt Maloney M. Maloney	5	5/9/1997	HOU	@	SEA	43	19	2	4	1	0	7	16	43.8	8	62.5	0	2	0.0	56.3	0	2	2	0	-2
4	Troy Daniels T. Daniels	4	4/27/2014	HOU	@	POR	21	17	3	0	0	0	5	7	71.4	5	80.0	3	3	100.0	102.2	1	2	0	3	+9
5	Matt Maloney M. Maloney	4	5/27/1997	HOU	@	UTA	34	14	0	2	1	1	5	9	55.6	6	66.7	0	0		77.8	0	0	2	3	0
6	Matt Maloney M. Maloney	4	5/5/1997	HOU	vs	SEA	36	17	1	4	0	0	6	10	60.0	8	50.0	1	1	100.0	81.4	0	1	4	2	+2
7	Matt Maloney M. Maloney	4	4/24/1997	HOU	vs	MIN	29	14	1	6	0	0	5	11	45.5	7	57.1	0	0		63.6	0	1	0	2	+12
8	Troy Daniels T. Daniels	3	4/25/2014	HOU	@	POR	20	9	3	0	1	0	3	6	50.0	6	50.0	0	0		75.0	2	1	0	3	0
9	Matt Maloney M. Maloney	3	5/17/1997	HOU	vs	SEA	37	15	3	2	1	0	5	11	45.5	8	37.5	2	4	50.0	58.8	0	3	3	2	+4
10	Sam Cassell S. Cassell	3	6/12/1994	HOU	@	NYK	22	15	5	1	0	0	4	6	66.7	3	100.0	4	5	80.0	91.5	1	4	1	4
11	Chris Clemons C. Clemons	2	9/12/2020	HOU	@	LAL	5	7	1	0	0	0	2	5	40.0	5	40.0	1	2	50.0	59.5	0	1	0	0	+6
12	Patrick Beverley P. Beverley	2	5/1/2013	HOU	@	OKC	39	14	8	1	1	1	5	11	45.5	5	40.0	2	2	100.0	58.9	3	5	1	4	+3
13	Patrick Beverley P. Beverley	2	4/29/2013	HOU	vs	OKC	37	16	4	3	1	1	5	10	50.0	4	50.0	4	4	100.0	68.0	1	3	0	3	+6
14	Patrick Beverley P. Beverley	2	4/24/2013	HOU	@	OKC	41	16	12	6	2	1	7	13	53.8	4	50.0	0	0		61.5	5	7	3	4	+4
15	Patrick Beverley P. Beverley	2	4/21/2013	HOU	@	OKC	28	11	4	4	2	0	4	10	40.0	5	40.0	1	1	100.0	52.7	1	3	1	4	-18
16	Cuttino Mobley C. Mobley	2	5/11/1999	HOU	@	LAL	16	6	0	0	0	0	2	3	66.7	3	66.7	0	0		100.0	0	0	3	2	-25
17	Michael Dickerson M. Dickerson	2	5/9/1999	HOU	@	LAL	15	11	2	0	0	1	4	9	44.4	2	100.0	1	2	50.0	55.7	2	0	0	4	+11
18	Matt Maloney M. Maloney	2	5/25/1997	HOU	vs	UTA	34	8	1	6	0	0	3	8	37.5	6	33.3	0	0		50.0	0	1	1	1	-1
19	Matt Maloney M. Maloney	2	4/26/1997	HOU	vs	MIN	31	12	3	1	1	0	3	8	37.5	6	33.3	4	4	100.0	61.5	0	3	2	0	+23
20	Chris Jent C. Jent	2	5/25/1994	HOU	vs	UTA	9	6	1	1	0	0	2	6	33.3	6	33.3	0	0		50.0	0	1	1	0
21	Sam Cassell S. Cassell	2	5/21/1994	HOU	vs	PHX	29	22	4	7	2	0	8	12	66.7	3	66.7	4	4	100.0	79.9	3	1	2	4
22	Sam Cassell S. Cassell	2	5/11/1994	HOU	vs	PHX	23	14	4	4	3	0	4	11	36.4	4	50.0	4	6	66.7	51.3	1	3	2	4
23	Robert Horry R. Horry	2	5/16/1993	HOU	vs	SEA	34	19	4	5	1	2	6	10	60.0	4	50.0	5	6	83.3	75.2	0	4	3	3
24	Robert Horry R. Horry	2	5/3/1993	HOU	@	LAC	40	13	3	5	5	1	5	12	41.7	6	33.3	1	2	50.0	50.5	0	3	3	3
25	Robert Horry R. Horry	2	4/29/1993	HOU	vs	LAC	28	12	6	3	0	3	5	8	62.5	4	50.0	0	0		75.0	0	6	1	0

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