list the nba players by most times they have scored in the 1st 3 minutes of games this seasi9n

LeBron James has the most games with 1+ minute played, with 1,564 games.

Interpreted as:
list the NBA players by most times in the regular season they have scored in the 1st or more 3 minutes of games this seasi9n
NAMEGPMINMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1LeBron James
L. James
1,564
59,105
37.8
27.0
7.5
7.4
1.5
0.7
9.9
19.6
50.6
1.6
4.7
34.9
5.5
7.5
73.7
59.0
1.2
6.4
3.5
42,212
11,740
11,604
2,347
1,150
5,474
2,783
+7376
2Vince Carter
V. Carter
1,541
46,369
30.1
16.7
4.3
3.1
1.0
0.6
6.0
13.8
43.5
1.5
4.0
37.1
3.1
3.9
79.8
53.6
1.1
3.2
1.7
25,728
6,606
4,714
1,530
888
2,590
3,995
+1817
3Dirk Nowitzki
D. Nowitzki
1,522
51,369
33.8
20.7
7.5
2.4
0.8
0.8
7.3
15.6
47.1
1.3
3.4
38.0
4.8
5.4
87.9
57.7
1.0
6.6
1.6
31,560
11,489
3,651
1,210
1,281
2,494
3,601
+6541
4John Stockton
J. Stockton
1,504
47,764
31.8
13.1
2.7
10.5
2.2
0.2
4.7
9.1
51.5
0.6
1.5
38.4
3.2
3.9
82.6
60.8
0.6
2.1
2.8
19,711
4,051
15,806
3,265
315
4,245
3,941
+2941
5Karl Malone
K. Malone
1,476
54,854
37.2
25.0
10.1
3.6
1.4
0.8
9.2
17.8
51.6
0.1
0.2
27.4
6.6
8.9
74.2
57.7
2.4
7.7
3.1
36,928
14,968
5,248
2,087
1,145
4,524
4,577
+3010
6Kevin Garnett
K. Garnett
1,462
50,418
34.5
17.8
10.0
3.7
1.3
1.4
7.2
14.5
49.7
0.1
0.4
27.5
3.3
4.2
78.9
54.6
2.2
7.8
2.2
26,071
14,662
5,445
1,859
2,037
3,179
3,561
+4913
7Kevin Willis
K. Willis
1,424
38,362
26.9
12.1
8.4
0.9
0.7
0.5
5.0
10.2
48.7
0.0
0.1
21.1
2.1
3.0
71.3
52.5
2.9
5.5
1.8
17,253
11,901
1,328
957
750
2,519
4,172
-825
8Jason Terry
J. Terry
1,407
42,033
29.9
13.4
2.3
3.8
1.1
0.2
4.9
11.1
44.4
1.6
4.3
38.0
2.0
2.3
84.5
55.4
0.4
2.0
1.7
18,878
3,274
5,415
1,603
275
2,415
2,576
+1713
9Tim Duncan
T. Duncan
1,392
47,369
34.0
19.0
10.8
3.0
0.7
2.2
7.4
14.6
50.6
0.0
0.1
17.9
4.2
6.1
69.6
55.1
2.8
8.1
2.4
26,496
15,091
4,225
1,025
3,020
3,381
3,304
+8910
10Jason Kidd
J. Kidd
1,391
50,110
36.0
12.6
6.3
8.7
1.9
0.3
4.5
11.2
40.0
1.4
4.1
34.9
2.2
2.8
78.5
50.7
1.3
5.0
2.9
17,529
8,725
12,091
2,684
450
4,003
2,572
+3868
11Reggie Miller
R. Miller
1,389
47,619
34.3
18.2
3.0
3.0
1.1
0.2
5.9
12.6
47.1
1.8
4.7
39.5
4.5
5.1
88.8
61.4
0.6
2.4
1.7
25,279
4,182
4,141
1,505
299
2,409
2,730
+2015
12Clifford Robinson
C. Robinson
1,380
42,561
30.8
14.2
4.6
2.2
1.0
1.0
5.4
12.2
43.8
0.9
2.5
35.6
2.6
3.7
68.9
51.2
1.3
3.2
1.8
19,591
6,306
3,094
1,402
1,390
2,502
4,175
+704
13Chris Paul
C. Paul
1,366
45,784
33.5
16.9
4.4
9.2
2.0
0.2
6.0
12.7
46.9
1.4
3.7
36.9
3.6
4.1
87.0
58.0
0.6
3.8
2.3
23,041
6,001
12,545
2,727
222
3,107
3,202
+6052
14Kobe Bryant
K. Bryant
1,346
48,638
36.1
25.0
5.2
4.7
1.4
0.5
8.7
19.5
44.7
1.4
4.1
32.9
6.2
7.4
83.7
55.0
1.1
4.1
3.0
33,643
7,047
6,306
1,944
640
4,010
3,353
+4153
15Paul Pierce
P. Pierce
1,343
45,880
34.2
19.7
5.6
3.5
1.3
0.6
6.5
14.5
44.5
1.6
4.3
36.8
5.2
6.4
80.6
56.8
0.8
4.8
2.6
26,397
7,527
4,708
1,752
745
3,532
3,643
+3345
16Gary Payton
G. Payton
1,335
47,116
35.3
16.3
3.9
6.7
1.8
0.2
6.5
14.0
46.6
0.8
2.7
31.7
2.4
3.4
72.9
52.8
1.0
2.9
2.3
21,813
5,269
8,966
2,445
285
3,030
3,217
+1928
17Jamal Crawford
J. Crawford
1,326
38,994
29.4
14.6
2.2
3.4
0.9
0.2
5.1
12.4
41.0
1.7
4.8
34.8
2.8
3.2
86.2
52.9
0.4
1.9
1.9
19,419
2,948
4,541
1,179
271
2,476
2,008
-1252
18Andre Miller
A. Miller
1,303
40,268
30.9
12.5
3.7
6.5
1.2
0.2
4.6
10.1
46.1
0.1
0.7
21.7
3.1
3.8
80.7
53.2
1.1
2.6
2.4
16,278
4,795
8,524
1,546
227
3,121
2,882
+808
19Ray Allen
R. Allen
1,300
46,344
35.6
18.9
4.1
3.4
1.1
0.2
6.6
14.6
45.2
2.3
5.7
40.0
3.4
3.8
89.4
58.0
0.9
3.1
2.1
24,505
5,272
4,361
1,451
244
2,709
2,858
+3491
20Mark Jackson
M. Jackson
1,296
39,121
30.2
9.6
3.8
8.0
1.2
0.1
3.7
8.3
44.7
0.6
1.7
33.2
1.7
2.2
77.0
52.2
1.0
2.8
2.4
12,489
4,963
10,334
1,608
117
3,155
2,230
+402
21Derek Fisher
D. Fisher
1,287
32,719
25.4
8.3
2.1
3.0
1.1
0.1
2.9
7.2
39.9
1.0
2.6
37.4
1.6
1.9
81.7
51.4
0.3
1.7
1.1
10,713
2,658
3,804
1,352
98
1,473
2,684
+4164
22Sam Perkins
S. Perkins
1,286
36,598
28.5
11.9
6.0
1.5
0.9
0.7
4.3
9.3
45.9
0.7
1.8
36.2
2.7
3.3
81.1
55.2
1.8
4.2
1.2
15,324
7,666
1,976
1,105
932
1,582
3,167
+1069
23Charles Oakley
C. Oakley
1,282
40,280
31.4
9.7
9.5
2.5
1.1
0.3
3.8
8.0
47.1
0.1
0.2
25.3
2.1
2.7
76.1
52.6
3.1
6.5
2.2
12,417
12,206
3,217
1,352
384
2,781
4,420
+171
24A.C. Green
A.C. Green
1,278
36,552
28.6
9.6
7.4
1.1
0.8
0.4
3.6
7.2
49.4
0.1
0.4
25.4
2.4
3.3
73.4
55.7
2.6
4.8
1.1
12,331
9,473
1,400
1,033
546
1,433
2,436
-378
25Joe Johnson
J. Johnson
1,277
44,236
34.6
16.0
4.0
3.9
0.8
0.2
6.1
13.9
44.1
1.5
4.2
37.1
2.2
2.7
80.2
53.0
0.8
3.1
1.9
20,407
5,059
5,001
1,071
260
2,451
2,252
+828
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13
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2.5
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Heat Heat
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Thunder Thunder
17
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Nuggets Nuggets
13
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3
Lakers Lakers
12
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Raptors Raptors
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.722
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