Dale Ellis buried the most threes in a game in 1989-90, with 9 three-pointers against the Los Angeles Clippers on April 20, 1990.
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most 3 pointers by a player in a regular-season game in 1990| NAME | 3PM | DATE | TM | OPP | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | FGM | FGA | FG% | 3PA | 3P% | FTM | FTA | FT% | TS% | OREB | DREB | TOV | PF | +/- | |||
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| 1 |  | D. Ellis | 9 | 4/20/1990 | vs | 35 | 36 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 16 | 81.3 | 11 | 81.8 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 109.5 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | |||
| 2 | | D. Ellis | 7 | 4/19/1990 | @ | 49 | 43 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 23 | 65.2 | 11 | 63.6 | 6 | 6 | 100.0 | 83.9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |||
| 3 |  | D. Harper | 7 | 3/23/1990 | @ | 37 | 34 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 20 | 65.0 | 11 | 63.6 | 1 | 2 | 50.0 | 81.4 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 4 | |||
| 4 |  | R. Miller | 7 | 1/30/1990 | @ | 40 | 35 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 28 | 42.9 | 10 | 70.0 | 4 | 4 | 100.0 | 58.8 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | |||
| 5 |  | M. Jordan | 7 | 1/18/1990 | vs | 33 | 44 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 30 | 56.7 | 12 | 58.3 | 3 | 3 | 100.0 | 70.2 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 3 | |||
| 6 | | D. Ellis | 6 | 4/9/1990 | vs | 38 | 33 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 24 | 50.0 | 10 | 60.0 | 3 | 4 | 75.0 | 64.1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | |||
| 7 |  | B. Lohaus | 6 | 4/6/1990 | @ | 45 | 25 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 50.0 | 8 | 75.0 | 5 | 5 | 100.0 | 77.2 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 4 | |||
| 8 |  | C. Mullin | 6 | 2/28/1990 | vs | 49 | 36 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 22 | 54.5 | 8 | 75.0 | 6 | 8 | 75.0 | 70.5 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 1 | |||
| 9 |  | M. Price | 6 | 1/15/1990 | vs | 40 | 25 | 11 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 17 | 52.9 | 9 | 66.7 | 1 | 2 | 50.0 | 69.9 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 2 | |||
| 10 |  | M. Johnson | 5 | 4/21/1990 | @ | 35 | 30 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 21 | 47.6 | 10 | 50.0 | 5 | 5 | 100.0 | 64.7 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | |||
| 11 | | M. Price | 5 | 4/12/1990 | @ | 43 | 25 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 19 | 52.6 | 8 | 62.5 | 0 | 0 | 65.8 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||||
| 12 | | D. Ellis | 5 | 4/3/1990 | vs | 42 | 30 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 24 | 45.8 | 11 | 45.5 | 3 | 5 | 60.0 | 57.3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | |||
| 13 |  | S. Kerr | 5 | 3/24/1990 | vs | 29 | 17 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 50.0 | 5 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 70.8 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 14 |  | S. Floyd | 5 | 3/24/1990 | vs | 38 | 25 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14 | 50.0 | 7 | 71.4 | 6 | 6 | 100.0 | 75.1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | |||
| 15 |  | E. Johnson | 5 | 3/23/1990 | vs | 46 | 37 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 22 | 63.6 | 6 | 83.3 | 4 | 6 | 66.7 | 75.1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 1 | |||
| 16 |  | M. Adams | 5 | 3/11/1990 | vs | 40 | 25 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 13 | 61.5 | 8 | 62.5 | 4 | 5 | 80.0 | 82.2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | |||
| 17 | | M. Adams | 5 | 3/10/1990 | @ | 33 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 45.5 | 9 | 55.6 | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 71.5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | |||
| 18 | | D. Barros | 5 | 3/9/1990 | @ | 45 | 26 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 18 | 55.6 | 8 | 62.5 | 1 | 4 | 25.0 | 65.8 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | |||
| 19 | | R. Miller | 5 | 2/27/1990 | vs | 30 | 25 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 13 | 61.5 | 7 | 71.4 | 4 | 4 | 100.0 | 84.7 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | |||
| 20 | | D. Barros | 5 | 2/15/1990 | @ | 38 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 18 | 44.4 | 8 | 62.5 | 0 | 0 | 58.3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | ||||
| 21 | | M. Price | 5 | 2/14/1990 | vs | 49 | 37 | 6 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 19 | 52.6 | 7 | 71.4 | 12 | 13 | 92.3 | 74.8 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 1 | |||
| 22 |  | B. Laimbeer | 5 | 1/26/1990 | vs | 41 | 31 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 71.4 | 8 | 62.5 | 6 | 8 | 75.0 | 88.5 | 5 | 18 | 0 | 5 | |||
| 23 | | R. Miller | 5 | 1/26/1990 | vs | 34 | 34 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 17 | 64.7 | 7 | 71.4 | 7 | 7 | 100.0 | 84.7 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | |||
| 24 | | D. Harper | 5 | 1/19/1990 | vs | 45 | 25 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 19 | 52.6 | 7 | 71.4 | 0 | 0 | 65.8 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| 25 | | S. Kerr | 5 | 1/6/1990 | @ | 19 | 19 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 83.3 | 6 | 83.3 | 4 | 4 | 100.0 | 122.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
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