most 3 pointers made by a player in a single game before 1993

Before 1992-93, Michael Adams and Dale Ellis were tied for the most threes in a game, with 9 three-pointers.

Interpreted as:

most 3 pointers made by a player in a single regular-season game before 1993

	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	Michael Adams M. Adams	9	4/12/1991	DEN	@	LAC	40	35	2	9	7	0	12	28	42.9	20	45.0	2	2	100.0	60.6	2	0	7	2
2	Dale Ellis D. Ellis	9	4/20/1990	SEA	vs	LAC	35	36	4	3	0	0	13	16	81.3	11	81.8	1	1	100.0	109.5	0	4	3	1
3	John Starks J. Starks	8	3/31/1992	NYK	vs	CHI	37	28	5	10	1	0	10	22	45.5	15	53.3	0	0		63.6	0	5	3	2
4	Vernon Maxwell V. Maxwell	8	4/5/1991	HOU	@	DEN	44	45	9	7	0	0	14	25	56.0	12	66.7	9	10	90.0	76.5	2	7	2	3
5	Michael Adams M. Adams	8	1/21/1989	DEN	vs	MIL	39	28	4	5	1	0	10	20	50.0	12	66.7	0	2	0.0	67.0	1	3	3	4
6	John Roche J. Roche	8	1/9/1982	DEN	vs	SEA	26	24	1	5	1	0	8	14	57.1	13	61.5	0	0		85.7	0	1	2	0
7	Rick Barry R. Barry	8	2/9/1980	HOU	vs	UTA	28	24	1	6	1	1	8	14	57.1	12	66.7	0	0		85.7			2	3
8	Glen Rice G. Rice	7	3/27/1992	MIA	vs	SAS	41	35	7	3	2	0	12	18	66.7	9	77.8	4	4	100.0	88.6	1	6	0	2
9	Vernon Maxwell V. Maxwell	7	3/5/1992	HOU	vs	MIA	32	25	2	6	1	0	9	14	64.3	10	70.0	0	0		89.3	0	2	0	2
10	Michael Adams M. Adams	7	3/23/1991	DEN	vs	MIL	43	54	5	9	3	0	17	31	54.8	16	43.8	13	17	76.5	70.2	0	5	4	5
11	Larry Bird L. Bird	7	3/4/1991	BOS	vs	IND	37	29	7	10	0	0	10	18	55.6	10	70.0	2	2	100.0	76.8	0	7	5	1
12	Michael Adams M. Adams	7	12/26/1990	DEN	@	SAC	37	44	4	10	5	0	17	26	65.4	11	63.6	3	4	75.0	79.3	1	3	5	5
13	Dale Ellis D. Ellis	7	4/19/1990	SEA	@	SAC	49	43	5	0	1	0	15	23	65.2	11	63.6	6	6	100.0	83.9	3	2	0	1
14	Derek Harper D. Harper	7	3/23/1990	DAL	@	MIA	37	34	6	9	1	0	13	20	65.0	11	63.6	1	2	50.0	81.4	1	5	1	4
15	Reggie Miller R. Miller	7	1/30/1990	IND	@	ORL	40	35	4	6	2	0	12	28	42.9	10	70.0	4	4	100.0	58.8	2	2	2	5
16	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	7	1/18/1990	CHI	vs	GSW	33	44	12	8	1	2	17	30	56.7	12	58.3	3	3	100.0	70.2	3	9	2	3
17	Ricky Berry R. Berry	7	2/9/1989	SAC	vs	GSW	32	34	8	3	2	1	11	23	47.8	14	50.0	5	5	100.0	67.5	2	6	1	4
18	Mike Evans M. Evans	7	4/22/1988	DEN	@	POR	24	29	4	1	0	0	9	13	69.2	9	77.8	4	6	66.7	92.7	0	4	0	1
19	Larry Bird L. Bird	7	4/3/1988	BOS	vs	DAL	43	32	5	8	0	0	11	19	57.9	10	70.0	3	3	100.0	78.7	0	5	4	1
20	Leon Wood L. Wood	7	12/20/1987	SAS	@	POR	32	27	1	5	0	0	10	13	76.9	10	70.0	0	0		103.8	0	1	1	2
21	Rick Barry R. Barry	7	2/6/1980	HOU	vs	NJN	33	27	4	7	2	0	8	14	57.1	10	70.0	4	5	80.0	83.3			0	4
22	Terry Porter T. Porter	6	4/12/1992	POR	vs	SAS	35	28	7	10	0	1	9	13	69.2	7	85.7	4	4	100.0	94.9	1	6	1	1
23	Glen Rice G. Rice	6	3/31/1992	MIA	@	CLE	35	30	6	1	3	0	10	21	47.6	8	75.0	4	5	80.0	64.7	1	5	2	2
24	Vernon Maxwell V. Maxwell	6	3/1/1992	HOU	@	LAL	35	30	3	4	2	0	11	23	47.8	12	50.0	2	4	50.0	60.6	1	2	3	0
25	Terry Porter T. Porter	6	2/21/1992	POR	@	LAC	35	30	1	5	1	0	8	16	50.0	10	60.0	8	8	100.0	76.8	0	1	3	2