most field goal attempts in a game larry bird

Larry Bird had his most shot attempts in a game on March 31, 1991 and on March 12, 1985, with 36 attempts.

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most field goal attempts in a regular-season game Larry Bird

	NAME	FGA	DATE	TM		OPP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF
1	Larry Bird L. Bird	36	3/31/1991	BOS	vs	CHI	52	34	15	8	1	3	15	41.7	1	5	20.0	3	3	100.0	45.6	3	12	4	4
2	Larry Bird L. Bird	36	3/12/1985	BOS	@	ATL	43	60	7	3	0	0	22	61.1	1	4	25.0	15	16	93.8	69.7	4	3	3	3
3	Larry Bird L. Bird	35	3/15/1992	BOS	vs	POR	54	49	14	12	4	1	19	54.3	2	8	25.0	9	10	90.0	62.2	0	14	5	5
4	Larry Bird L. Bird	35	2/24/1988	BOS	vs	POR	44	44	11	8	1	0	17	48.6	1	5	20.0	9	9	100.0	56.5	3	8	0	1
5	Larry Bird L. Bird	34	4/12/1987	BOS	vs	NYK	38	47	7	8	4	0	22	64.7	0	1	0.0	3	5	60.0	64.9	4	3	2	3
6	Larry Bird L. Bird	34	2/14/1986	BOS	@	POR	49	47	14	11	1	2	21	61.8	3	3	100.0	2	3	66.7	66.5	3	11	8	1
7	Larry Bird L. Bird	33	3/16/1990	BOS	@	ORL	44	46	8	10	1	0	19	57.6	1	3	33.3	7	8	87.5	63.0	0	8	0	1
8	Larry Bird L. Bird	33	3/10/1986	BOS	@	DAL	40	50	11	5	1	0	18	54.5	4	7	57.1	10	11	90.9	66.1	3	8	5	3
9	Larry Bird L. Bird	33	12/12/1982	BOS	vs	DEN	43	36	19	3	6	3	15	45.5	0	0		6	7	85.7	49.9	7	12	3	2
10	Larry Bird L. Bird	32	3/4/1990	BOS	vs	CHI	43	38	11	9	1	0	16	50.0	3	5	60.0	3	4	75.0	56.3	2	9	3	2
11	Larry Bird L. Bird	32	4/5/1987	BOS	@	PHI	48	39	10	12	1	0	16	50.0	2	3	66.7	5	5	100.0	57.0	5	5	7	4
12	Larry Bird L. Bird	32	3/17/1985	BOS	vs	HOU	43	48	15	7	2	0	17	53.1	0	2	0.0	14	15	93.3	62.2	4	11	3	1
13	Larry Bird L. Bird	32	3/1/1985	BOS	vs	ATL	42	34	5	4	1	1	13	40.6	0	4	0.0	8	10	80.0	46.7	1	4	3	4
14	Larry Bird L. Bird	32	12/9/1984	BOS	vs	ATL	42	48	14	5	1	1	20	62.5	0	2	0.0	8	9	88.9	66.7	2	12	2	3
15	Larry Bird L. Bird	32	4/13/1984	BOS	@	DET	43	29	20	6	2	3	13	40.6	0	3	0.0	3	3	100.0	43.5	4	16	3	4
16	Larry Bird L. Bird	32	2/13/1980	BOS	@	PHX	43	45	13	3	2	0	19	59.4	3	5	60.0	4	4	100.0	66.6	5	8	5	4
17	Larry Bird L. Bird	31	12/27/1989	BOS	@	SAC	49	37	11	10	2	0	14	45.2	2	4	50.0	7	7	100.0	54.3	4	7	3	1
18	Larry Bird L. Bird	31	1/12/1988	BOS	@	CHI	44	38	9	8	2	0	18	58.1	0	1	0.0	2	3	66.7	58.8	1	8	1	3
19	Larry Bird L. Bird	31	11/27/1985	BOS	vs	DET	39	47	12	2	2	0	17	54.8	0	0		13	13	100.0	64.0	5	7	3	3
20	Larry Bird L. Bird	31	4/12/1985	BOS	vs	MIL	38	47	14	2	1	3	15	48.4	1	2	50.0	16	17	94.1	61.1	4	10	4	4
21	Larry Bird L. Bird	31	2/24/1985	BOS	@	IND	45	45	12	5	5	0	18	58.1	1	3	33.3	8	11	72.7	62.8	1	11	5	2
22	Larry Bird L. Bird	30	2/13/1990	BOS	@	HOU	46	38	14	8	3	0	15	50.0	1	4	25.0	7	8	87.5	56.7	0	14	3	4
23	Larry Bird L. Bird	30	12/20/1989	BOS	vs	UTA	41	40	8	5	2	0	16	53.3	1	2	50.0	7	7	100.0	60.5	0	8	2	3
24	Larry Bird L. Bird	30	1/27/1988	BOS	vs	WAS	43	49	8	6	4	0	20	66.7	0	4	0.0	9	9	100.0	72.1	0	8	2	1
25	Larry Bird L. Bird	30	1/6/1988	BOS	vs	NYK	44	41	6	5	3	0	17	56.7	3	3	100.0	4	4	100.0	64.5	1	5	5	2

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