most minutes before first fg nba

Dale Ellis played 69 minutes versus the Bucks on November 9, 1989.

Interpreted as:
most minutes before first fg in a game by a player NBA
NAMEMINFGMDATETMOPPPTSREBASTSTLBLKFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTOVPF+/-
1Dale Ellis
D. Ellis
69
18
11/9/1989
@
53
7
1
1
1
39
46.2
3
7
42.9
14
17
82.4
57.0
2
5
8
4
2Xavier McDaniel
X. McDaniel
68
12
11/9/1989
@
37
13
6
1
2
27
44.4
0
1
0.0
13
20
65.0
51.7
4
9
3
4
3Red Rocha
R. Rocha
67
5
3/21/1953
@
19
14
3
14
35.7
9
12
75.0
49.3
6
4Paul Seymour
P. Seymour
67
5
3/21/1953
@
18
5
4
12
41.7
8
9
88.9
56.4
5
5Bob Cousy
B. Cousy
66
10
3/21/1953
vs
50
3
2
22
45.5
30
32
93.8
69.3
5
6Nikola Jokić
N. Jokić
65
13
5/3/2019
@
33
18
14
1
2
25
52.0
4
7
57.1
3
5
60.0
60.7
4
14
8
4
+5
7Norm Nixon
N. Nixon
64
9
1/29/1980
@
20
1
6
3
1
19
47.4
0
0
2
2
100.0
50.3
0
1
9
4
8Sleepy Floyd
S. Floyd
64
10
2/1/1987
vs
29
3
13
2
0
24
41.7
0
3
0.0
9
11
81.8
50.3
0
3
4
2
9Paul Arizin
P. Arizin
63
12
12/21/1951
vs
34
14
2
24
50.0
10
13
76.9
57.2
4
10Andy Phillip
A. Phillip
63
6
12/21/1951
vs
19
7
13
21
28.6
7
7
100.0
39.5
0
11Paul Arizin
P. Arizin
63
5
12/26/1951
@
22
12
16
75.0
5
12Andy Phillip
A. Phillip
63
8
12/26/1951
@
21
5
8
62.5
5
13Leo Barnhorst
L. Barnhorst
63
12
2/3/1953
vs
27
3
5
60.0
4
14Joe Graboski
J. Graboski
63
6
2/3/1953
vs
18
6
7
85.7
4
15George Mikan
G. Mikan
63
11
2/3/1953
@
29
7
12
58.3
2
16Don Henriksen
D. Henriksen
63
9
3/11/1953
20
2
8
25.0
6
17Ed Macauley
E. Macauley
63
4
3/21/1953
vs
18
15
5
10
40.0
10
10
100.0
62.5
6
18Ray Felix
R. Felix
63
12
2/22/1954
29
5
14
35.7
2
19Bob Houbregs
B. Houbregs
63
8
2/22/1954
29
13
16
81.3
3
20Larry Costello
L. Costello
63
9
1/8/1959
@
26
8
9
88.9
5
21Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
63
31
12/8/1961
vs
78
43
1
62
50.0
16
31
51.6
51.6
4
22Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
63
7
2/2/1969
vs
23
35
3
10
70.0
9
17
52.9
65.8
5
23Nate Thurmond
N. Thurmond
63
10
2/2/1969
@
24
34
2
30
33.3
4
10
40.0
34.9
5
24Vince Carter
V. Carter
63
14
2/23/2001
vs
38
10
6
1
0
32
43.8
1
8
12.5
9
11
81.8
51.6
2
8
2
5
-1
25Jim Baechtold
J. Baechtold
62
10
2/25/1955
@
30
5
6
17
58.8
10
13
76.9
66.0
3
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for minutes played going back to the 1982-83 season.

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