most missed shots in a game in nba history post 1976

Bob McAdoo missed the most shots by a big man in a game in 1975-76, with 24 misses against the Lakers on November 28, 1975.

Interpreted as:
most missed shots by a player in a regular-season game in NBA history post 1976
NAMEFG MISSDATETMOPPMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTOVPF+/-
1Bob McAdoo
B. McAdoo
24
11/28/1975
BUF BUF
@
LAL LAL
39
36
15
2
2
0
12
36
33.3
12
15
80.0
42.3
9
6
4
2George McGinnis
G. McGinnis
22
12/16/1975
PHI PHI
@
POR POR
44
25
15
9
2
0
8
30
26.7
9
10
90.0
36.3
7
8
4
3Mickey Johnson
M. Johnson
21
4/3/1976
CHI CHI
vs
DET DET
47
28
10
1
2
3
12
33
36.4
4
4
100.0
40.3
2
8
3
4Bob McAdoo
B. McAdoo
20
3/2/1976
BUF BUF
vs
GSW GSW
48
28
15
5
2
2
13
33
39.4
2
2
100.0
41.3
4
11
5
5Bob McAdoo
B. McAdoo
20
2/27/1976
BUF BUF
vs
HOU HOU
30
12
2
0
0
13
33
39.4
4
4
100.0
43.2
6
6Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
20
12/21/1975
LAL LAL
@
CLE CLE
43
34
12
3
0
7
13
33
39.4
8
10
80.0
45.5
2
10
2
7Bob McAdoo
B. McAdoo
20
12/6/1975
BUF BUF
@
NYK NYK
40
24
17
5
9
29
31.0
6
10
60.0
35.9
5
8George McGinnis
G. McGinnis
19
12/12/1975
PHI PHI
@
LAL LAL
39
23
13
3
1
1
6
25
24.0
11
12
91.7
38.0
5
8
2
9George McGinnis
G. McGinnis
19
12/5/1975
PHI PHI
vs
NYK NYK
44
30
11
5
13
32
40.6
4
9
44.4
41.7
5
10Bob McAdoo
B. McAdoo
19
12/2/1975
BUF BUF
vs
NOJ NOJ
40
16
4
18
37
48.6
4
4
100.0
51.6
3
11Bob McAdoo
B. McAdoo
18
1/6/1976
BUF BUF
vs
LAL LAL
48
41
15
4
0
2
14
32
43.8
13
19
68.4
50.8
4
11
3
12George McGinnis
G. McGinnis
18
12/20/1975
PHI PHI
vs
BOS BOS
43
26
15
4
9
27
33.3
8
9
88.9
42.0
5
13Bob McAdoo
B. McAdoo
18
12/9/1975
BUF BUF
vs
KCK KCK
31
11
7
0
3
10
28
35.7
11
14
78.6
45.4
5
14Elvin Hayes
E. Hayes
18
11/8/1975
WAS WAS
vs
MIL MIL
57
22
19
1
1
8
26
30.8
6
9
66.7
36.7
3
15Spencer Haywood
S. Haywood
18
11/6/1975
NYK NYK
@
GSW GSW
36
12
17
0
0
1
5
23
21.7
2
3
66.7
24.7
7
10
3
16George McGinnis
G. McGinnis
18
10/31/1975
PHI PHI
vs
BUF BUF
21
11
5
9
27
33.3
3
6
50.0
35.4
5
17Spencer Haywood
S. Haywood
17
4/10/1976
NYK NYK
@
CLE CLE
40
18
18
2
0
0
8
25
32.0
2
2
100.0
34.8
4
14
2
18Dave Cowens
D. Cowens
17
3/23/1976
BOS BOS
@
NOJ NOJ
46
18
12
6
6
23
26.1
6
9
66.7
33.4
4
19Alvan Adams
A. Adams
17
3/16/1976
PHX PHX
@
CHI CHI
30
15
8
1
1
1
7
24
29.2
1
2
50.0
30.1
3
5
4
20George McGinnis
G. McGinnis
17
2/24/1976
PHI PHI
@
POR POR
46
23
22
10
5
0
9
26
34.6
5
7
71.4
39.5
8
14
3
21Jamaal Wilkes
J. Wilkes
17
2/22/1976
GSW GSW
vs
PHI PHI
41
21
11
4
1
0
9
26
34.6
3
4
75.0
37.8
4
7
4
22Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
17
2/17/1976
LAL LAL
@
NOJ NOJ
45
28
22
5
2
4
11
28
39.3
6
8
75.0
44.4
3
19
2
23George McGinnis
G. McGinnis
17
2/14/1976
PHI PHI
@
NYK NYK
39
25
20
5
10
27
37.0
5
6
83.3
42.2
3
24Bob McAdoo
B. McAdoo
17
1/13/1976
BUF BUF
@
GSW GSW
42
28
13
2
1
0
12
29
41.4
4
7
57.1
43.6
3
10
2
25Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
17
12/16/1975
LAL LAL
vs
CLE CLE
40
34
22
2
2
0
14
31
45.2
6
7
85.7
49.9
9
13
3
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for missed field goals going back to the 1982-83 season.

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Thunder Thunder
23
1
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128-152
Mon
11/10
DEN DEN
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