most points in an nba game in 3 minutes or less

Anthony Davis has scored the most points in a game with 3 or fewer minutes played, with 29 points against the Bucks on March 12, 2016.

Interpreted as:
most points by a player in an NBA regular-season game in 3 minutes or less
NAME PTS MIN DATE TM OPP REB AST STL BLK FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% TS% OREB DREB TOV PF +/-
1 Anthony Davis
A. Davis
29
0
3/12/2016
NOP NOP
@
MIL MIL
11
2
2
0
8
22
36.4
2
3
66.7
11
12
91.7
53.2
2
9
1
1
-24
2 Lenny Wilkens
L. Wilkens
16
1
10/19/1967
STL STL
vs
LAL LAL
9
9
6
13
46.2
4
8
50.0
48.4
3
3 Darrick Martin
D. Martin
11
2
3/6/2000
SAC SAC
vs
DAL DAL
0
0
0
0
4
5
80.0
3
4
75.0
0
0
110.0
0
0
2
0
+4
4 Jaden Hardy
J. Hardy
10
2
12/5/2022
DAL DAL
vs
PHX PHX
0
0
0
0
4
5
80.0
0
0
2
2
100.0
85.0
0
0
0
2
-2
5 Alonzo Gee
A. Gee
10
0
3/12/2016
NOP NOP
@
MIL MIL
5
4
0
0
4
5
80.0
0
1
0.0
2
4
50.0
74.0
2
3
0
4
+1
6 Anthony Frederick
A. Frederick
10
3
2/26/1989
IND IND
vs
UTA UTA
0
1
0
0
4
5
80.0
2
2
100.0
0
0
100.0
0
0
0
0
7 Gus Gerard
G. Gerard
10
3
2/18/1979
KCK KCK
vs
CHI CHI
0
1
1
0
4
4
100.0
2
3
66.7
94.0
0
0
0
0
8 Fred Saunders
F. Saunders
10
3
10/30/1974
PHX PHX
@
PHI PHI
1
1
1
0
3
4
75.0
4
4
100.0
86.8
1
0
2
9 Justise Winslow
J. Winslow
9
0
3/3/2016
MIA MIA
vs
PHX PHX
7
2
1
0
3
5
60.0
1
1
100.0
2
2
100.0
76.5
0
7
0
2
+8
10 Matt Freije
M. Freije
9
3
11/20/2004
NOH NOH
vs
MIN MIN
0
0
0
0
3
4
75.0
3
4
75.0
0
0
112.5
0
0
0
0
+4
11 Corie Blount
C. Blount
9
2
3/15/1996
LAL LAL
vs
MIL MIL
0
0
0
0
4
4
100.0
0
0
1
1
100.0
101.4
0
0
1
1
12 Tracy Murray
T. Murray
9
3
12/18/1994
POR POR
vs
NYK NYK
2
0
0
0
2
3
66.7
0
0
5
6
83.3
79.8
1
1
1
1
13 Eddie Lee Wilkins
E. Lee Wilkins
9
3
12/18/1992
PHI PHI
vs
UTA UTA
3
0
0
0
4
5
80.0
0
0
1
1
100.0
82.7
1
2
0
0
14 Dave Johnson
D. Johnson
9
3
12/8/1992
POR POR
vs
MIL MIL
2
0
0
0
4
4
100.0
1
1
100.0
0
0
112.5
0
2
1
1
15 William Bedford
W. Bedford
9
1
11/6/1990
DET DET
@
SEA SEA
1
0
0
0
3
3
100.0
3
3
100.0
0
0
150.0
0
1
0
0
16 Sam Vincent
S. Vincent
9
2
11/21/1986
BOS BOS
vs
GSW GSW
0
1
0
0
2
2
100.0
0
0
5
6
83.3
97.0
0
0
0
0
17 Mike Niles
M. Niles
9
2
3/4/1981
PHX PHX
vs
CLE CLE
1
0
0
0
4
6
66.7
0
0
1
1
100.0
69.9
1
0
0
0
18 Brandin Podziemski
B. Podziemski
8
1
11/12/2023
GSW GSW
vs
MIN MIN
1
0
1
0
3
5
60.0
2
2
100.0
0
0
80.0
1
0
0
0
+6
19 Malcolm Hill
M. Hill
8
2
2/7/2022
CHI CHI
vs
PHX PHX
2
0
0
0
3
3
100.0
2
2
100.0
0
0
133.3
0
2
0
0
+12
20 Tyler Johnson
T. Johnson
8
3
2/9/2021
BKN BKN
@
DET DET
0
0
0
0
3
3
100.0
2
2
100.0
0
0
133.3
0
0
0
0
+3
21 Trevor Ariza
T. Ariza
8
0
1/29/2016
HOU HOU
@
OKC OKC
6
5
5
1
3
12
25.0
2
9
22.2
0
0
33.3
1
5
1
2
-8
22 Dwight Howard
D. Howard
8
0
1/29/2016
HOU HOU
@
OKC OKC
8
1
2
1
2
6
33.3
0
0
4
15
26.7
31.7
3
5
2
1
-7
23 Mikki Moore
M. Moore
8
3
3/25/2003
ATL ATL
vs
LAL LAL
1
0
0
1
2
2
100.0
0
0
4
4
100.0
106.4
1
0
0
0
+3
24 Stacey Augmon
S. Augmon
8
3
11/2/1999
POR POR
@
VAN VAN
0
0
1
0
3
3
100.0
0
0
2
2
100.0
103.1
0
0
0
1
+3
25 Richard Petruska
R. Petruska
8
3
4/7/1994
HOU HOU
vs
GSW GSW
1
0
0
0
3
3
100.0
0
0
2
2
100.0
103.1
0
1
0
0
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for minutes played going back to the 1982-83 season.

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11
Suns Suns
36
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Western W L PCT GB
1
Thunder Thunder
68
14
.829
2
Rockets Rockets
52
30
.634
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3
Lakers Lakers
50
32
.610
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Nuggets Nuggets
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49
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64
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61
21
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HOU HOU
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Sun
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SAC SAC
@
IND IND
109-111
Sun
3/30
MIA MIA
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