most points in an nba game in less than 3 minutes

Anthony Davis has posted the most points in a game with fewer than 3 minutes played, with 29 points versus the Bucks on March 12, 2016.

Interpreted as:

most points by a player in an NBA regular-season game in less than 3 minutes

	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	@	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	vs	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	vs	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	vs	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	@	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	Justise Winslow J. Winslow	9	0	3/3/2016	MIA	vs	PHX	7	2	1	0	3	5	60.0	1	1	100.0	2	2	100.0	76.5	0	7	0	2	+8
7	Corie Blount C. Blount	9	2	3/15/1996	LAL	vs	MIL	0	0	0	0	4	4	100.0	0	0		1	1	100.0	101.4	0	0	1	1
8	William Bedford W. Bedford	9	1	11/6/1990	DET	@	SEA	1	0	0	0	3	3	100.0	3	3	100.0	0	0		150.0	0	1	0	0
9	Sam Vincent S. Vincent	9	2	11/21/1986	BOS	vs	GSW	0	1	0	0	2	2	100.0	0	0		5	6	83.3	97.0	0	0	0	0
10	Mike Niles M. Niles	9	2	3/4/1981	PHX	vs	CLE	1	0	0	0	4	6	66.7	0	0		1	1	100.0	69.9	1	0	0	0
11	Brandin Podziemski B. Podziemski	8	1	11/12/2023	GSW	vs	MIN	1	0	1	0	3	5	60.0	2	2	100.0	0	0		80.0	1	0	0	0	+6
12	Malcolm Hill M. Hill	8	2	2/7/2022	CHI	vs	PHX	2	0	0	0	3	3	100.0	2	2	100.0	0	0		133.3	0	2	0	0	+12
13	Tyler Johnson T. Johnson	8	3	2/9/2021	BKN	@	DET	0	0	0	0	3	3	100.0	2	2	100.0	0	0		133.3	0	0	0	0	+3
14	Trevor Ariza T. Ariza	8	0	1/29/2016	HOU	@	OKC	6	5	5	1	3	12	25.0	2	9	22.2	0	0		33.3	1	5	1	2	-8
15	Dwight Howard D. Howard	8	0	1/29/2016	HOU	@	OKC	8	1	2	1	2	6	33.3	0	0		4	15	26.7	31.7	3	5	2	1	-7
16	Josh Grant J. Grant	8	1	11/5/1993	GSW	@	SAS	1	0	0	0	2	3	66.7	2	2	100.0	2	2	100.0	103.1	0	1	0	2
17	Bernard Toone B. Toone	8	2	10/24/1979	PHI	vs	IND	2	0		0	2	2	100.0	1	1	100.0	3	4	75.0	106.4				0
18	Bob Portman B. Portman	8	2	2/27/1973	GSW	@	DET	0	0			4	5	80.0				0	0		80.0				0
19	Tom Meschery T. Meschery	8	2	3/18/1971	SEA	vs	MIL	1	0			3	3	100.0				2	2	100.0	103.1				0
20	Justin James J. James	7	2	2/12/2020	SAC	@	DAL	0	1	0	0	3	3	100.0	1	1	100.0	0	2	0.0	90.2	0	0	0	0	+6
21	Brandon Sampson B. Sampson	7	2	2/9/2019	CHI	vs	WAS	1	0	0	0	3	3	100.0	1	1	100.0	0	0		116.7	0	1	0	0	+6
22	Norman Powell N. Powell	7	2	4/3/2018	TOR	@	CLE	1	0	0	0	3	4	75.0	1	2	50.0	0	0		87.5	0	1	1	0	+8
23	Emmanuel Mudiay E. Mudiay	7	2	12/26/2017	DEN	vs	UTA	0	0	0	0	2	2	100.0	2	2	100.0	1	1	100.0	143.4	0	0	0	0	+7
24	Leandro Barbosa L. Barbosa	7	3	1/16/2013	BOS	vs	NOH	0	0	0	0	3	4	75.0	1	1	100.0	0	0		87.5	0	0	0	1	+1
25	Jermaine Taylor J. Taylor	7	2	1/25/2010	HOU	vs	ATL	1	0	1	0	2	2	100.0	0	0		3	3	100.0	105.4	1	0	0	0	+6