most three pointers attempted by a player in a game before 1994

Before 1993-94, Michael Adams had the most three-point attempts in a game, with 20 attempts against the Los Angeles Clippers on April 12, 1991.

Interpreted as:
most three pointers attempted by a player in a regular-season game before 1994
NAME 3PA DATE TM OPP MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3P% FTM FTA FT% TS% OREB DREB TOV PF +/-
1 Michael Adams
M. Adams
20
4/12/1991
DEN DEN
@
LAC LAC
40
35
2
9
7
0
12
28
42.9
9
45.0
2
2
100.0
60.6
2
0
7
2
2 Dennis Scott
D. Scott
19
4/13/1993
ORL ORL
vs
MIL MIL
40
41
6
3
0
1
16
31
51.6
9
47.4
0
0
66.1
2
4
0
2
3 Reggie Miller
R. Miller
16
4/18/1993
IND IND
@
MIL MIL
44
36
6
3
2
0
11
21
52.4
8
50.0
6
6
100.0
76.1
1
5
3
2
4 Michael Adams
M. Adams
16
3/23/1991
DEN DEN
vs
MIL MIL
43
54
5
9
3
0
17
31
54.8
7
43.8
13
17
76.5
70.2
0
5
4
5
5 Brian Shaw
B. Shaw
15
4/8/1993
MIA MIA
@
MIL MIL
32
32
6
3
4
0
11
16
68.8
10
66.7
0
0
100.0
0
6
3
2
6 John Starks
J. Starks
15
3/31/1992
NYK NYK
vs
CHI CHI
37
28
5
10
1
0
10
22
45.5
8
53.3
0
0
63.6
0
5
3
2
7 Michael Adams
M. Adams
15
4/5/1991
DEN DEN
vs
HOU HOU
45
41
0
8
3
0
15
34
44.1
6
40.0
5
5
100.0
56.6
0
0
6
3
8 Michael Adams
M. Adams
15
3/14/1988
DEN DEN
vs
UTA UTA
44
20
1
7
4
0
7
20
35.0
5
33.3
1
2
50.0
47.9
0
1
1
4
9 Dan Majerle
D. Majerle
14
1/30/1993
PHX PHX
vs
DAL DAL
40
30
2
5
2
2
10
17
58.8
8
57.1
2
4
50.0
80.0
0
2
3
1
10 Michael Adams
M. Adams
14
4/19/1991
DEN DEN
vs
SAS SAS
40
30
4
9
3
0
8
26
30.8
3
21.4
11
13
84.6
47.3
1
3
4
5
11 Vernon Maxwell
V. Maxwell
14
4/18/1991
HOU HOU
vs
SAS SAS
42
18
1
3
1
0
6
21
28.6
4
28.6
2
4
50.0
39.5
0
1
0
1
12 Ricky Berry
R. Berry
14
2/9/1989
SAC SAC
vs
GSW GSW
32
34
8
3
2
1
11
23
47.8
7
50.0
5
5
100.0
67.5
2
6
1
4
13 Tim Hardaway
T. Hardaway
13
4/25/1993
GSW GSW
vs
SEA SEA
45
41
7
18
2
1
13
26
50.0
5
38.5
10
11
90.9
66.5
1
6
3
3
14 John Starks
J. Starks
13
4/6/1993
NYK NYK
@
ATL ATL
44
22
3
7
1
0
8
22
36.4
6
46.2
0
0
50.0
1
2
4
4
15 Vernon Maxwell
V. Maxwell
13
1/14/1993
HOU HOU
vs
CHA CHA
37
25
5
11
2
0
9
20
45.0
3
23.1
4
4
100.0
57.4
1
4
1
0
16 Vernon Maxwell
V. Maxwell
13
3/12/1992
HOU HOU
@
SAS SAS
37
24
4
3
1
0
8
18
44.4
5
38.5
3
3
100.0
62.1
0
4
2
2
17 Michael Adams
M. Adams
13
4/2/1991
DEN DEN
@
DAL DAL
44
37
3
14
1
0
12
27
44.4
4
30.8
9
10
90.0
58.9
0
3
3
6
18 Danny Ainge
D. Ainge
13
3/4/1989
SAC SAC
@
GSW GSW
40
45
7
4
1
0
16
29
55.2
6
46.2
7
8
87.5
69.2
4
3
6
6
19 Chuck Person
C. Person
13
3/2/1989
IND IND
@
GSW GSW
51
32
10
6
1
1
13
31
41.9
4
30.8
2
3
66.7
49.5
6
4
2
2
20 John Roche
J. Roche
13
1/9/1982
DEN DEN
vs
SEA SEA
26
24
1
5
1
0
8
14
57.1
8
61.5
0
0
85.7
0
1
2
0
21 Tim Hardaway
T. Hardaway
12
4/20/1993
GSW GSW
@
POR POR
37
29
5
7
2
0
12
22
54.5
5
41.7
0
0
65.9
1
4
4
1
22 Terry Porter
T. Porter
12
3/29/1993
POR POR
@
ATL ATL
44
23
5
8
0
0
9
22
40.9
4
33.3
1
1
100.0
51.2
0
5
3
2
23 Dominique Wilkins
D. Wilkins
12
3/9/1993
ATL ATL
@
MIL MIL
37
37
6
5
0
0
14
22
63.6
8
66.7
1
1
100.0
82.4
0
6
3
0
24 Manute Bol
M. Bol
12
3/3/1993
PHI PHI
@
PHX PHX
24
18
3
0
0
3
6
13
46.2
6
50.0
0
0
69.2
1
2
2
0
25 Danny Ainge
D. Ainge
12
2/11/1993
PHX PHX
@
GSW GSW
31
33
4
6
3
0
13
23
56.5
7
58.3
0
0
71.7
2
2
3
2
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for three-point attempts going back to the 1983-84 season.

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Rockets Rockets
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