John Roche made the most threes in a game in 1981-82, with 8 three-pointers versus the Seattle SuperSonics on January 9, 1982.
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most three pointers by a player in a single regular-season game 1982| NAME | 3PM | DATE | TM | OPP | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | FGM | FGA | FG% | 3PA | 3P% | FTM | FTA | FT% | TS% | OREB | DREB | TOV | PF | +/- | |||
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| 1 |  | J. Roche | 8 | 1/9/1982 | vs | 26 | 24 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 14 | 57.1 | 13 | 61.5 | 0 | 0 | 85.7 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| 2 |  | J. Hassett | 4 | 4/16/1982 | @ | 19 | 20 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 58.3 | 6 | 66.7 | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 77.6 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | |||
| 3 |  | A. Toney | 4 | 3/21/1982 | vs | 26 | 38 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 27 | 48.1 | 7 | 57.1 | 8 | 9 | 88.9 | 61.4 | 4 | |||||||
| 4 |  | M. Bratz | 4 | 3/12/1982 | vs | 27 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 15 | 33.3 | 6 | 66.7 | 0 | 0 | 46.7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | ||||
| 5 |  | M. Dunleavy | 4 | 1/15/1982 | @ | 21 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 45.5 | 6 | 66.7 | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 67.3 | 2 | 2 | |||||
| 6 | | J. Hassett | 4 | 12/13/1981 | @ | 19 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 75.0 | 5 | 80.0 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 100.7 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||
| 7 | | M. Bratz | 3 | 4/14/1982 | @ | 22 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 33.3 | 7 | 42.9 | 4 | 4 | 100.0 | 54.5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | |||
| 8 | | J. Hassett | 3 | 4/7/1982 | vs | 9 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 42.9 | 5 | 60.0 | 0 | 0 | 64.3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| 9 |  | D. Buse | 3 | 4/4/1982 | @ | 27 | 19 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 75.0 | 3 | 100.0 | 4 | 4 | 100.0 | 97.3 | 3 | 3 | |||||
| 10 |  | B. Winters | 3 | 3/30/1982 | vs | 40 | 19 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 16 | 43.8 | 4 | 75.0 | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 56.3 | 3 | 4 | |||||
| 11 |  | D. Griffith | 3 | 3/29/1982 | vs | 42 | 28 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 26 | 46.2 | 5 | 60.0 | 1 | 2 | 50.0 | 52.1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 3 | |||
| 12 |  | G. Gervin | 3 | 3/20/1982 | @ | 41 | 41 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 35 | 45.7 | 3 | 100.0 | 6 | 6 | 100.0 | 54.5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |||
| 13 |  | K. Grevey | 3 | 3/13/1982 | @ | 42 | 26 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 16 | 56.3 | 5 | 6 | 83.3 | 69.7 | 3 | ||||||||||
| 14 | | M. Dunleavy | 3 | 3/12/1982 | vs | 22 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 66.7 | 4 | 75.0 | 1 | 2 | 50.0 | 81.0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | |||
| 15 | | M. Bratz | 3 | 3/2/1982 | @ | 16 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 100.0 | 3 | 100.0 | 3 | 3 | 100.0 | 131.6 | 2 | 1 | |||||
| 16 | | A. Toney | 3 | 2/27/1982 | @ | 20 | 29 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 18 | 61.1 | 6 | 50.0 | 4 | 5 | 80.0 | 71.8 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | |||
| 17 | | J. Hassett | 3 | 2/23/1982 | @ | 18 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 44.4 | 6 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | 61.1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | ||||
| 18 | | B. Winters | 3 | 1/23/1982 | @ | 28 | 19 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 18 | 44.4 | 6 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | 52.8 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | ||||
| 19 | | B. Winters | 3 | 1/22/1982 | @ | 33 | 40 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 20 | 75.0 | 3 | 100.0 | 7 | 8 | 87.5 | 85.0 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 4 | |||
| 20 |  | R. Theus | 3 | 1/17/1982 | @ | 33 | 17 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 63.6 | 4 | 75.0 | 0 | 0 | 77.3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | ||||
| 21 |  | B. Taylor | 3 | 1/17/1982 | vs | 40 | 32 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 15 | 86.7 | 5 | 60.0 | 3 | 5 | 60.0 | 93.0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |||
| 22 | | F. Williams | 3 | 1/6/1982 | @ | 19 | 21 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 54.5 | 4 | 75.0 | 6 | 6 | 100.0 | 77.0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |||
| 23 | | J. Roche | 3 | 1/5/1982 | @ | 17 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 80.0 | 4 | 75.0 | 0 | 0 | 110.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 24 | | F. Williams | 3 | 12/26/1981 | vs | 26 | 29 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 21 | 52.4 | 4 | 75.0 | 4 | 4 | 100.0 | 63.7 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | |||
| 25 | | D. Buse | 3 | 12/17/1981 | @ | 35 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 50.0 | 3 | 100.0 | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 68.9 | 2 | |||||||
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