most three pointers made in a game through 1988

Before 1988-89, John Roche and Rick Barry were tied for the most threes in a game, with 8 three-pointers.

Interpreted as:

most three pointers made by a player in a regular-season game through 1988

	NAME	3PM	DATE	TM		OPP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF
1	John Roche J. Roche	8	1/9/1982	DEN	vs	SEA	26	24	1	5	1	0	8	14	57.1	13	61.5	0	0		85.7	0	1	2	0
2	Rick Barry R. Barry	8	2/9/1980	HOU	vs	UTA	28	24	1	6	1	1	8	14	57.1	12	66.7	0	0		85.7			2	3
3	Mike Evans M. Evans	7	4/22/1988	DEN	@	POR	24	29	4	1	0	0	9	13	69.2	9	77.8	4	6	66.7	92.7	0	4	0	1
4	Larry Bird L. Bird	7	4/3/1988	BOS	vs	DAL	43	32	5	8	0	0	11	19	57.9	10	70.0	3	3	100.0	78.7	0	5	4	1
5	Leon Wood L. Wood	7	12/20/1987	SAS	@	POR	32	27	1	5	0	0	10	13	76.9	10	70.0	0	0		103.8	0	1	1	2
6	Rick Barry R. Barry	7	2/6/1980	HOU	vs	NJN	33	27	4	7	2	0	8	14	57.1	10	70.0	4	5	80.0	83.3			0	4
7	Mike Evans M. Evans	6	1/4/1988	DEN	@	CLE	28	28	0	2	2	0	10	19	52.6	11	54.5	2	2	100.0	70.4	0	0	5	1
8	Danny Ainge D. Ainge	6	1/4/1988	BOS	@	UTA	37	20	3	1	2	0	7	15	46.7	6	100.0	0	0		66.7	1	2	2	0
9	Danny Ainge D. Ainge	6	11/18/1987	BOS	vs	NYK	54	33	2	4	2	0	13	24	54.2	9	66.7	1	2	50.0	66.3	1	1	4	5
10	Chuck Person C. Person	6	2/11/1987	IND	@	PHX	38	42	9	2	2	0	18	23	78.3	6	100.0	0	0		91.3	0	9	2	4
11	Dale Ellis D. Ellis	6	3/18/1986	DAL	vs	SAS	32	28	8	5	1	0	10	14	71.4	7	85.7	2	2	100.0	94.1	4	4	1	2
12	Norm Nixon N. Nixon	6	3/7/1986	LAC	@	SAS	43	33	4	8	1	0	13	24	54.2	8	75.0	1	1	100.0	67.5	2	2	7	0
13	World B. Free W. B. Free	6	2/16/1985	CLE	vs	HOU	38	45	4	9	2	0	17	30	56.7	9	66.7	5	5	100.0	69.9	2	2	3	2
14	Dale Ellis D. Ellis	6	1/13/1985	DAL	vs	POR	20	27	4	0	2	0	10	15	66.7	8	75.0	1	2	50.0	85.0	3	1	2	1
15	Ron Lee R. Lee	6	3/16/1980	DET	vs	HOU	42	20	5	6	9	0	7	17	41.2	12	50.0	0	2	0.0	55.9			4	3
16	Dudley Bradley D. Bradley	5	4/23/1988	NJN	vs	MIL	28	22	3	2	4	0	8	12	66.7	7	71.4	1	2	50.0	85.4	0	3	0	0
17	Danny Ainge D. Ainge	5	4/17/1988	BOS	@	WAS	41	21	2	9	2	0	8	15	53.3	11	45.5	0	0		70.0	0	2	3	3
18	Michael Adams M. Adams	5	4/15/1988	DEN	vs	HOU	42	26	4	1	2	0	10	19	52.6	11	45.5	1	1	100.0	66.9	1	3	0	3
19	Michael Adams M. Adams	5	4/11/1988	DEN	@	PHX	42	23	3	9	1	1	8	20	40.0	10	50.0	2	4	50.0	52.8	1	2	1	3
20	Derek Harper D. Harper	5	4/9/1988	DAL	vs	DEN	38	35	2	11	2	1	12	16	75.0	6	83.3	6	7	85.7	91.7	1	1	2	2
21	Harold Pressley H. Pressley	5	4/6/1988	SAC	vs	SAS	36	29	7	6	1	0	12	25	48.0	10	50.0	0	1	0.0	57.0	6	1	2	1
22	Richard Anderson R. Anderson	5	3/29/1988	POR	@	SAS	28	21	9	5	1	2	8	12	66.7	7	71.4	0	2	0.0	81.5	1	8	4	2
23	Michael Adams M. Adams	5	3/14/1988	DEN	vs	UTA	44	20	1	7	4	0	7	20	35.0	15	33.3	1	2	50.0	47.9	0	1	1	4
24	Michael Adams M. Adams	5	2/3/1988	DEN	vs	DAL	41	21	3	9	3	0	7	13	53.8	7	71.4	2	2	100.0	75.6	0	3	0	0
25	John Bagley J. Bagley	5	2/2/1988	NJN	@	SAS	45	22	5	6	0	0	8	19	42.1	11	45.5	1	1	100.0	56.6	0	5	2	0