most threes by a player in a game in the playoffs before 1985

Before 1984-85, Mike Bratz drained the most threes in a playoff game, with 5 three-pointers in Game 1 of the 1980 Western Conference Semifinals against the Lakers.

	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	Mike Bratz M. Bratz	5	4/8/1980	PHX	@	LAL	19	25	4	2	3	0	9	17	52.9	10	50.0	2	2	100.0	69.9	0	4	2	2
2	Kevin Grevey K. Grevey	4	4/23/1982	WAS	vs	NJN	33	23	0	2	1	1	8	15	53.3	4	100.0	3	3	100.0	70.5	0	0	1	1
3	Fred Brown F. Brown	4	4/22/1980	SEA	@	LAL	30	34	7	2	0	0	15	21	71.4	7	57.1	0	0		81.0	2	5	2	1
4	Kevin Grevey K. Grevey	4	4/2/1980	WAS	@	PHI	37	34	0	3		0	13	21	61.9	7	57.1	4	4	100.0	74.7	0	0		3
5	Mike Dunleavy M. Dunleavy	3	5/23/1984	MIL	@	BOS	27	21	5	2	1	0	6	9	66.7	4	75.0	6	6	100.0	90.2	1	4	2	4
6	Mike Dunleavy M. Dunleavy	3	5/17/1984	MIL	@	BOS	18	11	5	0	0	0	4	10	40.0	5	60.0	0	0		55.0	2	3	1	5
7	Darrell Griffith D. Griffith	3	5/2/1984	UTA	vs	PHX	40	22	7	2	1	0	7	21	33.3	6	50.0	5	8	62.5	44.9	3	4	4	2
8	Darrell Griffith D. Griffith	3	4/26/1984	UTA	vs	DEN	41	24	7	7	3	0	9	18	50.0	7	42.9	3	3	100.0	62.1	0	7	2	2
9	Micheal Ray Richardson M. Ray Richardson	3	4/20/1984	NJN	@	PHI	39	32	7	9	4	0	12	23	52.2	7	42.9	5	5	100.0	63.5	3	4	5	6
10	Ricky Sobers R. Sobers	3	4/17/1984	WAS	@	BOS	34	24	0	1	0	0	9	13	69.2	5	60.0	3	4	75.0	81.3	0	0	3	5
11	Rob Williams R. Williams	3	4/17/1984	DEN	@	UTA	27	15	3	8	0	0	5	14	35.7	8	37.5	2	2	100.0	50.4	1	2	3	4
12	Johnny Moore J. Moore	3	5/18/1983	SAS	@	LAL	41	23	3	17	4	0	9	14	64.3	3	100.0	2	2	100.0	77.3			1	2
13	Mike Dunleavy M. Dunleavy	3	5/13/1983	SAS	vs	LAL	19	9	2	6	1	0	3	5	60.0	4	75.0	0	0		90.0			2	2
14	Johnny Moore J. Moore	3	5/2/1983	SAS	@	DEN	36	27	4	9	2	0	11	22	50.0	4	75.0	2	3	66.7	57.9	0	4	4	5
15	Frank Johnson F. Johnson	3	5/5/1982	WAS	@	BOS	38	22	2	10		0	7	16	43.8	6	50.0	5	6	83.3	59.0				3
16	Brian Winters B. Winters	3	5/2/1982	MIL	vs	PHI	32	22	0	2	1	0	9	12	75.0	3	100.0	1	1	100.0	88.4	0	0	0	5
17	Mike Bratz M. Bratz	3	5/2/1982	SAS	vs	SEA	32	17	1	10	4	0	5	9	55.6	4	75.0	4	4	100.0	79.0	0	1	1	4
18	Chris Ford C. Ford	3	4/10/1981	BOS	@	CHI	37	13	2	5		0	5	11	45.5	5	60.0	0	0		59.1				2
19	Dennis Johnson D. Johnson	3	4/30/1980	SEA	@	LAL	42	29	4	5	1	1	12	23	52.2	4	75.0	2	2	100.0	60.7	2	2	1	2
20	Larry Bird L. Bird	3	4/23/1980	BOS	@	PHI	47	22	21	4	4	0	9	21	42.9	4	75.0	1	2	50.0	50.3	2	19	2	4
21	Don Buse D. Buse	3	4/13/1980	PHX	vs	LAL	30	17	4	6	0	0	5	11	45.5	4	75.0	4	4	100.0	66.6	2	2	2	1
22	Mike Bratz M. Bratz	3	4/11/1980	PHX	vs	LAL	21	16	5	3	0	0	5	13	38.5	4	75.0	3	3	100.0	55.9	2	3	1	3
23	Michael Cooper M. Cooper	2	6/12/1984	LAL	@	BOS	42	16	3	6	1	3	6	12	50.0	4	50.0	2	4	50.0	58.1	0	3	0	5
24	Larry Bird L. Bird	2	6/8/1984	BOS	vs	LAL	42	34	17	2	2	1	15	20	75.0	2	100.0	2	4	50.0	78.1	2	15	5	4
25	Michael Cooper M. Cooper	2	6/8/1984	LAL	@	BOS	28	8	0	4	1	0	3	5	60.0	2	100.0	0	0		80.0	0	0	1	5