nba team most 3 pointer in a finals game 1980s

Between the 1979-80 and 1988-89 seasons, the Boston Celtics sank the most threes by a team in an NBA Finals game, with 7 three-pointers against the Lakers on May 27, 1985.

	TEAM	3PM	DATE	SEASON	SERIES	TM		OPP	RESULT	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF
1	Celtics	7	5/27/1985	1984-85	NBA Finals	BOS	vs	LAL	W 148-114	240	148	48	43	10	3	62	102	60.8	9	77.8	17	25	68.0	65.5	13	35	13	17
2	Lakers	6	6/8/1989	1988-89	NBA Finals	LAL	@	DET	L 105-108	240	105	36	21	3	3	35	77	45.5	15	40.0	29	34	85.3	57.1	15	21	14	22
3	Celtics	6	6/11/1987	1986-87	NBA Finals	BOS	vs	LAL	W 123-108	240	123	46	33	6	3	46	89	51.7	10	60.0	25	31	80.6	59.9	13	33	10	21
4	Lakers	6	6/4/1987	1986-87	NBA Finals	LAL	vs	BOS	W 141-122	240	141	33	44	8	8	56	91	61.5	8	75.0	23	32	71.9	67.1	7	26	10	25
5	Pistons	4	6/7/1988	1987-88	NBA Finals	DET	@	LAL	W 105-93	240	105	34	29	4	6	42	73	57.5	7	57.1	17	22	77.3	63.5	6	28	9	26
6	Lakers	4	6/11/1987	1986-87	NBA Finals	LAL	@	BOS	L 108-123	240	108	40	16	7	4	43	95	45.3	8	50.0	18	22	81.8	51.6	17	23	12	26
7	Celtics	4	5/29/1986	1985-86	NBA Finals	BOS	vs	HOU	W 117-95	240	117	43	28	9	8	45	90	50.0	9	44.4	23	24	95.8	58.2	14	29	12	20
8	Lakers	4	6/2/1985	1984-85	NBA Finals	LAL	vs	BOS	W 136-111	240	136	49	34	12	6	52	96	54.2	8	50.0	28	36	77.8	60.8	13	36	12	28
9	Lakers	3	6/13/1989	1988-89	NBA Finals	LAL	vs	DET	L 97-105	240	97	40	23	3	6	35	79	44.3	11	27.3	24	33	72.7	51.9	10	30	7	30
10	Lakers	3	6/11/1989	1988-89	NBA Finals	LAL	vs	DET	L 110-114	240	110	37	27	7	5	39	79	49.4	11	27.3	29	39	74.4	57.2	14	23	14	24
11	Lakers	3	6/21/1988	1987-88	NBA Finals	LAL	vs	DET	W 108-105	240	108	41	30	6	1	43	77	55.8	10	30.0	19	27	70.4	60.8	10	31	18	22
12	Lakers	3	6/9/1988	1987-88	NBA Finals	LAL	vs	DET	W 108-96	240	108	43	27	6	5	35	77	45.5	6	50.0	35	46	76.1	55.5	8	35	9	25
13	Celtics	3	6/9/1987	1986-87	NBA Finals	BOS	vs	LAL	L 106-107	240	106	37	26	5	8	45	86	52.3	11	27.3	13	16	81.3	57.0	9	28	12	21
14	Lakers	3	6/7/1987	1986-87	NBA Finals	LAL	@	BOS	L 103-109	240	103	32	18	8	4	40	81	49.4	11	27.3	20	27	74.1	55.4	8	24	10	24
15	Celtics	3	6/2/1987	1986-87	NBA Finals	BOS	@	LAL	L 113-126	240	113	32	28	4	5	45	82	54.9	4	75.0	20	26	76.9	60.5	5	27	15	19
16	Celtics	3	6/8/1986	1985-86	NBA Finals	BOS	vs	HOU	W 114-97	240	114	49	30	9	8	41	83	49.4	4	75.0	29	44	65.9	55.7	15	34	14	21
17	Celtics	3	6/7/1985	1984-85	NBA Finals	BOS	@	LAL	L 111-120	240	111	39	36	6	7	46	93	49.5	8	37.5	16	21	76.2	54.3	12	27	13	21
18	Celtics	3	6/8/1984	1983-84	NBA Finals	BOS	vs	LAL	W 121-103	240	121	51	28	8	5	45	87	51.7	5	60.0	28	36	77.8	58.8	13	38	18	32
19	76ers	3	5/27/1982	1981-82	NBA Finals	PHI	vs	LAL	L 117-124	240	117	41	28	11	7	48	98	49.0	6	50.0	18	23	78.3	54.1	18	23	18	26
20	Pistons	2	6/13/1989	1988-89	NBA Finals	DET	@	LAL	W 105-97	240	105	36	21	3	4	34	70	48.6	3	66.7	35	51	68.6	56.8	9	27	9	26
21	Pistons	2	6/21/1988	1987-88	NBA Finals	DET	@	LAL	L 105-108	240	105	39	22	13	2	39	85	45.9	7	28.6	25	35	71.4	52.3	15	24	11	23
22	Pistons	2	6/19/1988	1987-88	NBA Finals	DET	@	LAL	L 102-103	240	102	33	30	11	3	39	79	49.4	5	40.0	22	27	81.5	56.1	10	23	12	29
23	Lakers	2	6/7/1988	1987-88	NBA Finals	LAL	vs	DET	L 93-105	240	93	35	21	5	0	33	83	39.8	8	25.0	25	27	92.6	49.0	13	22	10	18
24	Lakers	2	6/9/1987	1986-87	NBA Finals	LAL	@	BOS	W 107-106	240	107	46	17	4	4	41	85	48.2	4	50.0	23	32	71.9	54.0	15	31	11	16
25	Celtics	2	6/3/1986	1985-86	NBA Finals	BOS	@	HOU	W 106-103	240	106	40	23	8	6	45	78	57.7	6	33.3	14	17	82.4	62.0	11	29	15	17

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