player most minute in game play offs third round

Gar Heard has played the most minutes by a 3rd round pick in a playoff game, with 61 minutes on the court in Game 5 of the 1976 NBA Finals against the Celtics.

	NAME	MIN	DATE	TM		OPP	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF
1	Gar Heard G. Heard	61	6/4/1976	PHX	@	BOS	17	12	4	3	4	8	19	42.1				1	2	50.0	42.8	3	9		1
2	Don Nelson D. Nelson	53	4/22/1973	BOS	@	NYK	16	5	2			6	14	42.9				4	4	100.0	50.8				5
3	Bill Laimbeer B. Laimbeer	52	4/25/1986	DET	vs	ATL	27	13	0	0	3	9	23	39.1	0	0		9	11	81.8	48.5	6	7	3	6
4	Curtis Perry C. Perry	52	6/4/1976	PHX	@	BOS	23	15	6	2	0	10	20	50.0				3	4	75.0	52.8	4	11		5
5	Gar Heard G. Heard	52	5/9/1976	PHX	vs	GSW	22	18	3	2	1	9	20	45.0				4	6	66.7	48.6	10	8		2
6	Fred Carter F. Carter	51	4/18/1976	PHI	vs	BUF	32	3	6			12	24	50.0				8	10	80.0	56.3				4
7	Anthony Mason A. Mason	49	5/11/1996	NYK	vs	CHI	18	10	2	1	0	7	10	70.0	0	0		4	6	66.7	71.2	3	7	3	2
8	Fred Carter F. Carter	49	3/26/1970	BAL	@	NYK	21	3	2			10	17	58.8				1	2	50.0	58.7				4
9	Cliff Hagan C. Hagan	49	3/29/1961	STL	@	LAL	22	12				8	27	29.6				6	6	100.0	37.1				6
10	Ernie Vandeweghe E. Vandeweghe	49	3/26/1952	NYK	@	BOS	14		4			5	8	62.5				4	7	57.1	63.2				5
11	Anthony Mason A. Mason	48	4/27/1996	NYK	@	CLE	23	12	5	0	0	10	15	66.7	0	0		3	5	60.0	66.9	4	8	1	1
12	Michael Cooper M. Cooper	48	6/11/1989	LAL	vs	DET	15	0	13	1	1	6	14	42.9	3	8	37.5	0	0		53.6	0	0	2	2
13	Bob Hansen B. Hansen	48	5/17/1988	UTA	@	LAL	15	3	4	1	0	6	14	42.9	2	4	50.0	1	2	50.0	50.4	1	2	5	4
14	George Gervin G. Gervin	48	4/29/1983	SAS	@	DEN	22	6	5	2	0	7	16	43.8	0	1	0.0	8	10	80.0	53.9			7	5
15	Larry Kenon L. Kenon	48	5/16/1979	SAS	vs	WAS	16	15	3	0	0	7	18	38.9				2	2	100.0	42.4	5	10	2	3
16	Kevin Porter K. Porter	48	5/25/1975	WAS	vs	GSW	19	1	8	2	0	9	16	56.3				1	6	16.7	51.0	1	0		5
17	Norm Van Lier N. Van Lier	48	5/6/1975	CHI	@	GSW	19	5	9	2	2	5	14	35.7				9	13	69.2	48.2	1	4		2
18	Norm Van Lier N. Van Lier	48	5/4/1975	CHI	vs	GSW	35	9	9	3	1	14	27	51.9				7	9	77.8	56.5	3	6		3
19	Norm Van Lier N. Van Lier	48	4/22/1974	CHI	vs	MIL	6	3	7	4	0	2	14	14.3				2	2	100.0	20.2				4
20	Stu Lantz S. Lantz	48	4/13/1974	DET	@	CHI	25	8	5		0	7	12	58.3				11	12	91.7	72.3				4
21	Dennis Awtrey D. Awtrey	48	3/30/1973	CHI	@	LAL	15	15	6			6	9	66.7				3	3	100.0	72.7				6
22	Jerry Sloan J. Sloan	48	4/6/1971	CHI	@	LAL	24	11	4			9	22	40.9				6	7	85.7	47.8				3
23	Jerry Sloan J. Sloan	48	3/30/1971	CHI	vs	LAL	23	12	1			11	17	64.7				1	2	50.0	64.3				1
24	Bill Bridges B. Bridges	48	3/27/1971	ATL	@	NYK	12	36	2			6	19	31.6				0	4	0.0	28.9				4
25	Bill Bridges B. Bridges	48	3/25/1971	ATL	@	NYK	16	13	0			7	12	58.3				2	2	100.0	62.1				3

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