players most nba finals threes missed in 1980s in a single season

Between the 1979-80 and 1988-89 seasons, Michael Cooper missed the most three-pointers in an NBA Finals in 1988-89 with 18 misses.

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Data note: Missed Three-Pointers: player game data complete from 1979-80 · postseason

	NAME	3P MISS	SEASON	SERIES	TM	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
1	Michael Cooper M. Cooper	18	1988-89	NBA Finals	LAL	4	40.8	12.0	1.5	6.8	1.8	0.5	4.3	11.3	37.8	2.3	6.8	33.3	1.3	1.5	83.3	50.4	0.3	1.3	0.5	163	48	6	27	7	2	2	14
2	Michael Cooper M. Cooper	17	1987-88	NBA Finals	LAL	7	25.1	3.7	1.6	2.1	0.9	0.3	1.3	6.3	20.5	0.4	2.9	15.0	0.7	1.1	62.5	27.4	0.4	1.1	0.6	176	26	11	15	6	2	4	22
3	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	12	1987-88	NBA Finals	DET	7	37.4	19.7	4.4	9.0	2.9	0.3	7.0	16.4	42.6	0.7	2.4	29.4	5.0	6.0	83.3	51.7	0.7	3.7	3.7	262	138	31	63	20	2	26	23
4	Danny Ainge D. Ainge	12	1986-87	NBA Finals	BOS	6	39.0	12.5	3.0	5.0	1.2	0.3	5.2	10.3	50.0	1.5	3.5	42.9	0.7	0.7	100.0	58.8	0.7	2.3	2.3	234	75	18	30	7	2	14	17
5	Larry Bird L. Bird	12	1985-86	NBA Finals	BOS	6	44.8	24.0	9.7	9.5	2.7	0.3	8.8	18.3	48.2	1.2	3.2	36.8	5.2	5.5	93.9	57.8	1.7	8.0	2.7	269	144	58	57	16	2	16	17
6	Byron Scott B. Scott	11	1986-87	NBA Finals	LAL	6	30.2	11.8	3.0	2.3	0.5	0.2	5.0	10.3	48.4	0.2	2.0	8.3	1.7	1.8	90.9	53.1	1.2	1.8	1.0	181	71	18	14	3	1	6	19
7	Michael Cooper M. Cooper	9	1986-87	NBA Finals	LAL	6	29.8	12.0	2.3	4.7	1.7	0.3	4.5	8.3	54.0	2.3	3.8	60.9	0.7	0.7	100.0	69.6	0.2	2.2	2.2	179	72	14	28	10	2	13	16
8	Dennis Johnson D. Johnson	8	1984-85	NBA Finals	BOS	6	41.2	16.0	4.3	9.5	1.7	0.7	6.5	17.0	38.2	0.0	1.3	0.0	3.0	3.5	85.7	43.1	0.8	3.5	3.3	247	96	26	57	10	4	20	13
9	Chris Ford C. Ford	8	1980-81	NBA Finals	BOS	6	30.7	10.5	2.7	2.5	0.7	0.0	4.5	9.0	50.0	0.3	1.7	20.0	1.2	1.5	77.8	54.3	1.2	1.5	1.3	184	63	16	15	4	0	8	11
10	Dennis Johnson D. Johnson	7	1986-87	NBA Finals	BOS	6	40.7	21.0	4.3	9.3	0.5	0.5	8.5	17.7	48.1	0.2	1.3	12.5	3.8	4.3	88.5	53.6	2.2	2.2	1.3	244	126	26	56	3	3	8	15
11	Robert Reid R. Reid	7	1985-86	NBA Finals	HOU	6	40.2	14.3	4.3	8.7	1.3	0.0	6.2	14.7	42.0	0.2	1.3	12.5	1.8	2.0	91.7	46.1	1.0	3.3	1.8	241	86	26	52	8	0	11	17
12	Byron Scott B. Scott	6	1987-88	NBA Finals	LAL	7	40.1	18.9	4.9	2.0	1.0	0.4	7.1	15.0	47.6	0.7	1.6	45.5	3.9	5.0	77.1	54.8	1.1	3.7	2.1	281	132	34	14	7	3	15	21
13	Larry Bird L. Bird	6	1984-85	NBA Finals	BOS	6	40.2	23.8	8.8	5.0	1.8	0.7	8.8	19.7	44.9	0.5	1.5	33.3	5.7	6.7	85.0	52.7	2.7	6.2	2.2	241	143	53	30	11	4	13	14
14	Vinnie Johnson V. Johnson	5	1987-88	NBA Finals	DET	7	23.4	11.0	3.7	3.0	0.7	0.1	4.9	12.0	40.5	0.1	0.9	16.7	1.1	2.6	44.4	41.9	1.7	2.0	0.9	164	77	26	21	5	1	6	16
15	Dennis Johnson D. Johnson	5	1985-86	NBA Finals	BOS	6	42.8	17.0	6.2	5.3	2.0	0.3	5.7	13.5	42.0	0.3	1.2	28.6	5.3	6.5	82.1	52.0	1.8	4.3	3.2	257	102	37	32	12	2	19	15
16	Michael Cooper M. Cooper	5	1984-85	NBA Finals	LAL	6	25.5	10.2	2.0	3.7	1.2	0.3	3.3	5.7	58.8	0.3	1.2	28.6	3.2	3.5	90.5	70.5	0.0	2.0	0.3	153	61	12	22	7	2	2	16
17	Byron Scott B. Scott	5	1984-85	NBA Finals	LAL	6	34.7	11.2	3.7	2.2	2.5	0.2	5.0	12.7	39.5	0.3	1.2	28.6	0.8	1.5	55.6	41.9	1.0	2.7	1.3	208	67	22	13	15	1	8	14
18	Michael Cooper M. Cooper	5	1983-84	NBA Finals	LAL	7	37.4	13.4	3.6	5.3	1.1	0.7	5.1	11.0	46.8	0.7	1.4	50.0	2.4	3.1	77.3	54.2	1.0	2.6	1.3	262	94	25	37	8	5	9	29
19	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	4	1988-89	NBA Finals	LAL	3	25.0	11.7	3.7	8.0	1.0	0.0	4.0	8.7	46.2	0.3	1.7	20.0	3.3	3.7	90.9	56.7	1.0	2.7	1.7	75	35	11	24	3	0	5	4
20	Vinnie Johnson V. Johnson	4	1988-89	NBA Finals	DET	4	23.8	17.0	3.3	2.8	0.0	0.3	7.5	12.5	60.0	0.3	1.3	20.0	1.8	2.8	63.6	62.0	0.8	2.5	0.5	95	68	13	11	0	1	2	9
21	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	4	1988-89	NBA Finals	DET	4	35.3	21.3	2.5	7.3	1.5	0.3	8.0	16.5	48.5	0.5	1.5	33.3	4.8	6.3	76.0	55.2	0.5	2.0	2.5	141	85	10	29	6	1	10	13
22	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	4	1987-88	NBA Finals	LAL	7	41.4	21.1	5.7	13.0	2.0	0.1	6.3	11.4	55.0	0.3	0.9	33.3	8.3	9.6	86.6	67.6	0.9	4.9	2.7	290	148	40	91	14	1	19	23
23	Bill Laimbeer B. Laimbeer	4	1987-88	NBA Finals	DET	7	33.6	9.4	8.9	1.9	0.4	1.0	3.9	9.9	39.1	0.3	0.9	33.3	1.4	1.4	100.0	45.0	1.7	7.1	1.1	235	66	62	13	3	7	8	25
24	Larry Bird L. Bird	4	1986-87	NBA Finals	BOS	6	42.3	24.2	10.0	5.5	1.2	1.2	8.8	19.8	44.5	0.7	1.3	50.0	5.8	6.3	92.1	53.4	1.8	8.2	3.0	254	145	60	33	7	7	18	9
25	Allen Leavell A. Leavell	4	1985-86	NBA Finals	HOU	6	12.0	5.7	0.8	3.0	0.7	0.0	2.2	5.7	38.2	0.7	1.3	50.0	0.7	0.8	80.0	47.0	0.2	0.7	0.5	72	34	5	18	4	0	3	4

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