when was the first 3 pointer taken

Jim Cleamons took 1 shot from beyond the arc versus the Hawks on October 12, 1979.

Interpreted as:
When was the first 3 pointer taken in a game by a player?
NAME DATE 3PA TM OPP MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3P% FTM FTA FT% TS% OREB DREB TOV PF +/-
1 Jim Cleamons
J. Cleamons
10/12/1979
1
NYK NYK
@
ATL ATL
17
8
3
2
0
2
8
25.0
0
0.0
4
4
100.0
41.0
2
0
2 Sly Williams
S. Williams
10/12/1979
1
NYK NYK
@
ATL ATL
20
6
6
2
0
3
10
30.0
0
0.0
0
0
30.0
2
3
3 Rick Barry
R. Barry
10/12/1979
3
HOU HOU
@
BOS BOS
22
9
1
2
1
0
4
8
50.0
1
33.3
0
0
56.3
0
1
2
1
4 Larry Bird
L. Bird
10/12/1979
1
BOS BOS
vs
HOU HOU
28
14
10
5
0
0
6
12
50.0
0
0.0
2
2
100.0
54.3
3
7
2
5
5 Dave Cowens
D. Cowens
10/12/1979
1
BOS BOS
vs
HOU HOU
30
11
13
0
0
0
5
13
38.5
0
0.0
1
1
100.0
40.9
4
9
1
5
6 Mike Dunleavy
M. Dunleavy
10/12/1979
2
HOU HOU
@
BOS BOS
27
18
1
5
0
0
4
8
50.0
0
0.0
10
11
90.9
70.1
1
0
2
3
7 Chris Ford
C. Ford
10/12/1979
1
BOS BOS
vs
HOU HOU
27
17
3
2
2
0
7
15
46.7
1
100.0
2
2
100.0
53.5
3
0
0
2
8 Calvin Murphy
C. Murphy
10/12/1979
2
HOU HOU
@
BOS BOS
30
12
1
3
1
0
5
15
33.3
0
0.0
2
3
66.7
36.8
0
1
4
4
9 Robert Reid
R. Reid
10/12/1979
1
HOU HOU
@
BOS BOS
33
11
4
3
0
0
5
10
50.0
0
0.0
1
3
33.3
48.6
0
4
3
3
10 Rudy Tomjanovich
R. Tomjanovich
10/12/1979
2
HOU HOU
@
BOS BOS
26
8
5
1
1
1
4
9
44.4
0
0.0
0
1
0.0
42.4
3
2
1
3
11 Johnny Davis
J. Davis
10/12/1979
1
IND IND
@
DET DET
41
28
2
3
6
0
9
22
40.9
0
0.0
10
10
100.0
53.0
2
12 John Long
J. Long
10/12/1979
1
DET DET
vs
IND IND
35
15
5
3
0
7
12
58.3
0
0.0
1
2
50.0
58.2
2
13 Bingo Smith
B. Smith
10/12/1979
1
CLE CLE
@
NJN NJN
20
12
1
2
0
0
6
13
46.2
0
0.0
0
0
46.2
0
1
4
4
14 Willie Smith
W. Smith
10/12/1979
1
CLE CLE
@
NJN NJN
23
10
3
5
2
0
4
8
50.0
1
100.0
1
2
50.0
56.3
2
1
4
0
15 Mike Bratz
M. Bratz
10/12/1979
1
PHX PHX
vs
GSW GSW
17
6
1
2
1
0
1
7
14.3
0
0.0
4
4
100.0
34.2
0
1
2
1
16 Don Buse
D. Buse
10/12/1979
2
PHX PHX
vs
GSW GSW
34
14
6
3
1
0
6
10
60.0
2
100.0
0
0
70.0
2
4
2
4
17 Alvin Scott
A. Scott
10/12/1979
1
PHX PHX
vs
GSW GSW
23
2
6
1
1
1
0
3
0.0
0
0.0
2
2
100.0
25.8
2
4
3
3
18 Paul Westphal
P. Westphal
10/12/1979
2
PHX PHX
vs
GSW GSW
38
25
1
8
1
0
7
17
41.2
2
100.0
9
10
90.0
58.4
1
0
3
1
19 Jim Brewer
J. Brewer
10/12/1979
1
POR POR
vs
UTA UTA
22
2
8
2
0
0
1
3
33.3
0
0.0
0
0
33.3
2
6
1
3
20 Allan Bristow
A. Bristow
10/12/1979
1
UTA UTA
@
POR POR
8
4
0
0
0
0
1
3
33.3
0
0.0
2
2
100.0
51.5
0
0
0
2
21 Larry Steele
L. Steele
10/12/1979
1
POR POR
vs
UTA UTA
34
13
4
4
4
0
6
13
46.2
0
0.0
1
2
50.0
46.8
0
4
2
5
22 M.L. Carr
M.L. Carr
10/13/1979
2
BOS BOS
@
CLE CLE
31
22
3
3
1
0
8
15
53.3
0
0.0
6
6
100.0
62.4
1
2
2
2
23 Willie Smith
W. Smith
10/13/1979
3
CLE CLE
vs
BOS BOS
26
13
2
5
0
0
5
12
41.7
1
33.3
2
2
100.0
50.5
2
0
4
3
24 George McGinnis
G. McGinnis
10/13/1979
1
DEN DEN
vs
MIL MIL
33
18
13
1
0
0
5
17
29.4
1
100.0
7
19
36.8
35.5
8
5
6
2
25 Anthony Roberts
A. Roberts
10/13/1979
1
DEN DEN
vs
MIL MIL
23
15
7
0
0
0
6
13
46.2
0
0.0
3
5
60.0
49.3
4
3
5
5
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for three-point attempts going back to the 1983-84 season.

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