who made the first 3 pointer in in the nba finals

Julius Erving buried 1 shot from beyond the arc in Game 3 of the 1980 NBA Finals against the Lakers on May 10, 1980.

Interpreted as:
Who made the first 3 pointer in a game in in the NBA finals?
NAME DATE 3PM SEASON SERIES TM OPP MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK FGM FGA FG% 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% TS% OREB DREB TOV PF +/-
1 Julius Erving
J. Erving
5/10/1980
1
1979-80
NBA Finals
PHI PHI
vs
LAL LAL
44
24
4
7
2
2
9
17
52.9
1
100.0
5
7
71.4
59.8
2
2
2
3
2 Mike Dunleavy
M. Dunleavy
5/7/1981
2
1980-81
NBA Finals
HOU HOU
@
BOS BOS
17
9
1
2
0
0
3
5
60.0
2
100.0
1
2
50.0
76.5
0
1
1
1
3 Chris Ford
C. Ford
5/9/1981
2
1980-81
NBA Finals
BOS BOS
@
HOU HOU
36
17
4
2
2
0
7
12
58.3
3
66.7
1
2
50.0
66.0
2
2
1
2
4 Mike Dunleavy
M. Dunleavy
5/10/1981
1
1980-81
NBA Finals
HOU HOU
vs
BOS BOS
45
28
4
6
2
0
11
22
50.0
3
33.3
5
6
83.3
56.8
3
1
3
4
5 Larry Bird
L. Bird
5/14/1981
1
1980-81
NBA Finals
BOS BOS
@
HOU HOU
43
27
13
5
1
0
11
20
55.0
2
50.0
4
5
80.0
60.8
2
11
1
3
6 Steve Mix
S. Mix
5/27/1982
1
1981-82
NBA Finals
PHI PHI
vs
LAL LAL
5
3
0
0
0
0
1
1
100.0
1
100.0
0
0
150.0
0
0
2
1
7 Andrew Toney
A. Toney
5/27/1982
2
1981-82
NBA Finals
PHI PHI
vs
LAL LAL
30
20
0
9
0
0
8
18
44.4
2
100.0
2
2
100.0
53.0
0
0
3
5
8 Michael Cooper
M. Cooper
6/1/1982
1
1981-82
NBA Finals
LAL LAL
vs
PHI PHI
30
12
5
3
2
0
4
9
44.4
1
100.0
3
4
75.0
55.8
3
2
2
4
9 Andrew Toney
A. Toney
6/1/1982
1
1981-82
NBA Finals
PHI PHI
@
LAL LAL
36
36
5
2
2
0
13
21
61.9
1
100.0
9
10
90.0
70.9
1
4
3
3
10 Bob McAdoo
B. McAdoo
5/26/1983
2
1982-83
NBA Finals
LAL LAL
@
PHI PHI
19
10
7
1
2
2
4
10
40.0
3
66.7
0
0
50.0
1
6
3
5
11 Michael Cooper
M. Cooper
5/31/1983
1
1982-83
NBA Finals
LAL LAL
vs
PHI PHI
40
13
3
4
4
0
5
11
45.5
2
50.0
2
2
100.0
54.7
0
3
1
5
12 Larry Bird
L. Bird
5/27/1984
1
1983-84
NBA Finals
BOS BOS
vs
LAL LAL
42
24
14
5
3
0
7
17
41.2
1
100.0
9
11
81.8
54.9
4
10
6
4
13 Michael Cooper
M. Cooper
5/27/1984
1
1983-84
NBA Finals
LAL LAL
@
BOS BOS
38
11
7
5
0
0
4
11
36.4
1
100.0
2
2
100.0
46.3
3
4
1
4
14 Scott Wedman
S. Wedman
6/3/1984
2
1983-84
NBA Finals
BOS BOS
@
LAL LAL
29
16
10
4
0
0
7
18
38.9
3
66.7
0
0
44.4
5
5
3
5
15 Larry Bird
L. Bird
6/6/1984
1
1983-84
NBA Finals
BOS BOS
@
LAL LAL
49
29
21
2
3
0
9
24
37.5
3
33.3
10
10
100.0
51.1
9
12
3
4
16 Scott Wedman
S. Wedman
6/6/1984
1
1983-84
NBA Finals
BOS BOS
@
LAL LAL
14
5
3
3
0
0
2
2
100.0
1
100.0
0
0
125.0
2
1
1
1
17 Danny Ainge
D. Ainge
6/8/1984
1
1983-84
NBA Finals
BOS BOS
vs
LAL LAL
17
5
2
6
1
0
2
4
50.0
2
50.0
0
2
0.0
51.2
1
1
1
3
18 Larry Bird
L. Bird
6/8/1984
2
1983-84
NBA Finals
BOS BOS
vs
LAL LAL
42
34
17
2
2
1
15
20
75.0
2
100.0
2
4
50.0
78.1
2
15
5
4
19 Michael Cooper
M. Cooper
6/8/1984
2
1983-84
NBA Finals
LAL LAL
@
BOS BOS
28
8
0
4
1
0
3
5
60.0
2
100.0
0
0
80.0
0
0
1
5
20 Dennis Johnson
D. Johnson
6/10/1984
1
1983-84
NBA Finals
BOS BOS
@
LAL LAL
41
20
3
6
2
0
8
20
40.0
1
100.0
3
4
75.0
46.0
1
2
2
1
21 Byron Scott
B. Scott
6/10/1984
1
1983-84
NBA Finals
LAL LAL
vs
BOS BOS
17
11
2
2
2
0
5
10
50.0
1
100.0
0
0
55.0
0
2
0
2
22 Michael Cooper
M. Cooper
6/12/1984
2
1983-84
NBA Finals
LAL LAL
@
BOS BOS
42
16
3
6
1
3
6
12
50.0
4
50.0
2
4
50.0
58.1
0
3
0
5
23 Danny Ainge
D. Ainge
5/27/1985
1
1984-85
NBA Finals
BOS BOS
vs
LAL LAL
29
19
5
6
0
0
9
15
60.0
1
100.0
0
0
63.3
2
3
2
1
24 Larry Bird
L. Bird
5/27/1985
1
1984-85
NBA Finals
BOS BOS
vs
LAL LAL
31
19
6
9
3
0
8
14
57.1
2
50.0
2
2
100.0
63.8
0
6
3
1
25 M.L. Carr
M.L. Carr
5/27/1985
1
1984-85
NBA Finals
BOS BOS
vs
LAL LAL
4
3
1
0
0
0
1
3
33.3
1
100.0
0
0
50.0
1
0
0
1
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