who played the most minutes until his first field goal

Dale Ellis had 69 minutes versus the Bucks on November 9, 1989.

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Who played the most minutes until his first field goal in a game?

	NAME	MIN	FGM	DATE	TM		OPP	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Dale Ellis D. Ellis	69	18	11/9/1989	SEA	@	MIL	53	7	1	1	1	39	46.2	3	7	42.9	14	17	82.4	57.0	2	5	8	4
2	Xavier McDaniel X. McDaniel	68	12	11/9/1989	SEA	@	MIL	37	13	6	1	2	27	44.4	0	1	0.0	13	20	65.0	51.7	4	9	3	4
3	Red Rocha R. Rocha	67	5	3/21/1953	SYR	@	BOS	19	14	3			14	35.7				9	12	75.0	49.3				6
4	Paul Seymour P. Seymour	67	5	3/21/1953	SYR	@	BOS	18	5	4			12	41.7				8	9	88.9	56.4				5
5	Bob Cousy B. Cousy	66	10	3/21/1953	BOS	vs	SYR	50	3	2			22	45.5				30	32	93.8	69.3				5
6	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	65	13	5/3/2019	DEN	@	POR	33	18	14	1	2	25	52.0	4	7	57.1	3	5	60.0	60.7	4	14	8	4	+5
7	Norm Nixon N. Nixon	64	9	1/29/1980	LAL	@	CLE	20	1	6	3	1	19	47.4	0	0		2	2	100.0	50.3	0	1	9	4
8	Sleepy Floyd S. Floyd	64	10	2/1/1987	GSW	vs	NJN	29	3	13	2	0	24	41.7	0	3	0.0	9	11	81.8	50.3	0	3	4	2
9	Paul Arizin P. Arizin	63	12	12/21/1951	PHI	vs	MIN	34	14	2			24	50.0				10	13	76.9	57.2				4
10	Andy Phillip A. Phillip	63	6	12/21/1951	PHI	vs	MIN	19	7	13			21	28.6				7	7	100.0	39.5				0
11	Paul Arizin P. Arizin	63	5	12/26/1951	PHI	@	BAL	22										12	16	75.0					5
12	Andy Phillip A. Phillip	63	8	12/26/1951	PHI	@	BAL	21										5	8	62.5					5
13	Leo Barnhorst L. Barnhorst	63	12	2/3/1953	IND	vs	MIN	27										3	5	60.0					4
14	Joe Graboski J. Graboski	63	6	2/3/1953	IND	vs	MIN	18										6	7	85.7					4
15	George Mikan G. Mikan	63	11	2/3/1953	MIN	@	IND	29										7	12	58.3					2
16	Don Henriksen D. Henriksen	63	9	3/11/1953	BAL		NYK	20										2	8	25.0					6
17	Ed Macauley E. Macauley	63	4	3/21/1953	BOS	vs	SYR	18	15	5			10	40.0				10	10	100.0	62.5				6
18	Ray Felix R. Felix	63	12	2/22/1954	BAL		BOS	29										5	14	35.7					2
19	Bob Houbregs B. Houbregs	63	8	2/22/1954	BAL		BOS	29										13	16	81.3					3
20	Larry Costello L. Costello	63	9	1/8/1959	SYR	@	CIN	26										8	9	88.9					5
21	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	63	31	12/8/1961	PHI	vs	LAL	78	43	1			62	50.0				16	31	51.6	51.6				4
22	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	63	7	2/2/1969	LAL	vs	SFW	23	35	3			10	70.0				9	17	52.9	65.8				5
23	Nate Thurmond N. Thurmond	63	10	2/2/1969	SFW	@	LAL	24	34	2			30	33.3				4	10	40.0	34.9				5
24	Vince Carter V. Carter	63	14	2/23/2001	TOR	vs	SAC	38	10	6	1	0	32	43.8	1	8	12.5	9	11	81.8	51.6	2	8	2	5	-1
25	Jim Baechtold J. Baechtold	62	10	2/25/1955	NYK	@	PHI	30	5	6			17	58.8				10	13	76.9	66.0				3

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