worst field goal percentage with at least 16 attempts in a playoff game

Max Zaslofsky has the worst field-goal percentage with 16+ field-goal attempts in a playoff game, at 5.3 percent in Game 2 of the 1947 NBA Finals versus the Philadelphia Warriors.

Interpreted as:
worst field goal percentage by a player with at least 16 field goal attempts in a playoff game
NAME FG% FGA DATE TM OPP MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK FGM 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% TS% OREB DREB TOV PF +/-
1 Max Zaslofsky
M. Zaslofsky
5.3
19
4/17/1947
CHI CHI
@
PHI PHI
4
0
1
2
2
100.0
10.1
3
2 Bob Cousy
B. Cousy
5.6
18
3/25/1954
BOS BOS
@
SYR SYR
40
14
1
4
1
12
12
100.0
30.1
4
3 Michael Finley
M. Finley
5.9
17
5/14/2001
DAL DAL
@
SAS SAS
39
2
2
4
2
0
1
0
4
0.0
0
0
5.9
1
1
1
2
-24
4 Mike Bibby
M. Bibby
6.3
16
4/23/2005
SAC SAC
@
SEA SEA
37
3
5
4
0
1
1
0
6
0.0
1
2
50.0
8.9
2
3
2
2
-8
5 Carmelo Anthony
C. Anthony
6.3
16
4/27/2004
DEN DEN
vs
MIN MIN
32
2
8
1
1
0
1
0
2
0.0
0
0
6.3
2
6
4
2
-14
6 Reggie Miller
R. Miller
6.3
16
6/7/2000
IND IND
@
LAL LAL
41
7
2
4
1
0
1
0
3
0.0
5
5
100.0
19.2
0
2
0
1
-9
7 Ralph Kaplowitz
R. Kaplowitz
6.3
16
4/16/1947
PHI PHI
vs
CHI CHI
5
1
1
3
5
60.0
13.7
4
8 Karl Malone
K. Malone
10.0
20
5/8/1997
UTA UTA
@
LAL LAL
34
15
10
0
0
0
2
0
0
11
12
91.7
29.7
2
8
2
3
-19
9 Bob Cousy
B. Cousy
10.0
20
4/13/1957
BOS BOS
vs
STL STL
58
12
3
11
2
8
10
80.0
24.6
4
10 James Harden
J. Harden
11.1
18
4/18/2018
HOU HOU
vs
MIN MIN
31
12
4
7
3
3
2
1
10
10.0
7
8
87.5
27.9
0
4
3
2
+1
11 LeBron James
L. James
11.1
18
5/6/2008
CLE CLE
@
BOS BOS
39
12
9
9
1
1
2
0
6
0.0
8
10
80.0
26.8
2
7
10
4
-7
12 John Starks
J. Starks
11.1
18
6/22/1994
NYK NYK
@
HOU HOU
42
8
2
2
0
0
2
0
11
0.0
4
4
100.0
20.2
1
1
0
5
13 Slater Martin
S. Martin
11.1
18
4/11/1957
STL STL
vs
BOS BOS
46
6
5
2
2
3
66.7
15.5
2
14 Red Rocha
R. Rocha
11.1
18
3/25/1948
STL STL
vs
PHI PHI
4
0
2
0
2
0.0
10.6
5
15 Lenny Wilkens
L. Wilkens
11.8
17
4/3/1966
STL STL
@
LAL LAL
41
8
3
9
2
4
4
100.0
21.3
4
16 Elgin Baylor
E. Baylor
11.8
17
4/5/1959
MIN MIN
@
BOS BOS
35
13
12
2
9
11
81.8
29.8
5
17 Elgin Baylor
E. Baylor
11.8
17
3/14/1959
MIN MIN
vs
DET DET
14
2
10
11
90.9
32.1
4
18 Joe Fulks
J. Fulks
11.8
17
3/20/1952
PHI PHI
@
SYR SYR
7
3
0
2
3
4
75.0
18.7
6
19 Bob Doll
B. Doll
11.8
17
3/27/1948
STL STL
@
PHI PHI
4
0
2
0
0
11.8
3
20 Paul George
P. George
12.5
16
4/27/2018
OKC OKC
@
UTA UTA
45
5
3
8
1
0
2
0
6
0.0
1
2
50.0
14.8
0
3
6
3
-2
21 Steve Smith
S. Smith
12.5
16
5/20/1999
ATL ATL
vs
NYK NYK
38
9
4
2
4
0
2
0
5
0.0
5
5
100.0
24.7
3
1
1
2
-1
22 Scottie Pippen
S. Pippen
12.5
16
6/12/1998
CHI CHI
vs
UTA UTA
45
6
11
11
3
1
2
0
7
0.0
2
2
100.0
17.8
6
5
4
6
-2
23 Tom Heinsohn
T. Heinsohn
12.5
16
3/21/1961
BOS BOS
@
SYR SYR
29
7
7
1
2
3
6
50.0
18.8
3
24 Frank Selvy
F. Selvy
12.5
16
3/20/1960
MIN MIN
vs
STL STL
8
4
2
4
5
80.0
22.0
2
25 Vern Mikkelsen
V. Mikkelsen
12.5
16
3/15/1959
MIN MIN
@
DET DET
9
2
5
7
71.4
23.6
3
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for field-goal attempts and field-goal percentage going back to the 1963 playoffs.

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61
21
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51
31
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50
32
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48
34
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44
38
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