Before October 23, 1979, 8 players were tied for the most threes in a game, with 2 three-pointers. The first three are Gus Williams on October 21, 1979, Sam Smith on October 21, 1979 and on October 14, 1979 and Jim McElroy on October 19, 1979.
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Most 3pm by a player in a regular-season game before 10/23/1979| NAME | 3PM | DATE | TM | OPP | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | FGM | FGA | FG% | 3PA | 3P% | FTM | FTA | FT% | TS% | OREB | DREB | TOV | PF | +/- | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | G. Williams | 2 | 10/21/1979 | @ | 42 | 24 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 22 | 45.5 | 2 | 100.0 | 2 | 3 | 66.7 | 51.5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | |||
| 2 |  | S. Smith | 2 | 10/21/1979 | @ | 16 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 14 | 57.1 | 3 | 66.7 | 4 | 4 | 100.0 | 69.8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||
| 3 |  | J. McElroy | 2 | 10/19/1979 | @ | 41 | 20 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 15 | 46.7 | 2 | 100.0 | 4 | 4 | 100.0 | 59.7 | 1 | ||||||||
| 4 | | R. Sobers | 2 | 10/16/1979 | @ | 42 | 18 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 18 | 44.4 | 3 | 66.7 | 0 | 0 | 50.0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | ||||
| 5 | | F. Brown | 2 | 10/16/1979 | @ | 23 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 50.0 | 5 | 40.0 | 1 | 2 | 50.0 | 59.7 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | |||
| 6 | | D. Beshore | 2 | 10/14/1979 | @ | 27 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 45.5 | 3 | 66.7 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 56.8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |||
| 7 | | S. Smith | 2 | 10/14/1979 | @ | 12 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 50.0 | 2 | 100.0 | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 72.7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| 8 |  | D. Buse | 2 | 10/12/1979 | vs | 34 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 60.0 | 2 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 70.0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 | ||||
| 9 | | P. Westphal | 2 | 10/12/1979 | vs | 38 | 25 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 17 | 41.2 | 2 | 100.0 | 9 | 10 | 90.0 | 58.4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | |||
| 10 |  | P. Maravich | 1 | 10/20/1979 | @ | 42 | 21 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 32 | 31.3 | 2 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | 32.8 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| 11 |  | R. Townsend | 1 | 10/20/1979 | vs | 14 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 66.7 | 1 | 100.0 | 1 | 2 | 50.0 | 72.7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 12 |  | R. Barry | 1 | 10/20/1979 | vs | 34 | 17 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 29.4 | 6 | 7 | 85.7 | 42.3 | 4 | ||||||||
| 13 |  | J. Hassett | 1 | 10/20/1979 | vs | 10 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 50.0 | 2 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | 62.5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||||
| 14 |  | S. Mix | 1 | 10/20/1979 | @ | 19 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 13 | 69.2 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 73.1 | 0 | ||||||||
| 15 |  | R. Williams | 1 | 10/20/1979 | vs | 31 | 22 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 10 | 17 | 58.8 | 1 | 100.0 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 63.1 | 4 | |||||||
| 16 |  | B. Smith | 1 | 10/20/1979 | @ | 14 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 42.9 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 17 | | E. Tatum | 1 | 10/20/1979 | @ | 12 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 60.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 2 | 3 | 66.7 | 71.2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | |||
| 18 | | T. Duerod | 1 | 10/20/1979 | @ | 27 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 57.1 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 57.1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 19 |  | G. Bailey | 1 | 10/19/1979 | @ | 12 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 66.7 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 64.4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |||
| 20 |  | M.L. Carr | 1 | 10/19/1979 | vs | 25 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 50.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 4 | 4 | 100.0 | 61.8 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | |||
| 21 | | P. Chenier | 1 | 10/19/1979 | @ | 16 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 71.4 | 1 | 100.0 | 1 | 2 | 50.0 | 76.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 22 | | K. Grevey | 1 | 10/19/1979 | @ | 33 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 28.6 | 1 | 100.0 | 4 | 4 | 100.0 | 41.2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | |||
| 23 |  | B. Holland | 1 | 10/19/1979 | vs | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 40.0 | 2 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| 24 | | P. Westphal | 1 | 10/19/1979 | @ | 41 | 29 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 20 | 55.0 | 3 | 33.3 | 6 | 8 | 75.0 | 61.6 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | |||
| 25 | | M. Ray Richardson | 1 | 10/19/1979 | @ | 23 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | 62.5 | 3 | |||||||||||
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