highest scoring average in game 3's nba playoffs

Michael Jordan has put up the most career points per game in the playoffs when making exactly 0.0 three-pointers per game, with 33.4 per game.

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highest scoring average in game 3's by a player NBA playoffs

	NAME	PPG	3PM	GP	MPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	33.4	0.8	179	41.8	6.4	5.7	2.1	0.9	12.2	25.1	48.7	2.5	33.2	8.2	9.9	82.8	56.8	1.7	4.7	3.1	7,474	5,987	1,152	1,022	376	158	546	541	+294
2	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	30.9	3.3	55	39.2	9.2	7.8	1.6	0.5	10.8	23.3	46.1	9.5	34.7	6.0	8.2	73.7	57.3	0.7	8.5	4.2	2,155	1,697	504	427	89	26	232	150	+73
3	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	29.7	1.7	71	45.1	3.8	6.0	2.1	0.2	10.6	26.5	40.1	5.3	32.7	6.7	8.8	76.4	48.9	0.8	3.0	3.1	3,203	2,111	273	425	147	14	221	157	-138
4	Kevin Durant K. Durant	29.3	2.2	170	40.5	7.8	4.2	1.0	1.2	9.9	20.8	47.7	6.1	35.6	7.4	8.5	86.8	59.9	0.8	7.0	3.2	6,892	4,985	1,327	709	172	204	550	427	+643
5	LeBron James L. James	28.4	1.6	292	41.3	9.0	7.2	1.7	1.0	10.2	20.5	49.6	4.9	33.3	6.4	8.6	74.1	58.4	1.5	7.5	3.6	12,062	8,289	2,628	2,095	493	284	1,047	663	+1270
6	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	28.3	3.2	63	36.8	5.0	4.8	1.4	0.3	9.8	22.3	44.0	8.9	35.5	5.6	6.7	82.5	56.1	0.8	4.2	3.0	2,320	1,783	314	303	86	21	190	156	-9
7	Paolo Banchero P. Banchero	28.0	2.3	12	38.3	8.5	4.1	0.9	0.7	10.2	22.8	44.7	5.6	41.8	5.3	7.5	71.1	53.7	2.2	6.3	3.9	459	336	102	49	11	8	47	32	-16
8	Devin Booker D. Booker	28.0	2.3	47	40.0	5.1	5.3	1.0	0.4	9.9	20.3	48.6	6.0	38.9	5.9	6.6	89.9	60.3	0.8	4.3	3.3	1,879	1,315	238	247	49	18	156	156	+7
9	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	27.4	1.8	94	38.3	12.3	7.6	1.2	0.9	10.4	19.8	52.5	4.5	38.8	4.9	5.9	82.6	61.2	3.0	9.3	3.3	3,601	2,580	1,159	712	116	82	311	314	+138
10	De'Aaron Fox D. Fox	27.4	3.0	7	38.5	5.4	7.7	2.1	0.6	10.0	23.6	42.4	9.0	33.3	4.4	5.9	75.6	52.4	1.7	3.7	4.0	270	192	38	54	15	4	28	23	-20
11	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	27.0	0.7	84	36.2	12.2	5.3	1.0	1.3	10.1	19.1	53.2	2.8	25.9	6.0	9.6	62.5	58.0	2.4	9.7	3.4	3,041	2,270	1,022	446	85	110	283	271	+243
12	Anthony Edwards A. Edwards	26.9	3.1	42	39.5	6.6	5.5	1.4	0.9	9.4	20.1	46.8	8.2	37.7	5.0	6.3	78.8	58.7	1.0	5.6	2.7	1,659	1,130	279	230	57	37	114	104	+72
13	Stephen Curry S. Curry	26.8	4.2	155	37.2	5.3	6.1	1.5	0.3	9.0	19.7	45.4	10.6	39.7	4.7	5.2	88.9	60.8	0.7	4.6	3.3	5,772	4,147	828	953	231	50	516	388	+971
14	Billy Ray Bates B. Ray Bates	26.7	0.5	6	36.5	2.8	4.2	1.7	0.3	11.0	20.2	54.5	1.3	37.5	4.2	5.2	80.6	59.4	0.8	2.0	4.3	219	160	17	25	10	2	26	24
15	Trae Young T. Young	26.4	2.6	27	37.8	3.4	9.0	1.2	0.1	8.6	21.4	40.2	8.7	29.7	6.6	7.8	85.2	53.3	0.6	2.8	4.4	1,020	713	92	243	33	4	119	59	-102
16	Anthony Davis A. Davis	26.1	0.6	60	37.6	11.8	2.8	1.3	2.2	9.6	17.7	54.2	1.9	31.3	6.4	7.6	84.0	62.2	2.5	9.3	2.3	2,258	1,566	705	170	76	129	140	172	+202
17	Ja Morant J. Morant	26.0	2.0	22	36.8	6.2	8.1	1.4	0.3	9.2	20.7	44.5	5.8	34.4	5.6	7.5	75.0	54.2	1.3	4.9	3.3	809	573	136	179	31	7	72	46	-46
18	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	25.9	0.0	145	39.6	11.2	3.2	1.7	3.3	10.4	19.6	52.8	0.1	22.2	5.1	7.1	71.9	56.9	3.2	7.9	2.9	5,749	3,755	1,621	458	245	472	424	562	-29
19	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	25.8	1.5	46	37.0	5.4	5.7	1.4	1.0	8.9	19.1	46.8	4.4	35.0	6.4	7.4	85.9	57.7	0.8	4.6	2.2	1,701	1,186	248	262	64	45	102	130	+145
20	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	25.6	1.3	220	39.3	5.1	4.7	1.4	0.7	9.2	20.5	44.8	4.0	33.1	6.0	7.4	81.6	54.1	1.0	4.0	2.9	8,641	5,640	1,119	1,040	310	144	647	660	+555
21	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	25.4	0.5	56	38.8	6.7	2.6	1.3	0.6	9.2	21.4	42.9	1.7	28.1	6.5	7.9	82.4	51.0	2.8	3.9	2.7	2,172	1,423	375	143	73	35	153	123	-6
22	Jalen Brunson J. Brunson	25.4	2.0	67	35.6	3.9	5.4	0.7	0.1	9.0	19.7	46.0	5.8	34.2	5.3	6.4	82.6	56.4	0.7	3.1	2.0	2,384	1,701	260	361	48	9	136	155	+5
23	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	25.3	1.0	145	40.6	10.0	2.5	1.0	0.9	8.4	18.2	46.2	2.8	36.5	7.4	8.3	89.2	57.7	1.5	8.5	2.3	5,893	3,663	1,446	360	149	129	328	407	+48
24	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	25.2	3.3	68	39.5	4.4	6.1	1.1	0.3	8.0	19.5	40.9	8.9	36.8	6.0	6.8	89.3	56.2	0.7	3.7	3.0	2,689	1,715	296	414	78	21	203	155	-264
25	Cade Cunningham C. Cunningham	25.0	0.8	6	41.3	8.3	8.7	1.8	1.3	9.2	21.5	42.6	4.7	17.9	5.8	7.0	83.3	50.9	1.0	7.3	5.3	248	150	50	52	11	8	32	20	+9

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Wed 1/7	CHI	@	DET	7:00 PM
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