most playoff 3s before 5/25/1988

Before May 25, 1988, Michael Cooper buried the most threes in the playoffs, with 89 three-pointers.

Interpreted as:
most playoff 3s by a player before 5/25/1988
NAME3PMGPMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Michael Cooper
M. Cooper
89
131
29.3
10.4
3.7
4.4
1.3
0.6
3.9
8.0
48.7
1.6
41.8
2.0
2.4
83.5
57.8
1.6
3,838
1,364
481
577
174
79
216
379
2Danny Ainge
D. Ainge
70
106
29.3
10.9
2.5
4.3
4.3
9.1
47.6
1.7
40.0
1.6
1.9
83.3
54.9
3,110
1,153
261
461
315
3Larry Bird
L. Bird
70
139
42.5
24.7
10.6
6.4
9.3
19.3
48.1
1.4
35.5
5.7
6.4
89.2
56.0
5,901
3,440
1,474
895
399
4Mike Evans
M. Evans
44
58
18.5
9.1
1.8
2.8
0.7
0.1
3.5
8.4
41.4
2.7
28.4
1.4
1.7
82.5
49.8
0.3
1.5
1.7
1,071
526
106
160
43
7
97
127
5Byron Scott
B. Scott
40
82
29.9
14.7
3.0
2.5
1.4
0.2
6.0
12.1
49.4
1.4
34.8
2.2
2.8
79.3
55.0
0.9
2.1
1.6
2,453
1,204
250
208
116
13
129
208
6Darrell Griffith
D. Griffith
35
26
33.1
17.5
4.1
2.8
1.4
0.3
6.8
15.6
43.6
3.7
36.5
2.5
3.5
70.7
50.8
1.0
3.0
2.6
861
454
106
74
37
9
68
50
7Mike Dunleavy
M. Dunleavy
32
55
20.9
8.1
1.8
3.4
0.0
3.0
6.9
43.4
1.8
31.7
1.5
1.8
85.9
52.8
1,150
447
98
185
2
158
8Scott Wedman
S. Wedman
27
74
21.0
9.7
3.4
1.7
0.6
0.2
4.1
9.0
45.8
0.9
38.6
1.1
1.6
68.6
50.1
1,557
720
250
125
48
14
154
9Dale Ellis
D. Ellis
26
38
26.7
15.0
4.4
1.6
0.8
0.3
6.1
13.5
45.5
2.0
33.8
2.0
2.6
78.6
51.3
1.9
2.5
1.5
1,015
569
169
61
29
12
58
97
10Bob Hansen
B. Hansen
25
32
23.2
9.7
2.6
1.9
0.4
0.1
3.7
7.4
50.4
1.5
53.2
1.5
1.9
77.0
59.0
0.8
1.8
1.4
742
310
83
62
14
2
46
82
11Craig Hodges
C. Hodges
23
34
26.5
10.2
1.8
3.2
1.6
0.1
4.2
8.8
47.5
2.1
32.4
1.2
1.5
82.0
54.2
0.6
1.1
1.3
902
348
60
109
53
5
45
89
12Isiah Thomas
I. Thomas
23
43
39.0
23.7
4.7
9.8
2.6
0.5
8.8
19.2
45.9
1.7
31.1
5.6
7.3
76.4
52.9
1.5
3.2
3.4
1,679
1,021
200
422
110
21
146
158
13Kyle Macy
K. Macy
20
44
28.6
9.1
2.5
3.9
1.0
0.1
3.8
8.3
46.6
1.2
37.7
1.0
1.2
83.0
52.0
1.3
1,258
402
112
170
44
3
56
99
14Dennis Johnson
D. Johnson
20
127
39.3
17.6
4.2
6.1
1.5
0.5
6.6
15.0
44.2
0.7
21.5
4.2
5.0
83.1
51.2
2.7
4,997
2,230
533
779
185
58
348
404
15Michael Adams
M. Adams
19
14
34.9
11.9
3.1
5.3
1.8
0.1
3.9
11.1
35.5
4.5
30.2
2.6
3.1
84.1
47.6
0.6
2.4
2.0
488
166
43
74
25
2
28
25
16Brian Winters
B. Winters
19
29
31.8
12.8
2.8
4.1
1.2
0.2
5.1
11.1
46.0
1.7
39.6
1.9
2.3
83.6
52.8
2.3
921
371
81
119
35
6
67
92
17Derek Harper
D. Harper
18
39
31.0
10.3
2.2
5.8
1.7
0.2
4.1
8.8
46.9
1.4
32.7
1.6
2.3
70.8
52.7
0.7
1.5
1.5
1,209
403
84
225
67
7
60
90
18Mike McGee
M. McGee
18
58
13.7
8.1
1.8
0.9
0.4
0.0
3.3
6.6
51.1
0.9
33.3
1.1
1.7
62.6
55.2
1.1
0.7
0.9
794
468
105
53
22
2
52
94
19John Lucas
J. Lucas
18
29
23.0
10.9
2.1
4.4
4.1
9.8
41.7
2.3
27.3
2.1
2.8
74.4
49.4
0.6
1.6
668
315
62
128
42
20Sleepy Floyd
S. Floyd
17
14
40.6
20.6
2.6
9.7
1.9
0.1
7.4
15.2
48.4
2.6
47.2
4.7
5.2
90.4
59.0
0.9
1.8
3.4
568
289
37
136
26
2
47
34
21Fat Lever
F. Lever
15
43
29.5
12.1
5.4
6.0
1.8
0.2
4.6
11.0
42.1
0.8
44.1
2.5
3.3
75.7
48.7
1.7
3.7
1.6
1,270
522
231
257
77
8
70
107
22Brad Davis
B. Davis
14
39
21.9
8.0
1.8
3.7
0.4
0.2
2.9
5.4
53.1
0.8
45.2
1.9
2.3
84.3
62.6
0.3
1.6
1.6
855
313
72
145
14
6
63
77
23Sidney Moncrief
S. Moncrief
14
79
37.4
17.7
5.4
3.8
1.2
0.4
5.8
12.2
47.9
0.6
31.1
5.8
7.2
80.7
57.5
2.7
2,951
1,396
427
302
98
34
210
252
24Mike Bratz
M. Bratz
14
20
18.2
7.7
1.9
3.3
0.9
0.0
3.1
7.1
43.0
2.1
33.3
0.9
1.1
85.7
50.9
1.4
364
154
38
65
18
0
27
40
25Fred Brown
F. Brown
13
30
19.6
11.3
2.1
2.2
0.4
0.0
4.8
10.9
44.3
1.4
31.0
1.2
1.5
79.5
48.8
0.8
1.3
1.2
589
338
63
65
12
1
35
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