most points in a game without a 3 pointer 1996/97

Hakeem Olajuwon scored the most points in a game with exactly 0 three-pointers in 1996-97, with 48 points versus the Nuggets on January 30, 1997.

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most points in a regular-season game without a 3 pointer by a player 1996/97

	NAME	PTS	3PM	DATE	TM		OPP	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	48	0	1/30/1997	HOU	vs	DEN	43	10	3	0	2	24	40	60.0	0		0	0		60.0	3	7	3	3	-1
2	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	45	0	12/28/1996	CHI	vs	CLE	42	7	5	3	0	13	25	52.0	1	0.0	19	20	95.0	66.6	2	5	4	4	+17
3	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	44	0	11/23/1996	CHI	@	UTA	39	6	4	2	1	17	32	53.1	6	0.0	10	12	83.3	59.0	1	5	2	3	-7
4	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	42	0	4/17/1997	LAL	vs	SAC	33	12	3	1	1	15	31	48.4	1	0.0	12	14	85.7	56.5	6	6	3	2	+9
5	Karl Malone K. Malone	41	0	3/7/1997	UTA	vs	DET	42	6	4	1	0	15	26	57.7	0		11	15	73.3	62.9	1	5	3	2	+16
6	Karl Malone K. Malone	41	0	3/3/1997	UTA	@	GSW	42	7	6	2	0	16	25	64.0	0		9	11	81.8	68.7	2	5	3	2	+13
7	Karl Malone K. Malone	41	0	1/22/1997	UTA	@	PHX	41	8	4	2	4	16	28	57.1	0		9	12	75.0	61.6	2	6	1	2	+21
8	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	41	0	12/18/1996	LAL	@	MIL	43	13	2	2	3	15	25	60.0	0		11	16	68.8	64.0	1	12	4	4	+14
9	Rik Smits R. Smits	40	0	3/30/1997	IND	vs	LAC	42	9	0	3	1	17	28	60.7	0		6	7	85.7	64.4	3	6	4	3	+13
10	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	40	0	12/3/1996	CHI	@	MIL	41	6	6	0	0	13	27	48.1	0		14	17	82.4	58.0	2	4	3	1	-9
11	Bryant Reeves B. Reeves	39	0	4/19/1997	VAN	@	PHX	44	11	3	0	1	18	28	64.3	0		3	3	100.0	66.5	3	8	3	4	+13
12	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	39	0	4/13/1997	LAL	vs	UTA	41	13	2	1	2	14	29	48.3	0		11	18	61.1	52.8	5	8	1	2	-2
13	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	39	0	3/25/1997	HOU	vs	MIN	41	11	4	1	6	13	25	52.0	2	0.0	13	13	100.0	63.5	3	8	3	3	+15
14	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	39	0	3/22/1997	HOU	vs	PHX	41	7	3	2	0	18	31	58.1	0		3	3	100.0	60.3	1	6	1	1	+3
15	Patrick Ewing P. Ewing	39	0	3/7/1997	NYK	@	BOS	36	9	1	1	1	16	25	64.0	0		7	8	87.5	68.4	3	6	2	3	+1
16	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	39	0	1/14/1997	CHI	vs	WAS	40	2	2	2	0	14	27	51.9	4	0.0	11	11	100.0	61.2	0	2	0	3	-9
17	Grant Hill G. Hill	38	0	4/20/1997	DET	@	IND	39	7	7	1	0	12	20	60.0	0		14	21	66.7	65.0	0	7	3	3	+6
18	Karl Malone K. Malone	38	0	3/14/1997	UTA	@	IND	36	11	3	0	0	11	21	52.4	0		16	19	84.2	64.7	3	8	3	2	-3
19	Elden Campbell E. Campbell	38	0	2/27/1997	LAL	@	WAS	42	7	2	2	1	15	25	60.0	0		8	10	80.0	64.6	2	5	0	3	+20
20	Karl Malone K. Malone	38	0	1/8/1997	UTA	@	MIL	45	19	8	3	0	15	27	55.6	0		8	10	80.0	60.5	5	14	6	5	-3
21	Rasheed Wallace R. Wallace	38	0	12/21/1996	POR	@	SAC	40	5	2	1	1	17	25	68.0	1	0.0	4	5	80.0	69.9	2	3	3	2	+6
22	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	38	0	11/9/1996	HOU	vs	UTA	33	9	2	1	1	14	27	51.9	0		10	12	83.3	58.9	4	5	1	4	+7
23	Marcus Camby M. Camby	37	0	3/23/1997	TOR	vs	ATL	44	8	3	1	2	15	28	53.6	0		7	8	87.5	58.7	1	7	0	4	-4
24	Kevin Johnson K. Johnson	37	0	3/18/1997	PHX	vs	LAC	44	1	10	1	0	10	20	50.0	2	0.0	17	18	94.4	66.3	0	1	6	3	-2
25	Karl Malone K. Malone	37	0	3/17/1997	UTA	@	CHA	39	9	5	1	0	14	22	63.6	0		9	12	75.0	67.8	2	7	1	2	+16

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