most points in a game without a 3 pointer prior to 1980-81

Before 1980-81, George Gervin dropped the most points in a game with exactly 0 three-pointers, with 53 points against the Nuggets on January 8, 1980.

Interpreted as:

most points in a regular-season game without a 3 pointer by a player prior to 1980-81

	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	George Gervin G. Gervin	53	0	1/8/1980	SAS	vs	DEN	43	3	2	3	1	23	40	57.5	0		7	8	87.5	60.9	1	2	2	2
2	Larry Kenon L. Kenon	51	0	3/30/1980	SAS	vs	DET	36	7	1	0	0	23	32	71.9	0		5	6	83.3	73.6				4
3	Adrian Dantley A. Dantley	50	0	11/27/1979	UTA	vs	LAL	45	9	2	2	0	21	27	77.8	0		8	10	80.0	79.6	2	7	3	3
4	Otis Birdsong O. Birdsong	49	0	1/29/1980	KCK	@	DEN	40	4	3	3	1	20	25	80.0	0		9	15	60.0	77.5	1	3	2	3
5	World B. Free W. B. Free	49	0	12/16/1979	SDC	vs	DET	40	6	5	0	0	21	33	63.6	0		7	12	58.3	64.0			6	1
6	Adrian Dantley A. Dantley	47	0	2/5/1980	UTA	vs	CHI	44	8	4	1	0	15	23	65.2	0		17	17	100.0	77.1	3	5	4	1
7	Dan Issel D. Issel	47	0	1/31/1980	DEN	vs	NJN	41	8	2	4	2	14	24	58.3	0		19	23	82.6	68.9	4	4	1	4
8	George Gervin G. Gervin	47	0	11/13/1979	SAS	vs	GSW	48	3	3	1	1	22	33	66.7	0		3	4	75.0	67.6	1	2	3	2
9	Mike Mitchell M. Mitchell	46	0	2/8/1980	CLE	@	HOU	43	14	0	2	0	20	36	55.6	0		6	7	85.7	58.9	8	6	2	4
10	George Gervin G. Gervin	46	0	12/27/1979	SAS	vs	PHI	44	7	3	4	0	14	25	56.0	2	0.0	18	21	85.7	67.2				2
11	World B. Free W. B. Free	46	0	10/12/1979	SDC	vs	LAL	41	7	5	7	1	19	29	65.5	0		8	8	100.0	70.7	2	5	8	4
12	Adrian Dantley A. Dantley	45	0	12/18/1979	UTA	vs	CLE	43	11	5	5	0	15	28	53.6	0		15	18	83.3	62.6	5	6	2	3
13	Moses Malone M. Malone	45	0	11/13/1979	HOU	@	CHI	43	11	2	1	2	17	25	68.0	0		11	13	84.6	73.2	5	6	6	4
14	World B. Free W. B. Free	45	0	11/7/1979	SDC	@	PHX	46	3	5	1	0	17	26	65.4	0		11	14	78.6	70.0	2	1	2	4
15	World B. Free W. B. Free	44	0	3/15/1980	SDC	vs	PHX	40	6	3	2	0	16	28	57.1	1	0.0	12	13	92.3	65.2	4	2	0	3
16	Billy Knight B. Knight	44	0	1/25/1980	IND	vs	SDC	43	13	7	4	1	20	29	69.0	1	0.0	4	6	66.7	69.5			3	2
17	Moses Malone M. Malone	44	0	10/17/1979	HOU	vs	IND	40	29	0	1	2	16	22	72.7	0		12	14	85.7	78.1	16	13	8	3
18	Julius Erving J. Erving	44	0	10/13/1979	PHI	vs	HOU	44	6	9	1	0	15	22	68.2	0		14	14	100.0	78.1			1	4
19	Elvin Hayes E. Hayes	43	0	3/16/1980	WAS	vs	NYK	48	13	1			17	25	68.0			9	12	75.0	71.0				2
20	George McGinnis G. McGinnis	43	0	1/9/1980	DEN	@	HOU	42	12	5	4	0	14	17	82.4	0		15	17	88.2	87.8	2	10	3	5
21	Elvin Hayes E. Hayes	42	0	3/4/1980	WAS	vs	DET	39	10	3			18	27	66.7			6	6	100.0	70.9				2
22	World B. Free W. B. Free	42	0	2/27/1980	SDC	@	DET	45	8	7	1	0	16	27	59.3	1	0.0	10	12	83.3	65.1			4	4
23	George Gervin G. Gervin	42	0	2/17/1980	SAS	vs	MIL	38	6	5	0	3	18	24	75.0	0		6	7	85.7	77.5			7	3
24	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	42	0	1/29/1980	LAL	@	CLE	60	17	7	1	8	18	35	51.4	0		6	8	75.0	54.5	2	15	8	6
25	George Gervin G. Gervin	42	0	1/19/1980	SAS	vs	WAS	43	5	3	0	3	18	34	52.9	1	0.0	6	7	85.7	56.6				1

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