most points in a quarter while playing under 3 minutes all-time

Karl-Anthony Towns and Paul George are tied for the most points when playing <3 minutes in a quarter, with 16 points.

Interpreted as:

most points by a player in a quarter while playing under 3 minutes all-time

	NAME	PTS	MIN	QUARTER	DATE	TM		OPP	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Karl-Anthony Towns K. Towns	16	0	2Q	3/28/2018	MIN	vs	ATL	2	2	0	0	6	8	75.0	2	2	100.0	2	2	100.0	90.1	0	2	2	0	+6
2	Paul George P. George	16	0	1Q	1/23/2018	OKC	vs	BKN	3	1	0	0	6	10	60.0	1	3	33.3	3	3	100.0	70.7	0	3	0	0	+4
3	John Wall J. Wall	14	0	1Q	12/19/2017	WAS	vs	NOP	3	6	1	0	5	8	62.5	3	5	60.0	1	2	50.0	78.8	1	2	1	0	+17
4	Dwight Howard D. Howard	13	0	3Q	11/22/2017	CHA	vs	WAS	6	0	0	0	5	5	100.0	0	0		3	6	50.0	85.1	2	4	0	0	0
5	John Wall J. Wall	11	0	3Q	11/22/2017	WAS	@	CHA	0	1	0	0	4	7	57.1	0	1	0.0	3	4	75.0	62.8	0	0	0	1	0
6	Cam Thomas C. Thomas	10	3	2Q	2/1/2023	BKN	@	BOS	0	0	0	0	4	4	100.0	1	1	100.0	1	1	100.0	112.6	0	0	0	0	+2
7	Jaden Hardy J. Hardy	10	2	4Q	12/5/2022	DAL	vs	PHX	0	0	0	0	4	5	80.0	0	0		2	2	100.0	85.0	0	0	0	2	-2
8	Tobias Harris T. Harris	10	0	2Q	12/15/2018	LAC	@	OKC	3	0	1	0	4	7	57.1	1	3	33.3	1	1	100.0	67.2	0	3	2	0	-6
9	Landry Shamet L. Shamet	10	2	4Q	12/12/2018	PHI	vs	BKN	1	0	2	0	3	5	60.0	3	4	75.0	1	3	33.3	79.1	1	0	0	1	+7
10	DeAndre Jordan D. Jordan	10	0	3Q	1/4/2018	LAC	vs	OKC	6	0	1	0	3	4	75.0	0	0		4	4	100.0	86.8	2	4	2	1	+3
11	Alec Burks A. Burks	10	-6	3Q	12/20/2017	UTA	@	OKC	3	1	1	0	2	4	50.0	1	1	100.0	5	6	83.3	75.3	1	2	0	0	-1
12	Paul George P. George	10	-3	3Q	12/20/2017	OKC	vs	UTA	2	1	0	0	3	6	50.0	1	2	50.0	3	4	75.0	64.4	0	2	0	1	+13
13	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	10	3	4Q	4/10/2017	LAC	vs	HOU	0	0	0	0	4	5	80.0	2	3	66.7	0	1	0.0	91.9	0	0	0	0	+8
14	Doug McDermott D. McDermott	9	2	4Q	3/25/2025	SAC	vs	OKC	0	0	0	0	3	3	100.0	3	3	100.0	0	0		150.0	0	0	0	0	+9
15	Tim Hardaway Jr. T. Hardaway Jr.	9	3	3Q	3/9/2024	DAL	@	DET	1	0	0	0	3	3	100.0	3	3	100.0	0	1	0.0	130.8	0	1	0	0	+7
16	Christian Wood C. Wood	9	3	3Q	12/1/2019	DET	vs	SAS	2	0	0	0	3	3	100.0	1	1	100.0	2	2	100.0	116.0	1	1	0	0	+13
17	Langston Galloway L. Galloway	9	3	3Q	1/9/2019	DET	@	LAL	0	0	0	0	3	3	100.0	3	3	100.0	0	0		150.0	0	0	0	0	+2
18	Paul George P. George	9	-5	2Q	12/15/2018	OKC	vs	LAC	1	3	0	0	3	4	75.0	2	2	100.0	1	1	100.0	101.4	0	1	0	1	+11
19	Gary Harris G. Harris	9	0	3Q	12/26/2017	DEN	vs	UTA	0	1	0	0	4	5	80.0	1	1	100.0	0	0		90.0	0	0	0	1	+1
20	Aaron Wiggins A. Wiggins	8	3	4Q	3/19/2025	OKC	vs	PHI	0	1	0	0	3	4	75.0	2	3	66.7	0	0		100.0	0	0	0	0	+6
21	Ben Sheppard B. Sheppard	8	3	1Q	2/6/2025	IND	@	LAC	0	0	0	0	3	3	100.0	2	2	100.0	0	0		133.3	0	0	0	1	-5
22	Steven Adams S. Adams	8	2	3Q	1/25/2025	HOU	@	CLE	1	0	0	0	1	1	100.0	0	0		6	7	85.7	98.0	0	1	0	0	+8
23	Simone Fontecchio S. Fontecchio	8	2	3Q	1/6/2025	DET	vs	POR	1	0	0	0	2	2	100.0	2	2	100.0	2	3	66.7	120.5	1	0	0	0	+2
24	Garrett Temple G. Temple	8	2	1Q	3/27/2024	TOR	vs	NYK	0	0	0	0	3	4	75.0	2	3	66.7	0	0		100.0	0	0	0	0	+3
25	Malaki Branham M. Branham	8	3	3Q	3/27/2024	SAS	@	UTA	0	0	0	0	3	3	100.0	2	2	100.0	0	0		133.3	0	0	0	0	-2