John Roche had the most three-point attempts in a game in 1981-82, with 13 attempts against the Seattle SuperSonics on January 9, 1982.
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most threes attempted by a player in a regular-season game 1981-82| NAME | 3PA | DATE | TM | OPP | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | FGM | FGA | FG% | 3PM | 3P% | FTM | FTA | FT% | TS% | OREB | DREB | TOV | PF | +/- | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | J. Roche | 13 | 1/9/1982 | vs | 26 | 24 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 14 | 57.1 | 8 | 61.5 | 0 | 0 | 85.7 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| 2 |  | J. Hassett | 9 | 11/24/1981 | @ | 24 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 21.4 | 1 | 11.1 | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 30.2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||
| 3 | | J. Hassett | 9 | 11/7/1981 | vs | 24 | 19 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 16 | 50.0 | 3 | 33.3 | 0 | 0 | 59.4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| 4 |  | R. Theus | 8 | 1/12/1982 | vs | 32 | 29 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 22 | 50.0 | 2 | 25.0 | 5 | 5 | 100.0 | 59.9 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |||
| 5 |  | M. Bratz | 7 | 4/14/1982 | @ | 22 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 33.3 | 3 | 42.9 | 4 | 4 | 100.0 | 54.5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | |||
| 6 |  | A. Toney | 7 | 3/21/1982 | vs | 26 | 38 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 27 | 48.1 | 4 | 57.1 | 8 | 9 | 88.9 | 61.4 | 4 | |||||||
| 7 | | J. Hassett | 7 | 12/15/1981 | vs | 16 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 30.0 | 2 | 28.6 | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 46.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |||
| 8 | | J. Hassett | 7 | 10/30/1981 | @ | 16 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 45.5 | 2 | 28.6 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 56.8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||
| 9 | | J. Hassett | 6 | 4/16/1982 | @ | 19 | 20 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 58.3 | 4 | 66.7 | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 77.6 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | |||
| 10 |  | M. Dunleavy | 6 | 4/11/1982 | @ | 17 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 30.0 | 2 | 33.3 | 0 | 0 | 40.0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| 11 | | M. Bratz | 6 | 3/12/1982 | vs | 27 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 15 | 33.3 | 4 | 66.7 | 0 | 0 | 46.7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | ||||
| 12 | | A. Toney | 6 | 2/27/1982 | @ | 20 | 29 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 18 | 61.1 | 3 | 50.0 | 4 | 5 | 80.0 | 71.8 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | |||
| 13 | | J. Hassett | 6 | 2/23/1982 | @ | 18 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 44.4 | 3 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | 61.1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | ||||
| 14 |  | F. Johnson | 6 | 2/18/1982 | @ | 26 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 16.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 6 | 83.3 | 30.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
| 15 |  | D. Buse | 6 | 2/6/1982 | vs | 34 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 22.2 | 1 | 16.7 | 1 | 2 | 50.0 | 30.4 | 1 | 2 | |||||||
| 16 |  | B. Winters | 6 | 1/23/1982 | @ | 28 | 19 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 18 | 44.4 | 3 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | 52.8 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | ||||
| 17 | | D. Buse | 6 | 1/22/1982 | vs | 35 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 40.0 | 2 | 33.3 | 1 | 2 | 50.0 | 50.6 | 3 | |||||||
| 18 | | M. Dunleavy | 6 | 1/15/1982 | @ | 21 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 45.5 | 4 | 66.7 | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 67.3 | 2 | 2 | |||||
| 19 |  | M. Ray Richardson | 5 | 4/11/1982 | @ | 36 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 37.5 | 1 | 20.0 | 1 | 3 | 33.3 | 40.4 | 2 | ||||||||
| 20 | | J. Hassett | 5 | 4/7/1982 | vs | 9 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 42.9 | 3 | 60.0 | 0 | 0 | 64.3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| 21 |  | D. Griffith | 5 | 3/29/1982 | vs | 42 | 28 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 26 | 46.2 | 3 | 60.0 | 1 | 2 | 50.0 | 52.1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 3 | |||
| 22 | | D. Buse | 5 | 3/28/1982 | vs | 36 | 19 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 17 | 52.9 | 1 | 20.0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 54.5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | |||
| 23 | | R. Sobers | 5 | 3/19/1982 | @ | 31 | 18 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 12 | 66.7 | 2 | 40.0 | 0 | 0 | 75.0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | ||||
| 24 | | C. Russell | 5 | 3/13/1982 | vs | 30 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 50.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 50.0 | 2 | |||||||||
| 25 | | B. Winters | 5 | 3/10/1982 | vs | 28 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 18 | 33.3 | 1 | 20.0 | 6 | 9 | 66.7 | 43.3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | |||
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