which nba players attempted the most three pointers in a single game from 1979-80 to 1988-89

Between the 1979-80 and 1988-89 seasons, Michael Adams had the most three-point attempts in a game, with 15 attempts against the Jazz on March 14, 1988.

Interpreted as:
Which NBA players attempted the most three pointers in a single regular-season game from 1979-80 to 1988-89?
NAME3PADATETMOPPMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKFGMFGAFG%3PM3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTOVPF+/-
1Michael Adams
M. Adams
15
3/14/1988
DEN DEN
vs
UTA UTA
44
20
1
7
4
0
7
20
35.0
5
33.3
1
2
50.0
47.9
0
1
1
4
2Ricky Berry
R. Berry
14
2/9/1989
SAC SAC
vs
GSW GSW
32
34
8
3
2
1
11
23
47.8
7
50.0
5
5
100.0
67.5
2
6
1
4
3Danny Ainge
D. Ainge
13
3/4/1989
SAC SAC
@
GSW GSW
40
45
7
4
1
0
16
29
55.2
6
46.2
7
8
87.5
69.2
4
3
6
6
4Chuck Person
C. Person
13
3/2/1989
IND IND
@
GSW GSW
51
32
10
6
1
1
13
31
41.9
4
30.8
2
3
66.7
49.5
6
4
2
2
5John Roche
J. Roche
13
1/9/1982
DEN DEN
vs
SEA SEA
26
24
1
5
1
0
8
14
57.1
8
61.5
0
0
85.7
0
1
2
0
6Michael Adams
M. Adams
12
1/21/1989
DEN DEN
vs
MIL MIL
39
28
4
5
1
0
10
20
50.0
8
66.7
0
2
0.0
67.0
1
3
3
4
7Trent Tucker
T. Tucker
12
1/18/1989
NYK NYK
@
GSW GSW
24
9
4
1
1
0
3
13
23.1
3
25.0
0
0
34.6
1
3
1
3
8Derek Harper
D. Harper
12
1/9/1989
DAL DAL
vs
PHI PHI
41
38
2
3
3
2
16
29
55.2
6
50.0
0
1
0.0
64.5
0
2
2
4
9Danny Ainge
D. Ainge
12
3/9/1988
BOS BOS
vs
SAS SAS
39
16
2
8
0
0
6
15
40.0
4
33.3
0
0
53.3
0
2
1
1
10Ron Lee
R. Lee
12
3/16/1980
DET DET
vs
HOU HOU
42
20
5
6
9
0
7
17
41.2
6
50.0
0
2
0.0
55.9
4
3
11Rick Barry
R. Barry
12
2/9/1980
HOU HOU
vs
UTA UTA
28
24
1
6
1
1
8
14
57.1
8
66.7
0
0
85.7
2
3
12Michael Adams
M. Adams
11
4/4/1989
DEN DEN
vs
SAC SAC
34
25
4
6
2
1
6
18
33.3
1
9.1
12
13
92.3
52.7
0
4
1
3
13Harold Pressley
H. Pressley
11
3/4/1989
SAC SAC
@
GSW GSW
36
20
9
2
3
1
7
16
43.8
6
54.5
0
0
62.5
3
6
2
0
14Reggie Miller
R. Miller
11
3/2/1989
IND IND
@
GSW GSW
47
36
10
6
1
3
11
19
57.9
6
54.5
8
10
80.0
76.9
2
8
2
3
15Michael Adams
M. Adams
11
2/27/1989
DEN DEN
@
GSW GSW
36
21
2
8
1
0
7
15
46.7
5
45.5
2
2
100.0
66.1
1
1
2
5
16Sleepy Floyd
S. Floyd
11
2/27/1989
HOU HOU
vs
WAS WAS
34
18
3
4
0
0
6
17
35.3
4
36.4
2
2
100.0
50.3
1
2
1
3
17Michael Adams
M. Adams
11
12/22/1988
DEN DEN
vs
PHX PHX
42
20
7
3
3
0
6
19
31.6
3
27.3
5
5
100.0
47.2
2
5
2
2
18Danny Ainge
D. Ainge
11
4/17/1988
BOS BOS
@
WAS WAS
41
21
2
9
2
0
8
15
53.3
5
45.5
0
0
70.0
0
2
3
3
19Michael Adams
M. Adams
11
4/15/1988
DEN DEN
vs
HOU HOU
42
26
4
1
2
0
10
19
52.6
5
45.5
1
1
100.0
66.9
1
3
0
3
20Danny Ainge
D. Ainge
11
3/25/1988
BOS BOS
vs
PHI PHI
38
12
5
6
1
1
4
12
33.3
4
36.4
0
0
50.0
1
4
1
3
21Michael Adams
M. Adams
11
3/18/1988
DEN DEN
@
UTA UTA
43
22
3
8
1
0
8
20
40.0
4
36.4
2
2
100.0
52.7
0
3
2
2
22John Bagley
J. Bagley
11
2/2/1988
NJN NJN
@
SAS SAS
45
22
5
6
0
0
8
19
42.1
5
45.5
1
1
100.0
56.6
0
5
2
0
23Mike Evans
M. Evans
11
1/4/1988
DEN DEN
@
CLE CLE
28
28
0
2
2
0
10
19
52.6
6
54.5
2
2
100.0
70.4
0
0
5
1
24Danny Ainge
D. Ainge
10
4/6/1989
SAC SAC
@
SAS SAS
37
20
2
5
1
0
6
16
37.5
3
30.0
5
6
83.3
53.6
1
1
5
4
25Ricky Berry
R. Berry
10
4/1/1989
SAC SAC
vs
UTA UTA
36
33
2
1
4
1
10
17
58.8
6
60.0
7
7
100.0
82.2
1
1
0
4
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for three-point attempts going back to the 1983-84 season.

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