who has made the most 3 pointers in the nba finals 1979-80 to 1986-87

Between the 1979-80 and 1986-87 seasons, Michael Cooper drained the most threes in the NBA Finals, with 23 three-pointers.

NAME 3PM SERIES GP MPG PPG RPG APG SPG BPG FGM FGA FG% 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% TS% OREB DREB TPG MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF +/-
1 Michael Cooper
M. Cooper
23
NBA Finals
35
30.5
11.4
3.4
3.9
1.3
0.5
4.3
8.8
49.2
1.3
51.1
2.1
2.5
82.0
57.4
0.9
2.5
1.5
1,067
400
118
136
46
16
54
123
2 Larry Bird
L. Bird
19
NBA Finals
31
42.8
23.1
11.6
6.0
2.0
0.8
8.4
18.3
45.8
1.5
42.2
5.7
6.5
87.2
54.5
2.5
9.1
2.9
1,326
716
361
187
63
24
91
80
3 Danny Ainge
D. Ainge
15
NBA Finals
25
29.9
10.8
2.6
4.8
1.6
0.1
4.6
9.6
47.7
1.4
41.7
1.1
1.4
77.1
53.1
0.6
2.0
1.7
748
270
65
120
39
3
42
76
4 Scott Wedman
S. Wedman
10
NBA Finals
11
16.4
8.5
3.7
1.8
0.5
0.0
3.5
6.7
52.7
1.5
58.8
0.5
0.8
55.6
59.6
1.5
2.2
0.9
180
93
41
20
5
0
10
25
5 Dennis Johnson
D. Johnson
4
NBA Finals
25
40.1
17.9
4.4
7.1
1.4
0.4
6.8
16.1
41.9
1.0
16.0
4.2
4.9
85.4
48.9
1.5
2.9
2.6
1,003
447
110
178
36
11
65
68
6 Byron Scott
B. Scott
4
NBA Finals
19
26.0
9.5
2.5
1.7
1.3
0.1
4.1
9.3
44.3
1.3
16.7
1.1
1.4
74.1
47.9
0.8
1.7
1.1
494
180
48
32
25
2
20
45
7 Allen Leavell
A. Leavell
4
NBA Finals
11
13.2
5.4
1.1
3.2
0.6
0.3
2.1
6.1
34.3
0.7
50.0
0.8
1.1
75.0
40.8
0.4
0.7
0.7
145
59
12
35
7
3
8
13
8 Mike McGee
M. McGee
3
NBA Finals
12
7.8
4.8
1.8
0.3
0.2
0.1
1.8
4.5
40.7
0.6
42.9
0.9
1.3
68.8
47.5
1.2
0.6
0.5
93
58
21
3
2
1
6
17
9 Andrew Toney
A. Toney
3
NBA Finals
10
37.4
24.4
2.5
7.0
1.2
0.1
9.4
19.2
49.0
0.8
37.5
5.3
6.2
85.5
55.6
1.1
1.4
3.7
374
244
25
70
12
1
37
34
10 Mike Dunleavy
M. Dunleavy
3
NBA Finals
6
27.5
9.8
2.3
3.2
0.3
0.2
3.7
8.8
41.5
1.2
42.9
2.0
2.5
80.0
49.5
0.7
1.7
2.0
165
59
14
19
2
1
12
18
11 Bob McAdoo
B. McAdoo
2
NBA Finals
20
23.5
12.2
4.8
0.8
0.7
1.4
5.0
10.7
46.9
0.2
50.0
2.1
3.1
67.7
50.8
1.2
3.6
2.2
470
244
95
15
13
27
44
75
12 Chris Ford
C. Ford
2
NBA Finals
6
30.7
10.5
2.7
2.5
0.7
0.0
4.5
9.0
50.0
1.7
20.0
1.2
1.5
77.8
54.3
1.2
1.5
1.3
184
63
16
15
4
0
8
11
13 Magic Johnson
M. Johnson
2
NBA Finals
35
41.5
19.9
8.7
11.6
2.3
0.4
7.4
14.1
52.3
0.4
15.4
5.1
5.9
85.9
59.5
2.1
6.7
4.1
1,451
695
306
407
79
15
144
110
14 M.L. Carr
M.L. Carr
1
NBA Finals
13
11.2
4.6
1.1
0.6
0.5
0.3
1.8
4.3
42.9
0.2
33.3
0.8
1.1
78.6
48.3
0.6
0.5
0.3
146
60
14
8
6
4
4
17
15 Robert Reid
R. Reid
1
NBA Finals
12
40.4
14.5
5.9
5.9
1.7
0.4
6.1
15.3
39.7
0.8
11.1
2.3
2.9
77.1
43.6
2.4
3.5
1.9
485
174
71
71
20
5
23
41
16 Julius Erving
J. Erving
1
NBA Finals
16
39.2
23.7
7.8
4.4
1.8
2.1
9.1
17.6
51.8
0.4
14.3
5.4
7.4
72.9
56.8
2.4
5.4
2.8
627
379
125
70
28
33
45
39
17 Steve Mix
S. Mix
1
NBA Finals
9
10.2
5.1
1.1
1.0
0.1
0.2
2.0
4.0
50.0
0.1
100.0
1.0
1.0
100.0
57.6
0.4
0.7
0.6
92
46
10
9
1
2
5
8
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10:00 PM
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2
Rockets Rockets
52
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Lakers Lakers
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