Pretty sure its 12 held by Kobe...

Tied with somebody else but I cant remember who, maybe Dennis Scott?

Found this:

Dennis Scott, Orl vs Atl 	11 	4/18/96
Brian Shaw, Miami at Mil 	10 	4/8/93
Joe Dumars, Detroit vs Min 	10 	11/8/94
George McCloud, Dallas vs Pho (OT) 	10 	12/16/95

January 8, 2003

Kobe Bryant made an N.B.A.-record 12 shots from 3-point range -- including nine straight -- in scoring 45 points last night as the Los Angeles Lakers beat the visiting Seattle SuperSonics, 119-98.

Bryant, who had never made more than five 3-pointers in a game, broke Dennis Scott's record of 11 with 6 minutes 58 seconds left to play.

Bryant, who shot 12 of 18 from beyond the arc and 16 of 28 over all, made his first 11 3-point shots in the second and third quarters.

His nine straight 3-pointers also set an N.B.A. single-game record.

Was Kobe's 12 in his 81 point game or another game? Any idea?

No, he had 7/13 3P in that 81-point game.

Cool, thanks Isaac. Some awesome stats there... Brian Shaw surprises me!

basketball-reference.com is great for this kind of thing:

http://www.basketball-reference.com/leaders/fg3_game.html

It shows:

1. Donyell Marshall 12 2005-03-13
Kobe Bryant 12 2003-01-07

3. Dennis Scott 11 1996-04-18

4. Peja Stojakovic 10 2007-11-06
Ray Allen 10 2002-04-14
George McCloud 10 1995-12-16
Joe Dumars 10 1994-11-08
Brian Shaw 10 1993-04-08

Kobe is a HOG!

Thanks olskoolgamer, I thought Ray Allen would be on the list somewhere & you've confirmed that for me. He obviously was happy to play second fiddle to Eddie House today though!

I am a huge Celtics fan, but one name on the list I loved watching years ago was Dennis Scott. He had awesome range & used to work well with Shaq.

Mr Em, I'm not much of a Kobe fan either but he had a hot hand that day, so why wouldn't he keep jacking them up! 9 in a row is amazing.

Mr Em you clearly have not watched him play im guessing

if you have you would no his NO HOG!

Not anymore, anyway. That 81 point game was sickening to watch, didn't enjoy it at all.

Why didn't you enjoy it?

That 81 point game as an amazing thing to watch, I loved every second of it.

I don't enjoy games as much where one player is just jacking it all game.

It also kept annoying me about the poor defense, they kind of gave up on stopping him.

And also because he was 28-46 FG's. Not exactly on fire. Plus the 20 or so points from the line slowed the game a bit.

I dunno, still a great offensive display, some big shots were made, but I found the game boring, and I would have hated to be on that lakers side just watching Kobe jack. He gets 81, but so what? You don't win all season like that, you win more when he plays like he is now, 10+ assists on a regular basis, and much more fun to watch.

I have to say I'm a dedicated Kobe-watcher, IMO he's the most interesting guy in basketball: it's fascinating watching him reconcile trying to succeed in a team sport with his singular competitiveness and so forth.

Articles like this one about his video-watching are also illuminating: Kobe probably watches more preparatory game tape than any other player, but the story also has lines like:

Before games, Bryant slips in custom-made earpieces with "KB" monograms on each side. Then he turns on his DVD player and tries to find ways to take away comfort zones from opponents.

two full-time staffers who use eight digital video recorders, five laptop computers and 18 DVD burners to record, edit and copy footage for Lakers coaches and players.

I was there when Kobe made those 12 3's crazy performance! I thought the record was broken though.

81pt game is the best offensive display I've seen from ANY player. In my opinion it's way better than MJ's 69pts effort while keep in mind Kobe didn't even play full game that game!

how many did Chris Mellow make for norwood the night he broke the abl record wasnt it 17.

Wasn't MJ's in the playoffs though...extra cred there LA Boy

C'mon guys. 7 posts without mention of Donyell Marshall? Poor effort... :P

I'm pretty sure that Donyell Marshall has the record with 13 in a game with the Raptors a few years back. The Raptors set the record for the most 3's by a team in a game that day as well, but I believe that record was broken just a couple of wks ago, remember reading about it, but can't remember which team did it!

Donyell Marshell hit 12 3 pointers.
Orlando hit 23
3 pointers a couple off weeks ago in Sacramento

here's a question,

who in your opinion is the best 3-point shooter in the NBA?

my take is Peja Stojokovic; he's been best in my mind since 2002...

If you're talking having your feet set, I agree Peja is the best (bias alert: I am a big Hornets fan). I'm not sure he'd be able to hit athletic/fadeaway 3s as well as some others though.

Mellow made 16/24. Kobe's got nothing comapared to him. Where is he? Get him up here I wanna boof him.

Dennis Scott gets credit for his nickname - 3D

La Boy,

Don't know if his the best three pt shooter in the NBA as I only really follow a couple of teams but Eddie House will beat the three point record either this season or next the kid can't do much else but damn he can shoot threes.

Orlando broke the record by making 23 three-point field goals against the Kings on January 13, 2009.

The Magic had 9 different players hit at least one 3 and they shot 13-19 in the first half and went 10-18 in the second half.

olskoolgamer,

You say 28-46 FG isn't exactly on fire.

What if a player scored 40 points on 14-23 shooting?Would you think that was worth putting up 23 shots for? Its over 60%. If I read that a guy scored 40 points, I check the boxscore and saw those shooting stats, I'd think it was a quality performance. Throw in a 2nd half comeback and I think its all good.

Also don't forget that the Raptors were all over the Lakers in the first half. It was Kobe's ridiculous onslaught that spurred his team to victory and demoralised the opponent.

I agree with you, seeing your team play 48 minutes of exceptional team basketball to defeat a tough team is more fun to watch. But damn if Kobe's 81 points wasn't one of the most amazing things I've seen on a basketball court. Individual brilliance is a big part of what I love about basketball.

hereschenes- yeh I'm talking about pure 3's I know exactly what you're saying with fadeaways etc. it'd probably be Ray Allen in that case

Michael Redd is also a awesome streak three shooter

but now #2 is J.R Smith with 11 3pm while against Kings in april 5

Michael Redd is the best pie-thrower in the NBA for sure ;)