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The '5 3's on 50% shooting playoff games' quiz
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The '5 3's on 50% shooting playoff games' quiz

Game 7. 

For neutral fans, these are the two most exciting words in professional sports. For fans of the teams involved, few words are as anxiety-inducing. 

The first victims of that feeling in 2025-26 come from the NBA, with the Philadelphia 76ers forcing a decisive final game against the Boston Celtics with a 106-93 win on Thursday night. Tyrese Maxey led the way with 30 points on 11-of-22 shooting, while veteran Paul George added 24 of his own while knocking down five three-pointers in the home win. George also led a defensive effort that achieved the rare feat of holding both Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown under 20 points for the first time in the series. 

“He’s been great, I’ve been saying it the whole series,” Philadelphia head coach Nick Nurse said of George – after the win. 

“He’s been just excellent on defense, the entire game. [Brown and Tatum] are great wings and he has to battle them every possession. They’re scoring, but he’s making them really work for it, and he’s getting more confident every game at the offensive end.”

The winner of Saturday’s do-or-die clash will advance to play the New York Knicks, who are fresh off of a 51-point shellacking of the Atlanta Hawks. 

Which brings us to today’s quiz. George – who gets to celebrate his 36th birthday playing in Game 7 – recorded his 10th-career playoff game with five three-pointers on at least 50 percent shooting from long-range in Game 6. With that being said, how many of the players with five such games can you name in seven minutes?

Good luck!

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31 / GSW / 2009-Present
Stephen Curry
28 / GSW, DAL / 2011-Present
Klay Thompson
19 / MIL, SEA, BOS, MIA / 1996-2014
Ray Allen
15 / OKC, HOU, BK, PHI, LAC, CLE / 2009-Present
James Harden
11 / CLE, SA, TOR, LAL, PHI, MEM / 2009-24
Danny Green
11 / NO, DEN, NYK, CLE, LAL / 2004-20
J.R. Smith
11 / UTAH, CLE / 2017-Present
Donovan Mitchell
11 / BOS / 2017-Present
Jayson Tatum
10 / CLE, MIA, LAL / 2003-Present
LeBron James
10 / IND, OKC, LAC, PHI / 2010-Present
Paul George
10 / MIA, DET / 2018-Present
Duncan Robinson
9 / GSW, NYK, CHI, UTAH / 1988-2002
John Starks
9 / PHI, UTAH, CHI, ATL, CLE, MIL / 2003-20
Kyle Korver
9 / CLE, BOS, BK, DAL / 2011-Present
Kyrie Irving
9 / DEN / 2016-Present
Jamal Murray
9 / POR, MIL / 2012-Present
Damian Lillard
8 / IND / 1987-2005
Reggie Miller
8 / DAL, BOS, CLE, UTAH, MEM, MIA, PHX, MIL, SAC / 2012-25
Jae Crowder
8 / BOS, MEM, WAS, LAL / 2014-Present
Marcus Smart
8 / MEM, HOU, TOR, MIA, PHI / 2006-Present
Kyle Lowry
8 / DAL, LAL / 2018-Present
Luka Doncic
8 / MIN / 2020-Present
Anthony Edwards
8 / SA, BOS / 2017-Present
Derrick White
7 / GSW, CHA, PHX, ORL, PHI / 2001-15
Jason Richardson
7 / SAC, IND, NO, TOR, DAL / 1998-2011
Peja Stojakovic
7 / SA, TOR, LAC / 2011-Present
Kawhi Leonard
7 / OKC, GSW, BK, PHX, HOU / 2007-Present
Kevin Durant
7 / LAC, NO, HOU, PHX, PHI / 2008-Present
Eric Gordon
7 / DEN, BK / 2019-Present
Michael Porter Jr.
6 / BOS, BK, WAS, LAC / 1998-2017
Paul Pierce
6 / SA / 2002-18
Manu Ginobili
6 / NYK, ORL, LAL, HOU, NO, WAS, PHX, SAC, POR, MIA / 2004-22
Trevor Ariza
6 / NO, LAC, HOU, OKC, PHX, GSW, SA / 2005-Present
Chris Paul
6 / POR, NO, WAS, ATL / 2013-Present
CJ McCollum
6 / GSW / 2012-Present
Draymond Green
6 / DET, MIL, WAS, DAL / 2012-Present
Khris Middleton
6 / BOS / 2016-Present
Jaylen Brown
6 / DAL, NYK / 2018-Present
Jalen Brunson
6 / MIL, SAC, GSW, NYK, MIN / 2018-Present
Donte DiVincenzo
5 / MIA, ATL, POR, SA, NO, CHA / 1991-2005
Steve Smith
5 / LAL / 1996-2016
Kobe Bryant
5 / LAL, GSW, UTAH, OKC, DAL / 1996-2014
Derek Fisher
5 / PHX, DAL, SA, BOS / 1995-2010
Michael Finley
5 / NJ, SA, ATL, IND, GSW, CHA, MIL, LAC / 2000-14
Stephen Jackson
5 / ORL, MIL, LAC, PHI, NO, DAL / 2006-21
JJ Redick
5 / DAL, PHX, NJ, NYK / 1994-2013
Jason Kidd
5 / UTAH, NJ, BK, DAL, CLE / 2005-17
Deron Williams
5 / MIN, CLE, MIA, UTAH / 2008-Present
Kevin Love
5 / UTAH, MIL, ORL, MIN / 2014-Present
Joe Ingles
5 / TOR, HOU / 2016-Present
Fred VanVleet
5 / PHX / 2015-Present
Devin Booker
5 / MEM, CLE, PHX, SAC, DAL, PHI, BK, CHA, GSW / 2013-Present
Seth Curry
5 / GSW, WAS, NO / 2019-Present
Jordan Poole
5 / PHI / 2020-Present
Tyrese Maxey

Tommy Fradenburg is a freelance writer and an alumni of UNC Chapel Hill currently based in Charlotte, North Carolina. He religiously follows his favorite teams The New York Yankees and Dallas Cowboys (yes, he knows) as well as his alma mater the Tar Heels and West Ham United F.C. in the Premier League. See more of his work on Twitter @tommyfradenburg.

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