fewest free throw attempts by a team in a game before 1970

Before 1969-70, the New York Knicks had the fewest free-throw attempts by a team in a game, with 9 attempts against the Philadelphia Warriors on January 19, 1948.

Interpreted as:
fewest free throw attempts by a team in a regular-season game before 1970
TEAM FTA DATE TM OPP RESULT MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FT% TS% OREB DREB TOV PF
1 Knicks
Knicks
9
1/19/1948
NYK NYK
vs
PHI PHI
L
57-63
240
57
25
7
77.8
25
2 Stags
Stags
10
1/26/1949
CHI CHI
@
MIN MIN
L
49-84
240
49
21
7
70.0
3 Steam Rollers
Steam Rollers
10
1/4/1947
PRO PRO
vs
PHI PHI
W
78-74
240
78
35
8
80.0
4
Olympians
11
1/6/1951
IND
@
ROC ROC
W
75-73
390
75
22
15
32
81
39.5
11
100.0
43.7
10
5 Ironmen
Ironmen
11
1/23/1947
PIT PIT
@
BOS BOS
L
43-48
240
43
18
7
63.6
12
6 Steam Rollers
Steam Rollers
11
12/3/1946
PRO PRO
@
PHI PHI
L
68-76
240
68
29
10
90.9
12
7 Pistons
Pistons
12
2/4/1964
DET DET
@
SFW SFW
L
79-118
240
79
44
19
36
99
36.4
7
58.3
37.9
20
8 Warriors
Warriors
12
11/27/1953
PHI PHI
MIL MIL
L
51-55
240
51
22
7
58.3
18
9 Lakers
Lakers
12
2/17/1951
MIN MIN
@
ROC ROC
L
82-87
240
82
37
8
66.7
29
10 Royals
Royals
12
1/6/1951
ROC ROC
vs
IND
L
73-75
390
73
34
13
33
85
38.8
7
58.3
40.4
9
11
Jets
12
1/1/1949
IND
@
PRO PRO
W
78-77
240
78
35
8
66.7
12 Lakers
Lakers
12
11/24/1948
MIN MIN
vs
PRO PRO
W
117-89
240
117
54
9
75.0
13 Lakers
Lakers
12
11/17/1948
MIN MIN
vs
BOS BOS
L
72-74
240
72
32
8
66.7
14 Bombers
Bombers
12
2/5/1947
STL STL
@
NYK NYK
W
71-46
240
71
33
5
41.7
19
15 Rebels
Rebels
12
12/31/1946
CLE CLE
vs
STL STL
L
59-68
240
59
26
7
58.3
23
16 Pistons
Pistons
13
2/15/1967
DET DET
vs
PHI PHI
L
121-127
240
121
64
23
57
124
46.0
7
53.8
46.6
29
17 Hawks
Hawks
13
11/19/1963
STL STL
@
SFW SFW
L
96-129
240
96
50
33
44
107
41.1
8
61.5
42.6
23
18 Nationals
Nationals
13
2/5/1960
SYR SYR
@
BOS BOS
L
100-124
240
100
67
20
44
122
36.1
12
92.3
39.1
23
19
Olympians
13
2/14/1952
IND
vs
BAL BAL
W
89-66
240
89
39
11
84.6
26
20 Hawks
Hawks
13
1/12/1950
WAT WAT
@
AND AND
L
69-80
240
69
29
11
84.6
21 Steam Rollers
Steam Rollers
13
3/5/1949
PRO PRO
@
ROC ROC
L
64-81
240
64
27
10
76.9
22 Celtics
Celtics
13
3/29/1947
BOS BOS
@
STL STL
L
55-59
240
55
24
93
25.8
7
53.8
27.9
17
23 Capitols
Capitols
13
3/15/1947
WAS WAS
vs
NYK NYK
W
78-63
240
78
33
12
92.3
15
24 Rebels
Rebels
13
12/18/1946
CLE CLE
@
NYK NYK
W
56-53
240
56
24
8
61.5
17
25 Capitols
Capitols
13
12/12/1946
WAS WAS
@
PHI PHI
W
64-49
240
64
28
8
61.5
13
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete team, game-level data for free-throw attempts going back to the 1953-54 season.

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TEAM W L PCT GB
1
Cavaliers Cavaliers
64
18
.780
2
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61
21
.744
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3
Knicks Knicks
51
31
.622
13.0
4
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50
32
.610
14.0
5
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48
34
.585
16.0
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Western W L PCT GB
1
Thunder Thunder
68
14
.829
2
Rockets Rockets
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30
.634
16.0
3
Lakers Lakers
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32
.610
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DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Sun
3/30
SAC SAC
@
IND IND
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Sun
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@
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120-94
Sun
3/30
LAC LAC
@
ORL ORL
96-87
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UTA UTA
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CHA CHA
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3/30
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Mon
6/16
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