fewest free throw attempts by a team in a game before 1980

Before 1979-80, 4 teams were tied for the fewest free-throw attempts in a game, with 4 attempts. The first three are the Houston Rockets on January 27, 1978, the Golden State Warriors on March 6, 1977 and the Milwaukee Bucks on February 25, 1975.

Interpreted as:
fewest free throw attempts by a team in a regular-season game before 1980
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 Rockets
Rockets
4
1/27/1978
HOU HOU
@
DEN DEN
L
100-105
240
100
41
35
7
4
49
97
50.5
2
50.0
50.6
8
33
13
30
2 Warriors
Warriors
4
3/6/1977
GSW GSW
vs
CHI CHI
L
86-94
240
86
48
26
9
6
41
96
42.7
4
100.0
44.0
10
38
16
25
3 Bucks
Bucks
4
2/25/1975
MIL MIL
@
KCO KCO
L
90-93
240
90
43
18
5
6
43
94
45.7
4
100.0
47.0
17
23
4 Knicks
Knicks
4
3/6/1974
NYK NYK
@
ATL ATL
W
96-94
240
96
43
22
46
92
50.0
4
100.0
51.2
17
5 Jazz
Jazz
5
11/19/1977
NOJ NOJ
@
HOU HOU
W
103-101
240
103
33
19
8
51
95
53.7
1
20.0
53.0
13
13
6 Cavaliers
Cavaliers
5
2/1/1977
CLE CLE
@
SAS SAS
L
87-92
240
87
52
19
6
4
42
99
42.4
3
60.0
43.0
11
41
19
26
7 Lakers
Lakers
5
3/23/1975
LAL LAL
vs
MIL MIL
W
116-97
240
116
52
42
10
10
56
102
54.9
4
80.0
55.7
15
8 Bulls
Bulls
5
3/13/1973
CHI CHI
vs
SEA SEA
W
104-89
240
104
55
31
51
104
49.0
2
40.0
49.0
18
9 Lakers
Lakers
6
1/14/1979
LAL LAL
@
SEA SEA
W
108-99
240
108
41
33
9
4
51
95
53.7
6
100.0
55.3
10
31
14
17
10 Rockets
Rockets
6
12/15/1978
HOU HOU
@
PHI PHI
L
84-91
240
84
46
27
2
40
87
46.0
4
66.7
46.9
22
11 Hawks
Hawks
6
1/22/1978
ATL ATL
@
CLE CLE
L
89-93
240
89
42
25
7
2
42
97
43.3
5
83.3
44.7
9
33
13
24
12 Rockets
Rockets
6
2/8/1977
HOU HOU
vs
CLE CLE
W
97-81
240
97
51
22
12
6
46
105
43.8
5
83.3
45.1
20
31
15
13
13 Knicks
Knicks
6
1/25/1977
NYK NYK
vs
CHI CHI
W
108-91
240
108
42
33
11
4
53
96
55.2
2
33.3
54.7
12
30
16
17
14 Cavaliers
Cavaliers
6
3/25/1976
CLE CLE
vs
BUF BUF
L
94-109
240
94
38
29
9
2
45
87
51.7
4
66.7
52.4
10
28
21
23
15 SuperSonics
SuperSonics
6
1/7/1976
SEA SEA
vs
NYK NYK
W
91-89
240
91
46
33
44
95
46.3
3
50.0
46.6
23
16 Bullets
Bullets
6
4/4/1975
WAS WAS
@
BOS BOS
L
94-95
240
94
44
22
44
98
44.9
6
100.0
46.7
17
17 Jazz
Jazz
6
1/31/1975
NOJ NOJ
vs
WAS WAS
L
101-106
240
101
51
23
48
101
47.5
5
83.3
48.7
27
18 Celtics
Celtics
6
2/17/1974
BOS BOS
@
CAP CAP
L
95-99
240
95
48
31
46
90
51.1
3
50.0
51.3
16
19
19 Bucks
Bucks
6
12/18/1973
MIL MIL
@
LAL LAL
L
107-109
240
107
53
35
10
5
51
104
49.0
5
83.3
50.2
18
15
20 Bucks
Bucks
6
1/1/1973
MIL MIL
vs
BAL BAL
L
87-88
240
87
61
26
42
102
41.2
3
50.0
41.6
17
21 SuperSonics
SuperSonics
6
11/18/1972
SEA SEA
@
POR POR
W
102-100
240
102
40
32
49
83
59.0
4
66.7
59.6
25
24
22 Pacers
Pacers
7
11/1/1978
IND IND
vs
WAS WAS
L
113-124
240
113
37
38
9
6
53
101
52.5
7
100.0
54.3
14
21
23 Bucks
Bucks
7
10/28/1978
MIL MIL
@
POR POR
L
95-106
240
95
41
27
7
5
45
88
51.1
5
71.4
52.2
12
29
26
24
24 Bucks
Bucks
7
10/27/1978
MIL MIL
@
SEA SEA
L
79-80
240
79
42
20
8
6
36
103
35.0
7
100.0
37.2
14
28
8
25
25 Rockets
Rockets
7
2/22/1978
HOU HOU
@
DET DET
L
108-119
240
108
47
20
9
51
108
47.2
6
85.7
48.6
26
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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ORTG

115.3

13th

DRTG

110.8

4th

NETRTG

4.6

7th

3P%

35.3

21st

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TEAM W L PCT GB
1
Thunder Thunder
68
14
.829
2
Rockets Rockets
52
30
.634
16.0
3
Lakers Lakers
50
32
.610
18.0
4
Nuggets Nuggets
50
32
.610
18.0
5
Clippers Clippers
50
32
.610
18.0
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HOU Rockets

3 - 4

89

Final

103

GSW Warriors

4 - 3

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NBA 2024-25 Conference Standings

Western W L PCT GB
1
Thunder Thunder
68
14
.829
2
Rockets Rockets
52
30
.634
16.0
3
Lakers Lakers
50
32
.610
18.0
4
Nuggets Nuggets
50
32
.610
18.0
5
Clippers Clippers
50
32
.610
18.0
6
Timberwolves Timberwolves
49
33
.598
19.0
Eastern W L PCT GB
1
Cavaliers Cavaliers
64
18
.780
2
Celtics Celtics
61
21
.744
3.0
3
Knicks Knicks
51
31
.622
13.0
4
Pacers Pacers
50
32
.610
14.0
5
Bucks Bucks
48
34
.585
16.0
6
Pistons Pistons
44
38
.537
20.0

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Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Sun
3/30
SAC SAC
@
IND IND
109-111
Sun
3/30
MIA MIA
@
WAS WAS
120-94
Sun
3/30
LAC LAC
@
ORL ORL
96-87
Sun
3/30
UTA UTA
@
CHA CHA
106-110
Sun
3/30
BOS BOS
@
MEM MEM
117-103

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Mon
6/16
IND IND
@
OKC OKC
8:30 PM
Thu
6/19
OKC OKC
@
IND IND
8:30 PM
Sun
6/22
IND IND
@
OKC OKC
8:00 PM