The Denver Nuggets sank 5 three-pointers versus the Lakers on November 9, 1979.

Interpreted as:

first NBA team with 5 or more threes in a game

	TEAM	DATE	3PM	TM		OPP	RESULT	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF
1	Nuggets	11/9/1979	5	DEN	@	LAL	L 122-126	265	122	48	28	13	2	47	104	45.2	9	55.6	23	36	63.9	50.9	18	30	15	24
2	Clippers	11/18/1979	6	SDC	vs	MIL	W 112-96	240	112	51	25	12	2	49	102	48.0	12	50.0	8	18	44.4	50.9			21	19
3	Clippers	11/21/1979	5	SDC	@	DEN	L 84-105	240	84	43	20	13	6	33	87	37.9	8	62.5	13	30	43.3	41.9	15	28	24	25
4	Clippers	11/27/1979	5	SDC	vs	CHI	W 128-103	240	128	43	28	12	3	52	94	55.3	7	71.4	19	26	73.1	60.7	11	32	16	24
5	Celtics	11/28/1979	6	BOS	vs	DEN	W 119-97	240	119	46	34	15	5	51	95	53.7	12	50.0	11	14	78.6	58.8	9	37	19	22
6	Celtics	12/21/1979	5	BOS	vs	SAS	W 133-114	240	133	45	30	15	8	50	93	53.8	7	71.4	28	34	82.4	61.6			23	28
7	Celtics	1/5/1980	5	BOS	@	SAS	L 111-119	240	111	33	30	9	2	44	84	52.4	9	55.6	18	24	75.0	58.7	9	24	17	27
8	Clippers	1/11/1980	5	SDC	vs	GSW	W 116-112	240	116	40	17	6	1	48	83	57.8	8	62.5	15	20	75.0	63.2	16	24	17	20
9	Clippers	1/12/1980	6	SDC	vs	UTA	W 119-102	240	119	48	23	10	5	51	95	53.7	13	46.2	11	19	57.9	57.6			13	15
10	Rockets	1/13/1980	5	HOU	@	MIL	W 121-117	240	121	40	32	11	3	47	93	50.5			22	27	81.5	57.7			17	20
11	Clippers	1/19/1980	6	SDC	@	PHX	L 123-137	240	123	33	23	12	3	50	90	55.6	14	42.9	17	27	63.0	60.4	14	19	20	28
12	Celtics	1/20/1980	5	BOS	vs	SEA	L 106-108	290	106	49	25	8	4	47	109	43.1	10	50.0	7	13	53.8	46.2	10	39	18	28
13	Celtics	1/27/1980	5	BOS	vs	SDC	W 131-108	240	131	55	26	7	5	52	100	52.0	7	71.4	22	24	91.7	59.2			19	25
14	Clippers	1/27/1980	5	SDC	@	BOS	L 108-131	240	108	38	12	5	1	36	91	39.6	12	41.7	31	37	83.8	50.3			15	21
15	Clippers	1/29/1980	6	SDC	vs	PHX	W 133-121	240	133	43	24	5	5	51	85	60.0	12	50.0	25	36	69.4	65.9	14	29	19	24
16	Rockets	2/6/1980	8	HOU	vs	NJN	W 115-114	240	115	40	32	8	6	40	87	46.0	13	61.5	27	40	67.5	55.0			16	26
17	Rockets	2/9/1980	9	HOU	vs	UTA	W 117-95	240	117	31	32	8	2	48	82	58.5	15	60.0	12	18	66.7	65.1			20	18
18	Spurs	2/12/1980	7	SAS	vs	HOU	L 118-120	240	118	45	30	4	4	46	95	48.4	9	77.8	19	24	79.2	55.9			21	27
19	Rockets	2/27/1980	5	HOU	vs	WAS	W 110-97	240	110	39	28	10	2	38	83	45.8			29	32	90.6	56.7			15	18
20	Nets	2/27/1980	6	NJN	vs	GSW	L 120-133	240	120	35	35	12	5	43	93	46.2	13	46.2	28	38	73.7	54.7	12	23	19	21
21	Clippers	3/9/1980	5	SDC	vs	GSW	L 107-125	240	107	38	23	10	5	39	91	42.9	13	38.5	24	31	77.4	51.1	15	23	19	22
22	Pistons	3/16/1980	6	DET	vs	HOU	L 99-102	240	99	39	24	13	7	43	93	46.2	12	50.0	7	12	58.3	50.4			13	22
23	Bullets	4/2/1980	5	WAS	@	PHI	L 96-111	240	96	42	23	7	6	39	87	44.8	12	41.7	13	20	65.0	50.1	11	31	22	27
24	Suns	4/8/1980	7	PHX	@	LAL	L 110-119	240	110	39	30	15	5	45	99	45.5	14	50.0	13	19	68.4	51.2	13	26	20	26
25	Celtics	4/23/1980	5	BOS	@	PHI	L 97-99	240	97	55	17		4	39	84	46.4	10	50.0	14	23	60.9	51.5			25	20