Before 1999-00, Dennis Scott buried the most threes in a game, with 11 three-pointers versus the Hawks on April 18, 1996.

Interpreted as:

most 3p by a player in a regular-season game before 2000

	NAME	3PM	DATE	TM		OPP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Dennis Scott D. Scott	11	4/18/1996	ORL	vs	ATL	39	35	6	2	2	0	12	20	60.0	17	64.7	0	0		87.5	1	5	1	1
2	George McCloud G. McCloud	10	12/16/1995	DAL	vs	PHX	49	36	6	2	3	0	12	22	54.5	12	83.3	2	2	100.0	78.7	1	5	1	3
3	Joe Dumars J. Dumars	10	11/8/1994	DET	vs	MIN	42	40	1	6	1	0	10	19	52.6	18	55.6	10	10	100.0	85.5	0	1	4	2
4	Brian Shaw B. Shaw	10	4/8/1993	MIA	@	MIL	32	32	6	3	4	0	11	16	68.8	15	66.7	0	0		100.0	0	6	3	2
5	Dee Brown D. Brown	9	4/28/1999	TOR	@	MIL	43	29	2	2	2	0	10	20	50.0	18	50.0	0	0		72.5	0	2	2	3	-7
6	John Starks J. Starks	9	1/29/1998	NYK	vs	MIL	37	32	2	4	0	0	10	18	55.6	12	75.0	3	5	60.0	79.2	2	0	5	1	+5
7	Chuck Person C. Person	9	12/30/1997	SAS	@	VAN	34	32	5	3	0	0	11	16	68.8	14	64.3	1	2	50.0	94.8	0	5	1	4	+12
8	Dennis Scott D. Scott	9	11/20/1997	DAL	vs	GSW	38	33	3	1	0	1	11	24	45.8	14	64.3	2	2	100.0	66.3	1	2	2	2	-11
9	Steve Smith S. Smith	9	3/14/1997	ATL	vs	SEA	41	36	2	2	0	0	10	20	50.0	15	60.0	7	7	100.0	78.0	2	0	4	3	-1
10	Rex Chapman R. Chapman	9	2/23/1996	MIA	vs	CHI	40	39	2	3	2	0	12	17	70.6	10	90.0	6	7	85.7	97.1	0	2	4	3
11	Robert Horry R. Horry	9	2/22/1996	HOU	@	CLE	44	27	3	3	0	3	9	12	75.0	12	75.0	0	0		112.5	0	3	1	3
12	Nick Anderson N. Anderson	9	1/19/1996	ORL	@	UTA	40	29	4	4	0	0	10	13	76.9	12	75.0	0	0		111.5	0	4	1	1
13	Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf M. Abdul-Rauf	9	12/7/1995	DEN	@	UTA	41	51	2	2	2	0	17	27	63.0	14	64.3	8	8	100.0	83.6	0	2	2	2
14	Dana Barros D. Barros	9	1/27/1995	PHI	vs	PHX	44	39	4	7	3	1	13	23	56.5	12	75.0	4	4	100.0	78.8	1	3	4	2
15	Dennis Scott D. Scott	9	4/13/1993	ORL	vs	MIL	40	41	6	3	0	1	16	31	51.6	19	47.4	0	0		66.1	2	4	0	2
16	Michael Adams M. Adams	9	4/12/1991	DEN	@	LAC	40	35	2	9	7	0	12	28	42.9	20	45.0	2	2	100.0	60.6	2	0	7	2
17	Dale Ellis D. Ellis	9	4/20/1990	SEA	vs	LAC	35	36	4	3	0	0	13	16	81.3	11	81.8	1	1	100.0	109.5	0	4	3	1
18	Glen Rice G. Rice	8	5/5/1999	LAL	vs	POR	38	40	5	3	0	0	14	20	70.0	10	80.0	4	4	100.0	91.9	0	5	0	2	+31
19	Dee Brown D. Brown	8	3/30/1999	TOR	@	CLE	36	28	1	3	0	0	9	16	56.3	14	57.1	2	3	66.7	80.8	0	1	2	0	+22
20	Sam Mack S. Mack	8	2/14/1999	VAN	vs	DAL	34	26	1	1	4	0	9	19	47.4	13	61.5	0	0		68.4	0	1	1	4	+7
21	Wesley Person W. Person	8	2/17/1998	CLE	@	PHI	46	28	0	1	4	1	10	12	83.3	10	80.0	0	1	0.0	112.5	0	0	3	1	+4
22	Dee Brown D. Brown	8	2/4/1998	BOS	vs	DAL	31	32	2	0	3	0	12	15	80.0	10	80.0	0	2	0.0	100.8	0	2	0	5	+9
23	Stephon Marbury S. Marbury	8	12/23/1997	MIN	@	SEA	41	35	4	7	0	0	13	19	68.4	11	72.7	1	2	50.0	88.0	0	4	3	3	+15
24	Reggie Miller R. Miller	8	3/28/1997	IND	@	CHA	42	39	3	3	2	0	11	17	64.7	10	80.0	9	10	90.0	91.1	0	3	2	2	+11
25	Jason Kidd J. Kidd	8	3/17/1997	PHX	@	GSW	30	33	3	6	3	0	12	16	75.0	9	88.9	1	2	50.0	97.7	1	2	2	3	+23