Before 1999-00, George McCloud and Michael Adams were tied for the most three-point attempts in a game, with 20 attempts.

Interpreted as:

most 3pa by a player in a regular-season game before the year 2000

	NAME	3PA	DATE	TM		OPP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-
1	George McCloud G. McCloud	20	3/5/1996	DAL	vs	NJN	45	30	12	1	1	2	11	28	39.3	7	35.0	1	2	50.0	51.9	4	8	4	2
2	Michael Adams M. Adams	20	4/12/1991	DEN	@	LAC	40	35	2	9	7	0	12	28	42.9	9	45.0	2	2	100.0	60.6	2	0	7	2
3	Dennis Scott D. Scott	19	4/13/1993	ORL	vs	MIL	40	41	6	3	0	1	16	31	51.6	9	47.4	0	0		66.1	2	4	0	2
4	Dee Brown D. Brown	18	4/28/1999	TOR	@	MIL	43	29	2	2	2	0	10	20	50.0	9	50.0	0	0		72.5	0	2	2	3	-7
5	Joe Dumars J. Dumars	18	11/8/1994	DET	vs	MIN	42	40	1	6	1	0	10	19	52.6	10	55.6	10	10	100.0	85.5	0	1	4	2
6	Dennis Scott D. Scott	17	4/18/1996	ORL	vs	ATL	39	35	6	2	2	0	12	20	60.0	11	64.7	0	0		87.5	1	5	1	1
7	Vernon Maxwell V. Maxwell	17	4/8/1996	PHI	vs	NJN	48	41	3	1	0	0	15	33	45.5	7	41.2	4	8	50.0	56.1	0	3	1	2
8	George McCloud G. McCloud	17	3/29/1996	DAL	vs	SAS	40	30	5	3	0	0	11	22	50.0	7	41.2	1	1	100.0	66.8	1	4	2	5
9	Dennis Scott D. Scott	17	1/9/1996	ORL	vs	NJN	38	23	3	3	1	0	8	27	29.6	2	11.8	5	5	100.0	39.4	1	2	2	2
10	Vernon Maxwell V. Maxwell	17	12/17/1994	HOU	vs	BOS	44	25	2	6	0	0	9	22	40.9	7	41.2	0	0		56.8	0	2	3	1
11	John Starks J. Starks	16	4/6/1996	NYK	@	TOR	38	37	3	3	0	1	14	24	58.3	7	43.8	2	4	50.0	71.8	0	3	0	2
12	George McCloud G. McCloud	16	3/3/1996	DAL	vs	PHX	44	23	7	4	3	1	8	22	36.4	5	31.3	2	2	100.0	50.3	1	6	1	3
13	Mookie Blaylock M. Blaylock	16	3/1/1996	ATL	vs	CLE	45	18	3	4	3	1	6	20	30.0	5	31.3	1	2	50.0	43.1	1	2	1	1
14	Dennis Scott D. Scott	16	2/29/1996	ORL	@	NJN	38	30	4	3	1	1	11	21	52.4	8	50.0	0	0		71.4	3	1	2	2
15	George McCloud G. McCloud	16	2/27/1996	DAL	vs	PHI	48	30	12	2	2	0	10	22	45.5	8	50.0	2	4	50.0	63.1	1	11	3	2
16	Mookie Blaylock M. Blaylock	16	3/13/1995	ATL	vs	HOU	44	25	4	5	1	0	7	22	31.8	5	31.3	6	8	75.0	49.0	0	4	3	2
17	Nick Van Exel N. Van Exel	16	12/13/1994	LAL	@	DAL	43	35	4	10	3	0	12	24	50.0	8	50.0	3	3	100.0	69.1	0	4	1	1
18	Nick Van Exel N. Van Exel	16	4/24/1994	LAL	vs	UTA	41	21	4	9	2	0	7	22	31.8	3	18.8	4	5	80.0	43.4	1	3	6	3
19	Reggie Miller R. Miller	16	4/18/1993	IND	@	MIL	44	36	6	3	2	0	11	21	52.4	8	50.0	6	6	100.0	76.1	1	5	3	2
20	Michael Adams M. Adams	16	3/23/1991	DEN	vs	MIL	43	54	5	9	3	0	17	31	54.8	7	43.8	13	17	76.5	70.2	0	5	4	5
21	Steve Smith S. Smith	15	3/14/1997	ATL	vs	SEA	41	36	2	2	0	0	10	20	50.0	9	60.0	7	7	100.0	78.0	2	0	4	3	-1
22	Nick Van Exel N. Van Exel	15	3/4/1997	LAL	@	DAL	44	37	3	2	1	0	11	20	55.0	8	53.3	7	7	100.0	80.2	0	3	6	2	+12
23	Walt Williams W. Williams	15	12/5/1996	TOR	vs	WAS	42	29	4	4	0	0	10	23	43.5	6	40.0	3	3	100.0	59.6	1	3	3	3	+7
24	George McCloud G. McCloud	15	3/22/1996	DAL	vs	MIN	39	22	5	3	3	1	8	23	34.8	3	20.0	3	4	75.0	44.4	2	3	1	2
25	George McCloud G. McCloud	15	3/14/1996	DAL	@	LAC	45	34	10	3	3	0	11	26	42.3	5	33.3	7	9	77.8	56.7	4	6	7	3