Before 1984-85, the Denver Nuggets and the Houston Rockets were tied for the most threes in a game, with 9 three-pointers.

Interpreted as:

most team 3s in a regular-season game before 1985

	TEAM	3PM	DATE	TM		OPP	RESULT	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF
1	Nuggets	9	1/9/1982	DEN	vs	SEA	L 110-125	240	110	44	28	4	6	42	103	40.8	15	60.0	17	26	65.4	48.1	15	29	9	20
2	Rockets	9	2/9/1980	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
3	Rockets	8	2/6/1980	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
4	Spurs	7	2/12/1980	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
5	Bullets	6	4/17/1983	WAS	@	CLE	L 105-118	240	105	37	27	7	5	45	95	47.4	9	66.7	9	15	60.0	51.7	10	27	10	19
6	Spurs	6	1/5/1983	SAS	@	DAL	L 131-136	240	131	34	28	9	7	53	95	55.8	12	50.0	19	26	73.1	61.5	11	23	13	32
7	Bulls	6	11/13/1982	CHI	@	IND	L 115-119	240	115	44	23	10	2	45	92	48.9	7	85.7	19	23	82.6	56.3	14	30	28	23
8	Warriors	6	12/13/1981	GSW	@	LAL	L 118-122	240	118	43	27	7	8	49	92	53.3	8	75.0	14	21	66.7	58.3	18	25	16	24
9	Clippers	6	11/27/1981	SDC	@	LAL	W 138-129	240	138	45	35		4	56	97	57.7	8	75.0	20	23	87.0	64.4			17	33
10	Mavericks	6	3/18/1981	DAL	@	UTA	L 113-120	240	113	36	24	2	2	40	83	48.2	11	54.5	27	37	73.0	56.9			15	28
11	Pistons	6	3/16/1980	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
12	Nets	6	2/27/1980	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
13	Clippers	6	1/29/1980	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
14	Clippers	6	1/19/1980	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
15	Clippers	6	1/12/1980	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
16	Celtics	6	11/28/1979	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
17	Clippers	6	11/18/1979	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
18	Warriors	5	4/5/1984	GSW	@	DEN	W 128-124	240	128	41	32	7	5	49	85	57.6	7	71.4	25	35	71.4	63.7	10	31	14	28
19	Spurs	5	3/24/1984	SAS	@	KCK	L 118-125	240	118	30	21	11	4	47	88	53.4	7	71.4	19	22	86.4	60.4	8	22	22	25
20	Bucks	5	2/21/1984	MIL	@	HOU	L 102-119	240	102	42	17	8	3	40	94	42.6	8	62.5	17	30	56.7	47.6	16	26	16	32
21	Bullets	5	2/2/1984	WAS	vs	DET	L 129-139	240	129	45	34	3	4	51	96	53.1	10	50.0	22	28	78.6	59.5	20	25	24	31
22	Nuggets	5	1/13/1984	DEN	vs	LAL	L 134-141	240	134	46	34	5	2	52	108	48.1	10	50.0	25	29	86.2	55.5	18	28	14	24
23	Nuggets	5	12/26/1983	DEN	@	PHX	L 133-140	265	133	42	31	14	2	45	108	41.7	11	45.5	38	44	86.4	52.2	13	29	25	44
24	Pistons	5	4/10/1983	DET	@	BOS	L 113-115	240	113	42	20	6	3	45	95	47.4	12	41.7	18	21	85.7	54.2	13	29	23	22
25	Pistons	5	3/25/1983	DET	@	DEN	L 120-131	240	120	46	21			44	98	44.9	13	38.5	27	34	79.4	53.1			25	30