most three pointers in a game by a team before 1990

Before 1989-90, the Sacramento Kings made the most threes by a team in a game, with 16 three-pointers against the Warriors on February 9, 1989.

Interpreted as:

most three pointers in a regular-season game by a team before 1990

	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	Kings	16	2/9/1989	SAC	vs	GSW	W 142-117	240	142	47	35	11	13	53	100	53.0	31	51.6	20	23	87.0	64.5	19	28	13	21
2	Kings	13	3/4/1989	SAC	@	GSW	L 143-155	240	143	48	29	9	4	52	108	48.1	28	46.4	26	35	74.3	57.9	17	31	17	25
3	Kings	11	4/1/1989	SAC	vs	UTA	W 117-97	240	117	32	25	13	4	41	86	47.7	26	42.3	24	29	82.8	59.2	11	21	12	23
4	Knicks	11	3/31/1989	NYK	vs	GSW	L 114-134	240	114	40	22	8	4	42	93	45.2	29	37.9	19	25	76.0	54.8	18	22	22	23
5	Kings	11	3/25/1989	SAC	vs	POR	W 106-105	240	106	52	19	4	5	37	94	39.4	17	64.7	21	25	84.0	50.5	20	32	14	21
6	Pacers	11	3/2/1989	IND	@	GSW	W 131-127	265	131	44	35	8	6	49	100	49.0	26	42.3	22	28	78.6	58.3	14	30	15	27
7	Knicks	11	12/8/1988	NYK	vs	MIL	W 113-109	240	113	39	24	11	9	39	88	44.3	19	57.9	24	28	85.7	56.3	13	26	23	28
8	Knicks	10	3/4/1989	NYK	vs	CHI	W 122-104	240	122	37	26	9	9	41	85	48.2	15	66.7	30	32	93.8	61.6	18	19	14	25
9	Knicks	10	11/18/1988	NYK	@	PHI	L 135-137	240	135	52	29	3	5	52	96	54.2	17	58.8	21	32	65.6	61.3	22	30	20	27
10	Celtics	10	4/3/1988	BOS	vs	DAL	W 110-101	240	110	28	36	10	6	42	71	59.2	16	62.5	16	18	88.9	69.7	5	23	18	18
11	Mavericks	10	4/4/1987	DAL	vs	UTA	W 121-107	240	121	50	32	5	7	42	91	46.2	15	66.7	27	30	90.0	58.1	14	36	13	16
12	Lakers	9	4/23/1989	LAL	vs	SEA	W 121-117	240	121	42	39	5	4	50	88	56.8	13	69.2	12	19	63.2	62.8	13	29	12	13
13	Knicks	9	4/20/1989	NYK	vs	BOS	W 137-117	240	137	50	26	16	7	52	98	53.1	14	64.3	24	31	77.4	61.4	19	31	26	28
14	Kings	9	4/18/1989	SAC	vs	POR	W 120-118	240	120	44	31	5	9	45	88	51.1	13	69.2	21	27	77.8	60.1	10	34	21	20
15	Suns	9	3/31/1989	PHX	vs	MIL	W 122-104	240	122	50	32	5	5	44	84	52.4	16	56.3	25	31	80.6	62.5	10	40	12	25
16	Suns	9	3/23/1989	PHX	@	GSW	W 154-124	240	154	44	35	12	3	61	105	58.1	12	75.0	23	26	88.5	66.1	10	34	14	25
17	Kings	9	3/14/1989	SAC	vs	HOU	W 95-90	240	95	33	26	7	7	37	80	46.3	14	64.3	12	16	75.0	54.6	7	26	17	21
18	Bulls	9	3/13/1989	CHI	vs	IND	W 122-90	240	122	51	42	9	7	47	91	51.6	12	75.0	19	24	79.2	60.1	18	33	13	22
19	Pacers	9	2/26/1989	IND	vs	UTA	W 128-89	240	128	35	32	5	4	50	80	62.5	17	52.9	19	24	79.2	70.7	7	28	10	29
20	Knicks	9	2/24/1989	NYK	@	WAS	L 127-130	240	127	34	36	11	8	54	97	55.7	21	42.9	10	13	76.9	61.8	13	21	23	25
21	76ers	9	2/22/1989	PHI	@	MIA	W 139-108	240	139	39	28	15	5	52	93	55.9	12	75.0	26	31	83.9	65.2	14	25	14	20
22	Warriors	9	1/21/1989	GSW	@	SAC	W 136-111	240	136	48	37	14	8	58	103	56.3	14	64.3	11	16	68.8	61.8	13	35	18	26
23	Knicks	9	1/11/1989	NYK	@	DET	W 100-93	240	100	46	20	6	3	36	80	45.0	16	56.3	19	21	90.5	56.0	15	31	17	30
24	Knicks	9	11/23/1988	NYK	@	DET	W 133-111	240	133	38	29	11	4	48	91	52.7	16	56.3	28	35	80.0	62.5	14	24	13	20
25	Celtics	9	2/10/1988	BOS	@	SAS	W 136-120	240	136	58	37	6	13	49	93	52.7	17	52.9	29	34	85.3	63.0	14	44	19	19