most three pointers taken in a game by a team before 2016

Before 2015-16, the Dallas Mavericks had the most three-point attempts by a team in a game, with 49 attempts versus the New Jersey Nets on March 5, 1996.

Interpreted as:

most three pointers taken in a regular-season game by a team before 2016

	TEAM	3PA	DATE	TM		OPP	RESULT	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF
1	Mavericks	49	3/5/1996	DAL	vs	NJN	W 127-117	240	127	50	24	9	3	47	105	44.8	18	36.7	15	19	78.9	56.0	17	33	12	25
2	Knicks	47	12/17/2009	NYK	@	CHI	L 89-98	240	89	37	21	1	6	31	86	36.0	16	34.0	11	16	68.8	47.8	8	29	9	22
3	Rockets	46	11/22/2014	HOU	vs	DAL	W 95-92	240	95	47	17	8	0	30	82	36.6	15	32.6	20	23	87.0	51.6	14	33	17	23
4	Rockets	46	2/23/2013	HOU	@	WAS	L 103-105	240	103	39	24	7	3	38	84	45.2	19	41.3	8	14	57.1	57.1	13	26	16	19
5	Warriors	46	1/3/2007	GSW	@	MEM	L 135-144	240	135	42	33	6	7	48	101	47.5	18	39.1	21	24	87.5	60.5	15	27	12	26
6	Rockets	45	2/11/2015	HOU	@	LAC	L 95-110	240	95	41	26	6	6	34	87	39.1	9	20.0	18	22	81.8	49.1	14	27	17	33
7	Warriors	45	4/16/2008	GSW	vs	SEA	L 121-126	240	121	50	24	6	6	47	110	42.7	15	33.3	12	16	75.0	51.7	21	29	12	16
8	Lakers	45	3/28/2008	LAL	vs	MEM	L 111-114	240	111	47	32	8	11	41	104	39.4	15	33.3	14	16	87.5	50.0	18	29	10	26
9	Rockets	44	3/27/2015	HOU	vs	MIN	W 120-110	240	120	41	34	10	6	44	83	53.0	20	45.5	12	17	70.6	66.3	13	28	17	26
10	Rockets	44	2/25/2015	HOU	vs	LAC	W 110-105	240	110	46	27	7	9	36	88	40.9	17	38.6	21	30	70.0	54.3	12	34	9	20
11	Rockets	44	1/25/2015	HOU	@	LAL	W 99-87	240	99	46	22	13	4	35	87	40.2	13	29.5	16	21	76.2	51.4	11	35	14	23
12	Rockets	44	12/11/2014	HOU	@	SAC	W 113-109	265	113	42	18	13	3	38	95	40.0	15	34.1	22	31	71.0	52.0	14	28	14	27
13	Knicks	44	12/6/2012	NYK	@	MIA	W 112-92	240	112	46	20	9	4	41	91	45.1	18	40.9	12	19	63.2	56.4	11	35	7	19
14	Lakers	44	12/17/2006	LAL	vs	WAS	L 141-147	265	141	44	36	6	6	49	100	49.0	19	43.2	24	30	80.0	62.3	12	32	14	36
15	Suns	44	1/2/2006	PHX	@	NYK	L 133-140	315	133	47	39	7	4	53	112	47.3	13	29.5	14	16	87.5	55.9	7	40	17	41
16	Mavericks	44	3/1/1996	DAL	@	VAN	W 119-111	240	119	43	30	12	1	42	97	43.3	16	36.4	19	24	79.2	55.3	17	26	14	16
17	Nuggets	43	4/10/2015	DEN	vs	DAL	L 143-144	290	143	61	29	10	1	53	125	42.4	15	34.9	22	25	88.0	52.6	27	34	15	26
18	Pistons	43	1/9/2015	DET	vs	ATL	L 103-106	240	103	46	24	9	3	38	96	39.6	13	30.2	14	18	77.8	49.6	11	35	7	19
19	Rockets	43	12/31/2014	HOU	vs	CHA	W 102-83	240	102	41	22	10	7	38	88	43.2	17	39.5	9	14	64.3	54.2	10	31	14	25
20	Trail Blazers	43	12/26/2014	POR	vs	PHI	W 114-93	240	114	48	25	10	8	42	88	47.7	18	41.9	12	14	85.7	60.5	9	39	19	22
21	Rockets	43	12/20/2014	HOU	vs	ATL	L 97-104	240	97	43	27	8	4	34	86	39.5	15	34.9	14	18	77.8	51.6	15	28	16	25
22	Knicks	43	2/2/2013	NYK	vs	SAC	W 120-81	240	120	52	34	8	1	47	86	54.7	19	44.2	7	13	53.8	65.4	15	37	17	19
23	Trail Blazers	43	1/11/2013	POR	@	GSW	L 97-103	240	97	52	18	5	3	35	92	38.0	15	34.9	12	19	63.2	48.3	17	35	13	14
24	Knicks	43	1/27/2012	NYK	@	MIA	L 89-99	240	89	39	20	6	5	30	84	35.7	18	41.9	11	14	78.6	49.4	9	30	19	24
25	Suns	43	12/22/2006	PHX	vs	WAS	L 139-144	265	139	46	34	2	7	52	105	49.5	13	30.2	22	28	78.6	59.2	12	34	12	22