most threes attempted by a team in a game before 2000

Before 1999-00, the Dallas Mavericks had the most three-point attempts by a team in a game, with 49 attempts against the New Jersey Nets on March 5, 1996.

Interpreted as:

most threes attempted by a team in a regular-season game before 2000

	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	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
3	Mavericks	42	3/3/1996	DAL	vs	PHX	L 114-121	240	114	41	20	7	8	42	99	42.4	10	23.8	20	24	83.3	52.0	13	28	12	22
4	Rockets	41	4/16/1996	HOU	@	PHX	L 100-111	240	100	42	26	4	4	38	94	40.4	10	24.4	14	16	87.5	49.5	11	31	10	24
5	Mavericks	40	4/11/1996	DAL	@	POR	L 99-114	240	99	45	26	8	4	37	101	36.6	10	25.0	15	21	71.4	44.9	16	29	9	20
6	Mavericks	40	2/27/1996	DAL	vs	PHI	L 115-121	240	115	45	20	8	4	39	98	39.8	15	37.5	22	26	84.6	52.5	13	32	11	22
7	Cavaliers	40	12/30/1995	CLE	vs	POR	W 124-121	290	124	52	33	7	4	44	100	44.0	15	37.5	21	25	84.0	55.9	17	35	11	25
8	Rockets	39	4/13/1997	HOU	vs	SEA	W 113-73	240	113	65	31	7	7	42	93	45.2	13	33.3	16	22	72.7	55.0	21	44	15	19
9	Mavericks	39	3/10/1996	DAL	@	TOR	L 112-128	240	112	37	19	12	5	43	102	42.2	12	30.8	14	22	63.6	50.1	19	18	11	22
10	Suns	39	1/29/1995	PHX	@	NYK	L 88-107	240	88	36	19	11	2	32	86	37.2	10	25.6	14	20	70.0	46.4	9	27	14	24
11	Mavericks	38	3/14/1996	DAL	@	LAC	L 106-110	240	106	48	14	12	2	38	87	43.7	13	34.2	17	29	58.6	53.1	14	34	17	26
12	Rockets	37	11/12/1996	HOU	vs	LAL	L 115-126	290	115	46	32	6	10	42	98	42.9	11	29.7	20	27	74.1	52.3	18	28	17	20
13	Rockets	37	4/3/1996	HOU	@	SEA	L 103-118	240	103	37	16	12	2	35	93	37.6	13	35.1	20	23	87.0	49.9	17	20	9	20
14	Mavericks	37	2/29/1996	DAL	@	DEN	W 137-120	240	137	38	31	5	7	47	90	52.2	18	48.6	25	33	75.8	65.5	11	27	11	24
15	Heat	36	3/21/1997	MIA	vs	LAL	W 98-97	240	98	36	25	5	4	34	78	43.6	15	41.7	15	23	65.2	55.6	12	24	11	21
16	Knicks	36	4/6/1996	NYK	@	TOR	W 139-106	240	139	57	36	9	4	50	99	50.5	15	41.7	24	28	85.7	62.4	18	39	17	23
17	Heat	35	12/4/1996	MIA	vs	DAL	W 101-79	240	101	33	25	9	5	36	72	50.0	15	42.9	14	18	77.8	63.2	7	26	17	16
18	76ers	35	11/20/1996	PHI	vs	IND	L 92-103	240	92	40	20	5	4	30	72	41.7	14	40.0	18	25	72.0	55.4	15	25	22	19
19	Mavericks	35	3/7/1996	DAL	@	CHA	L 105-119	240	105	31	28	6	3	43	93	46.2	10	28.6	9	11	81.8	53.7	7	24	10	14
20	Hawks	34	2/2/1997	ATL	@	DEN	L 104-115	240	104	41	19	8	7	39	94	41.5	13	38.2	13	17	76.5	51.2	17	24	8	14
21	Mavericks	34	3/24/1996	DAL	vs	NYK	L 79-85	240	79	56	16	7	4	32	95	33.7	9	26.5	6	7	85.7	40.3	24	32	20	15
22	Mavericks	34	3/17/1996	DAL	@	POR	L 86-112	240	86	35	13	10	0	29	91	31.9	8	23.5	20	25	80.0	42.2	14	21	13	20
23	Mavericks	34	3/12/1996	DAL	vs	MIA	L 118-125	240	118	28	23	11	4	39	87	44.8	14	41.2	26	34	76.5	57.9	6	22	13	32
24	Hawks	33	4/20/1997	ATL	@	NJN	L 92-108	240	92	45	20	11	4	37	94	39.4	8	24.2	10	16	62.5	45.5	18	27	12	15
25	Rockets	33	4/18/1997	HOU	vs	DAL	W 112-102	265	112	48	25	9	3	42	87	48.3	13	39.4	15	21	71.4	58.2	13	35	19	16