most threes attempted by a team in an nba game prior to 2010

Before 2009-10, 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 threes attempted by a team in an NBA regular-season game prior to 2010

	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	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
3	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
4	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
5	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
6	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
7	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
8	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
9	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
10	SuperSonics	41	12/10/2003	SEA	@	BOS	L 112-126	240	112	37	27	16	4	40	95	42.1	17	41.5	15	19	78.9	54.2	12	25	16	26
11	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
12	Warriors	40	12/3/2007	GSW	vs	ORL	L 117-123	265	117	54	28	12	3	42	111	37.8	9	22.5	24	31	77.4	46.9	18	36	15	25
13	Mavericks	40	3/17/2002	DAL	@	LAL	L 103-105	240	103	43	21	4	6	37	85	43.5	15	37.5	14	16	87.5	56.0	7	36	9	23
14	Mavericks	40	1/15/2002	DAL	@	ATL	W 116-107	240	116	37	27	12	5	39	82	47.6	18	45.0	20	28	71.4	61.5	9	28	12	25
15	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
16	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
17	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
18	Knicks	39	2/20/2009	NYK	vs	TOR	W 127-97	240	127	51	27	2	1	46	93	49.5	17	43.6	18	19	94.7	62.6	9	42	8	22
19	Pacers	39	4/12/2008	IND	vs	CHA	L 103-107	240	103	43	25	5	6	37	91	40.7	13	33.3	16	25	64.0	50.5	11	32	11	27
20	Suns	39	11/11/2006	PHX	vs	MEM	W 96-87	240	96	52	27	8	6	36	87	41.4	9	23.1	15	21	71.4	49.9	15	37	15	28
21	Warriors	39	4/2/2006	GSW	@	MIN	L 104-106	265	104	44	27	5	3	39	94	41.5	11	28.2	15	18	83.3	51.0	15	29	21	25
22	Suns	39	2/4/2006	PHX	vs	CHI	W 118-101	240	118	48	30	6	2	43	89	48.3	17	43.6	15	19	78.9	60.6	11	37	15	16
23	Suns	39	4/5/2005	PHX	vs	LAL	W 125-99	240	125	49	33	7	8	49	88	55.7	17	43.6	10	12	83.3	67.0	13	36	15	15
24	Warriors	39	3/4/2005	GSW	@	WAS	W 103-90	240	103	42	19	10	5	37	89	41.6	12	30.8	17	21	81.0	52.4	13	29	13	27
25	SuperSonics	39	11/16/2004	SEA	@	PHI	W 103-95	240	103	39	25	8	1	36	77	46.8	18	46.2	13	21	61.9	59.7	10	29	21	23