Before 1996-97, Dennis Scott buried the most threes in a game, with 11 three-pointers against the Hawks on April 18, 1996.

Interpreted as:

most threes made by a player in a regular-season game before 1997

	NAME	3PM	DATE	TM		OPP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF
1	Dennis Scott D. Scott	11	4/18/1996	ORL	vs	ATL	39	35	6	2	2	0	12	20	60.0	17	64.7	0	0		87.5	1	5	1	1
2	George McCloud G. McCloud	10	12/16/1995	DAL	vs	PHX	49	36	6	2	3	0	12	22	54.5	12	83.3	2	2	100.0	78.7	1	5	1	3
3	Joe Dumars J. Dumars	10	11/8/1994	DET	vs	MIN	42	40	1	6	1	0	10	19	52.6	18	55.6	10	10	100.0	85.5	0	1	4	2
4	Brian Shaw B. Shaw	10	4/8/1993	MIA	@	MIL	32	32	6	3	4	0	11	16	68.8	15	66.7	0	0		100.0	0	6	3	2
5	Rex Chapman R. Chapman	9	2/23/1996	MIA	vs	CHI	40	39	2	3	2	0	12	17	70.6	10	90.0	6	7	85.7	97.1	0	2	4	3
6	Robert Horry R. Horry	9	2/22/1996	HOU	@	CLE	44	27	3	3	0	3	9	12	75.0	12	75.0	0	0		112.5	0	3	1	3
7	Nick Anderson N. Anderson	9	1/19/1996	ORL	@	UTA	40	29	4	4	0	0	10	13	76.9	12	75.0	0	0		111.5	0	4	1	1
8	Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf M. Abdul-Rauf	9	12/7/1995	DEN	@	UTA	41	51	2	2	2	0	17	27	63.0	14	64.3	8	8	100.0	83.6	0	2	2	2
9	Dana Barros D. Barros	9	1/27/1995	PHI	vs	PHX	44	39	4	7	3	1	13	23	56.5	12	75.0	4	4	100.0	78.8	1	3	4	2
10	Dennis Scott D. Scott	9	4/13/1993	ORL	vs	MIL	40	41	6	3	0	1	16	31	51.6	19	47.4	0	0		66.1	2	4	0	2
11	Michael Adams M. Adams	9	4/12/1991	DEN	@	LAC	40	35	2	9	7	0	12	28	42.9	20	45.0	2	2	100.0	60.6	2	0	7	2
12	Dale Ellis D. Ellis	9	4/20/1990	SEA	vs	LAC	35	36	4	3	0	0	13	16	81.3	11	81.8	1	1	100.0	109.5	0	4	3	1
13	George McCloud G. McCloud	8	4/9/1996	DAL	@	SAC	41	37	2	1	1	0	14	24	58.3	14	57.1	1	1	100.0	75.7	0	2	2	3
14	Dennis Scott D. Scott	8	3/4/1996	ORL	@	PHI	36	26	5	4	1	0	9	16	56.3	15	53.3	0	0		81.3	1	4	2	2
15	Sean Elliott S. Elliott	8	3/2/1996	SAS	vs	PHI	42	33	3	2	3	0	11	21	52.4	11	72.7	3	4	75.0	72.5	1	2	5	3
16	George McCloud G. McCloud	8	2/29/1996	DAL	@	DEN	39	24	1	2	2	2	8	17	47.1	14	57.1	0	0		70.6	0	1	3	5
17	Dennis Scott D. Scott	8	2/29/1996	ORL	@	NJN	38	30	4	3	1	1	11	21	52.4	16	50.0	0	0		71.4	3	1	2	2
18	George McCloud G. McCloud	8	2/27/1996	DAL	vs	PHI	48	30	12	2	2	0	10	22	45.5	16	50.0	2	4	50.0	63.1	1	11	3	2
19	Dennis Scott D. Scott	8	2/21/1996	ORL	@	IND	39	32	4	3	0	0	11	18	61.1	13	61.5	2	2	100.0	84.7	2	2	2	2
20	Danny Ferry D. Ferry	8	2/13/1996	CLE	vs	CHA	38	31	4	5	0	1	11	20	55.0	10	80.0	1	2	50.0	74.2	1	3	1	2
21	George McCloud G. McCloud	8	2/6/1996	DAL	@	MIL	45	36	5	3	4	0	13	21	61.9	12	66.7	2	4	50.0	79.1	3	2	1	3
22	George McCloud G. McCloud	8	12/12/1995	DAL	vs	SEA	44	30	6	2	1	0	10	19	52.6	12	66.7	2	3	66.7	73.8	1	5	1	3
23	Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf M. Abdul-Rauf	8	11/24/1995	DEN	@	DAL	41	39	6	10	2	0	13	23	56.5	11	72.7	5	6	83.3	76.1	2	4	2	1
24	Robert Horry R. Horry	8	11/16/1995	HOU	@	MIL	43	40	6	9	1	1	16	26	61.5	14	57.1	0	1	0.0	75.6	0	6	2	2
25	Jason Kidd J. Kidd	8	4/11/1995	DAL	@	HOU	49	38	11	10	3	0	12	27	44.4	12	66.7	6	10	60.0	60.5	4	7	3	4