most threes made in a game before 2011 1997

Steve Smith made the most threes in a game in 1996-97, with 9 three-pointers against the Seattle SuperSonics on March 14, 1997.

Interpreted as:

most threes made by a player in a regular-season game before 2011 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	Steve Smith S. Smith	9	3/14/1997	ATL	vs	SEA	41	36	2	2	0	0	10	20	50.0	15	60.0	7	7	100.0	78.0	2	0	4	3	-1
2	Reggie Miller R. Miller	8	3/28/1997	IND	@	CHA	42	39	3	3	2	0	11	17	64.7	10	80.0	9	10	90.0	91.1	0	3	2	2	+11
3	Jason Kidd J. Kidd	8	3/17/1997	PHX	@	GSW	30	33	3	6	3	0	12	16	75.0	9	88.9	1	2	50.0	97.7	1	2	2	3	+23
4	Nick Van Exel N. Van Exel	8	3/4/1997	LAL	@	DAL	44	37	3	2	1	0	11	20	55.0	15	53.3	7	7	100.0	80.2	0	3	6	2	+12
5	Nick Anderson N. Anderson	8	2/17/1997	ORL	@	CHA	39	28	8	6	2	1	10	24	41.7	13	61.5	0	2	0.0	56.3	4	4	1	4	-14
6	Voshon Lenard V. Lenard	8	2/15/1997	MIA	vs	PHI	31	24	0	8	1	0	8	13	61.5	11	72.7	0	0		92.3	0	0	3	2	+23
7	Nick Van Exel N. Van Exel	8	2/13/1997	LAL	@	DEN	29	30	4	9	1	1	10	17	58.8	13	61.5	2	2	100.0	83.9	1	3	1	0	+16
8	Henry James H. James	8	1/24/1997	ATL	vs	WAS	26	26	2	1	1	0	8	12	66.7	10	80.0	2	2	100.0	100.9	1	1	1	1	+7
9	Sam Perkins S. Perkins	8	1/15/1997	SEA	vs	TOR	23	26	3	0	3	1	8	8	100.0	8	100.0	2	2	100.0	146.4	0	3	2	3	+32
10	Bryant Stith B. Stith	8	12/23/1996	DEN	@	PHX	48	36	4	4	2	0	12	21	57.1	12	66.7	4	4	100.0	79.1	0	4	3	1	-2
11	Hersey Hawkins H. Hawkins	8	12/17/1996	SEA	vs	GSW	30	30	5	3	4	0	10	16	62.5	10	80.0	2	2	100.0	88.9	1	4	0	4	+31
12	James Robinson J. Robinson	7	4/19/1997	MIN	@	UTA	32	28	3	2	2	0	9	19	47.4	14	50.0	3	4	75.0	67.4	1	2	1	3	-1
13	Henry James H. James	7	4/15/1997	ATL	vs	NJN	10	24	2	1	0	0	7	10	70.0	9	77.8	3	3	100.0	106.0	0	2	0	2	+25
14	Wesley Person W. Person	7	4/8/1997	PHX	vs	MIN	28	23	2	0	3	0	7	8	87.5	8	87.5	2	2	100.0	129.5	0	2	1	2	+15
15	John Starks J. Starks	7	4/5/1997	NYK	@	ATL	26	26	3	1	0	0	8	15	53.3	12	58.3	3	4	75.0	77.6	0	3	1	2	+13
16	Hersey Hawkins H. Hawkins	7	3/30/1997	SEA	@	PHX	44	31	3	7	5	0	12	18	66.7	8	87.5	0	0		86.1	0	3	2	0	+6
17	Wesley Person W. Person	7	3/28/1997	PHX	vs	GSW	40	28	7	2	1	0	10	18	55.6	11	63.6	1	2	50.0	74.2	3	4	1	0	+13
18	Mitch Richmond M. Richmond	7	3/25/1997	SAC	@	ORL	36	34	4	3	0	0	11	19	57.9	11	63.6	5	5	100.0	80.2	0	4	4	5	-19
19	LaPhonso Ellis L. Ellis	7	3/15/1997	DEN	vs	SAS	44	39	2	1	1	1	12	16	75.0	10	70.0	8	9	88.9	97.7	1	1	2	4	+18
20	Wesley Person W. Person	7	3/9/1997	PHX	vs	ORL	31	31	4	1	1	0	12	17	70.6	9	77.8	0	0		91.2	1	3	1	0	+34
21	Mitch Richmond M. Richmond	7	2/26/1997	SAC	@	BOS	43	38	4	3	2	0	11	19	57.9	7	100.0	9	11	81.8	79.7	0	4	5	3	+6
22	Voshon Lenard V. Lenard	7	2/21/1997	MIA	vs	POR	41	29	6	1	1	0	9	17	52.9	12	58.3	4	4	100.0	77.3	2	4	2	3	-9
23	Mitch Richmond M. Richmond	7	2/13/1997	SAC	vs	LAC	41	41	6	7	2	0	12	22	54.5	12	58.3	10	12	83.3	75.1	1	5	4	1	+3
24	Vernon Maxwell V. Maxwell	7	2/11/1997	SAS	@	DAL	35	34	2	3	2	0	13	22	59.1	11	63.6	1	2	50.0	74.3	0	2	1	1	+25
25	Mookie Blaylock M. Blaylock	7	2/2/1997	ATL	@	DEN	37	29	12	4	1	2	10	21	47.6	14	50.0	2	2	100.0	66.3	5	7	2	1	-9