Between the 1959-60 and 1968-69 seasons, the Boston Celtics had the lowest field-goal percentage by a team in a game, at 25.7 percent versus the Lakers on March 16, 1969.

Interpreted as:

least fg% by a team in a regular-season game 1960s

	TEAM	FG%	DATE	TM		OPP	RESULT	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	FGM	FGA	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	PF
1	Celtics	25.7	3/16/1969	BOS	vs	LAL	L 73-108	240	73	64	11	28	109	17	29	58.6	30.0	25
2	Warriors	26.5	12/17/1967	SFW		STL	L 79-97	240	79	65	8	26	98	27	46	58.7	33.4	24
3	Warriors	26.7	12/5/1964	SFW	vs	BOS	L 81-105	240	81	83	15	28	105	25	40	62.5	33.0	21
4	Hawks	26.9	12/29/1960	STL	@	DET	L 89-112	240	89	68		32	119	25	35	71.4	33.1	20
5	Warriors	26.9	12/19/1959	PHI	@	STL	L 89-102	240	89	66	12	28	104	33	50	66.0	35.3	23
6	Bullets	27.7	1/26/1969	BAL	@	BOS	L 86-124	240	86	68	12	31	112	24	32	75.0	34.1	24
7	76ers	28.0	11/29/1963	PHI		BOS	L 78-112	240	78	64	18	30	107	18	28	64.3	32.7	23
8	Celtics	28.1	12/4/1964	BOS	@	SFW	L 85-112	240	85	69	19	36	128	13	18	72.2	31.3	24
9	Warriors	28.3	1/11/1969	SFW	vs	NYK	L 77-85	240	77	73	16	28	99	21	35	60.0	33.7	21
10	Hawks	28.6	12/7/1960	STL	@	DET	L 83-113	240	83	57		28	98	27	47	57.4	35.0	28
11	Celtics	28.7	12/27/1960	BOS	@	PHI	L 101-116	240	101	89	18	39	136	23	28	82.1	34.0	29
12	Celtics	28.7	12/10/1960	BOS	@	PHI	L 97-102	240	97	70	16	35	122	27	30	90.0	35.9	25
13	Royals	28.7	2/5/1969	CIN	@	SDR	L 93-110	240	93	65	17	29	101	35	42	83.3	38.9	27
14	Hawks	28.9	10/27/1964	STL		PHI	L 81-100	240	81	63	17	26	90	29	51	56.9	36.0	26
15	Celtics	28.9	1/30/1961	BOS	@	CIN	L 88-116	240	88	64		35	121	18	37	48.6	32.1	20
16	Celtics	29.0	3/5/1966	BOS	@	PHI	L 85-102	240	85	63	14	31	107	23	34	67.6	34.8	28
17	Warriors	29.3	2/3/1967	SFW	@	LAL	L 80-129	240	80	62	19	29	99	22	36	61.1	34.8	21
18	Warriors	29.4	2/18/1968	SFW	@	DET	L 104-123	240	104	67	13	32	109	40	59	67.8	38.5	32
19	Warriors	29.7	12/14/1968	SFW	@	PHI	L 91-137	240	91	52	16	30	101	31	43	72.1	37.9	21
20	76ers	29.8	11/1/1968	PHI	@	BOS	L 99-118	240	99	49	8	34	114	31	41	75.6	37.5	22
21	Lakers	29.8	2/9/1960	MIN		BOS	L 90-129	240	90	64		34	114	22	41	53.7	34.1	32
22	Royals	29.9	2/11/1966	CIN	@	PHI	L 94-113	240	94	79	16	29	97	36	51	70.6	39.4	34
23	Pistons	29.9	12/20/1959	DET	@	STL	L 86-102	240	86	61		32	107	22	35	62.9	35.1	27
24	Rockets	30.0	1/12/1968	SDR	@	STL	L 89-111	240	89	56	21	33	110	23	31	74.2	36.0	28
25	Hawks	30.1	12/30/1959	STL	vs	BOS	L 82-96	240	82	69		31	103	20	35	57.1	34.6	21