What is the all-time record for 3-pointers made by a team in an NBA game?

On a December night in 2020, the The Milwaukee Bucks delivered a performance that shocked the NBA. When the final buzzer sounded, they had made 29 three-pointers, setting a new record for the most three-pointers made by a team in a single game. The victims were the Miami Heat, and the final score was telling: 144-97. It was one of those nights where everything fell into place, and the three-point line became a playground for Milwaukee.

What made this performance all the more remarkable was the balance of shooting performance. Twelve of the 13 Bucks players who took the field that night made at least one shot from deep. Jrue Holiday led the attack with six triples on 10 attempts. Donte DiVincenzo was right behind him, knocking down five of six. Khris Middleton, the team’s quiet man, chipped in four chips of his own in five attempts. Even big man Brook Lopez found his shot, hitting three of his four attempts from distance.

It wasn’t just the volume of the threes that was astonishing, but also the efficiency. Milwaukee shot 56.9% from deep, 29 of their 51 attempts were scored. The barrage was relentless, and when Sam Merrill sank his three-pointer just under six minutes before the end of the game, The Bucks had broken the previous record of 27 three-pointers set by the Houston Rockets in 2019.

Since that historic night, the Bucks’ record has remained unbroken. Some teams are close – Houston and Utah each made 28 three-pointers in games during the 2021 seasonbut none could match Milwaukee’s 29. Several other teams, including the Brooklyn Nets and Golden State Warriors, have reached the Rockets’ old mark of 27. but no one has managed to surpass it.

This night in December remains a highlight in NBA history, a game in which Milwaukee’s shooters were in perfect harmony.