career high assists in a single game by a player in 1978

Kevin Porter had the most assists in a game in 1977-78, with 29 assists versus the Rockets on February 24, 1978.

Interpreted as:
career high assists in a single regular-season game by a player in 1978
NAME AST DATE TM OPP MIN PTS REB STL BLK FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% TS% OREB DREB TOV PF +/-
1 Kevin Porter
K. Porter
29
2/24/1978
NJN NJN
vs
HOU HOU
48
14
5
2
0
7
17
41.2
0
0
41.2
2
2 John Lucas
J. Lucas
20
4/8/1978
HOU HOU
@
IND IND
41
2
1
4
1
9
11.1
0
0
11.1
3
3 Kevin Porter
K. Porter
20
4/5/1978
NJN NJN
@
DEN DEN
34
14
1
4
1
7
15
46.7
0
0
46.7
0
1
0
3
4 Kevin Porter
K. Porter
20
1/22/1978
NJN NJN
vs
KCK KCK
39
15
3
6
9
66.7
3
4
75.0
69.7
3
5 Kevin Porter
K. Porter
20
12/7/1977
NJN NJN
vs
SAS SAS
48
16
5
3
0
8
20
40.0
0
0
40.0
5
6 Brian Winters
B. Winters
18
3/19/1978
MIL MIL
@
WAS WAS
42
22
6
2
0
8
16
50.0
6
6
100.0
59.0
1
7 Kevin Porter
K. Porter
18
2/8/1978
NJN NJN
vs
IND IND
42
20
3
7
12
58.3
6
8
75.0
64.4
6
8 John Lucas
J. Lucas
18
1/27/1978
HOU HOU
@
DEN DEN
48
13
5
1
0
6
13
46.2
1
2
50.0
46.8
0
5
2
2
9 Norm Van Lier
N. Van Lier
18
1/24/1978
CHI CHI
vs
DEN DEN
34
11
3
1
0
3
6
50.0
5
6
83.3
63.7
2
1
4
3
10 John Lucas
J. Lucas
18
11/5/1977
HOU HOU
vs
WAS WAS
41
18
3
2
0
7
17
41.2
4
5
80.0
46.9
3
6
11 John Lucas
J. Lucas
18
10/27/1977
HOU HOU
vs
MIL MIL
37
6
2
1
0
3
9
33.3
0
0
33.3
2
5
12 Kevin Porter
K. Porter
17
3/15/1978
NJN NJN
vs
PHX PHX
31
8
2
2
0
4
8
50.0
0
0
50.0
0
2
7
4
13 Kevin Porter
K. Porter
17
12/11/1977
NJN NJN
@
WAS WAS
44
30
5
12
20
60.0
6
6
100.0
66.3
3
14 Jim McElroy
J. McElroy
16
2/28/1978
NOJ NOJ
vs
BUF BUF
42
26
4
11
16
68.8
4
5
80.0
71.4
3
15 Kevin Porter
K. Porter
16
1/4/1978
NJN NJN
vs
PHX PHX
40
17
1
2
1
7
14
50.0
3
4
75.0
53.9
0
1
2
2
16 Henry Bibby
H. Bibby
15
4/8/1978
PHI PHI
vs
WAS WAS
36
6
3
3
8
37.5
0
0
37.5
3
17 John Lucas
J. Lucas
15
4/1/1978
HOU HOU
vs
PHI PHI
38
22
3
0
8
15
53.3
6
6
100.0
62.4
2
18 John Lucas
J. Lucas
15
2/21/1978
HOU HOU
vs
BOS BOS
35
23
8
5
0
9
11
81.8
5
7
71.4
81.7
4
1
19 Kevin Porter
K. Porter
15
2/12/1978
NJN NJN
vs
NYK NYK
34
12
1
5
9
55.6
2
2
100.0
60.7
3
20 Kevin Porter
K. Porter
15
2/10/1978
NJN NJN
vs
DET DET
44
24
3
8
17
47.1
8
11
72.7
54.9
3
21 Pete Maravich
P. Maravich
15
1/31/1978
NOJ NOJ
vs
BUF BUF
38
26
5
9
26
34.6
8
8
100.0
44.0
3
22 Kevin Porter
K. Porter
15
1/27/1978
NJN NJN
@
SEA SEA
45
17
0
7
19
36.8
3
3
100.0
41.8
0
0
5
23 John Lucas
J. Lucas
15
1/20/1978
HOU HOU
vs
DET DET
45
10
3
4
1
5
11
45.5
0
0
45.5
4
2
24 John Lucas
J. Lucas
15
1/18/1978
HOU HOU
vs
SEA SEA
38
7
5
4
2
8
25.0
3
4
75.0
35.9
1
4
2
25 Kevin Porter
K. Porter
15
1/16/1978
NJN NJN
@
IND IND
53
18
5
6
15
40.0
6
8
75.0
48.6
5
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for assists going back to the 1982-83 season.

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IND IND
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