career high assists in a single game by a player in 1982

Geoff Huston had the most assists in a game in 1981-82, with 27 assists versus the Warriors on January 27, 1982.

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career high assists in a single regular-season game by a player in 1982

	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	Geoff Huston G. Huston	27	1/27/1982	CLE	vs	GSW	46	24	1	0	0	10	17	58.8	0	0		4	6	66.7	61.1	0	1	4	2
2	Nate Archibald N. Archibald	23	2/5/1982	BOS	vs	DEN	38	15	4	0	0	7	15	46.7	0	0		1	3	33.3	46.0	0	4	1	3
3	Geoff Huston G. Huston	20	2/3/1982	CLE	vs	IND	46	19	6	1	1	5	15	33.3	0	0		9	12	75.0	46.8	2	4	2	3
4	Johnny Moore J. Moore	20	1/2/1982	SAS	vs	DEN	27	11	4	3	0	3	8	37.5	0	1	0.0	5	6	83.3	51.7	1	3	1	6
5	Geoff Huston G. Huston	19	2/13/1982	CLE	vs	IND	42	13	1	1	0	6	9	66.7	0	0		1	2	50.0	65.8	1	0	3	2
6	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	18	2/16/1982	LAL	vs	SEA	42	11	10	2		5	11	45.5	0	0		1	2	50.0	46.3	4	6	2	2
7	Johnny Moore J. Moore	17	4/18/1982	SAS	vs	UTA	29	6	7	2	0	3	14	21.4	0	3	0.0	0	0		21.4			0	3
8	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	17	4/1/1982	LAL	@	SDC	41	7	6		1	2	6	33.3	0	0		3	4	75.0	45.1			5	4
9	John Lucas J. Lucas	17	3/24/1982	WAS	@	IND	31	7	2			3	6	50.0	0			1	2	50.0	50.9				1
10	Rickey Green R. Green	17	3/4/1982	UTA	vs	HOU	39	11	2		0	5	17	29.4	0	0		1	1	100.0	31.5			3	2
11	Maurice Cheeks M. Cheeks	17	3/3/1982	PHI	vs	SDC	38	14	5		0	5	10	50.0	0	0		4	6	66.7	55.4			2	2
12	Maurice Cheeks M. Cheeks	17	11/21/1981	PHI	vs	HOU	36	9	3	4	0	4	6	66.7	0	0		1	2	50.0	65.4			3	2
13	Maurice Cheeks M. Cheeks	16	4/14/1982	PHI	vs	DET	39	8	7		1	2	6	33.3	0	1	0.0	4	6	66.7	46.3				3
14	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	16	4/9/1982	LAL	vs	DEN	29	17	6	2	2	7	14	50.0	0	0		3	7	42.9	49.8	4	2	1	3
15	Rickey Green R. Green	16	4/6/1982	UTA	vs	DAL	33	18	4		0	7	11	63.6	0	0		4	7	57.1	63.9			1	1
16	Johnny Moore J. Moore	16	4/4/1982	SAS	vs	HOU	41	8	3	4	0	3	8	37.5	0	0		2	2	100.0	45.0			3	3
17	Alex English A. English	16	3/19/1982	DEN	vs	CHI	41	29	8	0	1	13	24	54.2	0	0		3	5	60.0	55.3	6	2	2	2
18	Johnny Moore J. Moore	16	3/6/1982	SAS	vs	MIL	30	16	3	0	0	7	10	70.0	0	0		2	3	66.7	70.7	1	2	1	2
19	Norm Nixon N. Nixon	16	2/23/1982	LAL	vs	DEN	28	8	3	2	0	4	10	40.0	0	0		0	0		40.0	1	2	3	3
20	Johnny Moore J. Moore	16	2/19/1982	SAS	@	DEN	32	5	4	3	0	2	6	33.3	0	0		1	4	25.0	32.2	1	3	4	4
21	Johnny Moore J. Moore	16	2/12/1982	SAS	@	LAL	30	4	3	4	0	2	6	33.3	0	0		0	0		33.3			8	2
22	Nate Archibald N. Archibald	16	1/20/1982	BOS	vs	IND	34	9	3	2	0	3	8	37.5	0	0		3	5	60.0	44.1				3
23	Johnny Moore J. Moore	16	12/30/1981	SAS	vs	HOU	34	8	4	1	1	4	8	50.0	0	0		0	0		50.0			2	5
24	Geoff Huston G. Huston	16	12/23/1981	CLE	vs	KCK	38	13	4	0	0	6	10	60.0	0	0		1	1	100.0	62.3	1	3	1	2
25	Johnny Moore J. Moore	16	12/12/1981	SAS	vs	UTA	37	15	4	3	1	6	15	40.0	0	0		3	4	75.0	44.7			4	2

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