celtics most assists by a player in a game before 1980

Before 1979-80, Bob Cousy had the most assists for the Celtics in a game, with 28 assists against the Minneapolis Lakers on February 27, 1959.

Interpreted as:
celtics most assists by a player in a regular-season game before 1980
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 Bob Cousy
B. Cousy
28
2/27/1959
BOS BOS
vs
MIN MIN
45
31
5
10
18
55.6
11
12
91.7
66.6
3
2 Bob Cousy
B. Cousy
21
12/21/1960
BOS BOS
vs
STL STL
25
9
7
10
70.0
2
3 Bob Cousy
B. Cousy
19
2/19/1963
BOS BOS
vs
CIN CIN
33
15
1
5
11
45.5
5
6
83.3
55.0
4
4 Bob Cousy
B. Cousy
19
11/24/1956
BOS BOS
vs
SYR SYR
38
21
9
19
47.4
3
3
100.0
51.7
1
5 Bob Cousy
B. Cousy
18
11/21/1959
BOS BOS
@
NYK NYK
32
9
19
47.4
14
14
100.0
63.6
2
6 Bob Cousy
B. Cousy
18
1/18/1953
BOS BOS
vs
NYK NYK
48
15
4
18
22.2
7
8
87.5
34.9
4
7 Bob Cousy
B. Cousy
17
11/16/1961
BOS BOS
@
CIN CIN
18
2
6
18
33.3
6
8
75.0
41.8
2
8 Bob Cousy
B. Cousy
17
1/27/1960
BOS BOS
vs
STL STL
44
25
3
12
29
41.4
1
2
50.0
41.8
3
9 Bob Cousy
B. Cousy
17
12/10/1955
BOS BOS
vs
MIN MIN
43
15
7
21
33.3
1
3
33.3
33.6
1
10 Bob Cousy
B. Cousy
17
2/4/1953
BOS BOS
vs
SYR SYR
43
14
3
17
17.6
8
9
88.9
33.4
6
11 John Havlicek
J. Havlicek
16
2/22/1972
BOS BOS
vs
PHX PHX
47
27
4
11
25
44.0
5
5
100.0
49.6
1
12 K.C. Jones
K.C. Jones
16
12/5/1965
BOS BOS
@
CIN CIN
47
2
3
0
6
0.0
2
2
100.0
14.5
3
13 Bob Cousy
B. Cousy
16
1/12/1962
BOS BOS
vs
CIN CIN
37
16
2
7
19
36.8
2
2
100.0
40.2
1
14 Bob Cousy
B. Cousy
16
2/6/1960
BOS BOS
@
NYK NYK
16
7
2
2
100.0
3
15 Bob Cousy
B. Cousy
16
1/18/1959
BOS BOS
vs
STL STL
39
26
6
10
15
66.7
6
7
85.7
71.9
4
16 Bob Cousy
B. Cousy
16
3/11/1956
BOS BOS
vs
STL STL
44
25
10
19
52.6
5
5
100.0
59.0
3
17 Bob Cousy
B. Cousy
16
1/6/1952
BOS BOS
vs
ROC ROC
45
15
7
6
26
23.1
3
4
75.0
27.0
4
18 Jo Jo White
J. Jo White
15
12/28/1975
BOS BOS
@
LAL LAL
46
22
2
5
0
10
24
41.7
2
2
100.0
44.2
0
2
0
19 John Havlicek
J. Havlicek
15
2/11/1972
BOS BOS
vs
LAL LAL
47
23
10
9
22
40.9
5
6
83.3
46.7
3
20 John Havlicek
J. Havlicek
15
3/1/1970
BOS BOS
vs
LAL LAL
47
27
5
10
23
43.5
7
7
100.0
51.8
1
21 Bob Cousy
B. Cousy
15
11/30/1961
BOS BOS
CIN CIN
16
3
7
22
31.8
2
2
100.0
35.0
1
22 Bob Cousy
B. Cousy
15
11/12/1961
BOS BOS
@
CHI CHI
21
6
9
9
100.0
2
23 Bob Cousy
B. Cousy
15
1/15/1960
BOS BOS
@
PHI PHI
20
5
9
24
37.5
2
3
66.7
39.5
3
24 Bob Cousy
B. Cousy
15
12/4/1959
BOS BOS
vs
NYK NYK
39
16
1
7
22
31.8
2
3
66.7
34.3
0
25 Bob Cousy
B. Cousy
15
3/4/1959
BOS BOS
vs
SYR SYR
38
18
2
7
19
36.8
4
5
80.0
42.5
3
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for assists going back to the 1982-83 season.

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