celtics most assists by a player in a game before 1992

Before 1991-92, 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 1992
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 Nate Archibald
N. Archibald
23
2/5/1982
BOS BOS
vs
DEN DEN
38
15
4
0
0
7
15
46.7
0
0
1
3
33.3
46.0
0
4
1
3
3 Bob Cousy
B. Cousy
21
12/21/1960
BOS BOS
vs
STL STL
25
9
7
10
70.0
2
4 Nate Archibald
N. Archibald
19
10/23/1979
BOS BOS
@
SAS SAS
40
13
2
1
0
5
11
45.5
0
0
3
3
100.0
52.8
1
1
3
3
5 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
6 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
7 Nate Archibald
N. Archibald
18
2/16/1983
BOS BOS
@
SEA SEA
38
11
1
2
0
5
9
55.6
0
1
0.0
1
2
50.0
55.7
0
1
4
1
8 Bob Cousy
B. Cousy
18
11/21/1959
BOS BOS
@
NYK NYK
32
9
19
47.4
14
14
100.0
63.6
2
9 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
10 Brian Shaw
B. Shaw
17
4/12/1991
BOS BOS
vs
MIA MIA
42
7
7
0
0
2
12
16.7
0
1
0.0
3
4
75.0
25.4
1
6
2
4
11 Dennis Johnson
D. Johnson
17
11/7/1987
BOS BOS
@
WAS WAS
50
10
4
2
1
5
12
41.7
0
0
0
0
41.7
2
2
4
5
12 Dennis Johnson
D. Johnson
17
3/12/1985
BOS BOS
@
ATL ATL
38
15
8
3
0
7
18
38.9
0
0
1
2
50.0
39.7
6
2
2
3
13 Larry Bird
L. Bird
17
2/16/1984
BOS BOS
@
GSW GSW
40
16
9
2
0
5
12
41.7
0
0
6
6
100.0
54.6
1
8
2
5
14 Nate Archibald
N. Archibald
17
3/26/1980
BOS BOS
vs
NYK NYK
47
29
3
1
0
7
9
77.8
0
0
15
17
88.2
88.0
0
3
1
3
15 Nate Archibald
N. Archibald
17
3/25/1980
BOS BOS
@
WAS WAS
48
10
3
1
3
9
33.3
0
0
4
4
100.0
46.5
1
2
3
4
16 Nate Archibald
N. Archibald
17
1/2/1980
BOS BOS
@
HOU HOU
39
16
0
6
0
4
10
40.0
0
8
11
72.7
53.9
0
0
3
2
17 Nate Archibald
N. Archibald
17
11/7/1979
BOS BOS
vs
SAS SAS
36
15
3
1
0
6
10
60.0
0
1
0.0
3
3
100.0
66.3
0
3
2
2
18 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
19 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
20 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
21 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
22 Larry Bird
L. Bird
16
3/21/1990
BOS BOS
vs
CLE CLE
42
25
10
1
2
11
16
68.8
1
3
33.3
2
2
100.0
74.1
1
9
2
3
23 John Bagley
J. Bagley
16
11/3/1989
BOS BOS
vs
MIL MIL
31
13
0
0
0
6
8
75.0
0
1
0.0
1
2
50.0
73.2
0
0
4
3
24 Dennis Johnson
D. Johnson
16
3/6/1987
BOS BOS
vs
LAC LAC
31
10
4
4
2
5
7
71.4
0
0
0
0
71.4
1
3
3
2
25 Nate Archibald
N. Archibald
16
1/20/1982
BOS BOS
vs
IND IND
34
9
3
2
0
3
8
37.5
0
0
3
5
60.0
44.1
3
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for assists going back to the 1982-83 season.

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64
18
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DATE MATCHUP SCORE
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GSW GSW
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145-124
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