first player with 5 assists in a game

Ernie Calverley assisted on 5 baskets against the Knicks on December 11, 1946.

Interpreted as:
first player with 5 or more assists in a game
NAMEDATEASTTMOPPMINPTSREBSTLBLKFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTOVPF+/-
1Ernie Calverley
E. Calverley
12/11/1946
5
PRO PRO
@
NYK NYK
14
4
6
2Nat Militzok
N. Militzok
12/11/1946
6
NYK NYK
vs
PRO PRO
10
4
2
3Harry Miller
H. Miller
1/17/1947
6
TOR TOR
vs
DET DET
1
0
1
4
25.0
3
4Ernie Calverley
E. Calverley
2/1/1947
8
PRO PRO
vs
PIT PIT
17
6
5
5Ernie Calverley
E. Calverley
11/13/1947
9
PRO PRO
@
PHI PHI
13
6
1
1
100.0
6
6Ernie Calverley
E. Calverley
11/15/1947
9
PRO PRO
vs
PHI PHI
12
5
2
2
100.0
7Ernie Calverley
E. Calverley
12/9/1947
5
PRO PRO
@
PHI PHI
16
6
24
25.0
4
4
100.0
31.1
6
8Ernie Calverley
E. Calverley
12/26/1947
5
PRO PRO
@
PHI PHI
7
2
23
8.7
3
5
60.0
13.9
2
9Andy Phillip
A. Phillip
1/11/1948
8
CHI CHI
vs
NYK NYK
13
6
1
2
50.0
10Howie Dallmar
H. Dallmar
3/27/1948
5
PHI PHI
vs
STL STL
10
5
11
45.5
0
0
45.5
4
11Howie Dallmar
H. Dallmar
4/3/1948
5
PHI PHI
vs
STL STL
2
0
6
0.0
2
2
100.0
14.5
4
12Connie Simmons
C. Simmons
4/21/1948
6
BAL BAL
vs
PHI PHI
12
4
11
36.4
4
7
57.1
42.6
3
13Jack Garfinkel
J. Garfinkel
11/4/1948
6
BOS BOS
@
PHI PHI
2
1
12
8.3
0
0
8.3
3
14George Senesky
G. Senesky
11/4/1948
5
PHI PHI
vs
BOS BOS
6
2
6
33.3
2
3
66.7
41.0
1
15Ed Sadowski
E. Sadowski
11/6/1948
6
PHI PHI
@
PRO PRO
16
8
22
36.4
0
1
0.0
35.7
3
16Jerry Fleishman
J. Fleishman
11/9/1948
7
PHI PHI
vs
PRO PRO
8
3
16
18.8
2
2
100.0
23.7
5
17Carl Braun
C. Braun
11/20/1948
5
NYK NYK
vs
PHI PHI
13
5
18
27.8
3
4
75.0
32.9
2
18Ed Sadowski
E. Sadowski
11/20/1948
5
PHI PHI
@
NYK NYK
26
8
21
38.1
10
15
66.7
47.1
6
19Howie Dallmar
H. Dallmar
11/25/1948
9
PHI PHI
vs
WAS WAS
5
0
15
0.0
5
5
100.0
14.5
2
20Jack Dwan
J. Dwan
11/28/1948
5
MIN MIN
vs
PHI PHI
4
2
0
0
3
21Jim Pollard
J. Pollard
11/28/1948
5
MIN MIN
vs
PHI PHI
19
8
3
5
60.0
4
22Herm Schaefer
H. Schaefer
11/28/1948
5
MIN MIN
vs
PHI PHI
25
11
3
5
60.0
2
23Ed Sadowski
E. Sadowski
12/2/1948
5
PHI PHI
vs
BOS BOS
19
7
18
38.9
5
5
100.0
47.0
5
24Jim Seminoff
J. Seminoff
12/2/1948
5
BOS BOS
@
PHI PHI
14
4
8
50.0
6
7
85.7
63.2
5
25Andy Phillip
A. Phillip
12/4/1948
13
CHI CHI
vs
MIN MIN
24
10
4
6
66.7
5
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for assists going back to the 1982-83 season.

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WesternWLPCTGB
1
Thunder Thunder
7
0
1.000
2
Spurs Spurs
5
1
.833
1.5
3
Lakers Lakers
6
2
.750
1.5
4
Nuggets Nuggets
4
2
.667
2.5
5
Rockets Rockets
4
2
.667
2.5
6
Warriors Warriors
5
3
.625
2.5
EasternWLPCTGB
1
Bulls Bulls
6
1
.857
2
76ers 76ers
5
2
.714
1.0
3
Pistons Pistons
5
2
.714
1.0
4
Bucks Bucks
5
3
.625
1.5
5
Heat Heat
4
3
.571
2.0
6
Knicks Knicks
4
3
.571
2.0

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Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Mon
10/20
HOU HOU
@
OKC OKC
124-125
Mon
10/20
GSW GSW
@
LAL LAL
119-109
Tue
10/21
CLE CLE
@
NYK NYK
111-119
Tue
10/21
BKN BKN
@
CHA CHA
117-136
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10/21
MIA MIA
@
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DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Wed
11/5
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@
CLE CLE
7:00 PM
Wed
11/5
BKN BKN
@
IND IND
7:00 PM
Wed
11/5
UTA UTA
@
DET DET
7:00 PM
Wed
11/5
WAS WAS
@
BOS BOS
7:30 PM
Wed
11/5
MIN MIN
@
NYK NYK
7:30 PM