Before 1982-83, Larry Bird had his most assists in a game versus the Hawks on January 13, 1982, with 15 assists.

Interpreted as:

Larry Bird most assists in a regular-season game until 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	Larry Bird L. Bird	15	1/13/1982	BOS	vs	ATL	46	28	19	3	3	12	19	63.2	0	0		4	5	80.0	66.0				3
2	Larry Bird L. Bird	14	2/21/1982	BOS	@	SEA	48	22	12	3	0	11	23	47.8	0	2	0.0	0	0		47.8	3	9	4	3
3	Larry Bird L. Bird	12	2/19/1982	BOS	@	POR	43	25	7	1	2	10	21	47.6	0	0		5	5	100.0	53.9	1	6	1	4
4	Larry Bird L. Bird	12	2/27/1981	BOS	@	ATL	40	16	9			7	16	43.8	0	0		2	2	100.0	47.4				2
5	Larry Bird L. Bird	11	2/26/1982	BOS	vs	SDC	43	24	9		0	9	15	60.0	0	0		6	7	85.7	66.4			3	4
6	Larry Bird L. Bird	11	1/27/1982	BOS	vs	NYK	31	31	8	4		13	20	65.0	0	0		5	7	71.4	67.2				3
7	Larry Bird L. Bird	11	3/15/1981	BOS	vs	NJN	36	21	8			7	16	43.8	0	0		7	7	100.0	55.0				4
8	Larry Bird L. Bird	10	1/11/1982	BOS	@	NJN	44	25	14	6		10	19	52.6	0	1	0.0	5	5	100.0	59.0				3
9	Larry Bird L. Bird	10	11/7/1981	BOS	@	DET	27	11	8			2	8	25.0	0	0		7	8	87.5	47.7				3
10	Larry Bird L. Bird	10	3/24/1981	BOS	@	NYK	46	16	13			8	14	57.1	0	0		0	0		57.1				0
11	Larry Bird L. Bird	10	3/6/1981	BOS	@	IND	45	28	10	1	0	12	20	60.0	0	1	0.0	4	4	100.0	64.3				2
12	Larry Bird L. Bird	10	1/21/1981	BOS	vs	UTA	34	20	10		0	9	13	69.2	1	1	100.0	1	1	100.0	74.4				2
13	Larry Bird L. Bird	10	1/1/1981	BOS	@	SDC	43	13	13	3	1	4	17	23.5	1	2	50.0	4	6	66.7	33.1			6	4
14	Larry Bird L. Bird	10	12/30/1980	BOS	@	PHX	46	27	10	5	2	9	19	47.4	1	2	50.0	8	8	100.0	59.9			3	2
15	Larry Bird L. Bird	10	11/14/1979	BOS	vs	DET	36	23	19	3	2	8	19	42.1	1	3	33.3	6	6	100.0	53.1	9	10	7	1
16	Larry Bird L. Bird	9	2/24/1982	BOS	vs	UTA	35	27	12		1	12	19	63.2	0	1	0.0	3	4	75.0	65.0				4
17	Larry Bird L. Bird	9	2/17/1982	BOS	@	GSW	41	8	12	2	1	4	17	23.5	0	1	0.0	0	0		23.5	3	9	5	2
18	Larry Bird L. Bird	9	2/14/1982	BOS	@	LAL	43	12	9			4	11	36.4	0	1	0.0	4	5	80.0	45.5				2
19	Larry Bird L. Bird	9	2/7/1982	BOS	vs	LAL	43	11	10			5	14	35.7	1	1	100.0	0	0		39.3				4
20	Larry Bird L. Bird	9	1/16/1982	BOS	@	DET	41	32	14	2		15	25	60.0	0	0		2	2	100.0	61.8				5
21	Larry Bird L. Bird	9	1/6/1982	BOS	vs	CHI	43	9	17		3	4	13	30.8	0	0		1	1	100.0	33.5				4
22	Larry Bird L. Bird	9	3/25/1981	BOS	@	NJN	35	10	7			3	13	23.1	0	1	0.0	4	4	100.0	33.9				4
23	Larry Bird L. Bird	9	11/28/1980	BOS	vs	NYK	42	23	14			9	17	52.9	0	0		5	5	100.0	59.9				3
24	Larry Bird L. Bird	9	11/9/1980	BOS	vs	CHI	44	19	11	3	1	6	14	42.9	0	0		7	7	100.0	55.6	2	9	3	3
25	Larry Bird L. Bird	9	11/16/1979	BOS	vs	UTA	26	12	15	5	1	4	9	44.4	0	1	0.0	4	4	100.0	55.8	5	10	1	1