most assists by a losing team in a single game

The Phoenix Suns have the most assists by a team in a loss, with 47 assists against the San Diego Rockets on March 15, 1969.

Interpreted as:

most assists by a losing team in a single regular-season game

	TEAM	AST	L	DATE	TM		OPP	RESULT	MIN	PTS	REB	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF
1	Suns	47	1	3/15/1969	PHX		SDR	L 124-141	240	124	47			54	99	54.5				16	23	69.6	56.8				24
2	Nuggets	46	1	12/13/1983	DEN	vs	DET	L 184-186	315	184	57	7	7	68	115	59.1	1	2	50.0	47	57	82.5	65.7	16	41	24	43
3	Bulls	45	1	11/30/1976	CHI	vs	GSW	L 120-125	240	120	32	3	4	51	84	60.7				18	22	81.8	64.0	8	24	15	21
4	Hawks	43	1	2/12/2025	ATL	@	NYK	L 148-149	265	148	47	12	10	55	110	50.0	14	38	36.8	24	35	68.6	59.0	19	28	12	29
5	Nuggets	42	1	1/16/1990	DEN	@	POR	L 115-120	240	115	37	14	1	52	110	47.3	5	13	38.5	6	11	54.5	50.1	10	27	10	30
6	Bullets	42	1	1/9/1990	WAS	@	NYK	L 127-131	265	127	46	6	5	58	100	58.0	0	2	0.0	11	14	78.6	59.8	12	34	20	34
7	Spurs	42	1	1/11/1984	SAS	@	DEN	L 155-163	240	155	46	7	5	61	104	58.7	4	5	80.0	29	37	78.4	64.4	10	36	25	34
8	Warriors	42	1	2/27/1981	GSW	@	DEN	L 130-137	240	130	38	8	7	57	91	62.6	1	4	25.0	15	19	78.9	65.4	9	29	26	31
9	Kings	42	1	12/29/1979	KCK	@	SAS	L 125-127	265	125	40	9	3	56	107	52.3	0	0		13	20	65.0	54.0			14	24
10	Knicks	42	1	3/24/1979	NYK	vs	CHI	L 143-148	290	143	41	10	11	60	114	52.6				23	25	92.0	57.2	14	27	14	36
11	Lakers	42	1	1/19/1979	LAL	vs	HOU	L 121-122	265	121	38	3	7	56	95	58.9				9	13	69.2	60.1	6	32	17	17
12	Royals	42	1	2/15/1970	CIN	@	SDR	L 123-150	240	123	61			49	126	38.9				25	28	89.3	44.5				25
13	Knicks	42	1	11/27/1965	NYK	vs	CIN	L 129-132	240	129	37			53	97	54.6				23	30	76.7	58.5				31
14	Nationals	42	1	12/15/1955	SYR	vs	MIN	L 133-135	315	133	49			49	114	43.0				35	47	74.5	49.4				32
15	Hawks	41	1	2/19/1988	ATL	vs	LAL	L 119-126	265	119	46	8	3	51	99	51.5	1	4	25.0	16	24	66.7	54.3	14	32	12	25
16	Kings	41	1	1/17/1985	KCK	vs	SAS	L 130-141	240	130	35	7	5	50	90	55.6	3	6	50.0	27	38	71.1	60.9	14	21	20	33
17	Nuggets	41	1	3/9/1984	DEN	@	SDC	L 126-134	240	126	38	11	3	54	106	50.9	1	6	16.7	17	21	81.0	54.7	12	26	11	27
18	Nuggets	41	1	1/14/1983	DEN	@	DAL	L 139-149	240	139	33	7	4	57	94	60.6	1	1	100.0	24	28	85.7	65.4			20	25
19	Jazz	41	1	2/10/1980	UTA	@	SAS	L 128-148	240	128	35	8	4	54	96	56.3	1	3	33.3	19	22	86.4	60.6				29
20	Bulls	41	1	2/6/1980	CHI	@	DEN	L 111-122	240	111	47	8	2	45	93	48.4	2	4	50.0	19	31	61.3	52.0	14	33	22	31
21	Bucks	41	1	11/14/1978	MIL	vs	LAL	L 119-137	240	119	41	6	1	51	103	49.5				17	22	77.3	52.8	17	24	20	25
22	Cavaliers	41	1	3/28/1973	CLE	vs	DET	L 119-131	265	119	42			49	112	43.8				21	27	77.8	48.0			22	23
23	Trail Blazers	41	1	11/16/1970	POR	vs	SDR	L 118-136	240	118	40			49	104	47.1				20	27	74.1	50.9				24
24	Warriors	41	1	3/14/1963	SFW	vs	STL	L 109-114	240	109	58			46	79	58.2				17	24	70.8	60.9				26
25	Nuggets	40	1	3/15/2025	DEN	vs	WAS	L 123-126	240	123	42	12	8	48	95	50.5	12	34	35.3	15	17	88.2	60.0	10	32	17	20