most assists by a team in a game since 1980

Since 1979-80, the Denver Nuggets and the Seattle SuperSonics are tied for the most assists in a game, with 52 assists.

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most assists by a team in a regular-season game since 1980

	TEAM	AST	DATE	TM		OPP	RESULT	MIN	PTS	REB	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF
1	Nuggets	52	4/21/1989	DEN	@	GSW	W 139-121	240	139	50	14	7	61	106	57.5	1	1	100.0	16	21	76.2	60.3	13	37	17	21
2	SuperSonics	52	3/18/1983	SEA	vs	DEN	W 147-117	240	147	54	12	9	67	116	57.8	0	1	0.0	13	22	59.1	58.5	17	37	21	25
3	Lakers	51	2/23/1982	LAL	vs	DEN	W 145-129	240	145	49	16	7	66	116	56.9	1	4	25.0	12	16	75.0	58.9	13	36	16	29
4	Pacers	50	1/5/2024	IND	vs	ATL	W 150-116	240	150	39	12	3	60	94	63.8	19	39	48.7	11	13	84.6	75.2	8	31	16	24
5	Wizards	50	5/3/2021	WAS	vs	IND	W 154-141	240	154	44	10	7	63	103	61.2	9	22	40.9	19	24	79.2	67.8	9	35	17	19
6	Suns	50	11/10/1990	PHX	vs	DEN	W 173-143	240	173	53	19	7	67	104	64.4	0	2	0.0	39	48	81.3	69.1	12	41	27	28
7	Rockets	50	3/15/1986	HOU	vs	LAC	W 148-116	240	148	49	14	6	64	109	58.7	1	4	25.0	19	22	86.4	62.4	16	33	10	23
8	Spurs	50	4/15/1984	SAS	vs	DEN	W 157-154	240	157	48	8	8	66	104	63.5	0	1	0.0	25	34	73.5	66.0	10	38	18	21
9	Pacers	49	4/1/2026	IND	@	CHI	W 145-126	240	145	41	14	5	58	102	56.9	20	48	41.7	9	10	90.0	68.1	9	32	14	22
10	Raptors	49	3/23/2026	TOR	@	UTA	W 143-127	240	143	35	12	10	54	88	61.4	20	37	54.1	15	28	53.6	71.3	6	29	17	30
11	Trail Blazers	49	11/13/1990	POR	vs	DEN	W 155-129	240	155	54	11	8	63	105	60.0	4	10	40.0	25	31	80.6	65.3	14	40	22	22
12	Suns	49	1/17/1987	PHX	vs	LAC	W 132-101	240	132	49	8	5	56	81	69.1	1	2	50.0	19	30	63.3	70.1	8	41	22	22
13	Bulls	49	2/23/1985	CHI	vs	GSW	W 140-125	240	140	36	9	8	60	90	66.7	0	1	0.0	20	23	87.0	69.9	11	25	13	30
14	Pacers	48	3/27/2025	IND	@	WAS	W 162-109	240	162	50	8	2	59	92	64.1	27	47	57.4	17	19	89.5	80.7	13	37	15	19
15	Warriors	47	4/9/2023	GSW	@	POR	W 157-101	240	157	58	13	6	58	96	60.4	27	49	55.1	14	16	87.5	76.2	9	49	16	18
16	Warriors	47	11/23/2016	GSW	vs	LAL	W 149-106	240	149	48	7	5	53	86	61.6	19	36	52.8	24	35	68.6	73.5	6	42	10	20
17	Suns	47	11/29/1991	PHX	vs	CHA	W 131-111	240	131	44	5	14	57	93	61.3	5	8	62.5	12	19	63.2	64.6	5	39	17	24
18	Nuggets	47	12/2/1987	DEN	vs	SAC	W 147-120	240	147	46	13	2	60	110	54.5	2	4	50.0	25	29	86.2	59.9	15	31	12	29
19	Pistons	47	12/13/1983	DET	@	DEN	W 186-184	315	186	56	19	6	74	136	54.4	1	2	50.0	37	60	61.7	57.3	23	33	13	44
20	Hawks	47	4/8/1983	ATL	vs	CHI	W 138-101	240	138	48	5	18	64	99	64.6	0	0		10	13	76.9	65.9	9	39	11	27
21	Spurs	47	2/8/1983	SAS	vs	DET	W 147-143	265	147	46	5	6	65	103	63.1	1	4	25.0	16	24	66.7	64.7	14	32	18	30
22	Spurs	47	3/30/1980	SAS	vs	DET	W 144-124	240	144	51	8	5	61	105	58.1	1	2	50.0	21	23	91.3	62.5			21	29
23	Warriors	46	12/1/2017	GSW	@	ORL	W 133-112	240	133	42	9	11	55	88	62.5	12	24	50.0	11	11	100.0	71.6	7	35	19	16
24	Bucks	46	1/10/2000	MIL	vs	CHA	W 137-87	240	137	43	9	7	55	86	64.0	13	23	56.5	14	15	93.3	74.0	12	31	13	18
25	Magic	46	2/20/1995	ORL	@	MIL	W 152-104	240	152	54	15	6	60	102	58.8	10	21	47.6	22	24	91.7	67.5	16	38	13	19

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1	Pistons - z	60	22	.732
2	Celtics - x	56	26	.683	4.0
3	Knicks - x	53	29	.646	7.0
4	Cavaliers - x	52	30	.634	8.0
5	Raptors - x	46	36	.561	14.0
6	Hawks - x	46	36	.561	14.0
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8	Magic - x	45	37	.549	15.0
9	Hornets	44	38	.537	16.0
10	Heat	43	39	.524	17.0
11	Bucks - e	32	50	.390	28.0
12	Bulls - e	31	51	.378	29.0
13	Nets - e	20	62	.244	40.0
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15	Wizards - e	17	65	.207	43.0

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1	Thunder - z	64	18	.780
2	Spurs - x	62	20	.756	2.0
3	Nuggets - x	54	28	.659	10.0
4	Lakers - x	53	29	.646	11.0
5	Rockets - x	52	30	.634	12.0
6	Timberwolves - x	49	33	.598	15.0
7	Suns - x	45	37	.549	19.0
8	Trail Blazers - x	42	40	.512	22.0
9	Clippers	42	40	.512	22.0
10	Warriors	37	45	.451	27.0
11	Pelicans - e	26	56	.317	38.0
12	Mavericks - e	26	56	.317	38.0
13	Grizzlies - e	25	57	.305	39.0
14	Kings - e	22	60	.268	42.0
15	Jazz - e	22	60	.268	42.0

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