most assists in a game 1979

Kevin Porter had the most assists in a game in 1978-79, with 25 assists on April 1, 1979 and on March 9, 1979.

Interpreted as:
most assists by a player in a regular-season game 1979
NAMEASTDATETMOPPMINPTSREBSTLBLKFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTOVPF+/-
1Kevin Porter
K. Porter
25
4/1/1979
DET DET
@
PHX PHX
46
13
3
2
0
6
20
30.0
1
2
50.0
31.1
1
2
4
3
2Kevin Porter
K. Porter
25
3/9/1979
DET DET
vs
BOS BOS
37
30
3
0
0
12
18
66.7
6
8
75.0
69.7
1
2
4
1
3Kevin Porter
K. Porter
23
3/30/1979
DET DET
@
LAL LAL
43
15
3
1
0
6
22
27.3
3
4
75.0
31.6
1
2
3
5
4Kevin Porter
K. Porter
23
12/27/1978
DET DET
vs
HOU HOU
41
20
3
1
0
9
14
64.3
2
4
50.0
63.5
3
5Kevin Porter
K. Porter
22
2/27/1979
DET DET
@
CHI CHI
44
32
5
4
0
13
22
59.1
6
8
75.0
62.7
4
1
4
3
6Phil Ford
P. Ford
22
2/21/1979
KCK KCK
vs
MIL MIL
44
26
5
5
0
12
16
75.0
2
3
66.7
75.1
6
5
7Kevin Porter
K. Porter
22
12/23/1978
DET DET
vs
SAS SAS
45
10
1
2
0
3
7
42.9
4
5
80.0
54.3
5
8Phil Ford
P. Ford
21
2/23/1979
KCK KCK
vs
PHX PHX
45
22
3
3
0
8
16
50.0
6
8
75.0
56.4
0
3
4
3
9Kevin Porter
K. Porter
21
2/6/1979
DET DET
@
HOU HOU
43
19
0
0
0
9
17
52.9
1
2
50.0
53.1
0
0
4
10Kevin Porter
K. Porter
20
3/17/1979
DET DET
vs
IND IND
45
16
3
0
6
14
42.9
4
4
100.0
50.8
4
11Kevin Porter
K. Porter
20
11/15/1978
DET DET
vs
LAL LAL
39
12
1
1
2
3
8
37.5
6
6
100.0
56.4
0
1
2
4
12Kevin Porter
K. Porter
19
3/11/1979
DET DET
@
MIL MIL
46
28
3
6
0
13
24
54.2
2
3
66.7
55.3
4
4
13Kevin Porter
K. Porter
19
2/16/1979
DET DET
vs
HOU HOU
41
20
2
2
0
8
14
57.1
4
5
80.0
61.7
4
14Kevin Porter
K. Porter
19
1/28/1979
DET DET
vs
SDC SDC
45
24
4
2
0
12
17
70.6
0
0
70.6
8
4
15Kevin Porter
K. Porter
19
1/13/1979
DET DET
vs
GSW GSW
39
8
0
0
0
4
9
44.4
0
0
44.4
0
0
1
5
16Gail Goodrich
G. Goodrich
19
11/4/1978
NOJ NOJ
@
MIL MIL
48
25
2
3
0
10
16
62.5
5
5
100.0
68.7
1
17Norm Nixon
N. Nixon
19
11/3/1978
LAL LAL
vs
NYK NYK
41
27
5
6
0
12
20
60.0
3
4
75.0
62.0
1
4
1
4
18John Lucas
J. Lucas
19
10/25/1978
GSW GSW
@
NJN NJN
45
23
4
3
0
9
24
37.5
5
7
71.4
42.5
3
1
3
4
19Kevin Porter
K. Porter
18
3/13/1979
DET DET
@
IND IND
51
23
6
2
10
19
52.6
3
3
100.0
56.6
3
4
20Kevin Porter
K. Porter
18
2/21/1979
DET DET
vs
PHI PHI
44
18
1
0
7
13
53.8
4
5
80.0
59.2
3
21Kevin Porter
K. Porter
18
1/25/1979
DET DET
vs
LAL LAL
42
21
3
1
0
10
21
47.6
1
1
100.0
49.0
1
2
2
1
22Kevin Porter
K. Porter
18
12/29/1978
DET DET
vs
SDC SDC
46
11
5
3
0
5
14
35.7
1
3
33.3
35.9
4
3
23Quinn Buckner
Q. Buckner
18
11/10/1978
MIL MIL
vs
HOU HOU
30
16
8
2
0
6
7
85.7
4
5
80.0
87.0
1
1
24Kevin Porter
K. Porter
17
3/28/1979
DET DET
vs
DEN DEN
42
15
5
1
0
6
17
35.3
3
3
100.0
40.9
3
2
2
4
25Kevin Porter
K. Porter
17
3/20/1979
DET DET
@
NJN NJN
30
9
3
4
10
40.0
1
2
50.0
41.4
6
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for assists going back to the 1982-83 season.

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