most assists in a game in the 1970s

Between the 1969-70 and 1978-79 seasons, Kevin Porter had the most assists in a game, with 29 assists against the Rockets on February 24, 1978.

Interpreted as:
most assists by a player in a regular-season game in the 1970s
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 Kevin Porter
K. Porter
29
2/24/1978
NJN NJN
vs
HOU HOU
48
14
5
2
0
7
17
41.2
0
0
41.2
2
2 Kevin 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
3 Kevin 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
4 Ernie DiGregorio
E. DiGregorio
25
1/1/1974
BUF BUF
@
POR POR
48
20
9
2
0
9
22
40.9
2
2
100.0
43.7
3
6
4
5 Kevin 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
6 Kevin 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
7 Kevin 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
8 Phil 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
9 Kevin 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
10 Kevin Porter
K. Porter
22
3/5/1975
WAS WAS
vs
ATL ATL
46
14
2
7
15
46.7
0
0
46.7
4
11 Art Williams
A. Williams
22
2/14/1970
SDR SDR
vs
SFW SFW
27
8
6
4
11
36.4
0
0
36.4
3
12 Phil 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
13 Kevin 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
14 Kevin Porter
K. Porter
21
3/2/1975
WAS WAS
vs
LAL LAL
32
4
3
1
5
20.0
2
2
100.0
34.0
4
15 Nate Archibald
N. Archibald
21
12/15/1972
KCO KCO
vs
DET DET
53
41
3
15
27
55.6
11
12
91.7
63.5
2
16 Larry Siegfried
L. Siegfried
21
11/16/1970
SDR SDR
@
POR POR
34
15
6
6
7
85.7
3
3
100.0
90.1
1
17 Clem Haskins
C. Haskins
21
12/6/1969
CHI CHI
vs
BOS BOS
48
23
5
7
20
35.0
9
11
81.8
46.3
5
18 Kevin 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
19 Kevin 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
20 John Lucas
J. Lucas
20
4/8/1978
HOU HOU
@
IND IND
41
2
1
4
1
9
11.1
0
0
11.1
3
21 Kevin Porter
K. Porter
20
4/5/1978
NJN NJN
@
DEN DEN
34
14
1
4
1
7
15
46.7
0
0
46.7
0
1
0
3
22 Kevin Porter
K. Porter
20
1/22/1978
NJN NJN
vs
KCK KCK
39
15
3
6
9
66.7
3
4
75.0
69.7
3
23 Kevin Porter
K. Porter
20
12/7/1977
NJN NJN
vs
SAS SAS
48
16
5
3
0
8
20
40.0
0
0
40.0
5
24 Kevin Porter
K. Porter
20
11/20/1976
DET DET
vs
BOS BOS
39
14
2
5
10
50.0
4
5
80.0
57.4
4
25 Lenny Wilkens
L. Wilkens
20
11/27/1973
CLE CLE
vs
SEA SEA
42
18
6
2
9
17
52.9
0
0
52.9
1
5
5
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for assists going back to the 1982-83 season.

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