most assists in a playoff game by atlanta hawks

The Atlanta Hawks had their most assists in a playoff game 2 times, with 40 assists.

	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	Hawks	40	4/19/1986	ATL	vs	DET	W 137-125	240	137	44	7	7	49	82	59.8	0	1	0.0	39	53	73.6	65.0	10	34	15	31
2	Hawks	40	3/25/1970	ATL	vs	CHI	W 129-111	240	129	54			59	106	55.7				11	19	57.9	56.4				26
3	Hawks	38	5/16/1988	ATL	vs	BOS	W 118-109	240	118	36	10	4	48	96	50.0	3	7	42.9	19	24	79.2	55.4	17	19	9	26
4	Hawks	37	5/15/1988	ATL	vs	BOS	W 110-92	240	110	42	9	4	46	86	53.5	1	7	14.3	17	22	77.3	57.5	7	35	12	34
5	Hawks	36	4/17/1986	ATL	vs	DET	W 140-122	240	140	42	6	6	51	91	56.0	1	2	50.0	37	41	90.2	64.2	13	29	13	23
6	Hawks	35	4/7/1960	STL	vs	BOS	W 105-102	240	105	65			37	85	43.5				31	39	79.5	51.4				27
7	Hawks	34	5/1/2015	ATL	@	BKN	W 111-87	240	111	45	11	3	43	85	50.6	13	32	40.6	12	15	80.0	60.6	6	39	12	21
8	Hawks	34	4/22/1979	ATL	vs	WAS	L 118-120	265	118	53			43	91	47.3				32	40	80.0	54.3			15	38
9	Hawks	33	5/5/1987	ATL	vs	DET	W 115-102	240	115	44	9	6	44	86	51.2	0	1	0.0	27	33	81.8	57.2	17	27	12	29
10	Hawks	33	5/3/1987	ATL	vs	DET	L 111-112	240	111	41	8	9	42	82	51.2	0	5	0.0	27	34	79.4	57.2	20	21	13	29
11	Hawks	33	3/31/1968	STL	vs	SFW	W 129-103	240	129	59			47	93	50.5				35	42	83.3	57.9				21
12	Hawks	32	5/8/1988	ATL	vs	MIL	W 121-111	240	121	36	11	5	44	78	56.4	0	4	0.0	33	42	78.6	62.7	12	24	13	26
13	Hawks	32	4/13/1979	ATL	vs	HOU	W 100-91	240	100	55	11	7	39	84	46.4				22	34	64.7	50.5			15	30
14	Hawks	32	4/6/1966	STL	vs	LAL	W 120-113	240	120	51			48	92	52.2				24	32	75.0	56.6				20
15	Hawks	31	5/22/1988	ATL	@	BOS	L 116-118	240	116	32	5	5	52	91	57.1	1	5	20.0	11	12	91.7	60.2	11	21	5	25
16	Hawks	31	3/21/1957	STL	vs	MIN	W 118-109	240	118	65			44	106	41.5				30	45	66.7	46.9				33
17	Hawks	30	4/26/2016	ATL	vs	BOS	W 110-83	240	110	51	13	3	42	96	43.8	14	35	40.0	12	16	75.0	53.4	13	38	12	17
18	Hawks	30	5/11/2015	ATL	@	WAS	W 106-101	240	106	37	8	5	41	87	47.1	9	19	47.4	15	19	78.9	55.6	10	27	13	20
19	Hawks	30	5/5/2015	ATL	vs	WAS	W 106-90	240	106	44	10	6	37	85	43.5	10	29	34.5	22	25	88.0	55.2	11	33	10	16
20	Hawks	30	5/8/1994	ATL	vs	MIA	W 102-91	240	102	47	8	5	42	88	47.7	3	8	37.5	15	20	75.0	52.7	19	28	14	25
21	Hawks	30	4/27/1989	ATL	vs	MIL	W 100-92	240	100	40	9	5	35	74	47.3	1	4	25.0	29	34	85.3	56.2	13	27	12	22
22	Hawks	30	3/22/1968	STL	vs	SFW	L 106-111	240	106	58			41	101	40.6				24	37	64.9	45.2				24
23	Hawks	30	4/13/1966	STL	vs	LAL	W 131-127	240	131	47			53	101	52.5				25	35	71.4	56.3				22
24	Hawks	30	3/26/1965	STL	vs	BAL	W 129-105	240	129	53			52	104	50.0				25	34	73.5	54.2				27
25	Hawks	30	4/12/1964	STL	vs	SFW	W 123-95	240	123	54			49	99	49.5				25	33	75.8	54.2				28

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Sat 10/24	HOU	@	ATL	8:00 PM
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