Rick Barry had the most points in a game with 5+ assists in 1977-78, with 55 points against the Knicks on March 25, 1978.
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most pts by a player in a regular-season game 1978 with at least 5 assists| NAME | PTS | AST | DATE | TM | OPP | MIN | REB | STL | BLK | FGM | FGA | FG% | 3PM | 3PA | 3P% | FTM | FTA | FT% | TS% | OREB | DREB | TOV | PF | +/- | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | R. Barry | 55 | 9 | 3/25/1978 | vs | 44 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 31 | 61.3 | 17 | 18 | 94.4 | 70.7 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 3 | ||||||
| 2 | | R. Barry | 51 | 5 | 10/29/1977 | vs | 43 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 38 | 57.9 | 7 | 8 | 87.5 | 61.4 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | ||||||
| 3 | | R. Barry | 45 | 8 | 11/9/1977 | vs | 41 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 31 | 51.6 | 13 | 13 | 100.0 | 61.3 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 4 | ||||||
| 4 | | R. Barry | 44 | 5 | 10/25/1977 | @ | 41 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 30 | 56.7 | 10 | 11 | 90.9 | 63.1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 4 | ||||||
| 5 |  | P. Westphal | 43 | 7 | 2/12/1978 | vs | 39 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 35 | 54.3 | 5 | 6 | 83.3 | 57.1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | ||||||
| 6 |  | J. Erving | 43 | 5 | 1/19/1978 | @ | 44 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 32 | 56.3 | 7 | 8 | 87.5 | 60.5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | ||||||
| 7 | | P. Westphal | 43 | 6 | 1/5/1978 | @ | 40 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 28 | 57.1 | 11 | 11 | 100.0 | 65.5 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | ||||||
| 8 |  | K. Abdul-Jabbar | 43 | 6 | 12/11/1977 | vs | 45 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 27 | 51.9 | 15 | 19 | 78.9 | 60.8 | 6 | 13 | 4 | 5 | ||||||
| 9 |  | L. Wright | 43 | 5 | 10/28/1977 | @ | 41 | 4 | 18 | 20 | 90.0 | 7 | 8 | 87.5 | 91.4 | 3 | |||||||||||
| 10 | | R. Barry | 42 | 5 | 12/21/1977 | vs | 39 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 29 | 58.6 | 8 | 8 | 100.0 | 64.6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | ||||||
| 11 | | R. Barry | 41 | 8 | 2/17/1978 | vs | 41 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 28 | 67.9 | 3 | 3 | 100.0 | 69.9 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | ||||||
| 12 |  | D. Thompson | 41 | 7 | 1/31/1978 | @ | 42 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 22 | 63.6 | 13 | 14 | 92.9 | 72.8 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||||||
| 13 |  | B. Knight | 41 | 5 | 12/27/1977 | vs | 45 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 21 | 61.9 | 15 | 18 | 83.3 | 70.9 | 4 | 2 | ||||||||
| 14 |  | L. Shelton | 41 | 7 | 12/16/1977 | @ | 52 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 32 | 46.9 | 11 | 12 | 91.7 | 55.0 | 3 | 4 | ||||||||
| 15 |  | P. Maravich | 41 | 8 | 11/27/1977 | vs | 43 | 3 | 19 | 34 | 55.9 | 3 | 3 | 100.0 | 58.0 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 16 | | D. Thompson | 40 | 5 | 3/17/1978 | @ | 48 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 29 | 62.1 | 4 | 5 | 80.0 | 64.1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | ||||||
| 17 |  | B. McAdoo | 40 | 7 | 2/14/1978 | @ | 56 | 22 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 35 | 48.6 | 6 | 10 | 60.0 | 50.8 | 4 | 18 | 6 | 5 | ||||||
| 18 | | P. Maravich | 40 | 6 | 12/13/1977 | vs | 43 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 35 | 54.3 | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 55.7 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 1 | ||||||
| 19 |  | K. Porter | 40 | 14 | 12/4/1977 | @ | 46 | 2 | 16 | 24 | 66.7 | 8 | 9 | 88.9 | 71.5 | 5 | |||||||||||
| 20 | | R. Smith | 39 | 5 | 4/3/1978 | vs | 43 | 5 | 14 | 32 | 43.8 | 11 | 11 | 100.0 | 52.9 | 2 | 3 | ||||||||||
| 21 |  | B. King | 39 | 5 | 3/31/1978 | vs | 44 | 14 | 14 | 30 | 46.7 | 11 | 17 | 64.7 | 52.0 | 3 | |||||||||||
| 22 | | P. Westphal | 39 | 13 | 3/19/1978 | @ | 42 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 25 | 64.0 | 7 | 8 | 87.5 | 68.4 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | ||||||
| 23 |  | C. Murphy | 39 | 6 | 3/5/1978 | @ | 37 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 30 | 63.3 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 64.1 | 5 | |||||||||
| 24 | | J. Williamson | 39 | 5 | 2/24/1978 | vs | 42 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 27 | 51.9 | 11 | 14 | 78.6 | 58.8 | 5 | |||||||||
| 25 | | W. Davis | 39 | 5 | 2/14/1978 | @ | 38 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 27 | 59.3 | 7 | 8 | 87.5 | 63.9 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | ||||||
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