most turnovers caused in a single game in the nba

The Boston Celtics have gotten the most opponent turnovers by a team in a game, with 45 turnovers against the San Francisco Warriors on March 9, 1971.

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Assumption:All-time
Data note: Opponent Turnovers: team game data may be incomplete before 1983-84

	TEAM	OPP TOV	DATE	TM		OPP	RESULT	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF
1	Celtics	45	3/9/1971	BOS	@	SFW	W 134-112	240	134	55	17			55	111	49.5				24	27	88.9	54.5			25	24
2	SuperSonics	43	2/15/1974	SEA	@	LAL	L 96-112	240	96	49	27			42	113	37.2				12	18	66.7	39.7			25	29
3	Pistons	41	11/16/1980	DET	@	NJN	L 80-89	240	80	35	13			32	83	38.6	1	4	25.0	15	21	71.4	43.4			30	28
4	Warriors	40	2/15/1989	GSW	vs	SAS	W 133-96	240	133	47	36	25	10	55	102	53.9	2	6	33.3	21	26	80.8	58.6	13	34	20	22
5	Suns	40	11/3/1977	PHX	@	SAS	W 110-89	240	110	56	24	18	6	46	115	40.0				18	22	81.8	44.1	27	29	20	26
6	Nuggets	39	10/29/1985	DEN	@	PHX	W 142-127	240	142	51	26	20	7	49	108	45.4	1	4	25.0	43	54	79.6	53.9	24	27	30	39
7	Suns	38	3/4/1979	PHX	vs	PHI	W 119-94	240	119	38	39	20	2	52	104	50.0				15	21	71.4	52.5	12	26	21	15
8	Suns	38	10/27/1978	PHX	@	CHI	W 115-110	265	115	42	30	22	6	50	103	48.5				15	21	71.4	51.2	17	25	24	27
9	Pacers	38	3/16/1977	IND	vs	DEN	W 109-98	240	109	48	27	21	4	42	90	46.7				25	31	80.6	52.6	17	31	27	30
10	Spurs	38	10/22/1976	SAS	@	PHI	W 121-118	240	121	43	25	16	5	45	91	49.5				31	40	77.5	55.7			35	32
11	Bulls	38	10/30/1974	CHI	@	BOS	W 105-104	240	105	40	22	6	3	44	95	46.3				17	25	68.0	49.5	13	27	27	27
12	Bucks	37	11/16/1989	MIL	vs	ORL	W 132-113	240	132	32	35	18	3	59	100	59.0	3	7	42.9	11	14	78.6	62.2	8	24	20	28
13	Clippers	37	10/29/1980	SDC	@	PHX	L 89-105	240	89	37	22	20	3	38	95	40.0	0	1	0.0	13	18	72.2	43.2	15	22	23	31
14	Suns	37	10/24/1980	PHX	@	DEN	W 117-94	240	117	57	31	19	6	43	94	45.7	0	0		31	43	72.1	51.8	14	43	34	21
15	Pistons	37	10/16/1980	DET	vs	SAS	L 99-102	240	99	39	25	13	9	42	101	41.6	0	4	0.0	15	18	83.3	45.4			21	35
16	Cavaliers	37	11/9/1979	CLE	@	PHX	L 106-110	240	106	35	25	17	6	44	90	48.9	1	5	20.0	17	23	73.9	52.9	4	31	25	36
17	Celtics	37	10/31/1979	BOS	@	NJN	W 116-79	240	116	57	38	17	3	48	100	48.0	0	3	0.0	20	25	80.0	52.3	17	40	26	27
18	Spurs	37	11/5/1976	SAS	@	NOJ	L 119-127	240	119	46	18	21	6	47	109	43.1				25	33	75.8	48.2			28	37
19	Pistons	37	11/21/1969	DET	vs	ATL	L 106-118	240	106	40	18			43	98	43.9				20	32	62.5	47.3			25	24
20	76ers	36	1/14/1986	PHI	@	NJN	W 123-105	240	123	41	23	22	3	47	87	54.0	0	0		29	37	78.4	59.5	17	24	26	21
21	Celtics	36	11/8/1985	BOS	vs	PHX	W 125-101	240	125	47	33	15	7	49	108	45.4	2	5	40.0	25	36	69.4	50.5	18	29	19	25
22	Hawks	36	10/18/1979	ATL	vs	IND	W 115-85	240	115	44	34	15	14	48	93	51.6	0	0		19	22	86.4	56.0			18	20
23	Kings	36	12/22/1978	KCK	@	PHX	L 103-123	240	103	41	22	13	3	38	100	38.0				27	34	79.4	44.8	21	20	25	37
24	Trail Blazers	36	2/28/1978	POR	vs	PHI	W 113-92	240	113	41	26	12	3	41	85	48.2				31	39	79.5	55.3	14	27	23	36
25	Pistons	36	3/4/1977	DET	vs	BOS	L 92-94	240	92	42	11			40	100	40.0				12	24	50.0	41.6			18	21

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1	Celtics	9	2	.818
2	76ers	9	3	.750	0.5
3	Pistons	7	3	.700	1.5
4	Knicks	6	4	.600	2.5
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Tue 10/20	BOS	@	DET	113-121
Tue 10/20	PHI	@	NYK	106-100
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