nba least assists by a team in a playoff game since 1970

Since 1969-70, the Detroit Pistons have the fewest assists by a team in a playoff game, with 5 assists in Game 3 of the 1974 Western Conference Semifinals against the Bulls.

	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	Pistons	5	4/5/1974	DET	@	CHI	L 83-84	240	83	50			30	77	39.0				23	33	69.7	45.3				22
2	Lakers	7	5/2/2007	LAL	@	PHX	L 110-119	240	110	45	9	3	43	90	47.8	4	17	23.5	20	28	71.4	53.8	15	30	15	32
3	Heat	7	5/18/2004	MIA	vs	IND	L 70-73	240	70	42	10	7	25	82	30.5	1	12	8.3	19	22	86.4	38.2	9	33	11	25
4	Hawks	7	5/20/1999	ATL	vs	NYK	L 70-77	240	70	49	11	1	24	81	29.6	2	19	10.5	20	29	69.0	37.3	18	31	17	27
5	Bullets	7	4/16/1971	BAL	@	NYK	L 84-89	240	84	57			30	90	33.3				24	32	75.0	40.4				18
6	Knicks	8	5/3/2012	NYK	vs	MIA	L 70-87	240	70	42	6	3	22	69	31.9	4	20	20.0	22	29	75.9	42.8	14	28	18	21
7	Hawks	8	5/1/2009	ATL	@	MIA	L 72-98	240	72	36	7	5	27	73	37.0	7	21	33.3	11	18	61.1	44.5	12	24	14	24
8	Mavericks	8	5/7/2006	DAL	@	SAS	L 85-87	240	85	47	9	7	32	77	41.6	2	7	28.6	19	28	67.9	47.6	13	34	12	24
9	Pacers	8	5/24/2004	IND	vs	DET	L 67-72	240	67	51	5	7	22	80	27.5	3	20	15.0	20	24	83.3	37.0	14	37	16	30
10	Knicks	8	6/18/1999	NYK	@	SAS	L 67-80	240	67	43	11	4	27	82	32.9	2	14	14.3	11	12	91.7	38.4	10	33	10	25
11	Nuggets	8	5/19/1994	DEN	vs	UTA	W 94-91	240	94	40	6	8	29	69	42.0	2	6	33.3	34	44	77.3	53.2	11	29	10	28
12	Mavericks	9	6/6/2024	DAL	@	BOS	L 89-107	240	89	43	8	1	35	84	41.7	7	27	25.9	12	19	63.2	48.2	10	33	11	16
13	Mavericks	9	5/10/2022	DAL	@	PHX	L 80-110	240	80	38	7	0	27	71	38.0	8	32	25.0	18	27	66.7	48.3	6	32	16	21
14	Hornets	9	4/20/2016	CHA	@	MIA	L 103-115	240	103	39	3	1	38	89	42.7	1	16	6.3	26	33	78.8	49.7	15	24	7	16
15	Trail Blazers	9	5/6/2014	POR	@	SAS	L 92-116	240	92	47	6	2	31	82	37.8	4	16	25.0	26	31	83.9	48.1	14	33	20	25
16	Heat	9	5/17/2012	MIA	@	IND	L 75-94	240	75	36	5	6	29	78	37.2	4	20	20.0	13	18	72.2	43.6	11	25	14	21
17	Pacers	9	4/30/2012	IND	vs	ORL	W 93-78	240	93	46	9	6	33	77	42.9	2	20	10.0	25	28	89.3	52.1	15	31	11	17
18	Magic	9	4/19/2011	ORL	vs	ATL	W 88-82	240	88	52	9	2	27	78	34.6	5	23	21.7	29	36	80.6	46.9	20	32	16	21
19	Hawks	9	5/8/2010	ATL	vs	ORL	L 75-105	240	75	34	6	0	29	83	34.9	4	15	26.7	13	19	68.4	41.0	12	22	7	24
20	Cavaliers	9	6/7/2007	CLE	@	SAS	L 76-85	240	76	32	8	2	30	70	42.9	5	15	33.3	11	15	73.3	49.6	9	23	11	16
21	Warriors	9	4/25/2007	GSW	@	DAL	L 99-112	240	99	34	7	5	36	76	47.4	4	20	20.0	23	27	85.2	56.3	8	26	24	29
22	Cavaliers	9	5/21/2006	CLE	@	DET	L 61-79	240	61	36	6	1	20	65	30.8	1	12	8.3	20	27	74.1	39.7	9	27	12	28
23	Grizzlies	9	5/1/2006	MEM	vs	DAL	L 76-102	240	76	32	5	1	28	67	41.8	0	7	0.0	20	28	71.4	47.9	8	24	14	19
24	Wizards	9	5/8/2005	WAS	@	MIA	L 86-105	240	86	41	11	5	28	76	36.8	4	16	25.0	26	36	72.2	46.8	11	30	17	23
25	Knicks	9	4/26/2000	NYK	vs	TOR	W 84-83	240	84	37	5	2	27	67	40.3	2	6	33.3	28	38	73.7	50.2	11	26	13	28