nba most assists in a game with less than 17 minutes played

Lionel Hollins has the most assists in a game with fewer than 17 minutes played, with 12 assists against the Washington Bullets on February 29, 1984.

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NBA most assists by a player in a regular-season game with less than 17 minutes played

	NAME	AST	MIN	DATE	TM		OPP	PTS	REB	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Lionel Hollins L. Hollins	12	12	2/29/1984	DET	vs	WAS	3	0	1	0	1	8	12.5	0	0		1	2	50.0	16.9	0	0	1	0
2	Jalen Suggs J. Suggs	11	16	11/25/2025	ORL	@	PHI	4	5	2	2	2	7	28.6	0	3	0.0	0	0		28.6	1	4	1	2	+12
3	Jeff Teague J. Teague	11	16	2/10/2020	ATL	@	ORL	8	3	1	1	4	5	80.0	0	0		0	0		80.0	0	3	2	0	+10
4	Randy Woods R. Woods	11	12	2/14/1995	LAC	@	HOU	5	1	1	0	1	4	25.0	1	3	33.3	2	2	100.0	51.2	1	0	1	2
5	Corey Gaines C. Gaines	11	13	1/10/1990	PHI	vs	NYK	4	0	1	0	1	1	100.0	1	1	100.0	1	2	50.0	106.4	0	0	2	1
6	Jeff Hornacek J. Hornacek	11	16	3/19/1988	PHX	vs	LAL	4	3	1	0	2	5	40.0	0	0		0	0		40.0	1	2	2	1
7	Spud Webb S. Webb	11	16	2/23/1988	ATL	vs	IND	6	3	0	0	3	6	50.0	0	0		0	0		50.0	0	3	4	1
8	Quinn Buckner Q. Buckner	11	15	1/4/1986	IND	vs	LAC	2	2	4	0	1	3	33.3	0	0		0	0		33.3	0	2	1	3
9	Jamal Shead J. Shead	10	16	11/21/2025	TOR	vs	WAS	7	1	1	1	2	2	100.0	2	2	100.0	1	2	50.0	121.5	0	1	0	2	+19
10	Talen Horton-Tucker T. Horton-Tucker	10	17	11/12/2022	UTA	@	WAS	12	3	0	1	3	7	42.9	1	2	50.0	5	6	83.3	62.2	0	3	1	1	+13
11	Derrick White D. White	10	16	12/26/2021	SAS	vs	DET	7	3	1	0	1	3	33.3	0	0		5	5	100.0	67.3	0	3	2	1	+23
12	Cameron Payne C. Payne	10	16	1/6/2021	PHX	vs	TOR	5	3	0	0	1	3	33.3	1	1	100.0	2	2	100.0	64.4	0	3	1	2	+7
13	Raymond Felton R. Felton	10	16	1/3/2018	OKC	@	LAL	0	4	1	0	0	3	0.0	0	0		0	0		0.0	0	4	2	0	+7
14	Mike James M. James	10	17	1/21/2012	CHI	vs	CHA	9	1	0	0	4	6	66.7	1	1	100.0	0	0		75.0	0	1	1	3	+9
15	Howard Eisley H. Eisley	10	15	1/30/1998	UTA	vs	DAL	2	1	2	0	1	3	33.3	0	1	0.0	0	0		33.3	0	1	0	3	+1
16	Brian Shaw B. Shaw	10	16	2/2/1997	ORL	vs	HOU	5	3	0	0	1	5	20.0	0	2	0.0	3	3	100.0	39.6	1	2	3	3	+9
17	Pooh Richardson P. Richardson	10	16	3/28/1994	IND	vs	LAC	0	5	1	0	0	5	0.0	0	1	0.0	0	0		0.0	3	2	2	0
18	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	10	15	3/2/1994	DET	vs	POR	3	0	0	0	1	6	16.7	0	0		1	1	100.0	23.3	0	0	0	0
19	Avery Johnson A. Johnson	10	16	11/24/1989	SEA	@	DEN	3	2	1	0	0	3	0.0	0	0		3	4	75.0	31.5	2	0	1	2
20	Norm Nixon N. Nixon	10	13	2/28/1989	LAC	vs	PHI	0	1	0	0	0	2	0.0	0	1	0.0	0	0		0.0	0	1	0	2
21	Dirk Minniefield D. Minniefield	10	16	3/4/1988	BOS	vs	LAC	8	1	1	0	4	4	100.0	0	0		0	0		100.0	0	1	1	1
22	Rickey Green R. Green	10	16	2/4/1988	UTA	@	POR	7	2	0	0	3	7	42.9	0	0		1	1	100.0	47.0	0	2	1	2
23	Spud Webb S. Webb	10	13	11/6/1987	ATL	vs	WAS	8	2	0	0	3	5	60.0	0	0		2	3	66.7	63.3	1	1	2	5
24	Kenny Higgs K. Higgs	10	16	12/17/1981	DEN	vs	ATL	2	1	2	0	1	3	33.3	0	0		0	0		33.3	0	1	0	0
25	Slick Watts S. Watts	10	13	2/24/1974	SEA	vs	PHI	4	0		0	1	4	25.0				2	2	100.0	41.0	0	0		4