The Milwaukee Bucks have the most assists by a team in a game, with 53 assists against the Pistons on December 26, 1978.

Interpreted as:

NBA most team assists in a regular-season game

TEAM	AST	DATE	TM		OPP	RESULT	MIN	PTS	REB	STL	BLK	TOV	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	PF
Milwaukee Bucks	53	12/26/1978	MIL	vs	DET	W 143-84	240	143	54	17	11	21	65	107	60.7				13	17	76.5	12
Denver Nuggets	52	4/21/1989	DEN	@	GSW	W 139-121	240	139	50	14	7	17	61	106	57.5	1	1	100.0	16	21	76.2	21
Seattle SuperSonics	52	3/18/1983	SEA	vs	DEN	W 147-117	240	147	54	12	9	21	67	116	57.8	0	1	0.0	13	22	59.1	25
Chicago Bulls	52	3/20/1971	CHI	vs	ATL	W 138-121	240	138	52			12	61	115	53.0				16	20	80.0	18
Los Angeles Lakers	51	2/23/1982	LAL	vs	DEN	W 145-129	240	145	49	16	7	16	66	116	56.9	1	4	25.0	12	16	75.0	29
Phoenix Suns	51	2/2/1979	PHX	vs	SAS	W 133-108	240	133	51	16	7	26	60	104	57.7				13	20	65.0	17
Indiana Pacers	50	1/5/2024	IND	vs	ATL	W 150-116	240	150	39	12	3	14	60	94	63.8	19	39	48.7	11	13	84.6	24
Washington Wizards	50	5/3/2021	WAS	vs	IND	W 154-141	240	154	44	10	7	16	63	103	61.2	9	22	40.9	19	24	79.2	19
Phoenix Suns	50	11/10/1990	PHX	vs	DEN	W 173-143	240	173	53	19	7	27	67	104	64.4	0	2	0.0	39	48	81.3	28
Houston Rockets	50	3/15/1986	HOU	vs	LAC	W 148-116	240	148	49	14	6	10	64	109	58.7	1	4	25.0	19	22	86.4	23
San Antonio Spurs	50	4/15/1984	SAS	vs	DEN	W 157-154	240	157	48	8	8	18	66	104	63.5	0	1	0.0	25	34	73.5	21
Portland Trail Blazers	49	11/13/1990	POR	vs	DEN	W 155-129	240	155	54	11	8	22	63	105	60.0	4	10	40.0	25	31	80.6	22
Phoenix Suns	49	1/17/1987	PHX	vs	LAC	W 132-101	240	132	49	8	5	22	56	81	69.1	1	2	50.0	19	30	63.3	22
Chicago Bulls	49	2/23/1985	CHI	vs	GSW	W 140-125	240	140	36	9	8	13	60	90	66.7	0	1	0.0	20	23	87.0	30
San Antonio Spurs	49	2/14/1979	SAS	vs	BOS	W 149-119	240	149	43	16	7	15	67	105	63.8				15	22	68.2	28
New Orleans Jazz	49	4/9/1978	NOJ	vs	SAS	W 153-132	240	153	63	8	6	21	68	119	57.1				17	24	70.8	22
Los Angeles Lakers	49	3/11/1973	LAL	vs	DET	W 141-117	240	141	52				61	110	55.5				19	22	86.4	21
Milwaukee Bucks	48	11/21/1978	MIL	vs	POR	W 123-93	240	123	44	13	8	14	56	99	56.6				11	14	78.6	28
Detroit Pistons	48	3/28/1973	DET	@	CLE	W 131-119	265	131	49				57	102	55.9				17	22	77.3	27
Golden State Warriors	47	4/9/2023	GSW	@	POR	W 157-101	240	157	58	13	6	15	58	96	60.4	27	49	55.1	14	16	87.5	18
Golden State Warriors	47	11/23/2016	GSW	vs	LAL	W 149-106	240	149	48	7	5	10	53	86	61.6	19	36	52.8	24	35	68.6	20
Phoenix Suns	47	11/29/1991	PHX	vs	CHA	W 131-111	240	131	44	5	14	17	57	93	61.3	5	8	62.5	12	19	63.2	24
Denver Nuggets	47	12/2/1987	DEN	vs	SAC	W 147-120	240	147	46	13	2	12	60	110	54.5	2	4	50.0	25	29	86.2	29
Detroit Pistons	47	12/13/1983	DET	@	DEN	W 186-184	315	186	56	19	6	13	74	136	54.4	1	2	50.0	37	60	61.7	44
Atlanta Hawks	47	4/8/1983	ATL	vs	CHI	W 138-101	240	138	48	5	18	11	64	99	64.6	0	0		10	13	76.9	27