players who got 15 assists in a game in 1970s

Quinn Buckner had 16 assists against the New Orleans Jazz on April 6, 1979.

Interpreted as:
players who got 15 or more assists in a regular-season game in 1970s
NAMEDATEASTTMOPPMINPTSREBSTLBLKFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTOVPF+/-
1Quinn Buckner
Q. Buckner
4/6/1979
16
MIL MIL
@
NOJ NOJ
35
19
5
3
0
8
13
61.5
3
6
50.0
60.7
1
2Kevin Porter
K. Porter
4/3/1979
15
DET DET
@
GSW GSW
39
12
0
4
0
4
15
26.7
4
4
100.0
35.8
0
0
4
4
3Kevin Porter
K. Porter
4/1/1979
25
DET DET
@
PHX PHX
46
13
3
2
0
6
20
30.0
1
2
50.0
31.1
1
2
4
3
4Kevin Porter
K. Porter
3/31/1979
16
DET DET
@
SEA SEA
39
14
3
5
15
33.3
4
5
80.0
40.7
1
2
4
5Kevin Porter
K. Porter
3/30/1979
23
DET DET
@
LAL LAL
43
15
3
1
0
6
22
27.3
3
4
75.0
31.6
1
2
3
5
6Kevin Porter
K. Porter
3/28/1979
17
DET DET
vs
DEN DEN
42
15
5
1
0
6
17
35.3
3
3
100.0
40.9
3
2
2
4
7John Lucas
J. Lucas
3/28/1979
15
GSW GSW
vs
KCK KCK
34
23
4
1
0
6
10
60.0
11
12
91.7
75.3
0
4
3
5
8Kevin Porter
K. Porter
3/20/1979
17
DET DET
@
NJN NJN
30
9
3
4
10
40.0
1
2
50.0
41.4
6
9Kevin Porter
K. Porter
3/17/1979
20
DET DET
vs
IND IND
45
16
3
0
6
14
42.9
4
4
100.0
50.8
4
10Mike Newlin
M. Newlin
3/17/1979
15
HOU HOU
vs
PHX PHX
38
11
5
0
0
5
14
35.7
1
2
50.0
37.0
1
4
4
4
11Norm Nixon
N. Nixon
3/16/1979
15
LAL LAL
vs
ATL ATL
43
12
4
2
0
6
16
37.5
0
1
0.0
36.5
0
4
2
3
12Norm Nixon
N. Nixon
3/14/1979
15
LAL LAL
@
SAS SAS
44
19
1
3
0
8
18
44.4
3
4
75.0
48.1
0
1
3
1
13Kevin Porter
K. Porter
3/13/1979
18
DET DET
@
IND IND
51
23
6
2
10
19
52.6
3
3
100.0
56.6
3
4
14Kevin Porter
K. Porter
3/11/1979
19
DET DET
@
MIL MIL
46
28
3
6
0
13
24
54.2
2
3
66.7
55.3
4
4
15Kevin Porter
K. Porter
3/9/1979
25
DET DET
vs
BOS BOS
37
30
3
0
0
12
18
66.7
6
8
75.0
69.7
1
2
4
1
16Phil Ford
P. Ford
3/9/1979
15
KCK KCK
vs
WAS WAS
38
29
6
2
0
11
19
57.9
7
7
100.0
65.7
4
17Kevin Porter
K. Porter
3/7/1979
17
DET DET
vs
SEA SEA
46
14
0
7
15
46.7
0
2
0.0
44.1
0
0
4
18Kevin Porter
K. Porter
3/3/1979
15
DET DET
vs
NOJ NOJ
40
17
4
8
20
40.0
1
2
50.0
40.7
3
19Norm Nixon
N. Nixon
3/2/1979
17
LAL LAL
vs
PHI PHI
42
14
4
5
0
7
12
58.3
0
0
58.3
0
4
3
3
20Kevin Porter
K. Porter
2/27/1979
22
DET DET
@
CHI CHI
44
32
5
4
0
13
22
59.1
6
8
75.0
62.7
4
1
4
3
21Phil Ford
P. Ford
2/23/1979
21
KCK KCK
vs
PHX PHX
45
22
3
3
0
8
16
50.0
6
8
75.0
56.4
0
3
4
3
22Kevin Porter
K. Porter
2/21/1979
18
DET DET
vs
PHI PHI
44
18
1
0
7
13
53.8
4
5
80.0
59.2
3
23Phil Ford
P. Ford
2/21/1979
22
KCK KCK
vs
MIL MIL
44
26
5
5
0
12
16
75.0
2
3
66.7
75.1
6
5
24Kevin Porter
K. Porter
2/18/1979
16
DET DET
vs
SAS SAS
39
12
2
1
0
5
8
62.5
2
2
100.0
67.6
3
25Phil Ford
P. Ford
2/18/1979
16
KCK KCK
vs
CHI CHI
39
16
1
1
0
6
13
46.2
4
4
100.0
54.2
1
0
3
3
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for assists going back to the 1982-83 season.

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