what are the most assists in the first half in a game

4 players are tied for the most assists in a first half, with 14 assists. The first three are Russell Westbrook on May 3, 2021 and on April 2, 2019, Chris Paul on January 22, 2021 and James Harden on December 11, 2017 and on October 26, 2016.

Interpreted as:

What are the most assists by a player in the first half in a regular-season game?

	NAME	AST	DATE	TM		OPP	MIN	PTS	REB	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	14	5/3/2021	WAS	vs	IND	18	8	12	0	0	2	3	66.7	0	0		4	4	100.0	84.0	2	10	4	2	+13
2	Chris Paul C. Paul	14	1/22/2021	PHX	vs	DEN	18	2	3	0	0	1	4	25.0	0	2	0.0	0	0		25.0	0	3	0	1	+11
3	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	14	4/2/2019	OKC	vs	LAL	20	5	9	1	0	2	12	16.7	1	6	16.7	0	0		20.8	1	8	0	0	+7
4	James Harden J. Harden	14	12/11/2017	HOU	vs	NOP	18	12	1	2	0	4	7	57.1	2	4	50.0	2	4	50.0	68.5	0	1	0	2	+2
5	James Harden J. Harden	14	10/26/2016	HOU	@	LAL	18	16	4	1	0	5	9	55.6	1	3	33.3	5	6	83.3	68.7	1	3	4	2	+14
6	Rajon Rondo R. Rondo	14	12/2/2014	BOS	@	ATL		2	6	1	1	1	3	33.3	0	0		0	0		33.3	0	6	4	0
7	James Harden J. Harden	13	1/4/2025	LAC	vs	ATL	17	2	1	2	0	1	5	20.0	0	2	0.0	0	0		20.0	0	1	3	2	+8
8	LeBron James L. James	13	4/14/2024	LAL	@	NOP	19	13	6	4	0	6	12	50.0	0	1	0.0	1	1	100.0	52.3	1	5	1	0	+9
9	Domantas Sabonis D. Sabonis	13	5/13/2021	IND	vs	MIL	20	6	4	1	0	3	12	25.0	0	1	0.0	0	0		25.0	0	4	1	1	-7
10	Jamal Murray J. Murray	13	12/18/2018	DEN	vs	DAL	22	6	2	0	0	3	8	37.5	0	3	0.0	0	1	0.0	35.5	0	2	1	2	0
11	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	13	2/1/2018	OKC	@	DEN	20	4	5	1	1	2	9	22.2	0	2	0.0	0	0		22.2	0	5	1	1	-15
12	Ricky Rubio R. Rubio	13	3/13/2017	MIN	vs	WAS	20	13	4	1	0	4	8	50.0	1	3	33.3	4	4	100.0	66.6	0	4	2	1	+11
13	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	12	4/9/2024	LAC	@	PHX	20	9	8	2	0	4	6	66.7	1	1	100.0	0	0		75.0	1	7	2	2	+32
14	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	12	3/17/2024	MIL	vs	PHX	19	14	2	0	0	5	10	50.0	2	4	50.0	2	2	100.0	64.3	0	2	1	0	+19
15	Fred VanVleet F. VanVleet	12	3/16/2024	HOU	vs	CLE	18	2	5	0	1	1	4	25.0	0	2	0.0	0	0		25.0	1	4	0	0	+9
16	Tyrese Haliburton T. Haliburton	12	12/30/2023	IND	vs	NYK		8	2	2	1	3	7	42.9	2	5	40.0	0	0		57.1	0	2	2	0	+3
17	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	12	11/29/2023	DEN	vs	HOU	18	17	7	0	0	8	14	57.1	1	2	50.0	0	0		60.7	5	2	0	1	+28
18	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	12	11/13/2022	DEN	@	CHI	18	6	4	1	0	3	3	100.0	0	0		0	0		100.0	0	4	1	0	+23
19	Kyle Lowry K. Lowry	12	12/11/2021	MIA	vs	CHI	19	9	2	1	0	3	5	60.0	3	4	75.0	0	0		90.0	2	0	0	1	+20
20	Chris Paul C. Paul	12	1/23/2021	PHX	vs	DEN	15	4	4	0	0	1	4	25.0	0	2	0.0	2	2	100.0	41.0	0	4	1	0	+15
21	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	12	2/1/2019	OKC	@	MIA	19	5	9	0	0	2	4	50.0	0	1	0.0	1	2	50.0	51.2	1	8	1	0	+11
22	Dante Exum D. Exum	12	12/29/2018	UTA	vs	NYK	17	6	0	0	0	3	7	42.9	0	2	0.0	0	0		42.9	0	0	1	2	+28
23	Jeff Teague J. Teague	12	11/14/2018	MIN	vs	NOP	18	9	0	0	0	3	8	37.5	1	3	33.3	2	2	100.0	50.7	0	0	1	0	+4
24	Kyle Lowry K. Lowry	12	11/4/2018	TOR	@	LAL	18	9	5	1	0	3	9	33.3	2	5	40.0	1	1	100.0	47.7	1	4	1	0	+26
25	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	12	4/11/2018	OKC	vs	MEM	19	1	11	2	0	0	2	0.0	0	1	0.0	1	2	50.0	17.4	2	9	2	0	+19