when was the last time a team has had less than 10 assists in an nba finals game

The Dallas Mavericks had 9 assists in Game 1 of the 2024 NBA Finals against the Celtics on June 6.

	TEAM	DATE	AST	SEASON	SERIES	TM		OPP	RESULT	MIN	PTS	REB	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF
1	Mavericks	6/6/2024	9	2023-24	NBA Finals	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
2	Cavaliers	6/7/2007	9	2006-07	NBA Finals	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
3	Knicks	6/18/1999	8	1998-99	NBA Finals	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
4	Lakers	4/28/1966	9	1965-66	NBA Finals	LAL	@	BOS	L 93-95	240	93	54			33	88	37.5				27	38	71.1	44.4				22
5	Celtics	4/3/1960	5	1959-60	NBA Finals	BOS	@	STL	L 96-106	240	96	55			33	93	35.5				30	38	78.9	43.7				24
6	Knicks	4/20/1952	6	1951-52	NBA Finals	NYK	@	MIN	L 89-102	240	89	32			34	68	50.0				21	28	75.0	55.4				28
7	Warriors	4/21/1948	4	1947-48	NBA Finals	PHI	@	BAL	L 73-88	240	73				17	85	20.0				39	47	83.0	34.5				29
8	Bullets	4/20/1948	7	1947-48	NBA Finals	BAL	@	PHI	L 82-91	240	82				28	108	25.9				26	41	63.4	32.5				35
9	Warriors	4/17/1948	3	1947-48	NBA Finals	PHI	@	BAL	L 75-78	240	75				24	75	32.0				27	32	84.4	42.1				31
10	Bullets	4/17/1948	5	1947-48	NBA Finals	BAL	vs	PHI	W 78-75	240	78				26	74	35.1				26	35	74.3	43.6				27
11	Warriors	4/15/1948	6	1947-48	NBA Finals	PHI	@	BAL	L 70-72	240	70				24	88	27.3				22	28	78.6	34.9				18
12	Bullets	4/15/1948	5	1947-48	NBA Finals	BAL	vs	PHI	W 72-70	240	72				27	97	27.8				18	27	66.7	33.1				25
13	Warriors	4/13/1948	5	1947-48	NBA Finals	PHI	vs	BAL	L 63-66	240	63				18	83	21.7				27	36	75.0	31.9				26
14	Bullets	4/13/1948	9	1947-48	NBA Finals	BAL	@	PHI	W 66-63	240	66				20	105	19.0				26	34	76.5	27.5				25
15	Warriors	4/10/1948	7	1947-48	NBA Finals	PHI	vs	BAL	W 71-60	240	71				25	98	25.5				21	31	67.7	31.8				21
16	Bullets	4/10/1948	7	1947-48	NBA Finals	BAL	@	PHI	L 60-71	240	60				19	103	18.4				22	27	81.5	26.1				25
17	Stags	4/22/1947	8	1946-47	NBA Finals	CHI	@	PHI	L 80-83	240	80				30	117	25.6				20	29	69.0	30.8				33
18	Stags	4/20/1947	3	1946-47	NBA Finals	CHI	vs	PHI	W 74-73	240	74				32	92	34.8				10	20	50.0	36.7				17
19	Warriors	4/20/1947	6	1946-47	NBA Finals	PHI	@	CHI	L 73-74	240	73				29	107	27.1				15	20	75.0	31.5				19
20	Stags	4/17/1947	3	1946-47	NBA Finals	CHI	@	PHI	L 74-85	240	74				30	150	20.0				14	24	58.3	23.0				28
21	Warriors	4/17/1947	4	1946-47	NBA Finals	PHI	vs	CHI	W 85-74	240	85				28	98	28.6				29	36	80.6	37.3				18
22	Stags	4/16/1947	5	1946-47	NBA Finals	CHI	@	PHI	L 71-84	240	71				26	129	20.2				19	30	63.3	25.0				25