which nba defense team gives up the most assist pre game

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

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Which NBA defense team gives up the most assist pre regular-season game?

	TEAM	OPP AST	DATE	TM		OPP	RESULT	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF
1	Pistons	53	12/26/1978	DET	@	MIL	L 84-143	240	84	32	28	10	10	40	96	41.7				4	12	33.3	41.5			32	20
2	Warriors	52	4/21/1989	GSW	vs	DEN	L 121-139	240	121	45	25	10	4	49	102	48.0	3	11	27.3	20	24	83.3	53.7	14	31	21	17
3	Nuggets	52	3/18/1983	DEN	@	SEA	L 117-147	240	117	39	32		0	49	105	46.7	0	1	0.0	19	24	79.2	50.6	16	23	24	21
4	Hawks	52	3/20/1971	ATL	@	CHI	L 121-138	240	121	53	27			53	107	49.5				15	20	75.0	52.2			18	18
5	Nuggets	51	2/23/1982	DEN	@	LAL	L 129-145	240	129	52	35	9	5	46	99	46.5	0	2	0.0	37	44	84.1	54.5	18	34	24	17
6	Spurs	51	2/2/1979	SAS	@	PHX	L 108-133	240	108	44	30	14	5	49	106	46.2				10	13	76.9	48.3	15	29	27	19
7	Hawks	50	1/5/2024	ATL	@	IND	L 116-150	240	116	39	21	6	3	40	93	43.0	10	42	23.8	26	30	86.7	54.6	14	25	14	11
8	Pacers	50	5/3/2021	IND	@	WAS	L 141-154	240	141	45	28	8	6	53	107	49.5	14	27	51.9	21	25	84.0	59.7	14	31	17	17
9	Nuggets	50	11/10/1990	DEN	@	PHX	L 143-173	240	143	47	33	12	6	54	117	46.2	2	7	28.6	33	41	80.5	52.9	19	28	25	33
10	Clippers	50	3/15/1986	LAC	@	HOU	L 116-148	240	116	37	31	4	4	47	96	49.0	2	6	33.3	20	27	74.1	53.8	14	23	19	17
11	Nuggets	50	4/15/1984	DEN	@	SAS	L 154-157	240	154	45	38	14	2	61	110	55.5	3	6	50.0	29	32	90.6	62.1	12	33	16	25
12	Bulls	49	4/1/2026	CHI	vs	IND	L 126-145	240	126	46	22	6	4	47	97	48.5	13	39	33.3	19	26	73.1	58.1	14	32	20	14
13	Jazz	49	3/23/2026	UTA	vs	TOR	L 127-143	240	127	39	25	9	6	39	83	47.0	13	36	36.1	36	43	83.7	62.3	9	30	18	19
14	Nuggets	49	11/13/1990	DEN	@	POR	L 129-155	240	129	35	35	13	1	53	104	51.0	2	4	50.0	21	25	84.0	56.1	10	25	18	25
15	Clippers	49	1/17/1987	LAC	@	PHX	L 101-132	240	101	33	23	17	2	40	94	42.6	2	8	25.0	19	29	65.5	47.3	15	18	18	22
16	Warriors	49	2/23/1985	GSW	@	CHI	L 125-140	240	125	37	17	5	1	44	90	48.9	2	5	40.0	35	45	77.8	56.9	19	18	14	21
17	Celtics	49	2/14/1979	BOS	@	SAS	L 119-149	240	119	31	30	12	2	45	89	50.6				29	38	76.3	56.3	9	22	19	20
18	Spurs	49	4/9/1978	SAS	@	NOJ	L 132-153	240	132	29	23	13	6	53	94	56.4				26	30	86.7	61.6			16	22
19	Pistons	49	3/11/1973	DET	@	LAL	L 117-141	240	117	46	34			53	101	52.5				11	19	57.9	53.5				22
20	Wizards	48	3/27/2025	WAS	vs	IND	L 109-162	240	109	31	19	9	2	38	85	44.7	11	30	36.7	22	26	84.6	56.5	12	19	15	15
21	Trail Blazers	48	11/21/1978	POR	@	MIL	L 93-123	240	93	37	22	7	9	34	85	40.0				25	32	78.1	46.9	15	22	24	17
22	Cavaliers	48	3/28/1973	CLE	vs	DET	L 119-131	265	119	42	41			49	112	43.8				21	27	77.8	48.0			22	23
23	Trail Blazers	47	4/9/2023	POR	vs	GSW	L 101-157	240	101	30	25	5	3	38	95	40.0	9	35	25.7	16	24	66.7	47.8	6	24	14	9
24	Lakers	47	11/23/2016	LAL	@	GSW	L 106-149	240	106	37	22	5	1	40	93	43.0	8	20	40.0	18	22	81.8	51.6	7	30	12	25
25	Hornets	47	11/29/1991	CHA	@	PHX	L 111-131	240	111	47	27	11	4	45	107	42.1	0	2	0.0	21	31	67.7	46.0	21	26	11	21

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