who has the highest assist in a game until 1960

Before 1960-61, Bob Cousy had the most assists in a game, with 28 assists versus the Minneapolis Lakers on February 27, 1959.

Interpreted as:
Who has the highest assist in a regular-season game until 1960?
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 Bob Cousy
B. Cousy
28
2/27/1959
BOS BOS
vs
MIN MIN
45
31
5
10
18
55.6
11
12
91.7
66.6
3
2 Richie Guerin
R. Guerin
21
12/12/1958
NYK NYK
vs
STL STL
18
8
2
3
66.7
3
3 Bob Davies
B. Davies
20
1/22/1955
ROC ROC
vs
BOS BOS
25
4
15
26.7
17
21
81.0
51.6
3
4 Richie Guerin
R. Guerin
19
2/13/1960
NYK NYK
vs
STL STL
21
11
8
5
5
100.0
2
5 Bob Cousy
B. Cousy
19
11/24/1956
BOS BOS
vs
SYR SYR
38
21
9
19
47.4
3
3
100.0
51.7
1
6 Andy Phillip
A. Phillip
19
11/20/1955
FTW FTW
vs
NYK NYK
10
3
4
5
80.0
6
7 Andy Phillip
A. Phillip
19
11/27/1954
FTW FTW
vs
MIN MIN
6
2
2
4
50.0
3
8 Larry Costello
L. Costello
18
3/3/1960
SYR SYR
vs
BOS BOS
17
8
1
1
100.0
3
9 Guy Rodgers
G. Rodgers
18
11/26/1959
PHI PHI
vs
BOS BOS
19
6
7
15
46.7
5
6
83.3
53.9
3
10 Bob Cousy
B. Cousy
18
11/21/1959
BOS BOS
@
NYK NYK
32
9
19
47.4
14
14
100.0
63.6
2
11 Dick McGuire
D. McGuire
18
2/15/1958
DET DET
vs
MIN MIN
14
5
4
4
100.0
1
12 Paul Seymour
P. Seymour
18
1/26/1955
SYR SYR
PHI PHI
45
22
10
9
24
37.5
4
4
100.0
42.7
1
13 Bob Cousy
B. Cousy
18
1/18/1953
BOS BOS
vs
NYK NYK
48
15
4
18
22.2
7
8
87.5
34.9
4
14 Bob Cousy
B. Cousy
17
1/27/1960
BOS BOS
vs
STL STL
44
25
3
12
29
41.4
1
2
50.0
41.8
3
15 Bob Cousy
B. Cousy
17
12/10/1955
BOS BOS
vs
MIN MIN
43
15
7
21
33.3
1
3
33.3
33.6
1
16 Jack McMahon
J. McMahon
17
12/8/1954
ROC ROC
vs
SYR SYR
33
20
5
8
20
40.0
4
5
80.0
45.0
1
17 Bob Cousy
B. Cousy
17
2/4/1953
BOS BOS
vs
SYR SYR
43
14
3
17
17.6
8
9
88.9
33.4
6
18 Dick McGuire
D. McGuire
17
12/11/1951
NYK NYK
vs
MIL MIL
16
5
6
7
85.7
2
19 Andy Phillip
A. Phillip
17
2/13/1951
PHI PHI
vs
BOS BOS
10
6
4
9
44.4
2
3
66.7
48.4
2
20 Richie Guerin
R. Guerin
16
3/6/1960
NYK NYK
vs
DET DET
21
8
5
6
83.3
5
21 Bob Cousy
B. Cousy
16
2/6/1960
BOS BOS
@
NYK NYK
16
7
2
2
100.0
3
22 Larry Costello
L. Costello
16
2/6/1960
SYR SYR
@
PHI PHI
16
11
6
14
42.9
4
4
100.0
50.8
3
23 Dick McGuire
D. McGuire
16
12/13/1959
DET DET
vs
NYK NYK
12
5
2
2
100.0
4
24 Bob Cousy
B. Cousy
16
1/18/1959
BOS BOS
vs
STL STL
39
26
6
10
15
66.7
6
7
85.7
71.9
4
25 Bob Cousy
B. Cousy
16
3/11/1956
BOS BOS
vs
STL STL
44
25
10
19
52.6
5
5
100.0
59.0
3
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for assists going back to the 1982-83 season.

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