Don Buse averaged the most assists per game in 1976-77, with 8.5 per game.

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Who led NBA in assists with a minimum of 57.4 games played per 82 team games in 1976-77?

	NAME	APG	SEASON	TM	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	PF
1	Don Buse D. Buse	8.5	1976-77	IND	81	36.4	8.0	3.3	3.5	0.2	3.3	7.9	41.6	1.4	1.8	78.6	46.0	0.8	2.5	2,947	646	270	685	281	16	129
2	Slick Watts S. Watts	8.0	1976-77	SEA	79	33.3	13.0	3.9	2.7	0.3	5.4	12.8	42.2	2.2	3.7	58.7	44.9	1.0	2.9	2,627	1,028	307	630	214	25	256
3	Norm Van Lier N. Van Lier	7.8	1976-77	CHI	82	37.8	10.2	4.5	1.6	0.2	3.7	8.9	41.2	2.9	3.7	77.8	48.5	1.3	3.2	3,097	838	370	636	129	16	268
4	Kevin Porter K. Porter	7.3	1976-77	DET	81	26.1	8.9	1.2	1.1	0.1	3.8	7.5	51.2	1.2	1.6	72.9	54.0	0.3	0.9	2,117	717	98	592	88	8	271
5	Tom Henderson T. Henderson	6.9	1976-77	TOT	87	32.1	11.2	2.7	1.6	0.2	4.3	9.5	44.9	2.7	3.6	74.4	50.6	0.5	2.3	2,791	975	239	598	138	17	148
6	Rick Barry R. Barry	6.0	1976-77	GSW	79	36.8	21.8	5.3	2.2	0.7	8.6	19.6	44.0	4.5	5.0	91.6	50.0	0.9	4.4	2,904	1,723	422	475	172	58	194
7	Jo Jo White J. Jo White	6.0	1976-77	BOS	82	40.6	19.6	4.7	1.4	0.3	7.8	18.1	42.9	4.1	4.7	86.9	48.6	1.1	3.6	3,333	1,609	383	492	118	22	193
8	Mike Gale M. Gale	5.8	1976-77	SAS	82	31.7	10.3	3.3	2.3	0.6	4.3	9.2	46.8	1.7	2.0	82.0	50.9	0.7	2.7	2,598	843	273	473	191	50	224
9	Paul Westphal P. Westphal	5.7	1976-77	PHX	81	32.1	21.3	2.3	1.7	0.3	8.4	16.3	51.8	4.5	5.4	82.5	57.1	0.7	1.6	2,600	1,726	190	459	134	21	171
10	John Lucas J. Lucas	5.6	1976-77	HOU	82	30.9	11.1	2.7	1.5	0.2	4.7	9.9	47.7	1.6	2.1	78.9	51.2	0.7	2.0	2,531	911	219	463	125	19	174
11	Randy Smith R. Smith	5.4	1976-77	BUF	82	37.7	20.7	5.6	2.1	0.1	8.6	18.3	46.7	3.6	4.7	76.2	50.7	1.6	3.9	3,094	1,698	457	441	176	8	264
12	Pete Maravich P. Maravich	5.4	1976-77	NOJ	73	41.7	31.1	5.1	1.2	0.3	12.1	28.0	43.3	6.9	8.2	83.5	49.2	1.2	3.9	3,041	2,273	374	392	84	22	191
13	Walt Frazier W. Frazier	5.3	1976-77	NYK	76	35.4	17.4	3.9	1.7	0.1	7.0	14.3	48.9	3.4	4.4	77.1	53.5	0.7	3.2	2,687	1,323	293	403	132	9	194
14	Lucius Allen L. Allen	5.2	1976-77	LAL	78	31.8	14.6	3.2	1.5	0.2	6.1	13.3	45.6	2.5	3.2	77.4	49.7	0.7	2.5	2,482	1,139	251	405	116	19	183
15	Jim Cleamons J. Cleamons	5.1	1976-77	CLE	60	34.1	10.4	4.6	1.1	0.4	4.3	9.9	43.4	1.9	2.5	75.7	47.6	1.7	2.9	2,045	626	273	308	66	23	126
16	John Havlicek J. Havlicek	5.1	1976-77	BOS	79	36.9	17.7	4.8	1.1	0.2	7.3	16.2	45.2	3.0	3.6	81.6	49.5	1.4	3.5	2,913	1,395	382	400	84	18	208
17	Armond Hill A. Hill	5.0	1976-77	ATL	81	22.5	6.0	1.8	1.0	0.1	2.2	5.4	39.9	1.7	2.1	79.9	47.4	0.5	1.3	1,825	489	143	403	85	6	245
18	Earl Monroe E. Monroe	4.8	1976-77	NYK	77	34.5	19.9	2.9	1.2	0.3	8.0	15.4	51.7	4.0	4.8	83.9	56.9	0.6	2.3	2,656	1,533	223	366	91	23	197
19	Quinn Buckner Q. Buckner	4.7	1976-77	MIL	79	26.5	8.6	3.3	2.4	0.3	3.8	8.7	43.4	1.1	1.9	53.9	45.0	1.2	2.2	2,095	681	264	372	192	21	291
20	Sam Lacey S. Lacey	4.7	1976-77	KCK	82	31.6	10.6	9.0	1.5	1.6	4.0	9.4	42.2	2.6	3.4	76.2	48.4	2.3	6.6	2,595	869	734	386	119	133	292
21	Calvin Murphy C. Murphy	4.7	1976-77	HOU	82	33.7	17.9	2.1	1.8	0.1	7.3	14.8	49.0	3.3	3.7	88.6	54.2	0.7	1.4	2,764	1,464	172	386	144	8	281
22	Doug Collins D. Collins	4.7	1976-77	PHI	58	35.1	18.3	3.4	1.2	0.3	7.3	14.2	51.8	3.6	4.3	84.0	56.9	1.1	2.3	2,037	1,062	195	271	70	15	174
23	Ernie DiGregorio E. DiGregorio	4.7	1976-77	BUF	81	28.0	10.7	2.3	0.7	0.0	4.5	10.8	41.7	1.7	1.8	94.5	46.2	0.6	1.6	2,267	868	184	378	57	3	150
24	Ted McClain T. McClain	4.5	1976-77	DEN	72	27.8	8.2	3.2	1.5	0.2	3.4	7.7	44.5	1.4	1.8	74.4	48.3	0.7	2.5	2,002	589	229	324	106	13	255
25	Alvan Adams A. Adams	4.5	1976-77	PHX	72	31.6	18.0	9.1	1.3	1.2	7.3	15.3	47.4	3.5	4.6	75.4	51.9	2.5	6.6	2,278	1,296	652	322	95	87	260

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Don Buse averaged the most assists per game in 1976-77, with 8.5 per game.

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