most assists by an nba team in a single game

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

Interpreted as:

most assists by an NBA team in a single regular-season game

	TEAM	AST	DATE	TM		OPP	RESULT	MIN	PTS	REB	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF
1	Bucks	53	12/26/1978	MIL	vs	DET	W 143-84	240	143	54	17	11	65	107	60.7				13	17	76.5	62.5			21	12
2	Nuggets	52	4/21/1989	DEN	@	GSW	W 139-121	240	139	50	14	7	61	106	57.5	1	1	100.0	16	21	76.2	60.3	13	37	17	21
3	SuperSonics	52	3/18/1983	SEA	vs	DEN	W 147-117	240	147	54	12	9	67	116	57.8	0	1	0.0	13	22	59.1	58.5	17	37	21	25
4	Bulls	52	3/20/1971	CHI	vs	ATL	W 138-121	240	138	52			61	115	53.0				16	20	80.0	55.7			12	18
5	Lakers	51	2/23/1982	LAL	vs	DEN	W 145-129	240	145	49	16	7	66	116	56.9	1	4	25.0	12	16	75.0	58.9	13	36	16	29
6	Suns	51	2/2/1979	PHX	vs	SAS	W 133-108	240	133	51	16	7	60	104	57.7				13	20	65.0	59.0	14	37	26	17
7	Pacers	50	1/5/2024	IND	vs	ATL	W 150-116	240	150	39	12	3	60	94	63.8	19	39	48.7	11	13	84.6	75.2	8	31	14	24
8	Wizards	50	5/3/2021	WAS	vs	IND	W 154-141	240	154	44	10	7	63	103	61.2	9	22	40.9	19	24	79.2	67.8	9	35	16	19
9	Suns	50	11/10/1990	PHX	vs	DEN	W 173-143	240	173	53	19	7	67	104	64.4	0	2	0.0	39	48	81.3	69.1	12	41	27	28
10	Rockets	50	3/15/1986	HOU	vs	LAC	W 148-116	240	148	49	14	6	64	109	58.7	1	4	25.0	19	22	86.4	62.4	16	33	10	23
11	Spurs	50	4/15/1984	SAS	vs	DEN	W 157-154	240	157	48	8	8	66	104	63.5	0	1	0.0	25	34	73.5	66.0	10	38	18	21
12	Trail Blazers	49	11/13/1990	POR	vs	DEN	W 155-129	240	155	54	11	8	63	105	60.0	4	10	40.0	25	31	80.6	65.3	14	40	22	22
13	Suns	49	1/17/1987	PHX	vs	LAC	W 132-101	240	132	49	8	5	56	81	69.1	1	2	50.0	19	30	63.3	70.1	8	41	22	22
14	Bulls	49	2/23/1985	CHI	vs	GSW	W 140-125	240	140	36	9	8	60	90	66.7	0	1	0.0	20	23	87.0	69.9	11	25	13	30
15	Spurs	49	2/14/1979	SAS	vs	BOS	W 149-119	240	149	43	16	7	67	105	63.8				15	22	68.2	65.0	14	29	15	28
16	Jazz	49	4/9/1978	NOJ	vs	SAS	W 153-132	240	153	63	8	6	68	119	57.1				17	24	70.8	59.0			21	22
17	Lakers	49	3/11/1973	LAL	vs	DET	W 141-117	240	141	52			61	110	55.5				19	22	86.4	58.9				21
18	Bucks	48	11/21/1978	MIL	vs	POR	W 123-93	240	123	44	13	8	56	99	56.6				11	14	78.6	58.5	11	33	14	28
19	Pistons	48	3/28/1973	DET	@	CLE	W 131-119	265	131	49			57	102	55.9				17	22	77.3	58.6				27
20	Warriors	47	4/9/2023	GSW	@	POR	W 157-101	240	157	58	13	6	58	96	60.4	27	49	55.1	14	16	87.5	76.2	9	49	15	18
21	Warriors	47	11/23/2016	GSW	vs	LAL	W 149-106	240	149	48	7	5	53	86	61.6	19	36	52.8	24	35	68.6	73.5	6	42	10	20
22	Suns	47	11/29/1991	PHX	vs	CHA	W 131-111	240	131	44	5	14	57	93	61.3	5	8	62.5	12	19	63.2	64.6	5	39	17	24
23	Nuggets	47	12/2/1987	DEN	vs	SAC	W 147-120	240	147	46	13	2	60	110	54.5	2	4	50.0	25	29	86.2	59.9	15	31	12	29
24	Pistons	47	12/13/1983	DET	@	DEN	W 186-184	315	186	56	19	6	74	136	54.4	1	2	50.0	37	60	61.7	57.3	23	33	13	44
25	Hawks	47	4/8/1983	ATL	vs	CHI	W 138-101	240	138	48	5	18	64	99	64.6	0	0		10	13	76.9	65.9	9	39	11	27