The New York Knicks had their most assists in a game against the Cavaliers on November 24, 1979, with 45 assists.

Interpreted as:

most assists by knicks 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	Knicks	45	11/24/1979	NYK	vs	CLE	W 133-113	240	133	44	9	5	58	91	63.7	0	1	0.0	17	19	89.5	66.9	11	33	21	21
2	Knicks	43	1/1/1966	NYK	vs	CIN	W 147-122	240	147	57			54	99	54.5				39	49	79.6	61.0				26
3	Knicks	42	1/3/1991	NYK	vs	DEN	W 135-108	240	135	50	8	3	52	93	55.9	2	2	100.0	29	40	72.5	61.0	10	40	13	21
4	Knicks	42	2/5/1987	NYK	vs	NJN	W 135-118	240	135	44	15	8	56	94	59.6	2	5	40.0	21	26	80.8	64.0	12	32	15	25
5	Knicks	42	3/24/1979	NYK	vs	CHI	L 143-148	290	143	41	10	11	60	114	52.6				23	25	92.0	57.2	14	27	14	36
6	Knicks	42	11/27/1965	NYK	vs	CIN	L 129-132	240	129	37			53	97	54.6				23	30	76.7	58.5				31
7	Knicks	41	12/7/1965	NYK	vs	LAL	W 131-127	240	131	61			56	107	52.3				19	38	50.0	52.9				35
8	Knicks	40	2/13/1981	NYK	vs	DET	W 120-92	240	120	26			54	89	60.7	1			11	17	64.7	62.2				23
9	Knicks	40	4/6/1978	NYK	vs	DET	W 129-125	265	129	57			57	108	52.8				15	22	68.2	54.8				22
10	Knicks	40	1/28/1978	NYK	vs	CHI	W 108-96	240	108	60	10	7	51	109	46.8				6	9	66.7	47.8	21	39	14	28
11	Knicks	40	12/16/1977	NYK	@	MIL	L 150-152	315	150	61	13	8	63	140	45.0				24	28	85.7	49.2			21	36
12	Knicks	40	12/16/1969	NYK	vs	ATL	L 124-125	265	124	51			50	108	46.3				24	31	77.4	51.0				25
13	Knicks	40	12/12/1967	NYK	vs	STL	L 142-145	290	142	55			56	103	54.4				30	43	69.8	58.2				28
14	Knicks	39	3/4/1993	NYK	vs	UTA	W 125-111	240	125	38	3	3	54	85	63.5	6	12	50.0	11	16	68.8	67.9	7	31	12	29
15	Knicks	39	1/16/1979	NYK	vs	DET	W 111-110	240	111	50			49	89	55.1				13	23	56.5	56.0				22
16	Knicks	39	10/20/1978	NYK	@	MIL	W 115-105	240	115	45	13	5	52	95	54.7				11	22	50.0	54.9			17	24
17	Knicks	39	1/22/1978	NYK	@	DEN	W 143-141	265	143	48	11	7	58	98	59.2				27	37	73.0	62.6	11	37	31	42
18	Knicks	39	12/30/1977	NYK	vs	NOJ	W 118-116	240	118	44			51	90	56.7				16	22	72.7	59.2				27
19	Knicks	39	10/22/1977	NYK	vs	WAS	W 141-115	240	141	53			61	105	58.1				19	21	90.5	61.7				33
20	Knicks	39	2/24/1973	NYK	vs	BUF	W 125-97	240	125	39			54	93	58.1				17	27	63.0	59.6				13
21	Knicks	39	12/14/1965	NYK	vs	SFW	W 141-137	240	141	51			56	109	51.4				29	39	74.4	55.9				33
22	Knicks	38	2/8/1993	NYK	@	PHI	W 120-115	265	120	47	4	3	51	96	53.1	1	6	16.7	17	20	85.0	57.3	13	34	18	32
23	Knicks	38	3/20/1989	NYK	@	PHI	W 129-109	240	129	46	10	7	58	102	56.9	5	12	41.7	8	9	88.9	60.9	15	31	16	23
24	Knicks	38	2/28/1978	NYK	vs	SAS	W 138-123	240	138	58	14	5	56	107	52.3				26	38	68.4	55.8			21	28
25	Knicks	38	10/17/1972	NYK	vs	HOU	W 103-95	240	103	46			46	90	51.1				11	15	73.3	53.3				24