The Utah Jazz had the most assists by a team in a game in 2000-01, with 40 assists versus the Wizards on March 4, 2001.

Interpreted as:

NBA most team assists in a regular-season game 2001

	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	Jazz	40	3/4/2001	UTA	@	WAS	W 118-98	240	118	37	8	6	49	82	59.8	7	12	58.3	13	16	81.3	66.3	6	31	13	30
2	Timberwolves	39	2/7/2001	MIN	vs	SAC	W 117-88	240	117	46	10	11	48	84	57.1	9	18	50.0	12	13	92.3	65.2	8	38	16	28
3	Timberwolves	38	2/23/2001	MIN	vs	GSW	W 122-83	240	122	41	10	5	51	88	58.0	9	21	42.9	11	15	73.3	64.5	8	33	7	20
4	Cavaliers	38	11/21/2000	CLE	vs	DET	W 117-98	240	117	46	6	11	49	83	59.0	9	12	75.0	10	15	66.7	65.3	13	33	18	24
5	Bulls	37	1/23/2001	CHI	vs	POR	L 100-104	240	100	32	10	5	38	78	48.7	3	8	37.5	21	24	87.5	56.5	11	21	16	25
6	Timberwolves	36	3/4/2001	MIN	vs	SEA	W 119-111	265	119	43	10	8	48	94	51.1	7	18	38.9	16	21	76.2	57.6	12	31	13	21
7	Bucks	36	2/25/2001	MIL	vs	GSW	W 122-95	240	122	59	7	1	49	97	50.5	7	14	50.0	17	22	77.3	57.2	22	37	10	19
8	Grizzlies	36	1/13/2001	VAN	vs	CLE	W 119-107	240	119	47	0	8	44	77	57.1	9	15	60.0	22	27	81.5	66.9	9	38	13	25
9	Lakers	36	12/10/2000	LAL	vs	DET	W 112-88	240	112	55	5	5	47	90	52.2	6	15	40.0	12	19	63.2	56.9	12	43	12	19
10	Cavaliers	35	3/11/2001	CLE	vs	MIL	W 124-110	240	124	47	7	2	44	85	51.8	6	11	54.5	30	34	88.2	62.0	12	35	12	27
11	Bulls	35	3/3/2001	CHI	@	MIL	L 122-126	290	122	37	6	1	47	89	52.8	5	15	33.3	23	31	74.2	59.4	11	26	15	27
12	Warriors	35	1/26/2001	GSW	vs	SEA	L 105-107	240	105	44	13	2	44	99	44.4	11	25	44.0	6	9	66.7	51.0	14	30	12	20
13	Timberwolves	35	1/1/2001	MIN	vs	HOU	W 106-96	240	106	47	6	2	41	82	50.0	3	9	33.3	21	27	77.8	56.5	11	36	8	29
14	Nuggets	35	12/20/2000	DEN	vs	DET	W 108-106	240	108	36	8	8	46	92	50.0	7	25	28.0	9	17	52.9	54.3	11	25	10	21
15	Pacers	34	4/18/2001	IND	@	CLE	W 105-101	265	105	53	8	9	43	92	46.7	5	18	27.8	14	18	77.8	52.5	10	43	17	25
16	Hornets	34	4/16/2001	CHA	vs	ATL	W 106-83	240	106	53	12	13	42	84	50.0	3	10	30.0	19	30	63.3	54.5	14	39	16	16
17	Spurs	34	4/14/2001	SAS	vs	DEN	W 111-95	240	111	44	7	13	41	78	52.6	11	20	55.0	18	24	75.0	62.7	10	34	18	15
18	Raptors	34	3/23/2001	TOR	vs	ATL	W 112-86	240	112	52	11	23	42	87	48.3	5	15	33.3	23	28	82.1	56.4	12	40	15	14
19	Jazz	34	2/3/2001	UTA	vs	SEA	W 111-91	240	111	41	11	8	41	75	54.7	6	10	60.0	23	30	76.7	62.9	14	27	14	25
20	Nuggets	34	1/15/2001	DEN	vs	SEA	W 122-111	240	122	37	7	10	46	82	56.1	16	27	59.3	14	16	87.5	68.5	7	30	9	23
21	Trail Blazers	34	1/10/2001	POR	@	PHI	W 93-75	240	93	46	6	10	41	73	56.2	5	11	45.5	6	10	60.0	60.1	10	36	17	15
22	Suns	34	12/23/2000	PHX	vs	DEN	W 102-93	240	102	47	6	10	42	85	49.4	5	13	38.5	13	17	76.5	55.1	7	40	14	25
23	Warriors	34	12/6/2000	GSW	vs	LAL	W 125-122	265	125	37	12	7	49	94	52.1	6	12	50.0	21	30	70.0	58.3	14	23	18	25
24	Warriors	34	11/25/2000	GSW	vs	MIN	W 114-93	240	114	46	11	7	43	75	57.3	2	8	25.0	26	45	57.8	60.1	12	34	12	24
25	Kings	34	11/25/2000	SAC	vs	SEA	W 125-101	240	125	51	15	7	50	96	52.1	6	17	35.3	19	25	76.0	58.4	17	34	15	23