Sam Smith had his most assists in a game against the San Diego Clippers on November 9, 1979, with 5 assists.

Interpreted as:

Sam Smith most assists in a regular-season game

	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	Sam Smith S. Smith	5	11/9/1979	CHI	vs	SDC	28	6	3	1	0	3	11	27.3	0	0		0	0		27.3	2	1	1	3
2	Sam Smith S. Smith	4	3/7/1979	MIL	vs	NJN	15	3	1	2	0	1	7	14.3				1	3	33.3	18.0	0	1	2	2
3	Sam Smith S. Smith	3	12/22/1979	CHI	vs	CLE	17	2	1	0	0	1	5	20.0	0	0		0	0		20.0	0	1	1	5
4	Sam Smith S. Smith	3	11/16/1979	CHI	@	KCK	22	4	4	0	1	1	13	7.7	0	1	0.0	2	2	100.0	14.4	2	2	1	3
5	Sam Smith S. Smith	3	10/18/1979	CHI	@	SDC	22	12	3	1	0	4	6	66.7	0	0		4	4	100.0	77.3	1	2	2	1
6	Sam Smith S. Smith	2	1/11/1980	CHI	vs	IND	5	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0			0	0	1	0
7	Sam Smith S. Smith	2	12/1/1979	CHI	@	PHX	16	12	1	1	0	3	7	42.9	0	1	0.0	6	6	100.0	62.2	1	0	2	0
8	Sam Smith S. Smith	2	11/17/1979	CHI	vs	PHI	21	7	1	2	0	3	9	33.3	0	0		1	2	50.0	35.4	1	0	0	2
9	Sam Smith S. Smith	2	11/10/1979	CHI	vs	POR	30	15	1	0	0	5	9	55.6	1	2	50.0	4	4	100.0	69.7	1	0	2	3
10	Sam Smith S. Smith	2	11/6/1979	CHI	vs	SEA	19	13	0	3	0	5	12	41.7	0	1	0.0	3	3	100.0	48.8	0	0	2	2
11	Sam Smith S. Smith	2	11/3/1979	CHI	vs	MIL	25	14	3	2	1	6	13	46.2	0	4	0.0	2	2	100.0	50.4	1	2	5	2
12	Sam Smith S. Smith	2	10/23/1979	CHI	vs	NJN	22	19	5	1	0	8	13	61.5	0	1	0.0	3	5	60.0	62.5	1	4	1	2
13	Sam Smith S. Smith	2	10/16/1979	CHI	@	LAL	12	3	0	3	0	1	6	16.7	0	1	0.0	1	2	50.0	21.8	0	0	2	2
14	Sam Smith S. Smith	2	10/14/1979	CHI	@	PHX	12	10	1	0	1	3	6	50.0	2	2	100.0	2	2	100.0	72.7	0	1	0	1
15	Sam Smith S. Smith	2	3/14/1979	MIL	vs	NOJ	11	10	3	1	1	4	6	66.7				2	2	100.0	72.7	0	3	3	3
16	Sam Smith S. Smith	2	2/28/1979	MIL	vs	CLE	14	8	2	0	3	2	5	40.0				4	7	57.1	49.5	0	2	1	0
17	Sam Smith S. Smith	2	1/30/1979	MIL	@	SDC	15	0	1	1	0	0	4	0.0				0	0		0.0	0	1	0	3
18	Sam Smith S. Smith	1	1/10/1980	CHI	@	KCK	12	9	5	0	1	3	7	42.9	0	1	0.0	3	4	75.0	51.4	2	3	0	0
19	Sam Smith S. Smith	1	12/28/1979	CHI	vs	NYK	12	2	2	1	0	1	4	25.0	0	2	0.0	0	0		25.0	2	0	0	1
20	Sam Smith S. Smith	1	11/27/1979	CHI	@	SDC	6	2	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	1	0.0	2	2	100.0	53.2	0	0	1	1
21	Sam Smith S. Smith	1	11/20/1979	CHI	vs	DEN	13	8	1	1	0	4	8	50.0	0	1	0.0	0	0		50.0	0	1	2	0
22	Sam Smith S. Smith	1	11/14/1979	CHI	@	WAS	19	16	1	2	0	5	9	55.6	0	2	0.0	6	6	100.0	68.7	0	1	0	2
23	Sam Smith S. Smith	1	11/2/1979	CHI	@	DEN	9	2	1	1	0	0	3	0.0	0	1	0.0	2	3	66.7	23.1	0	1	0	0
24	Sam Smith S. Smith	1	10/30/1979	CHI	vs	LAL	19	10	3	1	0	4	11	36.4	0	1	0.0	2	2	100.0	42.1	1	2	1	2
25	Sam Smith S. Smith	1	10/26/1979	CHI	@	POR	18	4	2	0	1	1	7	14.3	0	0		2	2	100.0	25.4	1	1	2	3