what are the most assists by a team in a playoff game

The San Antonio Spurs have the most assists by a team in a playoff game, with 51 assists in Game 5 of the 1983 Western Conference Semifinals against the Nuggets.

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 Spurs
Spurs
51
5/4/1983
SAS SAS
vs
DEN DEN
W
145-105
240
145
75
12
10
67
124
54.0
3
7
42.9
8
11
72.7
56.3
19
56
18
28
2 Celtics
Celtics
46
4/28/1990
BOS BOS
vs
NYK NYK
W
157-128
240
157
42
7
7
63
94
67.0
1
6
16.7
30
33
90.9
72.3
14
28
12
20
3 Bucks
Bucks
46
4/23/1978
MIL MIL
vs
DEN DEN
W
143-112
240
143
30
9
13
64
97
66.0
15
22
68.2
67.0
8
22
14
26
4 Bucks
Bucks
46
3/30/1970
MIL MIL
@
PHI PHI
W
156-120
240
156
56
67
110
60.9
22
28
78.6
63.8
18
5 Lakers
Lakers
44
6/4/1987
LAL LAL
vs
BOS BOS
W
141-122
240
141
33
8
8
56
91
61.5
6
8
75.0
23
32
71.9
67.1
7
26
10
25
6 Suns
Suns
44
4/9/1980
PHX PHX
@
LAL LAL
L
128-131
265
128
29
9
8
54
91
59.3
0
3
0.0
20
22
90.9
63.6
7
22
21
32
7 Lakers
Lakers
44
5/6/1970
LAL LAL
vs
NYK NYK
W
135-113
240
135
61
57
94
60.6
21
32
65.6
62.5
20
8 Lakers
Lakers
44
4/9/1970
LAL LAL
vs
PHX PHX
W
129-94
240
129
68
54
102
52.9
21
36
58.3
54.7
21
9 Knicks
Knicks
43
5/4/1990
NYK NYK
vs
BOS BOS
W
135-108
240
135
36
18
3
53
90
58.9
3
7
42.9
26
31
83.9
65.1
10
26
13
26
10 Celtics
Celtics
43
5/27/1985
BOS BOS
vs
LAL LAL
W
148-114
240
148
48
10
3
62
102
60.8
7
9
77.8
17
25
68.0
65.5
13
35
13
17
11 Cavaliers
Cavaliers
42
5/17/1992
CLE CLE
vs
BOS BOS
W
122-104
240
122
45
8
11
49
83
59.0
3
10
30.0
21
25
84.0
64.9
12
33
11
23
12 Lakers
Lakers
42
5/22/1985
LAL LAL
vs
DEN DEN
W
153-109
240
153
54
13
13
67
116
57.8
1
4
25.0
18
21
85.7
61.1
17
37
12
23
13 Celtics
Celtics
41
5/15/1992
BOS BOS
vs
CLE CLE
W
122-91
240
122
44
11
6
52
88
59.1
0
6
0.0
18
22
81.8
62.4
12
32
9
17
14 Nuggets
Nuggets
41
5/14/1985
DEN DEN
@
LAL LAL
W
136-114
240
136
49
7
4
56
107
52.3
1
2
50.0
23
31
74.2
56.4
16
33
14
23
15 Lakers
Lakers
41
4/18/1985
LAL LAL
vs
PHX PHX
W
142-114
240
142
46
12
5
61
101
60.4
1
3
33.3
19
30
63.3
62.2
11
35
15
25
16 Spurs
Spurs
41
4/27/1983
SAS SAS
vs
DEN DEN
W
126-109
240
126
55
9
7
57
102
55.9
0
3
0.0
12
19
63.2
57.1
17
38
16
23
17 Lakers
Lakers
41
4/15/1980
LAL LAL
vs
PHX PHX
W
126-101
240
126
56
8
4
52
99
52.5
0
1
0.0
22
28
78.6
56.6
18
24
18 Celtics
Celtics
41
4/1/1973
BOS BOS
vs
ATL ATL
W
134-109
240
134
58
60
107
56.1
14
17
82.4
58.5
20
19 Warriors
Warriors
40
5/4/1994
GSW GSW
vs
PHX PHX
L
133-140
240
133
32
7
11
55
95
57.9
8
15
53.3
15
20
75.0
64.1
9
23
14
28
20 Jazz
Jazz
40
4/25/1991
UTA UTA
@
PHX PHX
W
129-90
240
129
38
8
5
54
83
65.1
2
4
50.0
19
23
82.6
69.3
4
34
12
24
21 Lakers
Lakers
40
4/29/1988
LAL LAL
vs
SAS SAS
W
122-110
240
122
45
11
9
51
87
58.6
2
4
50.0
18
25
72.0
62.2
15
30
26
22
22 Lakers
Lakers
40
4/29/1987
LAL LAL
@
DEN DEN
W
140-103
240
140
55
4
14
48
91
52.7
4
7
57.1
40
49
81.6
62.2
10
45
10
22
23 Hawks
Hawks
40
4/19/1986
ATL ATL
vs
DET DET
W
137-125
240
137
44
7
7
49
82
59.8
0
1
0.0
39
53
73.6
65.0
10
34
15
31
24 Lakers
Lakers
40
6/7/1985
LAL LAL
vs
BOS BOS
W
120-111
240
120
39
8
7
50
88
56.8
0
2
0.0
20
27
74.1
60.1
10
29
9
19
25 Nuggets
Nuggets
40
4/26/1983
DEN DEN
@
SAS SAS
L
133-152
240
133
46
5
5
52
105
49.5
0
4
0.0
29
32
90.6
55.8
16
30
17
25
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete team, game-level data for assists going back to the 1965 playoffs.

More Spurs Stats

Team Rankings

ORTG

112.5

14th

DRTG

114.2

17th

NETRTG

-1.7

17th

3P%

34.9

19th

2024-25 Conference Standings
TEAM W L PCT GB
9
Suns Suns
14
12
.538
7.5
10
Warriors Warriors
14
12
.538
7.5
11
Spurs Spurs
14
13
.519
8.0
12
Kings Kings
13
15
.464
9.5
13
Trail Blazers Trail Blazers
9
18
.333
13.0
Schedule
DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Tue
2/25
SAS SAS
@
NOP NOP
8:00 PM
Sun
2/23
SAS SAS
@
NOP NOP
7:00 PM
Fri
2/21
DET DET
@
SAS SAS
8:30 PM
Thu
2/20
PHX PHX
@
SAS SAS
9:30 PM
Wed
2/12
SAS SAS
@
BOS BOS
7:00 PM
Last Game
SAS Spurs

14 - 13

133

Final

126

ATL Hawks

14 - 14

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NBA 2024-25 Leaders

NBA 2024-25 Rankings

NBA Fantasy 2024-25

NBA 2024-25 Betting

NBA 2024-25 Conference Standings

Eastern W L PCT GB
1
Cavaliers Cavaliers
24
4
.857
2
Celtics Celtics
21
6
.778
2.5
3
Knicks Knicks
17
10
.630
6.5
4
Magic Magic
17
12
.586
7.5
5
Bucks Bucks
14
12
.538
9.0
6
Heat Heat
13
12
.520
9.5
Western W L PCT GB
1
Thunder Thunder
22
5
.815
2
Grizzlies Grizzlies
19
9
.679
3.5
3
Rockets Rockets
18
9
.667
4.0
4
Mavericks Mavericks
17
10
.630
5.0
5
Clippers Clippers
16
12
.571
6.5
6
Nuggets Nuggets
14
11
.560
7.0

NBA 2024-25 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Thu
12/19
OKC OKC
@
MIA MIA
104-97
Thu
12/19
MIL MIL
@
CLE CLE
101-124
Thu
12/19
CHA CHA
@
PHI PHI
98-108
Wed
12/18
DEN DEN
@
POR POR
124-126
Wed
12/18
LAL LAL
@
SAC SAC
113-100

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Wed
12/25
SAS SAS
@
NYK NYK
12:00 PM
Mon
12/23
DET DET
@
LAL LAL
10:30 PM
Mon
12/23
IND IND
@
GSW GSW
10:00 PM
Mon
12/23
PHX PHX
@
DEN DEN
10:00 PM
Mon
12/23
POR POR
@
DAL DAL
8:30 PM