which team has the most assists in an nba 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	51	5/4/1983	SAS	vs	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	46	4/28/1990	BOS	vs	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	46	4/23/1978	MIL	vs	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	46	3/30/1970	MIL	@	PHI	W 156-120	240	156	56			67	110	60.9				22	28	78.6	63.8				18
5	Lakers	44	6/4/1987	LAL	vs	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	44	4/9/1980	PHX	@	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	44	5/6/1970	LAL	vs	NYK	W 135-113	240	135	61			57	94	60.6				21	32	65.6	62.5				20
8	Lakers	44	4/9/1970	LAL	vs	PHX	W 129-94	240	129	68			54	102	52.9				21	36	58.3	54.7				21
9	Knicks	43	5/4/1990	NYK	vs	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	43	5/27/1985	BOS	vs	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	42	5/17/1992	CLE	vs	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	42	5/22/1985	LAL	vs	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	41	5/15/1992	BOS	vs	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	41	5/14/1985	DEN	@	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	41	4/18/1985	LAL	vs	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	41	4/27/1983	SAS	vs	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	41	4/15/1980	LAL	vs	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	41	4/1/1973	BOS	vs	ATL	W 134-109	240	134	58			60	107	56.1				14	17	82.4	58.5				20
19	Warriors	40	5/4/1994	GSW	vs	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	40	4/25/1991	UTA	@	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	40	4/29/1988	LAL	vs	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	40	4/29/1987	LAL	@	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	40	4/19/1986	ATL	vs	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	40	6/7/1985	LAL	vs	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	40	4/26/1983	DEN	@	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