On December 30, 1990, in a game against the Denver Nuggets, Orlando Magic point guard Scott Skiles set an NBA record with 30 assists, surpassing Kevin Porter’s record of 29 set in 1978.
The Magic would go on to beat the Nuggets 155-116 with Skiles adding 22 points to go along with his record-breaking assists.
For the longest time I thought this game was during the Shaq era, so much more impressive upon learning that Skiles wasn’t passing to the most dominant big man of all time.
Yeah both teams were pretty terrible and had only 12 wins between them by late December - https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/199012300ORL.html