Who was the first New Orleans player with 20 assists in a game?

Chris Paul posts his first career 20-assist game, which was also the first in New Orleans franchise history.

Interpreted as:
Who was the first New Orleans player with 20 or more assists in a game?
NAMEDATETMOPPASTMINPTS+/-REBSTLBLK3PMFG%FT%TOVFGMFGA3PA3P%FTMFTAPF
1Chris Paul
Chris Paul
11/6/2007
NOH NOH
@ LAL @ LAL
21
35
19
17
3
3
0
0
38.9
100.0
2
7
18
3
0.0
5
5
1
2Chris Paul
Chris Paul
3/26/2008
NOH NOH
@ CLE @ CLE
20
42
15
5
3
2
1
1
29.4
100.0
1
5
17
4
25.0
4
4
2
3Chris Paul
Chris Paul
2/27/2009
NOH NOH
vs. MIL vs. MIL
20
36
9
0
7
0
0
0
33.3
25.0
2
4
12
2
0.0
1
4
3
4Darren Collison
Darren Collison
3/8/2010
NOH NOH
vs. GSW vs. GSW
20
46
16
5
1
3
0
2
58.3
0.0
7
7
12
3
66.7
0
2
1
5Rajon Rondo
Rajon Rondo
12/27/2017
NOP NOP
vs. BKN vs. BKN
25
30
2
28
7
1
0
0
20.0
3
1
5
1
0.0
0
0
4
6Rajon Rondo
Rajon Rondo
5/4/2018
NOP NOP
vs. GSW vs. GSW
21
37
4
23
10
1
0
0
18.2
4
2
11
2
0.0
0
0
2
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for assists going back to the 1984-85 season.

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