Bill Russell had 265 assists in the NBA Finals in his career.

	NAME	DATE	AST	SEASON	SERIES	TM		OPP	MIN	PTS	REB	FGM	FGA	FG%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	PF
1	Bill Russell B. Russell	3/27/1960	7	1959-60	NBA Finals	BOS	vs	STL	31	12	19	5	9	55.6	2	2	100.0	60.7	0
2	Bill Russell B. Russell	3/29/1960	1	1959-60	NBA Finals	BOS	vs	STL	48	21	40	8	12	66.7	5	9	55.6	65.8	2
3	Bill Russell B. Russell	4/2/1960	3	1959-60	NBA Finals	BOS	@	STL	48	15	19	4	11	36.4	7	10	70.0	48.7	3
4	Bill Russell B. Russell	4/3/1960	0	1959-60	NBA Finals	BOS	@	STL	48	13	19	3	10	30.0	7	8	87.5	48.1	0
5	Bill Russell B. Russell	4/5/1960	3	1959-60	NBA Finals	BOS	vs	STL	45	17	26	7	14	50.0	3	6	50.0	51.1	2
6	Bill Russell B. Russell	4/7/1960	3	1959-60	NBA Finals	BOS	@	STL	48	17	16	6	14	42.9	5	9	55.6	47.3	3
7	Bill Russell B. Russell	4/9/1960	4	1959-60	NBA Finals	BOS	vs	STL	47	22	35	7	15	46.7	8	10	80.0	56.7	2
8	Bill Russell B. Russell	4/2/1961	4	1960-61	NBA Finals	BOS	vs	STL	41	15	31	7	19	36.8	1	4	25.0	36.1	2
9	Bill Russell B. Russell	4/5/1961	4	1960-61	NBA Finals	BOS	vs	STL	48	5	28	2	11	18.2	1	3	33.3	20.3	4
10	Bill Russell B. Russell	4/8/1961	9	1960-61	NBA Finals	BOS	@	STL	48	24	23	10	18	55.6	4	13	30.8	50.6	3
11	Bill Russell B. Russell	4/9/1961	2	1960-61	NBA Finals	BOS	@	STL	48	14	24	5	12	41.7	4	10	40.0	42.7	2
12	Bill Russell B. Russell	4/11/1961	3	1960-61	NBA Finals	BOS	vs	STL	48	30	38	9	17	52.9	12	17	70.6	61.3	2
13	Bill Russell B. Russell	4/7/1962	6	1961-62	NBA Finals	BOS	vs	LAL	45	15	28	6	14	42.9	3	3	100.0	49.0	4
14	Bill Russell B. Russell	4/8/1962	5	1961-62	NBA Finals	BOS	vs	LAL	48	23	23	10	14	71.4	3	9	33.3	64.0	4
15	Bill Russell B. Russell	4/10/1962	6	1961-62	NBA Finals	BOS	@	LAL	48	26	23	9	16	56.3	8	11	72.7	62.4	4
16	Bill Russell B. Russell	4/11/1962	6	1961-62	NBA Finals	BOS	@	LAL	48	21	22	8	13	61.5	5	6	83.3	67.1	2
17	Bill Russell B. Russell	4/14/1962	3	1961-62	NBA Finals	BOS	vs	LAL	48	26	29	10	19	52.6	6	6	100.0	60.1	3
18	Bill Russell B. Russell	4/16/1962	10	1961-62	NBA Finals	BOS	@	LAL	48	19	24	6	11	54.5	7	10	70.0	61.7	2
19	Bill Russell B. Russell	4/18/1962	4	1961-62	NBA Finals	BOS	vs	LAL	53	30	40	8	18	44.4	14	17	82.4	58.9	2
20	Bill Russell B. Russell	4/14/1963	3	1962-63	NBA Finals	BOS	vs	LAL	47	25	29	10	19	52.6	5	8	62.5	55.5	3
21	Bill Russell B. Russell	4/16/1963	6	1962-63	NBA Finals	BOS	vs	LAL	48	16	38	6	13	46.2	4	9	44.4	47.2	3
22	Bill Russell B. Russell	4/17/1963	5	1962-63	NBA Finals	BOS	@	LAL	48	21	19	6	15	40.0	9	10	90.0	54.1	0
23	Bill Russell B. Russell	4/19/1963	4	1962-63	NBA Finals	BOS	@	LAL	48	22	19	8	18	44.4	6	7	85.7	52.2	3
24	Bill Russell B. Russell	4/21/1963	5	1962-63	NBA Finals	BOS	vs	LAL	48	24	27	7	13	53.8	10	13	76.9	64.1	4
25	Bill Russell B. Russell	4/24/1963	9	1962-63	NBA Finals	BOS	@	LAL	48	12	24	5	12	41.7	2	5	40.0	42.3	3
	Average		4.8						46.7	17.5	24.8	6.4	13.1	48.5	4.8	7.5	63.5	53.3	3.2
	Total		265						2,571	963	1,363	350	722	48.5	263	414	63.5	53.3	174

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