david thompson most assists in a playoff game

David Thompson had his most assists in a playoff game in Game 3 of the 1979 First Round against the Lakers, with 7 assists.

	NAME	AST	DATE	TM		OPP	MIN	PTS	REB	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF
1	David Thompson D. Thompson	7	4/15/1979	DEN	vs	LAL	42	28	8	2	0	13	26	50.0				2	2	100.0	52.1	4	4	4	5
2	David Thompson D. Thompson	6	5/3/1978	DEN	vs	MIL	41	37	6	0	5	16	30	53.3				5	7	71.4	55.9	3	3	4	3
3	David Thompson D. Thompson	6	4/18/1978	DEN	vs	MIL	38	27	3	0	1	10	22	45.5				7	9	77.8	52.0	1	2	5	2
4	David Thompson D. Thompson	6	5/1/1977	DEN	vs	POR	45	31	6	6	1	11	24	45.8				9	12	75.0	52.9	2	4		2
5	David Thompson D. Thompson	5	5/7/1978	DEN	vs	SEA	41	22	2	0	2	9	20	45.0				4	4	100.0	50.6	0	2	1	2
6	David Thompson D. Thompson	5	4/30/1978	DEN	@	MIL	35	28	4	2	4	13	25	52.0				2	3	66.7	53.2	1	3	4	2
7	David Thompson D. Thompson	5	4/28/1978	DEN	vs	MIL	37	23	7	2	2	10	23	43.5				3	5	60.0	45.6	3	4	3	2
8	David Thompson D. Thompson	5	4/23/1978	DEN	@	MIL	34	16	4	1	0	6	20	30.0				4	5	80.0	36.0	1	3	1	3
9	David Thompson D. Thompson	5	4/22/1977	DEN	vs	POR	33	18	5	1	1	6	18	33.3				6	9	66.7	41.0	2	3		4
10	David Thompson D. Thompson	4	4/20/1983	SEA	vs	POR	31	13	0	1	0	5	14	35.7	0	0		3	6	50.0	39.1	0	0	2	3
11	David Thompson D. Thompson	4	4/10/1979	DEN	vs	LAL	39	27	8	2	1	11	19	57.9				5	7	71.4	61.1	1	7	4	2
12	David Thompson D. Thompson	4	5/5/1978	DEN	vs	SEA	37	23	5	1	1	9	22	40.9				5	6	83.3	46.7	1	4	2	4
13	David Thompson D. Thompson	4	4/25/1978	DEN	@	MIL	37	34	4	0	1	11	25	44.0				12	14	85.7	54.6	2	2	1	3
14	David Thompson D. Thompson	4	4/21/1978	DEN	vs	MIL	31	20	1	0	0	8	14	57.1				4	4	100.0	63.5	1	0	7	2
15	David Thompson D. Thompson	4	5/2/1977	DEN	@	POR	41	17	6	1	0	6	14	42.9				5	12	41.7	44.1	3	3		6
16	David Thompson D. Thompson	3	4/22/1983	SEA	@	POR	34	11	0	0	1	4	11	36.4	0	0		3	4	75.0	43.1	0	0	2	4
17	David Thompson D. Thompson	3	4/20/1982	DEN	vs	PHX	25	6	4	1	0	3	10	30.0	0	1	0.0	0	0		30.0	1	3	1	1
18	David Thompson D. Thompson	3	5/17/1978	DEN	@	SEA	35	21	4	0	2	7	17	41.2				7	7	100.0	52.3	0	4	5	3
19	David Thompson D. Thompson	3	4/26/1977	DEN	@	POR	43	16	3	1	0	7	19	36.8				2	2	100.0	40.2	2	1		4
20	David Thompson D. Thompson	3	4/24/1977	DEN	@	POR	40	40	8	0	0	16	29	55.2				8	8	100.0	61.5	4	4		2
21	David Thompson D. Thompson	3	4/20/1977	DEN	vs	POR	35	26	3	0	2	10	17	58.8				6	10	60.0	60.7	0	3		4
22	David Thompson D. Thompson	2	4/23/1982	DEN	@	PHX	27	19	3	0	0	8	16	50.0	1	2	50.0	2	3	66.7	54.8	2	1	4	5
23	David Thompson D. Thompson	2	5/14/1978	DEN	vs	SEA	41	35	3	1	1	16	27	59.3				3	5	60.0	59.9	1	2	0	2
24	David Thompson D. Thompson	2	5/10/1978	DEN	@	SEA	41	21	6	2	0	6	19	31.6				9	10	90.0	44.9	2	4	3	3
25	David Thompson D. Thompson	1	4/24/1982	DEN	vs	PHX	14	10	3	0	0	4	7	57.1	0	0		2	4	50.0	57.1	1	2	3	2

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