Dennis Johnson had his most assists in a playoff game in Game 5 of the 1985 NBA Finals against the Lakers, with 17 assists.

dennis johnson most assists in a playoff game

	NAME	AST	DATE	TM		OPP	MIN	PTS	REB	STL	BLK	TOV	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	PF	+/-
	Dennis Johnson	17	6/7/1985	BOS	@	LAL	48	22	3	1	0	6	10	21	47.6	0	3	0.0	2	2	100.0	3
	Dennis Johnson	14	6/9/1987	BOS	vs	LAL	45	15	2	1	1	2	6	15	40.0	0	1	0.0	3	3	100.0	3
	Dennis Johnson	14	5/15/1987	BOS	@	MIL	44	25	6	1	1	1	11	23	47.8	1	3	33.3	2	2	100.0	2
	Dennis Johnson	14	5/8/1987	BOS	@	MIL	50	32	5	0	0	6	11	17	64.7	1	3	33.3	9	9	100.0	4
	Dennis Johnson	14	4/27/1986	BOS	vs	ATL	35	16	4	0	0	2	7	13	53.8	0	0		2	2	100.0	2
	Dennis Johnson	14	6/6/1984	BOS	@	LAL	50	22	2	0	0	2	9	23	39.1	0	0		4	4	100.0	4
	Dennis Johnson	13	6/2/1987	BOS	@	LAL	34	7	1	1	0	1	3	7	42.9	0	1	0.0	1	2	50.0	4
	Dennis Johnson	12	5/6/1988	BOS	@	NYK	42	19	10	1	0	0	6	12	50.0	1	1	100.0	6	8	75.0	1
	Dennis Johnson	12	5/10/1987	BOS	@	MIL	54	19	3	0	0	1	7	16	43.8	0	0		5	8	62.5	3
	Dennis Johnson	12	6/5/1985	BOS	@	LAL	46	27	7	2	2	1	11	20	55.0	0	1	0.0	5	6	83.3	0
	Dennis Johnson	11	6/11/1987	BOS	vs	LAL	43	25	2	1	0	2	11	22	50.0	0	1	0.0	3	4	75.0	3
	Dennis Johnson	11	5/30/1987	BOS	vs	DET	45	18	2	1	1	4	6	14	42.9	0	0		6	8	75.0	5
	Dennis Johnson	11	5/28/1987	BOS	@	DET	47	8	3	2	0	1	3	17	17.6	0	3	0.0	2	4	50.0	4
	Dennis Johnson	11	4/18/1985	BOS	vs	CLE	41	15	3	0	0	4	6	15	40.0	0	0		3	3	100.0	4
	Dennis Johnson	10	5/6/1990	BOS	vs	NYK	39	21	5	1	0	2	10	20	50.0	1	3	33.3	0	0		5
	Dennis Johnson	10	5/26/1988	BOS	vs	DET	53	22	3	3	1	1	8	19	42.1	1	2	50.0	5	6	83.3	4
	Dennis Johnson	10	5/25/1988	BOS	vs	DET	43	8	5	0	0	0	3	14	21.4	0	2	0.0	2	4	50.0	3
	Dennis Johnson	10	5/18/1988	BOS	vs	ATL	42	20	2	3	1	2	6	15	40.0	0	1	0.0	8	10	80.0	4
	Dennis Johnson	10	5/16/1988	BOS	@	ATL	40	12	8	1	1	5	3	9	33.3	0	0		6	8	75.0	5
	Dennis Johnson	10	5/17/1987	BOS	vs	MIL	46	19	8	0	0	3	7	16	43.8	0	1	0.0	5	6	83.3	3
	Dennis Johnson	10	5/6/1987	BOS	vs	MIL	40	21	2	2	0	2	8	13	61.5	0	1	0.0	5	6	83.3	5
	Dennis Johnson	10	4/28/1987	BOS	@	CHI	40	24	5	1	0	1	10	17	58.8	0	1	0.0	4	4	100.0	2
	Dennis Johnson	10	5/27/1985	BOS	vs	LAL	33	13	3	2	0	3	6	14	42.9	0	1	0.0	1	1	100.0	1
	Dennis Johnson	10	4/23/1985	BOS	@	CLE	44	18	6	1	0	4	7	19	36.8	0	0		4	5	80.0	5
	Dennis Johnson	9	6/3/1988	BOS	@	DET	42	17	5	1	2	1	6	16	37.5	1	1	100.0	4	4	100.0	3

Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for assists going back to the 1965 playoffs.

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