denver nuggets most assists in a game by a player in playoffs

Fat Lever has the most assists for the Nuggets in a playoff game, with 18 assists in Game 1 of the 1985 Western Conference Semifinals against the Jazz.

	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	Fat Lever F. Lever	18	4/30/1985	DEN	vs	UTA	39	19	16	2	0	8	14	57.1	0	0		3	4	75.0	60.3	8	8	5	3
2	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	17	5/5/2023	DEN	@	PHX	42	30	17	0	1	11	19	57.9	1	2	50.0	7	8	87.5	66.6	6	11	6	3	+5
3	Fat Lever F. Lever	17	4/28/1989	DEN	@	PHX	47	20	12	4	0	8	21	38.1	2	3	66.7	2	2	100.0	45.7	2	10	5	3
4	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	14	4/27/2024	DEN	@	LAL	41	33	14	1	1	10	20	50.0	2	5	40.0	11	11	100.0	66.4	5	9	3	4	-7
5	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	14	6/1/2023	DEN	vs	MIA	40	27	10	1	1	8	12	66.7	1	2	50.0	10	12	83.3	78.1	0	10	2	1	+14
6	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	14	5/16/2023	DEN	vs	LAL	42	34	21	0	2	12	17	70.6	3	3	100.0	7	8	87.5	82.8	6	15	5	4	+11
7	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	14	5/3/2019	DEN	@	POR	65	33	18	1	2	13	25	52.0	4	7	57.1	3	5	60.0	60.7	4	14	8	4	+5
8	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	14	4/13/2019	DEN	vs	SAS	36	10	14	2	0	4	9	44.4	0	3	0.0	2	2	100.0	50.6	3	11	3	3	0
9	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	13	4/24/2025	DEN	@	LAC	37	23	13	1	0	9	14	64.3	2	3	66.7	3	4	75.0	73.0	1	12	2	1	-20
10	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	13	5/14/2024	DEN	vs	MIN	41	40	7	2	1	15	22	68.2	2	3	66.7	8	9	88.9	77.0	0	7	0	2	+21
11	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	13	5/22/2023	DEN	@	LAL	45	30	14	1	3	11	24	45.8	3	6	50.0	5	6	83.3	56.3	3	11	3	5	+6
12	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	13	9/15/2020	DEN	@	LAC	40	16	22	2	3	5	13	38.5	0	4	0.0	6	6	100.0	51.2	3	19	5	4	+22
13	Fat Lever F. Lever	13	4/20/1985	DEN	vs	SAS	38	22	6	3	0	7	15	46.7	0	0		8	10	80.0	56.7	2	4	2	4
14	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	12	4/29/2025	DEN	vs	LAC	37	13	10	1	2	4	13	30.8	1	4	25.0	4	5	80.0	42.8	1	9	2	1	+18
15	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	12	4/19/2025	DEN	vs	LAC	46	29	9	3	1	12	24	50.0	1	4	25.0	4	6	66.7	54.4	0	9	2	4	+10
16	Jamal Murray J. Murray	12	6/9/2023	DEN	@	MIA	43	15	3	1	0	5	17	29.4	2	3	66.7	3	3	100.0	40.9	0	3	0	1	+22
17	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	12	5/18/2023	DEN	vs	LAL	42	23	17	3	0	9	21	42.9	0	3	0.0	5	6	83.3	48.6	4	13	5	3	+7
18	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	12	5/11/2023	DEN	@	PHX	38	32	10	3	1	13	18	72.2	0	1	0.0	6	6	100.0	77.5	3	7	2	4	+28
19	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	12	5/9/2023	DEN	vs	PHX	38	29	13	1	2	12	20	60.0	2	3	66.7	3	5	60.0	65.3	4	9	4	3	+18
20	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	12	4/25/2023	DEN	vs	MIN	42	28	17	2	2	8	29	27.6	3	8	37.5	9	10	90.0	41.9	9	8	2	4	+3
21	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	12	4/21/2023	DEN	@	MIN	38	20	11	1	0	9	13	69.2	2	3	66.7	0	0		76.9	2	9	4	4	+7
22	Jamal Murray J. Murray	12	9/22/2020	DEN	vs	LAL	44	28	8	2	0	10	17	58.8	4	8	50.0	4	7	57.1	69.7	2	6	4	1	+8
23	Ty Lawson T. Lawson	12	4/23/2013	DEN	vs	GSW	39	19	1	1	0	8	17	47.1	1	4	25.0	2	2	100.0	53.1	0	1	1	3	-24
24	Chauncey Billups C. Billups	12	5/13/2009	DEN	vs	DAL	40	28	7	0	1	10	16	62.5	3	6	50.0	5	5	100.0	76.9	1	6	2	3	+15
25	Fat Lever F. Lever	12	5/14/1988	DEN	@	DAL	43	11	11	2	0	5	12	41.7	0	0		1	3	33.3	41.3	2	9	0	1

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1	Thunder	30	5	.857
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Mon 1/5	DEN	@	PHI	8:30 PM
Wed 1/7	DEN	@	BOS	7:00 PM
Fri 1/9	ATL	@	DEN	9:00 PM
Sun 1/11	MIL	@	DEN	8:00 PM
Tue 1/13	DEN	@	NOP	8:00 PM

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2	Spurs	25	10	.714	5.0
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4	Rockets	21	11	.656	7.5
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9	Trail Blazers	16	20	.444	14.5
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11	Mavericks	13	23	.361	17.5
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Wed 12/3	BOS	@	WAS	146-101
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Mon 1/5	NYK	@	DET	7:00 PM
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Fat Lever has the most assists for the Nuggets in a playoff game, with 18 assists in Game 1 of the 1985 Western Conference Semifinals against the Jazz.

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