dwight howard most assists in a playoff game

Dwight Howard had his most assists in a playoff game 5 times, with 4 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	Dwight Howard D. Howard	4	4/18/2016	HOU	@	GSW	35	12	10	1	2	5	7	71.4	0	0		2	4	50.0	68.5	5	5	3	6	-22
2	Dwight Howard D. Howard	4	6/7/2009	ORL	@	LAL	47	17	16	4	4	5	10	50.0	0	0		7	9	77.8	60.9	3	13	7	4	+1
3	Dwight Howard D. Howard	4	5/30/2009	ORL	vs	CLE	41	40	14	0	1	14	21	66.7	0	1	0.0	12	16	75.0	71.3	6	8	2	5	+13
4	Dwight Howard D. Howard	4	5/26/2009	ORL	vs	CLE	49	27	14	1	3	10	16	62.5	0	0		7	9	77.8	67.6	2	12	2	5	+1
5	Dwight Howard D. Howard	4	5/22/2009	ORL	@	CLE	38	10	18	1	2	3	8	37.5	0	0		4	8	50.0	43.4	4	14	4	4	-5
6	Dwight Howard D. Howard	3	5/6/2015	HOU	vs	LAC	35	24	16	1	4	8	11	72.7	0	0		8	21	38.1	59.3	4	12	1	4	-1
7	Dwight Howard D. Howard	3	4/24/2015	HOU	@	DAL	38	13	26	2	2	5	10	50.0	0	0		3	5	60.0	53.3	11	15	3	3	+16
8	Dwight Howard D. Howard	3	5/2/2014	HOU	@	POR	40	26	11	1	2	10	18	55.6	0	0		6	11	54.5	56.9	5	6	3	4	-2
9	Dwight Howard D. Howard	3	5/8/2010	ORL	@	ATL	38	21	16	1	1	6	8	75.0	0	0		9	18	50.0	66.0	2	14	4	4	+13
10	Dwight Howard D. Howard	3	4/26/2010	ORL	@	CHA	23	6	13	0	2	2	6	33.3	0	0		2	7	28.6	33.0	1	12	1	6	+15
11	Dwight Howard D. Howard	3	4/24/2010	ORL	@	CHA	26	13	8	0	7	4	7	57.1	0	0		5	10	50.0	57.0	1	7	4	6	+7
12	Dwight Howard D. Howard	3	5/4/2009	ORL	@	BOS	43	16	22	1	3	6	12	50.0	0	0		4	5	80.0	56.3	4	18	1	3	-2
13	Dwight Howard D. Howard	3	4/26/2008	ORL	@	TOR	38	19	16	1	8	9	12	75.0	0	0		1	6	16.7	64.9	5	11	3	3	+15
14	Dwight Howard D. Howard	3	4/21/2007	ORL	@	DET	44	13	19	0	3	5	8	62.5	0	0		3	11	27.3	50.6	5	14	6	4	-13
15	Dwight Howard D. Howard	2	6/2/2021	PHI	vs	WAS	16	12	8	0	3	2	2	100.0	0	0		8	10	80.0	93.8	4	4	1	4	+8
16	Dwight Howard D. Howard	2	5/31/2021	PHI	@	WAS	14	1	4	0	0	0	3	0.0	0	0		1	4	25.0	10.5	2	2	1	4	-10
17	Dwight Howard D. Howard	2	5/29/2021	PHI	@	WAS	16	5	9	0	1	1	2	50.0	0	0		3	4	75.0	66.5	2	7	2	4	0
18	Dwight Howard D. Howard	2	9/30/2020	LAL	vs	MIA	15	2	8	0	0	0	0		0	0		2	2	100.0	113.6	1	7	1	3	-2
19	Dwight Howard D. Howard	2	8/24/2020	LAL	@	POR	24	13	8	0	0	5	7	71.4	0	1	0.0	3	6	50.0	67.4	4	4	1	5	-4
20	Dwight Howard D. Howard	2	4/26/2017	ATL	@	WAS	28	5	10	1	1	2	3	66.7	0	0		1	4	25.0	52.5	2	8	2	5	-4
21	Dwight Howard D. Howard	2	4/22/2017	ATL	vs	WAS	27	5	11	1	1	2	4	50.0	0	0		1	3	33.3	47.0	2	9	0	3	+24
22	Dwight Howard D. Howard	2	4/21/2016	HOU	vs	GSW	33	13	13	1	2	6	9	66.7	0	0		1	6	16.7	55.8	6	7	2	3	+6
23	Dwight Howard D. Howard	2	5/19/2015	HOU	@	GSW	26	7	13	1	1	3	7	42.9	0	0		1	4	25.0	40.0	4	9	5	3	-4
24	Dwight Howard D. Howard	2	5/17/2015	HOU	vs	LAC	32	16	15	2	0	6	8	75.0	0	0		4	8	50.0	69.4	2	13	2	3	+15
25	Dwight Howard D. Howard	2	5/8/2015	HOU	@	LAC	38	14	14	2	2	5	11	45.5	0	0		4	11	36.4	44.2	5	9	0	3	-10

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2	Celtics - x	56	26	.683	4.0
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6	Hawks - x	46	36	.561	14.0
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8	Magic - x	45	37	.549	15.0
9	Hornets	44	38	.537	16.0
10	Heat	43	39	.524	17.0
11	Bucks - e	32	50	.390	28.0
12	Bulls - e	31	51	.378	29.0
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14	Pacers - e	19	63	.232	41.0
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1	Thunder - z	64	18	.780
2	Spurs - x	62	20	.756	2.0
3	Nuggets - x	54	28	.659	10.0
4	Lakers - x	53	29	.646	11.0
5	Rockets - x	52	30	.634	12.0
6	Timberwolves - x	49	33	.598	15.0
7	Suns - x	45	37	.549	19.0
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10	Warriors	37	45	.451	27.0
11	Pelicans - e	26	56	.317	38.0
12	Mavericks - e	26	56	.317	38.0
13	Grizzlies - e	25	57	.305	39.0
14	Kings - e	22	60	.268	42.0
15	Jazz - e	22	60	.268	42.0

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Fri 3/27	DAL	@	POR	100-93
Fri 3/27	WAS	@	GSW	126-131
Fri 3/27	BKN	@	LAL	99-116
Sat 3/28	SAS	@	MIL	127-95
Sat 3/28	DET	@	MIN	109-87

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Fri 5/15	DET	@	CLE	7:00 PM
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