highest assists for a single game in a nba game as 9th season in the playoffs

Steve Nash had the most assists by a player in a playoff game in his 9th playoff, with 23 assists in Game 4 of the 2007 First Round versus the Lakers.

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highest assists by a player for a single game in a NBA game as 9th season in the playoffs

	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	Steve Nash S. Nash	23	4/29/2007	PHX	@	LAL	39	17	1	2	1	6	15	40.0	1	2	50.0	4	4	100.0	50.7	1	0	3	3	+17
2	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	20	5/31/1988	LAL	vs	DAL	35	15	6	0	0	7	14	50.0	1	1	100.0	0	0		53.6	2	4	3	3
3	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	19	6/19/1988	LAL	vs	DET	45	22	4	2	0	5	12	41.7	0	1	0.0	12	13	92.3	62.1	2	2	2	2
4	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	19	5/25/1988	LAL	vs	DAL	37	15	4	2	0	5	7	71.4	2	2	100.0	3	3	100.0	90.1	1	3	3	4
5	Bob Cousy B. Cousy	19	4/7/1959	BOS	@	MIN	48	23	3			6	18	33.3				11	15	73.3	46.7				2
6	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	18	4/29/1988	LAL	vs	SAS	42	13	4	3	0	5	11	45.5	0	0		3	4	75.0	50.9	0	4	6	2
7	Mark Jackson M. Jackson	17	4/27/1998	IND	@	CLE	34	3	1	4	0	1	6	16.7	0	3	0.0	1	2	50.0	21.8	0	1	1	3	+4
8	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	17	6/16/1988	LAL	@	DET	45	15	6	2	1	4	15	26.7	0	0		7	11	63.6	37.8	2	4	4	3
9	Steve Nash S. Nash	16	5/8/2007	PHX	vs	SAS	36	20	1	0	0	7	17	41.2	1	2	50.0	5	5	100.0	52.1	0	1	3	0	+13
10	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	16	5/21/1988	LAL	vs	UTA	40	23	9	1	0	9	15	60.0	0	0		5	6	83.3	65.2	4	5	3	3
11	Steve Nash S. Nash	15	5/14/2007	PHX	@	SAS	41	24	2	0	0	8	12	66.7	2	3	66.7	6	8	75.0	77.3	0	2	8	2	+11
12	Mark Jackson M. Jackson	15	5/10/1998	IND	@	NYK	42	16	6	1	0	6	10	60.0	3	3	100.0	1	2	50.0	73.5	1	5	2	0	+17
13	John Stockton J. Stockton	15	5/6/1993	UTA	vs	SEA	40	11	2	3	0	4	11	36.4	1	3	33.3	2	3	66.7	44.6	0	2	2	2
14	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	15	5/1/1988	LAL	vs	SAS	43	26	9	2	0	9	20	45.0	0	0		8	10	80.0	53.3	2	7	2	3
15	Bob Cousy B. Cousy	15	4/5/1959	BOS	vs	MIN	47	21	11			9	22	40.9				3	6	50.0	42.6				2
16	Bob Cousy B. Cousy	15	3/18/1959	BOS	vs	SYR	38	22	8			8	23	34.8				6	8	75.0	41.5				3
17	Stephen Curry S. Curry	14	5/8/2023	GSW	@	LAL	42	31	10	3	0	12	30	40.0	3	14	21.4	4	4	100.0	48.8	3	7	2	5	+1
18	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	14	4/23/2019	OKC	@	POR	45	29	12	4	2	11	31	35.5	4	11	36.4	3	3	100.0	44.9	2	10	5	5	-4
19	Steve Nash S. Nash	14	5/18/2007	PHX	@	SAS	38	18	6	1	0	7	10	70.0	3	4	75.0	1	2	50.0	82.7	1	5	5	3	+1
20	Steve Nash S. Nash	14	4/24/2007	PHX	vs	LAL	25	16	5	0	0	7	11	63.6	2	4	50.0	0	0		72.7	0	5	3	2	+19
21	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	14	6/2/1993	CHI	@	NYK	45	29	10	2	1	11	24	45.8	0	1	0.0	7	9	77.8	51.9	2	8	5	2
22	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	14	6/21/1988	LAL	vs	DET	40	19	5	2	0	6	9	66.7	0	1	0.0	7	8	87.5	75.9	0	5	4	5
23	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	14	6/12/1988	LAL	@	DET	40	18	6	3	0	7	8	87.5	0	0		4	5	80.0	88.2	0	6	3	2
24	Dennis Johnson D. Johnson	14	4/27/1986	BOS	vs	ATL	35	16	4	0	0	7	13	53.8	0	0		2	2	100.0	57.6	0	4	2	2
25	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	13	4/29/2025	MIL	@	IND	44	30	20	2	2	9	17	52.9	1	2	50.0	11	17	64.7	61.3	2	18	7	5	-2