james harden most assists in a playoff game

James Harden had his most assists in a playoff game in Game 4 of the 2021 First Round versus the Celtics, with 18 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	James Harden J. Harden	18	5/30/2021	BKN	@	BOS	40	23	5	2	2	8	12	66.7	2	5	40.0	5	6	83.3	78.6	1	4	6	3	+8
2	James Harden J. Harden	15	4/28/2022	PHI	@	TOR	42	22	6	0	0	7	12	58.3	2	5	40.0	6	6	100.0	75.1	0	6	3	3	+38
3	James Harden J. Harden	15	8/24/2020	HOU	@	OKC	43	32	8	4	0	11	25	44.0	6	15	40.0	4	5	80.0	58.8	1	7	6	5	+2
4	James Harden J. Harden	14	4/16/2022	PHI	vs	TOR	40	22	5	1	1	6	17	35.3	4	7	57.1	6	7	85.7	54.8	2	3	1	0	+14
5	James Harden J. Harden	14	5/1/2017	HOU	@	SAS	31	20	1	4	0	6	13	46.2	3	8	37.5	5	5	100.0	65.8	0	1	3	3	+18
6	James Harden J. Harden	13	5/3/2025	LAC	@	DEN	35	7	5	2	1	2	8	25.0	1	4	25.0	2	2	100.0	39.4	0	5	2	0	-29
7	James Harden J. Harden	13	5/3/2024	LAC	@	DAL	43	16	7	2	1	5	16	31.3	0	6	0.0	6	7	85.7	41.9	0	7	1	1	-6
8	James Harden J. Harden	13	4/15/2023	PHI	vs	BKN	36	23	4	1	0	8	21	38.1	7	13	53.8	0	0		54.8	1	3	4	3	+20
9	James Harden J. Harden	12	5/4/2018	HOU	@	UTA	30	25	4	2	1	8	17	47.1	2	8	25.0	7	7	100.0	62.3	1	3	1	1	+29
10	James Harden J. Harden	12	4/25/2018	HOU	vs	MIN	38	24	5	2	2	8	21	38.1	4	11	36.4	4	4	100.0	52.7	1	4	3	2	+16
11	James Harden J. Harden	12	5/7/2017	HOU	vs	SAS	35	28	5	2	0	10	18	55.6	4	11	36.4	4	6	66.7	67.8	1	4	4	4	+28
12	James Harden J. Harden	12	5/4/2015	HOU	vs	LAC	37	20	5	4	0	6	13	46.2	3	6	50.0	5	6	83.3	63.9	0	5	9	4	-22
13	James Harden J. Harden	11	4/26/2025	LAC	vs	DEN	43	15	4	2	2	5	11	45.5	1	2	50.0	4	6	66.7	55.0	0	4	4	3	-4
14	James Harden J. Harden	11	4/19/2025	LAC	@	DEN	43	32	6	0	1	11	22	50.0	4	9	44.4	6	6	100.0	64.9	0	6	2	5	0
15	James Harden J. Harden	11	5/5/2023	PHI	vs	BOS	41	16	6	1	0	3	14	21.4	2	7	28.6	8	9	88.9	44.5	0	6	5	4	-12
16	James Harden J. Harden	11	4/22/2023	PHI	@	BKN	40	17	8	1	1	4	18	22.2	2	5	40.0	7	8	87.5	39.5	0	8	3	3	+11
17	James Harden J. Harden	11	5/2/2018	HOU	vs	UTA	36	32	6	2	0	9	22	40.9	2	10	20.0	12	13	92.3	57.7	2	4	2	5	0
18	James Harden J. Harden	11	4/18/2016	HOU	@	GSW	40	28	2	0	1	7	19	36.8	1	8	12.5	13	15	86.7	54.7	0	2	5	5	-10
19	James Harden J. Harden	11	5/8/2015	HOU	@	LAC	36	25	3	0	1	8	16	50.0	4	7	57.1	5	5	100.0	68.7	0	3	5	3	-17
20	James Harden J. Harden	11	4/18/2015	HOU	vs	DAL	39	24	2	1	0	4	11	36.4	1	5	20.0	15	17	88.2	64.9	0	2	3	1	+14
21	James Harden J. Harden	10	5/9/2023	PHI	@	BOS	39	17	8	2	0	4	8	50.0	1	2	50.0	8	10	80.0	68.5	0	8	2	2	+10
22	James Harden J. Harden	10	4/20/2022	PHI	@	TOR	38	19	6	0	0	7	13	53.8	2	4	50.0	3	5	60.0	62.5	2	4	3	6	0
23	James Harden J. Harden	10	6/1/2021	BKN	vs	BOS	39	34	10	2	2	10	17	58.8	4	7	57.1	10	11	90.9	77.8	1	9	1	4	+22
24	James Harden J. Harden	10	5/28/2021	BKN	@	BOS	39	41	7	1	0	11	18	61.1	7	12	58.3	12	13	92.3	86.4	1	6	2	1	+13
25	James Harden J. Harden	10	9/10/2020	HOU	vs	LAL	39	21	4	2	3	2	11	18.2	1	6	16.7	16	20	80.0	53.0	0	4	5	3	0

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