lakers most assists by a player in a single playoff game vs celtics

Magic Johnson has the most assists for the Lakers against the Celtics, with 21 assists in Game 3 of the 1984 NBA Finals.

	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	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	21	6/3/1984	LAL	vs	BOS	39	14	11	1	1	4	6	66.7	0	0		6	10	60.0	67.3	2	9	2	3
2	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	20	6/4/1987	LAL	vs	BOS	31	22	5	3	0	10	17	58.8	0	0		2	2	100.0	61.5	2	3	2	2
3	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	19	6/14/1987	LAL	vs	BOS	42	16	8	3	1	7	21	33.3	0	1	0.0	2	2	100.0	36.6	1	7	3	2
4	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	17	6/7/1985	LAL	vs	BOS	42	26	6	2	0	11	20	55.0	0	0		4	4	100.0	59.7	0	6	2	1
5	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	17	6/6/1984	LAL	vs	BOS	49	20	11	2	0	8	12	66.7	0	0		4	7	57.1	66.3	1	10	7	5
6	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	16	6/2/1985	LAL	vs	BOS	39	17	9	2	0	6	13	46.2	1	2	50.0	4	4	100.0	57.6	0	9	1	2
7	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	15	6/12/1984	LAL	@	BOS	43	16	5	4	2	5	14	35.7	0	0		6	7	85.7	46.8	0	5	7	5
8	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	14	6/9/1985	LAL	@	BOS	36	14	10	1	0	5	15	33.3	0	0		4	4	100.0	41.8	1	9	4	5
9	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	13	6/2/1987	LAL	vs	BOS	39	29	8	2	1	13	25	52.0	0	0		3	3	100.0	55.1	2	6	0	2
10	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	13	5/30/1985	LAL	@	BOS	41	14	4	3	0	6	9	66.7	0	0		2	4	50.0	65.1	1	3	7	3
11	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	13	6/8/1984	LAL	@	BOS	39	10	5	2	2	3	9	33.3	0	0		4	6	66.7	43.0	0	5	4	2
12	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	12	6/11/1987	LAL	@	BOS	40	29	8	4	0	12	21	57.1	1	1	100.0	4	4	100.0	63.7	1	7	2	4
13	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	12	6/5/1985	LAL	vs	BOS	43	20	11	2	0	5	12	41.7	0	0		10	11	90.9	59.4	1	10	4	3
14	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	12	5/27/1985	LAL	@	BOS	34	19	1	3	0	8	14	57.1	0	0		3	4	75.0	60.3	0	1	2	2
15	Jerry West J. West	12	5/5/1969	LAL	vs	BOS	48	42	13			14	29	48.3				14	18	77.8	56.9				2
16	Slick Leonard S. Leonard	12	4/5/1959	MIN	@	BOS	37	4	5			2	11	18.2				0	1	0.0	17.5				3
17	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	10	6/12/2008	LAL	vs	BOS	43	17	4	4	0	6	19	31.6	0	2	0.0	5	6	83.3	39.3	0	4	2	4	-9
18	James Worthy J. Worthy	10	6/2/1987	LAL	vs	BOS	40	33	9	2	0	16	23	69.6	0	2	0.0	1	4	25.0	66.6	4	5	3	1
19	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	10	6/10/1984	LAL	vs	BOS	41	21	6	1	0	10	18	55.6	0	0		1	2	50.0	55.6	3	3	4	3
20	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	10	5/27/1984	LAL	@	BOS	38	18	6	4	0	7	11	63.6	0	1	0.0	4	4	100.0	70.5	0	6	3	5
21	Jerry West J. West	10	4/23/1969	LAL	vs	BOS	46	53	3			21	41	51.2				11	13	84.6	56.7				3
22	Jerry West J. West	10	4/22/1966	LAL	vs	BOS	47	45	4			19	31	61.3				7	10	70.0	63.6				2
23	Mahdi Abdul-Rahman M. Abdul-Rahman	10	4/25/1965	LAL	@	BOS	36	15	6			4	15	26.7				7	9	77.8	39.6				3
24	Pau Gasol P. Gasol	9	6/15/2010	LAL	vs	BOS	41	17	13	1	3	6	14	42.9	0	0		5	6	83.3	51.1	5	8	2	2	+20
25	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	9	6/7/1987	LAL	@	BOS	43	32	11	1	0	12	18	66.7	0	0		8	8	100.0	74.3	3	8	1	0

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