larry bird most assists in a playoff game

Larry Bird had his most assists in a playoff game in Game 2 of the 1990 First Round against the Knicks, with 16 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	Larry Bird L. Bird	16	4/28/1990	BOS	vs	NYK	37	15	3	1	2	5	15	33.3	0	4	0.0	5	6	83.3	42.5	0	3	1	1
2	Larry Bird L. Bird	14	5/15/1992	BOS	vs	CLE	37	16	6	1	1	8	18	44.4	0	3	0.0	0	1	0.0	43.4	0	6	1	3
3	Larry Bird L. Bird	13	4/23/1987	BOS	vs	CHI	46	17	9	2	0	4	7	57.1	2	2	100.0	7	7	100.0	84.3	3	6	1	2
4	Larry Bird L. Bird	13	5/26/1986	BOS	vs	HOU	44	21	8	4	0	8	18	44.4	0	2	0.0	5	6	83.3	50.9	1	7	4	4
5	Larry Bird L. Bird	13	5/17/1986	BOS	@	MIL	44	19	16	1	0	7	15	46.7	2	3	66.7	3	4	75.0	56.7	3	13	4	3
6	Larry Bird L. Bird	12	4/26/1991	BOS	vs	IND	41	21	12	3	0	6	20	30.0	0	2	0.0	9	10	90.0	43.0	2	10	3	2
7	Larry Bird L. Bird	12	5/4/1988	BOS	@	NYK	46	20	8	5	0	8	22	36.4	1	5	20.0	3	3	100.0	42.9	3	5	3	3
8	Larry Bird L. Bird	12	5/21/1987	BOS	vs	DET	47	31	9	0	0	10	23	43.5	2	5	40.0	9	11	81.8	55.7	1	8	0	1
9	Larry Bird L. Bird	12	5/13/1987	BOS	vs	MIL	46	26	8	1	0	8	22	36.4	0	4	0.0	10	11	90.9	48.4	2	6	4	4
10	Larry Bird L. Bird	12	6/8/1986	BOS	vs	HOU	46	29	11	3	0	8	17	47.1	2	3	66.7	11	12	91.7	65.1	2	9	2	3
11	Larry Bird L. Bird	12	5/2/1986	BOS	@	ATL	45	28	9	2	1	12	19	63.2	2	3	66.7	2	2	100.0	70.4	2	7	3	3
12	Larry Bird L. Bird	12	4/29/1984	BOS	vs	NYK	41	23	9	3	2	10	16	62.5	0	0		3	4	75.0	64.8	0	9	4	2
13	Larry Bird L. Bird	12	4/17/1984	BOS	vs	WAS	44	23	7	1	3	9	21	42.9	0	1	0.0	5	5	100.0	49.6	0	7	0	4
14	Larry Bird L. Bird	11	5/19/1987	BOS	vs	DET	44	18	16	2	1	7	22	31.8	0	3	0.0	4	4	100.0	37.9	2	14	6	4
15	Larry Bird L. Bird	11	6/1/1986	BOS	@	HOU	45	25	15	4	0	10	26	38.5	0	3	0.0	5	5	100.0	44.3	4	11	3	5
16	Larry Bird L. Bird	11	5/15/1982	BOS	@	PHI	44	15	13	1	1	6	16	37.5	0	0		3	7	42.9	39.3			2	4
17	Larry Bird L. Bird	10	4/28/1991	BOS	vs	IND	40	18	6	1	0	7	18	38.9	0	1	0.0	4	5	80.0	44.6	0	6	2	5
18	Larry Bird L. Bird	10	4/26/1990	BOS	vs	NYK	40	24	18	1	0	10	19	52.6	2	5	40.0	2	2	100.0	60.4	3	15	4	1
19	Larry Bird L. Bird	10	6/3/1986	BOS	@	HOU	47	21	9	1	0	9	17	52.9	1	3	33.3	2	2	100.0	58.7	0	9	2	2
20	Larry Bird L. Bird	10	5/13/1984	BOS	vs	NYK	42	39	12	3	0	13	24	54.2	1	2	50.0	12	12	100.0	66.6	3	9	5	5
21	Larry Bird L. Bird	10	5/9/1984	BOS	vs	NYK	37	26	9	3	1	9	14	64.3	0	0		8	8	100.0	74.2	3	6	0	4
22	Larry Bird L. Bird	10	5/9/1982	BOS	vs	PHI	41	24	15	4	1	10	23	43.5	0	2	0.0	4	4	100.0	48.5			2	2
23	Larry Bird L. Bird	10	5/9/1981	BOS	@	HOU	44	8	13	5	2	3	11	27.3	0	0		2	4	50.0	31.3	2	11	3	3
24	Larry Bird L. Bird	10	4/10/1981	BOS	@	CHI	48	24	17		2	9	19	47.4	0	1	0.0	6	7	85.7	54.3				2
25	Larry Bird L. Bird	9	5/15/1988	BOS	@	ATL	40	22	9	3	2	5	18	27.8	0	3	0.0	12	13	92.3	46.4	3	6	4	2

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