mel counts most assists in a playoff game

Mel Counts had his most assists in a playoff game in Game 3 of the 1968 NBA Finals against the Celtics, with 5 assists.

	NAME	AST	DATE	TM		OPP	MIN	PTS	REB	FGM	FGA	FG%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	PF
1	Mel Counts M. Counts	5	4/26/1968	LAL	vs	BOS	22	15	16	6	11	54.5	3	3	100.0	60.9	6
2	Mel Counts M. Counts	4	3/30/1973	LAL	vs	CHI	27	13	15	5	13	38.5	3	5	60.0	42.8	4
3	Mel Counts M. Counts	4	4/2/1969	LAL	@	SFW	27	9	13	4	9	44.4	1	1	100.0	47.7	6
4	Mel Counts M. Counts	3	4/21/1973	LAL	@	GSW	21	17	13	6	12	50.0	5	5	100.0	59.9	2
5	Mel Counts M. Counts	3	4/19/1973	LAL	vs	GSW	28	12	4	5	11	45.5	2	3	66.7	48.7	4
6	Mel Counts M. Counts	3	4/1/1973	LAL	vs	CHI	26	12	10	6	10	60.0	0	0		60.0	4
7	Mel Counts M. Counts	3	4/4/1970	LAL	@	PHX	16	8	2	4	10	40.0	0	1	0.0	38.3	5
8	Mel Counts M. Counts	3	3/29/1970	LAL	vs	PHX	25	9	9	4	13	30.8	1	1	100.0	33.5	6
9	Mel Counts M. Counts	3	4/13/1969	LAL	vs	ATL	25	19	13	7	12	58.3	5	7	71.4	63.0	3
10	Mel Counts M. Counts	3	4/5/1969	LAL	@	SFW	22	14	8	6	10	60.0	2	2	100.0	64.3	3
11	Mel Counts M. Counts	3	4/4/1969	LAL	vs	SFW	30	17	8	4	13	30.8	9	9	100.0	50.1	2
12	Mel Counts M. Counts	3	4/30/1968	LAL	@	BOS	29	20	14	9	14	64.3	2	2	100.0	67.2	5
13	Mel Counts M. Counts	3	4/13/1968	LAL	@	SFW		9	12	3	9	33.3	3	4	75.0	41.8	3
14	Mel Counts M. Counts	3	4/10/1968	LAL	vs	SFW	20	9	8	4	5	80.0	1	1	100.0	82.7	3
15	Mel Counts M. Counts	3	4/5/1968	LAL	vs	SFW		9	6	4	9	44.4	1	1	100.0	47.7	2
16	Mel Counts M. Counts	2	5/1/1973	LAL	vs	NYK	28	11	9	5	8	62.5	1	1	100.0	65.2	3
17	Mel Counts M. Counts	2	4/17/1973	LAL	vs	GSW	12	2	1	0	3	0.0	2	3	66.7	23.1	1
18	Mel Counts M. Counts	2	4/13/1973	LAL	@	CHI	19	11	4	5	6	83.3	1	1	100.0	85.4	3
19	Mel Counts M. Counts	2	4/10/1973	LAL	vs	CHI	17	8	9	2	7	28.6	4	4	100.0	45.7	6
20	Mel Counts M. Counts	2	4/8/1973	LAL	@	CHI	23	15	5	5	12	41.7	5	6	83.3	51.2	4
21	Mel Counts M. Counts	2	4/9/1970	LAL	vs	PHX	19	10	5	4	6	66.7	2	2	100.0	72.7	2
22	Mel Counts M. Counts	2	4/2/1970	LAL	@	PHX	17	4	3	2	6	33.3	0	0		33.3	5
23	Mel Counts M. Counts	2	3/25/1970	LAL	vs	PHX	17	6	8	3	6	50.0	0	0		50.0	5
24	Mel Counts M. Counts	2	5/1/1969	LAL	vs	BOS	29	13	10	6	9	66.7	1	1	100.0	68.9	4
25	Mel Counts M. Counts	2	4/25/1969	LAL	vs	BOS	19	6	4	2	5	40.0	2	3	66.7	47.5	4

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