most assists averaged by a rookie in a playoff game

Spud Webb has the most assists per game by a rookie in a playoff game, with 18.0 per game in Game 2 of the 1986 First Round versus the Pistons.

	NAME	APG	DATE	TM		OPP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Spud Webb S. Webb	18.0	4/19/1986	ATL	vs	DET	30	19	7	18	1	1	3	8	37.5	0	1	0.0	13	16	81.3	63.2	0	7	2	2
2	Nate McMillan N. McMillan	16.0	5/14/1987	SEA	vs	HOU	36	0	8	16	3	0	0	5	0.0	0	0		0	0		0.0	2	6	1	3
3	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	16.0	4/8/1980	LAL	vs	PHX	39	13	12	16	2	0	4	12	33.3	0	0		5	7	71.4	43.1	2	10	3	2
4	Nate McMillan N. McMillan	15.0	5/23/1987	SEA	vs	LAL	22	10	3	15	1	0	5	7	71.4	0	0		0	0		71.4	0	3	3	4
5	Ben Simmons B. Simmons	14.0	4/14/2018	PHI	vs	MIA	34	17	9	14	2	0	5	13	38.5	0	0		7	10	70.0	48.9	3	6	5	4	+15
6	Mark Jackson M. Jackson	14.0	5/4/1988	NYK	vs	BOS	46	9	7	14	5	0	4	14	28.6	1	2	50.0	0	0		32.1	2	5	3	4
7	John Lucas J. Lucas	14.0	5/13/1977	HOU	vs	PHI	39	16	1	14	5	1	7	11	63.6				2	2	100.0	67.3				4
8	Anthony Carter A. Carter	13.0	4/25/2000	MIA	vs	DET	42	10	6	13	2	0	5	11	45.5	0	0		0	2	0.0	42.1	0	6	5	3	0
9	Stephon Marbury S. Marbury	13.0	4/29/1997	MIN	vs	HOU	37	14	3	13	0	0	6	21	28.6	0	4	0.0	2	2	100.0	32.0	1	2	2	5	-8
10	Chris Webber C. Webber	13.0	5/4/1994	GSW	vs	PHX	37	16	8	13	1	3	7	13	53.8	0	1	0.0	2	4	50.0	54.2	4	4	2	3
11	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	13.0	4/13/1980	LAL	@	PHX	40	8	9	13	2	0	3	4	75.0	0	0		2	4	50.0	69.4	4	5	4	3
12	Maurice Cheeks M. Cheeks	13.0	5/2/1979	PHI	@	SAS	46	20	5	13	0	0	9	17	52.9				2	5	40.0	52.1			5	5
13	Spud Webb S. Webb	12.0	5/4/1986	ATL	vs	BOS	24	21	6	12	1	0	10	19	52.6	0	0		1	2	50.0	52.8	1	5	0	0
14	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	12.0	4/21/1985	CHI	@	MIL	43	30	4	12	2	0	9	17	52.9	1	4	25.0	11	12	91.7	67.3	1	3	7	5
15	Maurice Cheeks M. Cheeks	12.0	4/26/1979	PHI	@	SAS	40	18	8	12	4	0	6	9	66.7				6	7	85.7	74.5			3	1
16	John Lucas J. Lucas	12.0	5/5/1977	HOU	@	PHI	36	6	1	12		0	3	9	33.3				0	0		33.3				3
17	Ernie DiGregorio E. DiGregorio	12.0	4/2/1974	BUF	vs	BOS	44	18	4	12		0	7	15	46.7				4	4	100.0	53.7				2
18	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	11.0	5/2/2018	UTA	@	HOU	38	17	5	11	2	0	6	21	28.6	2	8	25.0	3	4	75.0	37.3	2	3	3	5	+13
19	Derrick Rose D. Rose	11.0	4/18/2009	CHI	@	BOS	50	36	4	11	1	0	12	19	63.2	0	1	0.0	12	12	100.0	74.1	1	3	5	6	+8
20	Toni Kukoc T. Kukoc	11.0	5/1/1994	CHI	vs	CLE	27	4	3	11	0	0	2	4	50.0	0	1	0.0	0	0		50.0	1	2	3	0
21	Joe Dumars J. Dumars	11.0	4/25/1986	DET	vs	ATL	53	18	7	11	2	0	7	12	58.3	0	0		4	6	66.7	61.5	5	2	1	3
22	Frank Johnson F. Johnson	11.0	4/20/1982	WAS	@	NJN	42	15	2	11	0	0	5	14	35.7	0	0		5	5	100.0	46.3	0	2	5	3
23	Andrew Toney A. Toney	11.0	3/31/1981	PHI	vs	IND	30	15	2	11		1	6	13	46.2	0	0		3	4	75.0	50.8				4
24	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	11.0	5/7/1980	LAL	vs	PHI	41	13	8	11	2	0	5	8	62.5	0	0		3	3	100.0	69.7	1	7	5	5
25	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	11.0	4/15/1980	LAL	vs	PHX	38	19	7	11	2	0	8	14	57.1	0	0		3	5	60.0	58.6	4	3	2	1

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