most assists by a in first player playoff game this season

I didn't find anything for this season, but Nikola Jokić, Tyrese Haliburton and Cade Cunningham were tied for the most assists in the 2025 playoffs in their first game, with 12 assists.

	NAME	AST	SEASON	TM	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	PTS	REB	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	12	2024-25	DEN	1	46.1	29.0	9.0	12.0	3.0	1.0	12.0	24.0	50.0	1.0	4.0	25.0	4.0	6.0	66.7	54.4	0.0	9.0	2.0	46	29	9	3	1	2	4	+10
2	Tyrese Haliburton T. Haliburton	12	2024-25	IND	1	34.3	10.0	7.0	12.0	0.0	0.0	3.0	13.0	23.1	0.0	7.0	0.0	4.0	6.0	66.7	32.0	0.0	7.0	1.0	34	10	7	0	0	1	2	+27
3	Cade Cunningham C. Cunningham	12	2024-25	DET	1	39.1	21.0	6.0	12.0	0.0	0.0	8.0	21.0	38.1	1.0	4.0	25.0	4.0	5.0	80.0	45.3	1.0	5.0	6.0	39	21	6	0	0	6	3	-6
4	James Harden J. Harden	11	2024-25	LAC	1	42.8	32.0	6.0	11.0	0.0	1.0	11.0	22.0	50.0	4.0	9.0	44.4	6.0	6.0	100.0	64.9	0.0	6.0	2.0	43	32	6	0	1	2	5	0
5	Davion Mitchell D. Mitchell	9	2024-25	MIA	1	33.9	18.0	4.0	9.0	1.0	0.0	8.0	12.0	66.7	2.0	3.0	66.7	0.0	0.0		75.0	2.0	2.0	3.0	34	18	4	1	0	3	4	-20
6	Anthony Edwards A. Edwards	9	2024-25	MIN	1	35.4	22.0	8.0	9.0	1.0	0.0	8.0	22.0	36.4	4.0	9.0	44.4	2.0	2.0	100.0	48.1	2.0	6.0	1.0	35	22	8	1	0	1	4	+21
7	Jalen Brunson J. Brunson	8	2024-25	NYK	1	40.5	34.0	2.0	8.0	0.0	0.0	12.0	27.0	44.4	2.0	5.0	40.0	8.0	10.0	80.0	54.1	0.0	2.0	1.0	40	34	2	0	0	1	3	+2
8	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	7	2024-25	MIL	1	37.0	14.0	3.0	7.0	0.0	0.0	4.0	13.0	30.8	2.0	8.0	25.0	4.0	5.0	80.0	46.1	0.0	3.0	2.0	37	14	3	0	0	2	4	-7
9	Fred VanVleet F. VanVleet	7	2024-25	HOU	1	40.4	10.0	1.0	7.0	1.0	0.0	4.0	19.0	21.1	2.0	13.0	15.4	0.0	0.0		26.3	0.0	1.0	2.0	40	10	1	1	0	2	2	-3
10	Jamal Murray J. Murray	7	2024-25	DEN	1	47.9	21.0	9.0	7.0	1.0	0.0	7.0	20.0	35.0	3.0	7.0	42.9	4.0	5.0	80.0	47.3	1.0	8.0	3.0	48	21	9	1	0	3	1	+12
11	Jimmy Butler III J. Butler III	6	2024-25	GSW	1	42.2	25.0	7.0	6.0	5.0	0.0	10.0	19.0	52.6	1.0	2.0	50.0	4.0	6.0	66.7	57.8	3.0	4.0	1.0	42	25	7	5	0	1	1	+14
12	Jalen Williams J. Williams	6	2024-25	OKC	1	25.9	20.0	5.0	6.0	3.0	1.0	10.0	16.0	62.5	0.0	4.0	0.0	0.0	0.0		62.5	2.0	3.0	2.0	26	20	5	3	1	2	1	+44
13	Amen Thompson A. Thompson	6	2024-25	HOU	1	33.4	8.0	9.0	6.0	1.0	1.0	4.0	9.0	44.4	0.0	0.0		0.0	4.0	0.0	37.2	6.0	3.0	2.0	33	8	9	1	1	2	4	-16
14	Josh Hart J. Hart	6	2024-25	NYK	1	29.6	13.0	7.0	6.0	0.0	1.0	6.0	10.0	60.0	1.0	1.0	100.0	0.0	0.0		65.0	2.0	5.0	2.0	30	13	7	0	1	2	3	+20
15	Jrue Holiday J. Holiday	5	2024-25	BOS	1	33.2	9.0	3.0	5.0	3.0	0.0	3.0	6.0	50.0	3.0	4.0	75.0	0.0	0.0		75.0	0.0	3.0	3.0	33	9	3	3	0	3	2	+15
16	Isaiah Hartenstein I. Hartenstein	5	2024-25	OKC	1	21.0	14.0	8.0	5.0	1.0	0.0	7.0	8.0	87.5	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0		87.5	4.0	4.0	0.0	21	14	8	1	0	0	1	+35
17	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	5	2024-25	OKC	1	23.1	15.0	3.0	5.0	0.0	2.0	4.0	13.0	30.8	1.0	7.0	14.3	6.0	7.0	85.7	46.6	0.0	3.0	2.0	23	15	3	0	2	2	2	+28
18	Darius Garland D. Garland	5	2024-25	CLE	1	30.8	27.0	3.0	5.0	1.0	0.0	10.0	17.0	58.8	5.0	9.0	55.6	2.0	2.0	100.0	75.5	0.0	3.0	2.0	31	27	3	1	0	2	2	+16
19	Franz Wagner F. Wagner	5	2024-25	ORL	1	36.4	23.0	3.0	5.0	1.0	2.0	10.0	24.0	41.7	1.0	6.0	16.7	2.0	2.0	100.0	46.2	0.0	3.0	5.0	36	23	3	1	2	5	3	-15
20	Brandin Podziemski B. Podziemski	5	2024-25	GSW	1	35.2	14.0	8.0	5.0	2.0	0.0	5.0	13.0	38.5	3.0	8.0	37.5	1.0	2.0	50.0	50.4	1.0	7.0	1.0	35	14	8	2	0	1	2	+17
21	Julius Randle J. Randle	5	2024-25	MIN	1	34.8	16.0	5.0	5.0	0.0	0.0	6.0	11.0	54.5	4.0	6.0	66.7	0.0	1.0	0.0	69.9	2.0	3.0	7.0	35	16	5	0	0	7	4	+19
22	Karl-Anthony Towns K. Towns	5	2024-25	NYK	1	39.2	23.0	11.0	5.0	4.0	2.0	10.0	14.0	71.4	1.0	3.0	33.3	2.0	2.0	100.0	77.3	0.0	11.0	0.0	39	23	11	4	2	0	3	+22
23	T.J. McConnell	5	2024-25	IND	1	15.4	11.0	2.0	5.0	0.0	0.0	5.0	7.0	71.4	0.0	0.0		1.0	2.0	50.0	69.8	0.0	2.0	1.0	15	11	2	0	0	1	2	-3
24	Kevin Porter Jr. K. Porter Jr.	5	2024-25	MIL	1	29.4	12.0	5.0	5.0	1.0	0.0	2.0	7.0	28.6	0.0	2.0	0.0	8.0	8.0	100.0	57.0	1.0	4.0	0.0	29	12	5	1	0	0	2	-6
25	Andrew Nembhard A. Nembhard	5	2024-25	IND	1	28.6	17.0	4.0	5.0	2.0	0.0	8.0	13.0	61.5	1.0	3.0	33.3	0.0	0.0		65.4	0.0	4.0	1.0	29	17	4	2	0	1	2	+23

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Team Leaders

PPG

29.6

Jokić

RPG

12.2

Jokić

APG

11.0

Jokić

Team Rankings

ORTG

125.4

1st

DRTG

118.2

22nd

NETRTG

7.2

3rd

3P%

40.6

1st

2025-26 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Thunder	28	5	.848
2	Spurs	23	9	.719	4.5
3	Nuggets	22	10	.688	5.5
4	Rockets	20	10	.667	6.5
5	Lakers	20	11	.645	7.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Wed 12/31	DEN	@	TOR	7:30 PM
Fri 1/2	DEN	@	CLE	7:30 PM
Sun 1/4	DEN	@	BKN	3:30 PM
Mon 1/5	DEN	@	PHI	8:30 PM
Wed 1/7	DEN	@	BOS	7:00 PM

Last Game

Nuggets

22 - 10

123

Final

147

Heat

18 - 15

Mon 29 Dec 2025

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

PPG Leaders

33.5

Dončić

32.2

Gilgeous-Alexander

30.8

Maxey

RPG Leaders

12.2

Jokić

11.9

Towns

11.1

Zubac

APG Leaders

11.0

Jokić

9.7

Cunningham

9.0

Giddey

SPG Leaders

2.2

Wallace

1.9

Daniels

1.8

Maxey

BPG Leaders

2.4

Huff

2.2

Sarr

1.9

Stewart

3PM Leaders

4.8

Curry

3.9

Mitchell

3.8

Porter

TS% Leaders

71.3

Jokić

70.5

Ayton

70.4

Williams

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

ORtg Rankings

125.4

122.8

122.4

121.7

120.6

119.0

DRtg Rankings

106.6

111.5

112.5

112.7

113.0

113.1

NetRtg Rankings

14.0

8.7

7.2

6.9

6.4

Tank Leaderboard

6-27

7-24

8-26

8-25

10-20

11-21

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

FanDuel Points Leaders

2,035.3

Jokić

1,672.3

Gilgeous-Alexander

1,537.4

Cunningham

DraftKings Points Leaders

2,165.8

Jokić

1,678.5

Gilgeous-Alexander

1,612.8

Johnson

USG% Leaders

38.2

Dončić

35.9

Brown

33.0

Gilgeous-Alexander

MPG Leaders

39.8

Maxey

36.7

Thompson

36.3

Dončić

FanDuel PTS/MIN Leaders

1.84

Jokić

1.61

Dončić

1.56

Gilgeous-Alexander

DraftKings PTS/MIN Leaders

1.96

Jokić

1.71

Dončić

1.57

Gilgeous-Alexander

NBA 2025-26 Betting

Best Record ATS

22-10

21-13

18-12-1

19-14

17-13

18-14

Worst Record ATS

11-23

12-21

12-19

13-20

13-19

14-19

NBA 2025-26 Standings

	Eastern	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons	25	8	.758
2	Knicks	23	9	.719	1.5
3	Celtics	20	12	.625	4.5
4	Raptors	20	14	.588	5.5
5	76ers	17	14	.548	7.0
6	Magic	18	15	.545	7.0
7	Heat	18	15	.545	7.0
8	Cavaliers	18	16	.529	7.5
9	Bulls	15	17	.469	9.5
10	Hawks	15	19	.441	10.5
11	Bucks	14	19	.424	11.0
12	Hornets	11	21	.344	13.5
13	Nets	10	20	.333	13.5
14	Wizards	7	24	.226	17.0
15	Pacers	6	27	.182	19.0

	Western	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Thunder	28	5	.848
2	Spurs	23	9	.719	4.5
3	Nuggets	22	10	.688	5.5
4	Rockets	20	10	.667	6.5
5	Lakers	20	11	.645	7.0
6	Timberwolves	21	12	.636	7.0
7	Suns	19	13	.594	8.5
8	Warriors	17	16	.515	11.0
9	Grizzlies	15	18	.455	13.0
10	Trail Blazers	14	19	.424	14.0
11	Jazz	12	20	.375	15.5
12	Mavericks	12	22	.353	16.5
13	Clippers	11	21	.344	16.5
14	Kings	8	25	.242	20.0
15	Pelicans	8	26	.235	20.5

NBA 2025-26 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Fri 11/28	NOP	@	GSW	96-104
Fri 11/28	DEN	@	PHX	130-112
Fri 11/28	DAL	@	LAC	114-110
Sat 11/29	HOU	@	UTA	129-101
Sat 11/29	BOS	@	CLE	117-115

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Wed 12/31	ORL	@	IND	3:00 PM
Wed 12/31	MIN	@	ATL	3:00 PM
Wed 12/31	PHX	@	CLE	3:30 PM
Wed 12/31	NYK	@	SAS	7:00 PM
Wed 12/31	NOP	@	CHI	7:00 PM

I didn't find anything for this season, but Nikola Jokić, Tyrese Haliburton and Cade Cunningham were tied for the most assists in the 2025 playoffs in their first game, with 12 assists.

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29.6

12.2

11.0

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

33.5

32.2

30.8

12.2

11.9

11.1

11.0

9.7

9.0

2.2

1.9

1.8

2.4

2.2

1.9

4.8

3.9

3.8

71.3

70.5

70.4

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

2,035.3

1,672.3

1,537.4

2,165.8

1,678.5

1,612.8

38.2

35.9

33.0

39.8

36.7

36.3

1.84

1.61

1.56

1.96

1.71

1.57

NBA 2025-26 Betting

NBA 2025-26 Standings

NBA 2025-26 Scores & Schedule

Scores

Schedule