most assists by a lakers player in a game vs the celtics

Magic Johnson has the most assists for the Lakers in a game against the Celtics, with 21 assists on December 15, 1989.

Interpreted as:

most assists by a lakers player in a regular-season game vs the celtics

	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	12/15/1989	LAL	@	BOS	43	16	6	6	0	4	12	33.3	0	1	0.0	8	8	100.0	51.5	0	6	3	0
2	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	18	2/24/1984	LAL	vs	BOS	40	9	8	3	1	4	11	36.4	0	1	0.0	1	2	50.0	37.9	0	8	5	2
3	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	17	12/11/1987	LAL	@	BOS	44	18	8	2	0	6	11	54.5	1	1	100.0	5	6	83.3	66.0	1	7	4	3
4	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	16	2/15/1991	LAL	vs	BOS	41	21	9	1	1	7	13	53.8	1	4	25.0	6	8	75.0	63.6	3	6	2	1
5	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	15	1/27/1991	LAL	@	BOS	38	22	9	2	0	9	16	56.3	1	4	25.0	3	3	100.0	63.5	1	8	6	2
6	D'Angelo Russell D. Russell	14	2/1/2024	LAL	@	BOS	39	16	8	2	0	5	20	25.0	4	8	50.0	2	4	50.0	36.8	2	6	1	1	+4
7	Kendall Marshall K. Marshall	14	1/17/2014	LAL	@	BOS	44	19	4	1	0	7	11	63.6	4	5	80.0	1	1	100.0	83.0	0	4	7	1	+6
8	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	14	2/14/1988	LAL	vs	BOS	42	22	5	3	0	9	19	47.4	0	1	0.0	4	7	57.1	49.8	2	3	3	1
9	Elgin Baylor E. Baylor	14	2/22/1961	LAL	vs	BOS		38	24			14	34	41.2				10	14	71.4	47.3				3
10	Slater Martin S. Martin	14	12/8/1954	MIN	@	BOS	46	12				5	12	41.7				2	4	50.0	43.6				4
11	LeBron James L. James	13	1/20/2020	LAL	@	BOS	29	15	7	0	0	5	12	41.7	0	2	0.0	5	5	100.0	52.8	3	4	4	1	-21
12	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	13	2/18/1990	LAL	vs	BOS	38	30	4	1	0	10	21	47.6	3	6	50.0	7	7	100.0	62.3	1	3	4	2
13	Michael Cooper M. Cooper	13	2/19/1989	LAL	vs	BOS	34	11	4	1	0	5	8	62.5	1	2	50.0	0	0		68.8	0	4	0	2
14	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	13	2/17/1985	LAL	vs	BOS	42	37	3	2	0	10	16	62.5	0	0		17	19	89.5	75.9	1	2	5	1
15	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	13	1/16/1985	LAL	@	BOS	39	8	7	2	0	4	11	36.4	0	1	0.0	0	0		36.4	1	6	3	0
16	Norm Nixon N. Nixon	13	2/7/1982	LAL	@	BOS	39	13	6			3	10	30.0	0	0		7	8	87.5	48.1				3
17	Norm Nixon N. Nixon	13	12/18/1977	LAL	vs	BOS	40	16	6	2	0	8	17	47.1				0	0		47.1	2	4	2	1
18	LeBron James L. James	12	3/9/2019	LAL	vs	BOS	28	30	10	0	0	13	23	56.5	1	5	20.0	3	7	42.9	57.5	2	8	3	0	+11
19	LeBron James L. James	12	2/7/2019	LAL	@	BOS	38	28	12	3	0	11	21	52.4	5	10	50.0	1	5	20.0	60.3	2	10	3	4	+11
20	Nick Van Exel N. Van Exel	12	2/27/1994	LAL	vs	BOS	35	9	4	1	0	4	12	33.3	1	2	50.0	0	0		37.5	1	3	1	2
21	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	12	2/16/1986	LAL	vs	BOS	38	6	6	2	0	0	4	0.0	0	0		6	6	100.0	45.2	1	5	4	1
22	Norm Nixon N. Nixon	12	2/23/1979	LAL	vs	BOS	35	20	4	4	0	9	14	64.3				2	2	100.0	67.2	0	4	1	3
23	Jerry West J. West	12	1/2/1972	LAL	vs	BOS	45	27	5			8	18	44.4				11	12	91.7	58.0				2
24	Slater Martin S. Martin	12	12/10/1955	MIN	@	BOS	41	15				6	18	33.3				3	4	75.0	38.0				3
25	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	11	12/7/2021	LAL	vs	BOS	36	24	3	1	0	9	16	56.3	1	4	25.0	5	6	83.3	64.4	1	2	4	2	+11