most assists by a player in a nba finals game 2 single game

Magic Johnson has the most assists, with 20 assists in Game 2 of the 1987 NBA Finals against the Celtics on June 4, 1987.

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Data note: Assists: player game data may be incomplete before 1959-60 · postseason

	NAME	AST	DATE	SEASON	SERIES	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	20	6/4/1987	1986-87	NBA Finals	LAL	vs	BOS	31	22	5	3	0	10	17	58.8	0	0		2	2	100.0	61.5	2	3	2	2
2	Rajon Rondo R. Rondo	16	6/8/2008	2007-08	NBA Finals	BOS	vs	LAL	42	4	6	2	1	1	4	25.0	0	0		2	6	33.3	30.1	1	5	2	3	-5
3	Bob Cousy B. Cousy	15	4/5/1959	1958-59	NBA Finals	BOS	vs	MIN	47	21	11			9	22	40.9				3	6	50.0	42.6				2
4	LeBron James L. James	14	6/4/2017	2016-17	NBA Finals	CLE	@	GSW	39	29	11	3	1	12	18	66.7	1	3	33.3	4	5	80.0	71.8	0	11	4	2	-11
5	Bob Cousy B. Cousy	14	4/5/1961	1960-61	NBA Finals	BOS	vs	STL	38	26	7			9	25	36.0				8	10	80.0	44.2				1
6	Jimmy Butler III J. Butler III	13	10/2/2020	2019-20	NBA Finals	MIA	@	LAL	45	25	8	1	0	7	17	41.2	0	1	0.0	11	12	91.7	56.1	3	5	3	2	-3
7	LeBron James L. James	13	6/3/2018	2017-18	NBA Finals	CLE	@	GSW	44	29	9	2	0	10	20	50.0	2	4	50.0	7	9	77.8	60.5	1	8	5	2	-18
8	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	13	6/5/1991	1990-91	NBA Finals	CHI	vs	LAL	36	33	7	2	1	15	18	83.3	0	1	0.0	3	4	75.0	83.5	1	6	4	4
9	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	13	5/30/1985	1984-85	NBA Finals	LAL	@	BOS	41	14	4	3	0	6	9	66.7	0	0		2	4	50.0	65.1	1	3	7	3
10	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	13	5/26/1983	1982-83	NBA Finals	LAL	@	PHI	44	12	8	3	1	6	14	42.9	0	1	0.0	0	0		42.9	3	5	4	3
11	Jerry West J. West	13	4/30/1972	1971-72	NBA Finals	LAL	vs	NYK	41	15	6			6	21	28.6				3	3	100.0	33.6				2
12	Bill Russell B. Russell	13	4/25/1969	1968-69	NBA Finals	BOS	@	LAL	48	9	21			4	7	57.1				1	5	20.0	48.9				4
13	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	12	6/9/2024	2023-24	NBA Finals	BOS	vs	DAL	45	18	9	1	0	6	22	27.3	1	7	14.3	5	6	83.3	36.5	1	8	3	2	+6
14	Scottie Pippen S. Pippen	12	6/11/1993	1992-93	NBA Finals	CHI	@	PHX	42	15	12	2	2	5	12	41.7	0	0		5	7	71.4	49.7	4	8	7	4
15	Slick Leonard S. Leonard	12	4/5/1959	1958-59	NBA Finals	MIN	@	BOS	37	4	5			2	11	18.2				0	1	0.0	17.5				3
16	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	11	6/9/2024	2023-24	NBA Finals	DAL	@	BOS	42	32	11	4	0	12	21	57.1	4	9	44.4	4	8	50.0	65.3	0	11	8	1	-3
17	Stephen Curry S. Curry	11	6/4/2017	2016-17	NBA Finals	GSW	vs	CLE	36	32	10	1	0	7	17	41.2	4	11	36.4	14	14	100.0	69.1	2	8	8	3	+21
18	LeBron James L. James	11	6/7/2015	2014-15	NBA Finals	CLE	@	GSW	50	39	16	1	1	11	35	31.4	3	6	50.0	14	18	77.8	45.4	4	12	3	3	0
19	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	11	6/7/1990	1989-90	NBA Finals	DET	vs	POR	44	23	7	1	2	9	21	42.9	2	4	50.0	3	6	50.0	48.6	3	4	7	6
20	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	11	6/9/1988	1987-88	NBA Finals	LAL	vs	DET	42	23	7	2	0	7	12	58.3	0	0		9	9	100.0	72.1	0	7	3	3
21	Andrew Toney A. Toney	11	5/30/1982	1981-82	NBA Finals	PHI	vs	LAL	33	12	1	1	0	6	16	37.5	0	1	0.0	0	0		37.5	0	1	5	4
22	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	11	5/7/1980	1979-80	NBA Finals	LAL	vs	PHI	41	13	8	2	0	5	8	62.5	0	0		3	3	100.0	69.7	1	7	5	5
23	Henry Bibby H. Bibby	11	5/26/1977	1976-77	NBA Finals	PHI	vs	POR	40	15	3	2	0	4	12	33.3				7	9	77.8	47.0	0	3		1
24	Walt Frazier W. Frazier	11	4/27/1970	1969-70	NBA Finals	NYK	vs	LAL	39	11	12			5	9	55.6				1	3	33.3	53.3				5
25	Bob Cousy B. Cousy	11	4/16/1963	1962-63	NBA Finals	BOS	vs	LAL	38	18	4			8	20	40.0				2	2	100.0	43.1				3

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Sun 11/8	LAL	@	DET	6:00 PM
Mon 11/9	LAL	@	ATL	7:00 PM
Wed 11/11	LAL	@	MIL	8:00 PM
Sun 11/15	LAL	@	PHX	4:00 PM
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1	76ers	8	2	.800
2	Celtics	7	2	.778	0.5
3	Pistons	6	2	.750	1.0
4	Hawks	6	4	.600	2.0
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Magic Johnson has the most assists, with 20 assists in Game 2 of the 1987 NBA Finals against the Celtics on June 4, 1987.

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