most assists by a player in his first finals game

Rajon Rondo had the most assists by a player in an NBA Finals game in his first playoff, with 16 assists versus the Lakers on June 8, 2008.

	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	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
2	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
3	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	10	5/14/1980	1979-80	NBA Finals	LAL	vs	PHI	39	14	15	3	0	4	13	30.8	0	0		6	7	85.7	43.5	5	10	10	5
4	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	10	5/4/1980	1979-80	NBA Finals	LAL	vs	PHI	40	16	9	3	0	8	12	66.7	0	0		0	0		66.7	2	7	2	1
5	Mahdi Abdul-Rahman M. Abdul-Rahman	10	4/25/1965	1964-65	NBA Finals	LAL	@	BOS	36	15	6			4	15	26.7				7	9	77.8	39.6				3
6	Jack George J. George	10	4/7/1956	1955-56	NBA Finals	PHI	vs	FTW		6	8			3	9	33.3				0	3	0.0	29.1				6
7	Tom Gola T. Gola	10	3/31/1956	1955-56	NBA Finals	PHI	vs	FTW		11	9			4	14	28.6				3	3	100.0	35.9				5
8	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	9	5/11/1980	1979-80	NBA Finals	LAL	@	PHI	45	28	9	3	1	10	14	71.4	0	0		8	10	80.0	76.1	1	8	3	1
9	Bill Walton B. Walton	9	5/29/1977	1976-77	NBA Finals	POR	vs	PHI	39	20	18	2	4	9	15	60.0				2	3	66.7	61.3	6	12		3
10	Johnny McCarthy J. McCarthy	9	4/7/1960	1959-60	NBA Finals	STL	vs	BOS	45	1	8			0	6	0.0				1	1	100.0	7.8				4
11	Win Wilfong W. Wilfong	9	4/5/1958	1957-58	NBA Finals	STL	vs	BOS	11	6	1			3	8	37.5				0	0		37.5				0
12	Rajon Rondo R. Rondo	8	6/17/2008	2007-08	NBA Finals	BOS	vs	LAL	32	21	7	6	0	8	20	40.0	0	1	0.0	5	7	71.4	45.5	2	5	1	3	+24
13	Luke Walton L. Walton	8	6/8/2004	2003-04	NBA Finals	LAL	vs	DET	27	7	5	0	2	3	3	100.0	1	1	100.0	0	0		116.7	1	4	0	3	+18
14	Julius Erving J. Erving	8	6/5/1977	1976-77	NBA Finals	PHI	@	POR	43	40	6	2	1	17	29	58.6				6	7	85.7	62.3	2	4		2
15	Johnny Davis J. Davis	8	6/3/1977	1976-77	NBA Finals	POR	@	PHI	33	11	4	3	0	4	12	33.3				3	3	100.0	41.3	1	3		2
16	Johnny McCarthy J. McCarthy	8	4/3/1960	1959-60	NBA Finals	STL	vs	BOS	46	9	7			3	6	50.0				3	4	75.0	58.0				3
17	Tom Gola T. Gola	8	4/3/1956	1955-56	NBA Finals	PHI	vs	FTW		16	9			7	16	43.8				2	2	100.0	47.4				4
18	Rajon Rondo R. Rondo	7	6/5/2008	2007-08	NBA Finals	BOS	vs	LAL	35	15	5	0	0	4	10	40.0	0	2	0.0	7	10	70.0	52.1	1	4	2	1	+9
19	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	7	5/16/1980	1979-80	NBA Finals	LAL	@	PHI	47	42	15	3	1	14	23	60.9	0	1	0.0	14	14	100.0	72.0	3	12	5	3
20	Bill Walton B. Walton	7	6/5/1977	1976-77	NBA Finals	POR	vs	PHI	42	20	23	0	8	8	15	53.3				4	5	80.0	58.1	3	20		4
21	Julius Erving J. Erving	7	6/3/1977	1976-77	NBA Finals	PHI	vs	POR	47	37	9	1	2	13	27	48.1				11	13	84.6	56.5	3	6		4
22	Bill Walton B. Walton	7	5/31/1977	1976-77	NBA Finals	POR	vs	PHI	26	12	13	1	4	6	10	60.0				0	0		60.0	1	12		5
23	Alvan Adams A. Adams	7	6/2/1976	1975-76	NBA Finals	PHX	vs	BOS	37	20	6	0	0	8	18	44.4				4	4	100.0	50.6	1	5		4
24	Ricky Sobers R. Sobers	7	5/23/1976	1975-76	NBA Finals	PHX	@	BOS	36	13	8	3	0	4	10	40.0				5	5	100.0	53.3	2	6		5
25	Rick Barry R. Barry	7	4/14/1967	1966-67	NBA Finals	SFW	@	PHI	48	37	8			15	43	34.9				7	8	87.5	39.8				3