most assists by a rookie in a finals game

Magic Johnson has the most assists by a rookie in an NBA Finals game, with 11 assists versus the 76ers on May 7, 1980.

	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	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
2	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
3	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
4	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
5	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
6	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
7	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
8	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
9	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
10	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
11	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
12	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
13	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
14	Nathaniel Clifton N. Clifton	7	4/15/1951	1950-51	NBA Finals	NYK	@	ROC		10	10			4	16	25.0				2	5	40.0	27.5				3
15	Greg Ballard G. Ballard	6	6/4/1978	1977-78	NBA Finals	WAS	vs	SEA	27	12	12	3	0	4	8	50.0				4	4	100.0	61.5	2	10	3	2
16	Johnny Davis J. Davis	6	5/29/1977	1976-77	NBA Finals	POR	vs	PHI	34	18	3	2	0	7	13	53.8				4	4	100.0	61.0	1	2		5
17	Johnny Davis J. Davis	6	5/22/1977	1976-77	NBA Finals	POR	@	PHI	32	5	6	2	0	2	7	28.6				1	2	50.0	31.7	3	3		3
18	Alvan Adams A. Adams	6	6/6/1976	1975-76	NBA Finals	PHX	vs	BOS	42	20	9	1	0	7	16	43.8				6	8	75.0	51.2	1	8		3
19	Ricky Sobers R. Sobers	6	6/4/1976	1975-76	NBA Finals	PHX	@	BOS	41	25	2	2	0	11	22	50.0				3	4	75.0	52.6	0	2		2
20	Dick Garrett D. Garrett	6	5/6/1970	1969-70	NBA Finals	LAL	vs	NYK	38	18	1			9	11	81.8				0	0		81.8				2
21	Dick Garrett D. Garrett	6	4/27/1970	1969-70	NBA Finals	LAL	@	NYK	40	17	4			5	13	38.5				7	8	87.5	51.5				2
22	Gail Goodrich G. Goodrich	6	4/26/1966	1965-66	NBA Finals	LAL	vs	BOS	41	28	4			13	22	59.1				2	7	28.6	55.8				4
23	Cliff Hagan C. Hagan	6	4/7/1957	1956-57	NBA Finals	STL	vs	BOS	26	25	9			7	14	50.0				11	15	73.3	60.7				4
24	Corky Devlin C. Devlin	6	4/7/1956	1955-56	NBA Finals	FTW	@	PHI		8	4			4	15	26.7				0	3	0.0	24.5				2
25	Tom Gola T. Gola	6	4/5/1956	1955-56	NBA Finals	PHI	@	FTW		19	9			7	11	63.6				5	5	100.0	72.0				3

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