John Stockton had the most assists in a 1988 playoff game, with 24 assists versus the Lakers on May 17, 1988.

Interpreted as:

most assists by a player in a game 1988 playoffs

	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	John Stockton J. Stockton	24	5/17/1988	UTA	@	LAL	48	23	3	5	0	8	16	50.0	0	0		7	9	77.8	57.6	0	3	3	3
2	Doc Rivers D. Rivers	22	5/16/1988	ATL	vs	BOS	38	14	4	3	0	5	12	41.7	2	3	66.7	2	2	100.0	54.3	1	3	1	3
3	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	20	5/31/1988	LAL	vs	DAL	35	15	6	0	0	7	14	50.0	1	1	100.0	0	0		53.6	2	4	3	3
4	John Stockton J. Stockton	20	5/21/1988	UTA	@	LAL	48	29	1	5	0	10	15	66.7	1	3	33.3	8	8	100.0	78.3	0	1	5	2
5	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	19	6/19/1988	LAL	vs	DET	45	22	4	2	0	5	12	41.7	0	1	0.0	12	13	92.3	62.1	2	2	2	2
6	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	19	5/25/1988	LAL	vs	DAL	37	15	4	2	0	5	7	71.4	2	2	100.0	3	3	100.0	90.1	1	3	3	4
7	Doc Rivers D. Rivers	18	5/22/1988	ATL	@	BOS	39	16	5	2	0	7	17	41.2	0	3	0.0	2	2	100.0	44.7	2	3	2	6
8	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	18	4/29/1988	LAL	vs	SAS	42	13	4	3	0	5	11	45.5	0	0		3	4	75.0	50.9	0	4	6	2
9	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	17	6/16/1988	LAL	@	DET	45	15	6	2	1	4	15	26.7	0	0		7	11	63.6	37.8	2	4	4	3
10	John Stockton J. Stockton	17	5/19/1988	UTA	vs	LAL	44	14	5	3	0	4	9	44.4	0	0		6	9	66.7	54.0	2	3	5	3
11	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	16	5/21/1988	LAL	vs	UTA	40	23	9	1	0	9	15	60.0	0	0		5	6	83.3	65.2	4	5	3	3
12	John Stockton J. Stockton	16	5/8/1988	UTA	@	LAL	39	7	1	4	0	3	13	23.1	0	2	0.0	1	1	100.0	26.0	1	0	3	4
13	John Stockton J. Stockton	16	5/4/1988	UTA	vs	POR	41	17	4	4	1	6	10	60.0	0	2	0.0	5	7	71.4	65.0	2	2	5	3
14	Doc Rivers D. Rivers	15	5/8/1988	ATL	vs	MIL	36	14	7	4	0	3	7	42.9	0	2	0.0	8	8	100.0	66.5	0	7	6	4
15	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	15	5/1/1988	LAL	vs	SAS	43	26	9	2	0	9	20	45.0	0	0		8	10	80.0	53.3	2	7	2	3
16	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	14	6/21/1988	LAL	vs	DET	40	19	5	2	0	6	9	66.7	0	1	0.0	7	8	87.5	75.9	0	5	4	5
17	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	14	6/12/1988	LAL	@	DET	40	18	6	3	0	7	8	87.5	0	0		4	5	80.0	88.2	0	6	3	2
18	Danny Ainge D. Ainge	14	5/20/1988	BOS	@	ATL	40	22	5	0	0	7	14	50.0	3	3	100.0	5	7	71.4	64.4	1	4	2	3
19	Mark Jackson M. Jackson	14	5/4/1988	NYK	vs	BOS	46	9	7	5	0	4	14	28.6	1	2	50.0	0	0		32.1	2	5	3	4
20	Sam Vincent S. Vincent	14	5/1/1988	CHI	vs	CLE	40	9	3	1	0	4	14	28.6	0	0		1	2	50.0	30.2	1	2	3	2
21	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	13	5/17/1988	LAL	vs	UTA	41	20	3	2	0	10	18	55.6	0	0		0	0		55.6	0	3	2	0
22	Spud Webb S. Webb	13	5/15/1988	ATL	vs	BOS	27	11	2	2	0	3	8	37.5	0	1	0.0	5	6	83.3	51.7	0	2	1	3
23	John Stockton J. Stockton	13	5/15/1988	UTA	vs	LAL	44	21	4	4	1	6	12	50.0	0	1	0.0	9	10	90.0	64.0	2	2	4	2
24	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	13	5/12/1988	DET	vs	CHI	40	25	3	2	0	7	20	35.0	0	0		11	14	78.6	47.8	0	3	4	5
25	John Stockton J. Stockton	13	5/10/1988	UTA	@	LAL	44	19	6	2	0	7	15	46.7	0	1	0.0	5	6	83.3	53.9	2	4	3	4