most assists in a game by a laker rookie

Norm Nixon has the most assists by a Lakers rookie in a game, with 14 assists versus the Bulls on November 20, 1977.

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most assists in a regular-season game by a laker rookie

	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	Norm Nixon N. Nixon	14	11/20/1977	LAL	vs	CHI	38	10	3	1	0	5	12	41.7				0	0		41.7	0	3	5	4
2	Lonzo Ball L. Ball	13	11/11/2017	LAL	@	MIL	39	19	12	3	3	7	12	58.3	3	5	60.0	2	4	50.0	69.0	0	12	4	3	+10
3	Lonzo Ball L. Ball	13	10/22/2017	LAL	vs	NOP	36	8	8	1	0	3	13	23.1	0	5	0.0	2	2	100.0	28.8	1	7	5	1	-24
4	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	13	3/16/1980	LAL	vs	PHX	37	21	13	3	2	8	13	61.5	0	0		5	6	83.3	67.1	2	11	7	2
5	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	13	2/26/1980	LAL	vs	SEA	37	18	6	3	1	7	13	53.8	0	0		4	5	80.0	59.2	3	3	3	3
6	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	13	2/8/1980	LAL	@	NJN	45	19	13	0	2	7	11	63.6	0	0		5	6	83.3	69.6	3	10	4	5
7	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	13	12/18/1979	LAL	@	CHI	40	22	6	3	1	6	13	46.2	0	1	0.0	10	13	76.9	58.8	3	3	1	2
8	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	13	12/2/1979	LAL	vs	MIL	40	23	8	4	0	10	16	62.5	0	0		3	3	100.0	66.4	3	5	3	2
9	Norm Nixon N. Nixon	13	4/2/1978	LAL	vs	KCK	35	10	5	2	0	4	12	33.3				2	4	50.0	36.3	1	4	1	4
10	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
11	Jerry West J. West	13	3/12/1961	LAL	vs	CIN		22	8			9	20	45.0				4	7	57.1	47.7				4
12	Jerry West J. West	13	1/30/1961	LAL	vs	DET		18	8			6	14	42.9				6	7	85.7	52.7				3
13	Jerry West J. West	13	1/14/1961	LAL	vs	CIN		16	12			6						4	5	80.0					2
14	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
15	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	12	11/11/1979	LAL	vs	CLE	34	24	16	3	0	10	14	71.4	0	0		4	4	100.0	76.1	3	13	10	3
16	Norm Nixon N. Nixon	12	10/29/1977	LAL	@	SAS	32	0	2	2	0	0	8	0.0				0	0		0.0	0	2	5	3
17	Norm Nixon N. Nixon	12	10/28/1977	LAL	@	ATL	34	2	2	0	0	1	8	12.5				0	2	0.0	11.3	0	2	5	5
18	Lonzo Ball L. Ball	11	3/26/2018	LAL	@	DET	43	15	8	2	0	7	8	87.5	1	1	100.0	0	0		93.8	1	7	2	4	-4
19	Lonzo Ball L. Ball	11	3/14/2018	LAL	@	GSW	39	8	6	3	1	3	11	27.3	1	8	12.5	1	3	33.3	32.5	2	4	3	4	-11
20	Lonzo Ball L. Ball	11	3/3/2018	LAL	@	SAS	35	18	7	1	2	6	12	50.0	6	10	60.0	0	0		75.0	0	7	2	4	+8
21	Lonzo Ball L. Ball	11	1/9/2018	LAL	vs	SAC	37	5	11	5	1	2	10	20.0	1	7	14.3	0	0		25.0	2	9	1	1	+33
22	Lonzo Ball L. Ball	11	12/23/2017	LAL	vs	POR	37	10	8	2	1	4	13	30.8	2	6	33.3	0	0		38.5	0	8	5	2	+8
23	Lonzo Ball L. Ball	11	12/14/2017	LAL	@	CLE	38	13	8	2	0	5	11	45.5	3	8	37.5	0	0		59.1	1	7	6	3	-11
24	Lonzo Ball L. Ball	11	11/22/2017	LAL	@	SAC	37	11	7	1	0	4	8	50.0	3	5	60.0	0	2	0.0	61.9	0	7	4	2	-1
25	Lonzo Ball L. Ball	11	11/19/2017	LAL	vs	DEN	40	11	16	0	2	5	13	38.5	1	4	25.0	0	0		42.3	3	13	2	4	+29

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