most assists in a playoff game by boston celtics

The Boston Celtics had their most assists in a playoff game in Game 2 of the 1990 First Round against the Knicks, with 46 assists.

	TEAM	AST	DATE	TM		OPP	RESULT	MIN	PTS	REB	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF
1	Celtics	46	4/28/1990	BOS	vs	NYK	W 157-128	240	157	42	7	7	63	94	67.0	1	6	16.7	30	33	90.9	72.3	14	28	12	20
2	Celtics	43	5/27/1985	BOS	vs	LAL	W 148-114	240	148	48	10	3	62	102	60.8	7	9	77.8	17	25	68.0	65.5	13	35	13	17
3	Celtics	41	5/15/1992	BOS	vs	CLE	W 122-91	240	122	44	11	6	52	88	59.1	0	6	0.0	18	22	81.8	62.4	12	32	9	17
4	Celtics	41	4/1/1973	BOS	vs	ATL	W 134-109	240	134	58			60	107	56.1				14	17	82.4	58.5				20
5	Celtics	39	5/13/1986	BOS	vs	MIL	W 128-96	240	128	58	7	10	54	96	56.3	1	6	16.7	19	24	79.2	60.1	13	45	15	28
6	Celtics	37	4/4/1973	BOS	@	ATL	W 126-113	240	126	59			53	100	53.0				20	31	64.5	55.4				22
7	Celtics	37	3/15/1955	BOS	vs	NYK	W 122-101	240	122	59			45	93	48.4				32	33	97.0	56.7				31
8	Celtics	36	6/7/1985	BOS	@	LAL	L 111-120	240	111	39	6	7	46	93	49.5	3	8	37.5	16	21	76.2	54.3	12	27	13	21
9	Celtics	36	4/14/1980	BOS	@	HOU	W 138-121	240	138	31	7	4	50	79	63.3	4	6	66.7	34	40	85.0	71.4			14	24
10	Celtics	35	6/4/1987	BOS	@	LAL	L 122-141	240	122	43	5	6	51	93	54.8	1	7	14.3	19	29	65.5	57.7	15	28	14	21
11	Celtics	35	5/26/1986	BOS	vs	HOU	W 112-100	240	112	42	15	5	47	84	56.0	1	4	25.0	17	27	63.0	58.4	10	32	17	17
12	Celtics	35	5/5/1982	BOS	vs	WAS	W 131-126	290	131	50			53	102	52.0	0	1	0.0	25	33	75.8	56.2				33
13	Celtics	35	4/24/1975	BOS	vs	HOU	W 128-115	240	128	35	7		54	89	60.7				20	26	76.9	63.7			19	23
14	Celtics	34	4/21/2017	BOS	@	CHI	W 104-87	240	104	37	11	2	41	86	47.7	17	37	45.9	5	7	71.4	58.4	7	30	13	12
15	Celtics	34	5/6/2009	BOS	vs	ORL	W 112-94	240	112	41	6	4	41	80	51.2	9	20	45.0	21	25	84.0	61.5	7	34	10	27
16	Celtics	34	5/15/1986	BOS	vs	MIL	W 122-111	240	122	36	11	5	47	87	54.0	3	11	27.3	25	30	83.3	60.9	13	23	14	16
17	Celtics	34	5/9/1982	BOS	vs	PHI	W 121-81	240	121	67		11	51	110	46.4	0	3	0.0	19	27	70.4	49.6			13	28
18	Celtics	34	4/15/1977	BOS	@	SAS	W 113-109	240	113	44	7	3	46	86	53.5				21	27	77.8	57.7				32
19	Celtics	34	4/7/1959	BOS	@	MIN	W 123-110	240	123	62			48	106	45.3				27	43	62.8	49.2				23
20	Celtics	33	6/2/2022	BOS	@	GSW	W 120-108	240	120	39	7	6	43	85	50.6	21	41	51.2	13	16	81.3	65.2	7	32	13	13
21	Celtics	33	5/17/2017	BOS	vs	CLE	L 104-117	240	104	40	4	1	41	88	46.6	12	38	31.6	10	18	55.6	54.2	13	27	14	26
22	Celtics	33	5/10/2017	BOS	vs	WAS	W 123-101	240	123	48	7	8	46	87	52.9	16	33	48.5	15	21	71.4	63.9	9	39	12	25
23	Celtics	33	6/17/2008	BOS	vs	LAL	W 131-92	240	131	48	18	4	43	87	49.4	13	26	50.0	32	37	86.5	63.4	14	34	8	25
24	Celtics	33	5/26/1988	BOS	vs	DET	W 119-115	290	119	42	8	6	44	95	46.3	2	5	40.0	29	33	87.9	54.3	12	30	15	31
25	Celtics	33	6/11/1987	BOS	vs	LAL	W 123-108	240	123	46	6	3	46	89	51.7	6	10	60.0	25	31	80.6	59.9	13	33	10	21

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