most assists in a western confrence finals game 2

The Los Angeles Lakers have the most assists by a Western Conference team in Game 2 of the NBA Finals, with 44 assists against the Celtics on June 4, 1987.

	TEAM	AST	DATE	SEASON	SERIES	TM		OPP	RESULT	MIN	PTS	REB	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF
1	Lakers	44	6/4/1987	1986-87	NBA Finals	LAL	vs	BOS	W 141-122	240	141	33	8	8	56	91	61.5	6	8	75.0	23	32	71.9	67.1	7	26	10	25
2	Warriors	34	6/2/2019	2018-19	NBA Finals	GSW	@	TOR	W 109-104	240	109	42	7	5	38	82	46.3	13	34	38.2	20	23	87.0	59.2	6	36	16	26
3	Warriors	34	6/4/2017	2016-17	NBA Finals	GSW	vs	CLE	W 132-113	240	132	53	5	7	46	89	51.7	18	43	41.9	22	24	91.7	66.3	10	43	20	19
4	Lakers	32	10/2/2020	2019-20	NBA Finals	LAL	vs	MIA	W 124-114	240	124	44	6	3	49	97	50.5	16	47	34.0	10	17	58.8	59.3	16	28	9	26
5	Lakers	32	5/7/1980	1979-80	NBA Finals	LAL	vs	PHI	L 104-107	240	104	52	12	7	48	95	50.5	0	1	0.0	8	12	66.7	51.9	15	37	26	27
6	Lakers	31	5/30/1985	1984-85	NBA Finals	LAL	@	BOS	W 109-102	240	109	49	9	5	44	92	47.8	1	2	50.0	20	29	69.0	52.0	14	35	16	32
7	Lakers	29	6/8/2001	2000-01	NBA Finals	LAL	vs	PHI	W 98-89	240	98	52	7	13	38	81	46.9	4	16	25.0	18	26	69.2	53.0	15	37	16	24
8	Lakers	29	6/9/2000	1999-00	NBA Finals	LAL	vs	IND	W 111-104	240	111	47	3	8	36	75	48.0	7	15	46.7	32	57	56.1	55.5	11	36	10	26
9	Warriors	28	6/3/2018	2017-18	NBA Finals	GSW	vs	CLE	W 122-103	240	122	41	3	8	47	82	57.3	15	36	41.7	13	21	61.9	66.9	7	34	12	25
10	Lakers	28	6/8/2004	2003-04	NBA Finals	LAL	vs	DET	W 99-91	265	99	38	7	3	38	80	47.5	6	17	35.3	17	25	68.0	54.4	9	29	14	27
11	Suns	28	6/11/1993	1992-93	NBA Finals	PHX	vs	CHI	L 108-111	240	108	40	9	12	43	88	48.9	6	13	46.2	16	20	80.0	55.8	14	26	17	23
12	Trail Blazers	27	6/5/1992	1991-92	NBA Finals	POR	@	CHI	W 115-104	265	115	42	7	3	42	84	50.0	1	12	8.3	30	38	78.9	57.1	10	32	9	26
13	Lakers	27	6/9/1988	1987-88	NBA Finals	LAL	vs	DET	W 108-96	240	108	43	6	5	35	77	45.5	3	6	50.0	35	46	76.1	55.5	8	35	9	25
14	Rockets	27	5/29/1986	1985-86	NBA Finals	HOU	@	BOS	L 95-117	240	95	44	9	4	38	92	41.3	1	3	33.3	18	27	66.7	45.7	19	25	13	24
15	Lakers	27	5/31/1984	1983-84	NBA Finals	LAL	@	BOS	L 121-124	265	121	41	8	7	48	84	57.1	0	2	0.0	25	35	71.4	60.9	9	32	25	33
16	Lakers	27	4/30/1972	1971-72	NBA Finals	LAL	vs	NYK	W 106-92	240	106	55			45	96	46.9				16	23	69.6	49.9			18	19
17	Suns	26	7/8/2021	2020-21	NBA Finals	PHX	vs	MIL	W 118-108	240	118	43	7	2	43	88	48.9	20	40	50.0	12	14	85.7	62.7	11	32	13	19
18	Warriors	26	6/5/2016	2015-16	NBA Finals	GSW	vs	CLE	W 110-77	240	110	46	7	9	44	81	54.3	15	33	45.5	7	10	70.0	64.4	12	34	21	20
19	Spurs	26	6/8/2014	2013-14	NBA Finals	SAS	vs	MIA	L 96-98	240	96	37	7	1	36	82	43.9	12	26	46.2	12	20	60.0	52.9	11	26	11	20
20	Lakers	26	6/7/2002	2001-02	NBA Finals	LAL	vs	NJN	W 106-83	240	106	47	6	7	39	78	50.0	9	16	56.3	19	24	79.2	59.8	12	35	16	21
21	Lakers	26	5/26/1983	1982-83	NBA Finals	LAL	@	PHI	L 93-103	240	93	40	10	10	44	91	48.4	2	7	28.6	3	5	60.0	49.9	14	26	20	29
22	Bucks	26	4/30/1974	1973-74	NBA Finals	MIL	vs	BOS	W 105-96	265	105	55	3	3	43	89	48.3				19	27	70.4	52.0	19	36	22	25
23	Thunder	25	6/8/2025	2024-25	NBA Finals	OKC	vs	IND	W 123-107	240	123	43	10	4	40	82	48.8	14	36	38.9	29	33	87.9	63.7	11	32	14	20
24	Warriors	25	6/5/2022	2021-22	NBA Finals	GSW	vs	BOS	W 107-88	240	107	42	15	2	39	86	45.3	15	37	40.5	14	20	70.0	56.4	6	36	12	17
25	Lakers	25	5/30/1982	1981-82	NBA Finals	LAL	@	PHI	L 94-110	240	94	39	11	6	35	83	42.2	0	5	0.0	24	37	64.9	47.3	17	22	18	21

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1	Pistons - z	60	22	.732
2	Celtics - x	56	26	.683	4.0
3	Knicks - x	53	29	.646	7.0
4	Cavaliers - x	52	30	.634	8.0
5	Raptors - x	46	36	.561	14.0
6	Hawks - x	46	36	.561	14.0
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8	Magic - x	45	37	.549	15.0
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10	Heat	43	39	.524	17.0
11	Bucks - e	32	50	.390	28.0
12	Bulls - e	31	51	.378	29.0
13	Nets - e	20	62	.244	40.0
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2	Spurs - x	62	20	.756	2.0
3	Nuggets - x	54	28	.659	10.0
4	Lakers - x	53	29	.646	11.0
5	Rockets - x	52	30	.634	12.0
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11	Pelicans - e	26	56	.317	38.0
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Fri 3/27	WAS	@	GSW	126-131
Fri 3/27	BKN	@	LAL	99-116
Sat 3/28	SAS	@	MIL	127-95
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Fri 5/15	SAS	@	MIN	9:30 PM
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