most assists in an elimination game in playoffs

Magic Johnson, Tim Hardaway and John Stockton are tied for the most assists in an elimination game, with 20 assists.

Interpreted as:
most assists by a player in an elimination game in 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 Magic Johnson
M. Johnson
20
6/12/1991
LAL LAL
vs
CHI CHI
48
16
11
1
0
4
12
33.3
2
6
33.3
6
6
100.0
54.6
4
7
6
0
2 Tim Hardaway
T. Hardaway
20
5/14/1991
GSW GSW
@
LAL LAL
51
27
1
5
2
11
22
50.0
1
5
20.0
4
6
66.7
54.8
0
1
1
3
3 John Stockton
J. Stockton
20
5/21/1988
UTA UTA
@
LAL LAL
48
29
1
5
0
10
15
66.7
1
3
33.3
8
8
100.0
78.3
0
1
5
2
4 Magic Johnson
M. Johnson
19
6/19/1988
LAL LAL
vs
DET DET
45
22
4
2
0
5
12
41.7
0
1
0.0
12
13
92.3
62.1
2
2
2
2
5 Walt Frazier
W. Frazier
19
5/8/1970
NYK NYK
vs
LAL LAL
44
36
7
12
17
70.6
12
12
100.0
80.8
3
6 Mookie Blaylock
M. Blaylock
18
5/8/1994
ATL ATL
vs
MIA MIA
40
13
8
4
0
5
14
35.7
2
5
40.0
1
1
100.0
45.0
3
5
1
0
7 Mark Price
M. Price
18
5/3/1990
CLE CLE
vs
PHI PHI
45
18
4
2
1
6
13
46.2
1
3
33.3
5
5
100.0
59.2
0
4
5
1
8 Sleepy Floyd
S. Floyd
18
5/1/1990
HOU HOU
vs
LAL LAL
46
23
5
1
1
9
12
75.0
3
4
75.0
2
6
33.3
78.6
0
5
6
1
9 Doc Rivers
D. Rivers
18
5/22/1988
ATL ATL
@
BOS BOS
39
16
5
2
0
7
17
41.2
0
3
0.0
2
2
100.0
44.7
2
3
2
6
10 Jerry West
J. West
18
4/5/1970
LAL LAL
vs
PHX PHX
46
36
1
13
27
48.1
10
13
76.9
55.0
3
11 Oscar Robertson
O. Robertson
18
3/29/1964
CIN CIN
vs
PHI PHI
32
10
10
15
66.7
12
12
100.0
78.9
3
12 John Stockton
J. Stockton
17
5/6/1990
UTA UTA
vs
PHX PHX
36
9
6
0
0
3
11
27.3
0
3
0.0
3
4
75.0
35.3
0
6
1
3
13 John Stockton
J. Stockton
17
5/19/1988
UTA UTA
vs
LAL LAL
44
14
5
3
0
4
9
44.4
0
0
6
9
66.7
54.0
2
3
5
3
14 Robert Reid
R. Reid
17
6/5/1986
HOU HOU
vs
BOS BOS
41
13
6
1
0
6
15
40.0
0
1
0.0
1
1
100.0
42.1
1
5
0
4
15 Johnny Moore
J. Moore
17
5/18/1983
SAS SAS
@
LAL LAL
41
23
3
4
0
9
14
64.3
3
3
100.0
2
2
100.0
77.3
1
2
16 Russell Westbrook
R. Westbrook
16
5/3/2014
OKC OKC
vs
MEM MEM
39
27
10
2
1
10
16
62.5
2
2
100.0
5
6
83.3
72.4
4
6
7
3
+22
17 Allen Iverson
A. Iverson
16
5/20/2001
PHI PHI
vs
TOR TOR
48
21
4
2
1
8
27
29.6
1
3
33.3
4
4
100.0
36.5
1
3
4
2
+1
18 Jason Kidd
J. Kidd
16
5/14/2000
PHX PHX
vs
LAL LAL
37
22
10
2
0
8
13
61.5
4
6
66.7
2
3
66.7
76.8
2
8
3
3
+28
19 John Stockton
J. Stockton
16
5/2/1989
UTA UTA
@
GSW GSW
47
34
3
6
2
13
20
65.0
1
2
50.0
7
8
87.5
72.3
0
3
5
5
20 Magic Johnson
M. Johnson
16
5/21/1988
LAL LAL
vs
UTA UTA
40
23
9
1
0
9
15
60.0
0
0
5
6
83.3
65.2
4
5
3
3
21 Johnny Moore
J. Moore
16
4/26/1985
SAS SAS
vs
DEN DEN
36
17
10
4
2
7
10
70.0
0
0
3
6
50.0
67.2
1
9
3
3
22 Rickey Green
R. Green
16
4/26/1984
UTA UTA
vs
DEN DEN
44
29
5
3
1
12
24
50.0
0
0
5
8
62.5
52.7
1
4
3
1
23 Isiah Thomas
I. Thomas
16
4/25/1984
DET DET
@
NYK NYK
42
22
7
1
1
8
15
53.3
0
0
6
7
85.7
60.8
3
4
5
3
24 Norm Nixon
N. Nixon
16
4/13/1979
LAL LAL
vs
DEN DEN
43
15
1
2
0
7
15
46.7
1
2
50.0
47.2
1
0
4
5
25 Bob Cousy
B. Cousy
16
4/10/1963
BOS BOS
vs
CIN CIN
34
21
3
9
18
50.0
3
4
75.0
53.1
3
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for assists going back to the 1965 playoffs.

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