most assists in first career nba finals game

Nikola Jokić had the most assists in the NBA Finals in his first game, with 14 assists.

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most assists by a player in first career NBA finals game

	NAME	AST	SERIES	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	PTS	REB	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	14	NBA Finals	1	40.4	27.0	10.0	14.0	1.0	1.0	8.0	12.0	66.7	1.0	2.0	50.0	10.0	12.0	83.3	78.1	0.0	10.0	2.0	40	27	10	1	1	2	1	+14
2	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	13	NBA Finals	1	41.6	12.0	5.0	13.0	1.0	0.0	3.0	17.0	17.6	1.0	5.0	20.0	5.0	7.0	71.4	29.9	0.0	5.0	2.0	42	12	5	1	0	2	2	+16
3	John Stockton J. Stockton	12	NBA Finals	1	38.0	16.0	3.0	12.0	3.0	0.0	6.0	10.0	60.0	2.0	4.0	50.0	2.0	3.0	66.7	70.7	1.0	2.0	7.0	38	16	3	3	0	7	2	-3
4	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	12	NBA Finals	1	40.0	36.0	8.0	12.0	3.0	0.0	14.0	24.0	58.3	1.0	1.0	100.0	7.0	9.0	77.8	64.4	2.0	6.0	4.0	40	36	8	3	0	4	5
5	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	12	NBA Finals	1	40.0	19.0	3.0	12.0	4.0	1.0	6.0	16.0	37.5	2.0	4.0	50.0	5.0	5.0	100.0	52.2	1.0	2.0	4.0	40	19	3	4	1	4	2
6	Bob Cousy B. Cousy	12	NBA Finals	1	26.0	20.0	4.0	12.0			10.0	23.0	43.5				0.0	0.0		43.5				26	20	4				1
7	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	11	NBA Finals	1	42.2	27.0	8.0	11.0	1.0	0.0	10.0	24.0	41.7	0.0	4.0	0.0	7.0	9.0	77.8	48.3	1.0	7.0	2.0	42	27	8	1	0	2	1	+14
8	Jamal Murray J. Murray	10	NBA Finals	1	44.1	26.0	6.0	10.0	1.0	0.0	11.0	22.0	50.0	2.0	7.0	28.6	2.0	2.0	100.0	56.8	1.0	5.0	3.0	44	26	6	1	0	3	2	+9
9	Jason Kidd J. Kidd	10	NBA Finals	1	43.0	23.0	10.0	10.0	3.0	0.0	11.0	26.0	42.3	1.0	3.0	33.3	0.0	1.0	0.0	43.5	6.0	4.0	1.0	43	23	10	3	0	1	1	+3
10	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	10	NBA Finals	1	40.0	16.0	9.0	10.0	3.0	0.0	8.0	12.0	66.7	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0		66.7	2.0	7.0	2.0	40	16	9	3	0	2	1
11	Jrue Holiday J. Holiday	9	NBA Finals	1	39.9	10.0	7.0	9.0	0.0	0.0	4.0	14.0	28.6	0.0	4.0	0.0	2.0	2.0	100.0	33.6	0.0	7.0	3.0	40	10	7	0	0	3	1	-16
12	Chris Paul C. Paul	9	NBA Finals	1	37.4	32.0	4.0	9.0	1.0	0.0	12.0	19.0	63.2	4.0	7.0	57.1	4.0	4.0	100.0	77.1	1.0	3.0	2.0	37	32	4	1	0	2	0	+17
13	Kyle Lowry K. Lowry	9	NBA Finals	1	36.2	7.0	6.0	9.0	1.0	0.0	2.0	9.0	22.2	1.0	5.0	20.0	2.0	2.0	100.0	35.4	0.0	6.0	3.0	36	7	6	1	0	3	5	+11
14	Aaron McKie A. McKie	9	NBA Finals	1	51.0	9.0	7.0	9.0	2.0	1.0	3.0	7.0	42.9	1.0	1.0	100.0	2.0	2.0	100.0	57.1	2.0	5.0	5.0	51	9	7	2	1	5	1	+6
15	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	9	NBA Finals	1	44.0	26.0	16.0	9.0	0.0	3.0	10.0	16.0	62.5	0.0	0.0		6.0	9.0	66.7	65.1	3.0	13.0	7.0	44	26	16	0	3	7	5
16	Andrew Toney A. Toney	9	NBA Finals	1	30.0	20.0	0.0	9.0	0.0	0.0	8.0	18.0	44.4	2.0	2.0	100.0	2.0	2.0	100.0	53.0	0.0	0.0	3.0	30	20	0	0	0	3	5
17	Larry Bird L. Bird	9	NBA Finals	1	44.0	18.0	21.0	9.0	1.0	0.0	9.0	17.0	52.9	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0		52.9	7.0	14.0	5.0	44	18	21	1	0	5	1
18	Stephen Curry S. Curry	8	NBA Finals	1	42.7	26.0	4.0	8.0	2.0	0.0	10.0	20.0	50.0	2.0	6.0	33.3	4.0	4.0	100.0	59.7	0.0	4.0	4.0	43	26	4	2	0	4	1	+4
19	Luke Walton L. Walton	8	NBA Finals	1	27.0	7.0	5.0	8.0	0.0	2.0	3.0	3.0	100.0	1.0	1.0	100.0	0.0	0.0		116.7	1.0	4.0	0.0	27	7	5	0	2	0	3	+18
20	Avery Johnson A. Johnson	8	NBA Finals	1	38.0	6.0	2.0	8.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	3.0	66.7	0.0	0.0		2.0	4.0	50.0	63.0	0.0	2.0	3.0	38	6	2	0	0	3	0	+20
21	Terry Porter T. Porter	8	NBA Finals	1	40.0	16.0	0.0	8.0	2.0	0.0	5.0	15.0	33.3	2.0	5.0	40.0	4.0	4.0	100.0	47.7	0.0	0.0	7.0	40	16	0	2	0	7	6
22	Wali Jones W. Jones	8	NBA Finals	1	41.0	30.0	10.0	8.0			13.0	26.0	50.0				4.0	5.0	80.0	53.2				41	30	10				3
23	Guy Rodgers G. Rodgers	8	NBA Finals	1	29.0	2.0	3.0	8.0			0.0	12.0	0.0				2.0	2.0	100.0	7.8				29	2	3				3
24	Rajon Rondo R. Rondo	7	NBA Finals	1	35.0	15.0	5.0	7.0	0.0	0.0	4.0	10.0	40.0	0.0	2.0	0.0	7.0	10.0	70.0	52.1	1.0	4.0	2.0	35	15	5	0	0	2	1	+9
25	Mark Jackson M. Jackson	7	NBA Finals	1	28.0	18.0	5.0	7.0	0.0	0.0	6.0	8.0	75.0	2.0	3.0	66.7	4.0	5.0	80.0	88.2	1.0	4.0	0.0	28	18	5	0	0	0	3	-11

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Team Leaders

PPG

27.7

Jokić

RPG

12.9

Jokić

APG

10.7

Jokić

Team Rankings

ORTG

122.6

1st

DRTG

117.4

21st

NETRTG

5.2

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3P%

39.6

1st

2025-26 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Thunder	64	18	.780
2	Spurs	62	20	.756	2.0
3	Nuggets	54	28	.659	10.0
4	Lakers	53	29	.646	11.0
5	Rockets	52	30	.634	12.0

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2 - 4

Final

110

Timberwolves

4 - 2

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NBA 2025-26 Leaders

PPG Leaders

33.5

Dončić

31.1

Gilgeous-Alexander

28.8

Edwards

RPG Leaders

12.9

Jokić

11.9

Towns

11.6

Clingan

APG Leaders

10.7

Jokić

9.9

Cunningham

8.3

Dončić

SPG Leaders

2.0

Thompson

2.0

Daniels

1.9

Wallace

BPG Leaders

3.1

Wembanyama

1.9

Holmgren

1.9

Huff

3PM Leaders

4.0

Dončić

3.8

Ball

3.4

Knueppel

TS% Leaders

68.8

Duren

67.6

Ayton

67.4

Queta

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

ORtg Rankings

122.6

120.8

119.8

119.6

119.4

119.2

DRtg Rankings

107.7

109.7

111.3

112.7

113.0

113.2

NetRtg Rankings

11.1

8.3

8.2

8.1

6.5

5.4

Tank Leaderboard

17-65

19-63

20-62

22-60

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FanDuel Points Leaders

4,039.7

Jokić

3,694

Dončić

3,474

Johnson

DraftKings Points Leaders

4,298.5

Jokić

3,909.3

Dončić

3,685.5

Johnson

USG% Leaders

38.0

Dončić

36.1

Brown

33.4

Leonard

MPG Leaders

38.0

Maxey

37.4

Thompson

36.4

Durant

FanDuel PTS/MIN Leaders

1.78

Jokić

1.61

Dončić

1.52

Gilgeous-Alexander

DraftKings PTS/MIN Leaders

1.90

Jokić

1.71

Dončić

1.52

Gilgeous-Alexander

NBA 2025-26 Betting

Best Record ATS

50-34

61-44

50-37-1

51-38

47-36

57-44

Worst Record ATS

33-49

41-59

36-48

38-50

36-46

NBA 2025-26 Standings

	Eastern	W	L	PCT	GB
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
7	76ers - x	45	37	.549	15.0
8	Magic - x	45	37	.549	15.0
9	Hornets	44	38	.537	16.0
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
14	Pacers - e	19	63	.232	41.0
15	Wizards - e	17	65	.207	43.0

	Western	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Thunder - z	64	18	.780
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
6	Timberwolves - x	49	33	.598	15.0
7	Suns - x	45	37	.549	19.0
8	Trail Blazers - x	42	40	.512	22.0
9	Clippers	42	40	.512	22.0
10	Warriors	37	45	.451	27.0
11	Pelicans - e	26	56	.317	38.0
12	Mavericks - e	26	56	.317	38.0
13	Grizzlies - e	25	57	.305	39.0
14	Kings - e	22	60	.268	42.0
15	Jazz - e	22	60	.268	42.0

Nikola Jokić had the most assists in the NBA Finals in his first game, with 14 assists.

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