most assists in one game for rookie year playoffs celtics

Dee Brown has the most assists by a Celtics rookie in a playoff game, with 10 assists in Game 5 of the 1991 Eastern Conference Semifinals against the Pistons.

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 Dee Brown
D. Brown
10
5/15/1991
BOS BOS
vs
DET DET
33
19
3
2
0
8
10
80.0
0
0
3
4
75.0
80.8
0
3
3
4
2 Dee Brown
D. Brown
8
5/9/1991
BOS BOS
vs
DET DET
30
22
4
1
1
7
11
63.6
0
0
8
10
80.0
71.4
2
2
2
5
3 Brian Shaw
B. Shaw
8
4/28/1989
BOS BOS
@
DET DET
42
16
8
1
0
8
13
61.5
0
0
0
1
0.0
59.5
1
7
3
4
4 Larry Bird
L. Bird
8
4/13/1980
BOS BOS
@
HOU HOU
39
18
7
2
1
8
17
47.1
0
1
0.0
2
2
100.0
50.3
3
3
5 Brian Shaw
B. Shaw
7
5/2/1989
BOS BOS
vs
DET DET
40
15
3
2
0
6
16
37.5
0
0
3
4
75.0
42.2
0
3
1
3
6 Danny Ainge
D. Ainge
7
5/21/1982
BOS BOS
@
PHI PHI
32
4
6
0
2
12
16.7
0
0
0
0
16.7
5
7 Larry Bird
L. Bird
7
4/14/1980
BOS BOS
@
HOU HOU
40
34
10
0
13
20
65.0
1
2
50.0
7
8
87.5
72.3
4
8 Bill Russell
B. Russell
7
3/23/1957
BOS BOS
@
SYR SYR
44
20
30
7
18
38.9
6
7
85.7
47.4
4
9 Dee Brown
D. Brown
6
5/11/1991
BOS BOS
@
DET DET
29
13
9
1
1
6
14
42.9
0
1
0.0
1
2
50.0
43.7
2
7
2
1
10 Gerald Henderson
G. Henderson
6
4/25/1980
BOS BOS
@
PHI PHI
21
6
1
0
2
4
50.0
0
0
2
2
100.0
61.5
1
11 Larry Bird
L. Bird
6
4/11/1980
BOS BOS
vs
HOU HOU
41
14
8
1
0
7
16
43.8
0
1
0.0
0
0
43.8
2
12 Frank Ramsey
F. Ramsey
6
3/27/1955
BOS BOS
vs
SYR SYR
24
7
8
2
8
25.0
3
5
60.0
34.3
3
13 Bob Cousy
B. Cousy
6
3/22/1951
BOS BOS
@
NYK NYK
12
4
20
20.0
4
4
100.0
27.6
3
14 Bob Cousy
B. Cousy
6
3/20/1951
BOS BOS
vs
NYK NYK
17
5
22
22.7
7
8
87.5
33.3
5
15 Jayson Tatum
J. Tatum
5
4/28/2018
BOS BOS
vs
MIL MIL
39
20
6
0
1
7
17
41.2
1
4
25.0
5
5
100.0
52.1
0
6
1
1
+24
16 Dee Brown
D. Brown
5
4/26/1991
BOS BOS
vs
IND IND
27
10
4
0
1
3
7
42.9
0
0
4
4
100.0
57.1
0
4
2
3
17 Larry Bird
L. Bird
5
4/18/1980
BOS BOS
vs
PHI PHI
46
27
9
4
1
13
24
54.2
0
3
0.0
1
1
100.0
55.2
2
4
18 John Havlicek
J. Havlicek
5
4/24/1963
BOS BOS
@
LAL LAL
28
18
2
8
20
40.0
2
3
66.7
42.2
2
19 Bill Russell
B. Russell
5
4/7/1957
BOS BOS
@
STL STL
44
17
20
7
10
70.0
3
7
42.9
65.0
3
20 Payton Pritchard
P. Pritchard
4
6/1/2021
BOS BOS
@
BKN BKN
18
3
4
0
0
1
2
50.0
1
2
50.0
0
0
75.0
1
3
1
1
-11
21 Payton Pritchard
P. Pritchard
4
5/25/2021
BOS BOS
@
BKN BKN
13
2
3
1
0
0
5
0.0
0
3
0.0
2
2
100.0
17.0
0
3
1
1
-4
22 Jayson Tatum
J. Tatum
4
5/23/2018
BOS BOS
vs
CLE CLE
41
24
7
4
2
7
15
46.7
3
7
42.9
7
8
87.5
64.8
0
7
2
3
+19
23 Jayson Tatum
J. Tatum
4
5/9/2018
BOS BOS
vs
PHI PHI
39
25
3
1
0
8
15
53.3
0
0
9
11
81.8
63.0
1
2
2
4
0
24 Jayson Tatum
J. Tatum
4
5/7/2018
BOS BOS
@
PHI PHI
36
20
4
0
1
7
16
43.8
2
6
33.3
4
4
100.0
56.3
1
3
3
3
-1
25 Jayson Tatum
J. Tatum
4
5/5/2018
BOS BOS
@
PHI PHI
41
24
5
1
0
11
17
64.7
1
4
25.0
1
4
25.0
64.0
1
4
4
3
+24
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for assists going back to the 1965 playoffs.

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