most assists in one game for rookie year playoffs nets

Richard Jefferson has the most assists by a New Jersey Nets rookie in a playoff game, with 4 assists in Game 3 of the 2002 Eastern Conference Finals versus the Celtics.

	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	Richard Jefferson R. Jefferson	4	5/25/2002	NJN	@	BOS	22	8	7	1	0	4	10	40.0	0	0		0	2	0.0	36.8	0	7	3	5	-3
2	Jeremiah Martin J. Martin	3	8/23/2020	BKN	vs	TOR	12	4	1	0	0	1	4	25.0	1	1	100.0	1	1	100.0	45.0	0	1	0	1	+1
3	Theo Pinson T. Pinson	3	4/15/2019	BKN	@	PHI	10	9	2	1	0	3	5	60.0	3	4	75.0	0	0		90.0	0	2	0	0	+8
4	Bojan Bogdanović B. Bogdanović	3	4/27/2015	BKN	vs	ATL	44	15	6	0	0	6	12	50.0	3	6	50.0	0	0		62.5	1	5	1	2	+1
5	Nenad Krstic N. Krstic	3	4/26/2005	NJN	@	MIA	34	27	8	0	0	8	13	61.5	0	0		11	12	91.7	73.9	2	6	3	5	-12
6	Richard Jefferson R. Jefferson	3	6/7/2002	NJN	@	LAL	32	10	5	0	0	3	6	50.0	0	0		4	8	50.0	52.5	2	3	1	2	-18
7	Richard Jefferson R. Jefferson	3	5/7/2002	NJN	vs	CHA	27	10	6	1	4	4	9	44.4	0	0		2	4	50.0	46.5	3	3	0	2	+5
8	Richard Jefferson R. Jefferson	3	5/5/2002	NJN	vs	CHA	21	5	2	0	0	1	3	33.3	0	0		3	4	75.0	52.5	1	1	0	3	0
9	Richard Jefferson R. Jefferson	3	4/30/2002	NJN	@	IND	28	11	4	0	1	4	5	80.0	0	0		3	3	100.0	87.0	0	4	4	3	-13
10	Albert King A. King	3	4/23/1982	NJN	@	WAS	31	25	3	3	0	12	16	75.0	0	0		1	1	100.0	76.0	1	2	3	4
11	Albert King A. King	3	4/20/1982	NJN	vs	WAS	27	15	5	2	1	6	17	35.3	0	0		3	4	75.0	40.0	2	3	2	4
12	Bojan Bogdanović B. Bogdanović	2	4/22/2015	BKN	@	ATL	34	8	3	0	1	3	9	33.3	2	6	33.3	0	0		44.4	0	3	1	3	-5
13	Bojan Bogdanović B. Bogdanović	2	4/19/2015	BKN	@	ATL	32	5	4	0	0	2	8	25.0	1	5	20.0	0	0		31.3	0	4	2	2	-7
14	Marcus Williams M. Williams	2	5/8/2007	NJN	@	CLE	5	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	0	0		0	0		0.0	0	0	0	0	-4
15	Marcus Williams M. Williams	2	5/6/2007	NJN	@	CLE	7	2	3	0	0	0	3	0.0	0	2	0.0	2	2	100.0	25.8	1	2	1	1	+3
16	Marcus Williams M. Williams	2	4/29/2007	NJN	vs	TOR	19	5	1	1	0	2	8	25.0	0	3	0.0	1	1	100.0	29.6	1	0	6	1	-4
17	Marcus Williams M. Williams	2	4/27/2007	NJN	vs	TOR	8	4	1	0	0	2	5	40.0	0	2	0.0	0	0		40.0	0	1	1	0	-1
18	Marcus Williams M. Williams	2	4/21/2007	NJN	@	TOR	10	4	2	0	0	2	5	40.0	0	2	0.0	0	0		40.0	0	2	1	1	+5
19	Nenad Krstic N. Krstic	2	4/24/2005	NJN	@	MIA	33	11	8	0	0	4	9	44.4	0	0		3	6	50.0	47.3	1	7	1	5	-7
20	Richard Jefferson R. Jefferson	2	5/31/2002	NJN	@	BOS	20	15	4	0	0	6	12	50.0	0	0		3	4	75.0	54.5	0	4	2	1	+2
21	Jason Collins J. Collins	2	5/15/2002	NJN	vs	CHA	18	6	3	0	1	1	3	33.3	0	0		4	6	66.7	53.2	2	1	1	6	+5
22	Jason Collins J. Collins	2	4/22/2002	NJN	vs	IND	10	2	2	1	0	1	3	33.3	0	0		0	0		33.3	2	0	0	2	-2
23	David Wesley D. Wesley	2	5/4/1994	NJN	vs	NYK	5	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	0	2	0.0	0	0		0.0	0	0	0	0
24	Kenny Anderson K. Anderson	2	4/28/1992	NJN	vs	CLE	9	2	0	0	0	1	3	33.3	0	0		0	0		33.3	0	0	0	0
25	Eddie Phillips E. Phillips	2	4/20/1983	NJN	vs	NYK	9	6	2	0	0	3	5	60.0	0	1	0.0	0	2	0.0	51.0	1	1	0	1

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