most assists in single game playoff 2023

Nikola Jokić had the most assists in a 2023 playoff game, with 17 assists against the Suns on May 5, 2023.

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most assists by a player in single game playoff 2023

	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	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	17	5/5/2023	DEN	@	PHX	42	30	17	0	1	11	19	57.9	1	2	50.0	7	8	87.5	66.6	6	11	6	3	+5
2	Jrue Holiday J. Holiday	16	4/16/2023	MIL	vs	MIA	35	16	7	1	0	6	18	33.3	2	9	22.2	2	2	100.0	42.4	3	4	1	3	-15
3	Trae Young T. Young	15	4/23/2023	ATL	vs	BOS	41	35	3	2	0	11	26	42.3	4	10	40.0	9	11	81.8	56.7	0	3	1	2	0
4	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	14	6/1/2023	DEN	vs	MIA	40	27	10	1	1	8	12	66.7	1	2	50.0	10	12	83.3	78.1	0	10	2	1	+14
5	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	14	5/16/2023	DEN	vs	LAL	42	34	21	0	2	12	17	70.6	3	3	100.0	7	8	87.5	82.8	6	15	5	4	+11
6	Stephen Curry S. Curry	14	5/8/2023	GSW	@	LAL	42	31	10	3	0	12	30	40.0	3	14	21.4	4	4	100.0	48.8	3	7	2	5	+1
7	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	13	5/22/2023	DEN	@	LAL	45	30	14	1	3	11	24	45.8	3	6	50.0	5	6	83.3	56.3	3	11	3	5	+6
8	Trae Young T. Young	13	4/25/2023	ATL	@	BOS	44	38	4	2	0	14	33	42.4	5	13	38.5	5	5	100.0	54.0	0	4	4	4	+5
9	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	13	4/24/2023	MIL	@	MIA	38	26	10	1	2	12	22	54.5	0	1	0.0	2	4	50.0	54.7	3	7	6	3	+1
10	Ja Morant J. Morant	13	4/22/2023	MEM	@	LAL	42	45	9	0	0	13	26	50.0	6	10	60.0	13	14	92.9	70.0	3	6	3	2	+3
11	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	13	4/18/2023	CLE	vs	NYK	39	17	2	2	1	6	11	54.5	2	5	40.0	3	4	75.0	66.6	1	1	2	4	+24
12	James Harden J. Harden	13	4/15/2023	PHI	vs	BKN	36	23	4	1	0	8	21	38.1	7	13	53.8	0	0		54.8	1	3	4	3	+20
13	Jamal Murray J. Murray	12	6/9/2023	DEN	@	MIA	43	15	3	1	0	5	17	29.4	2	3	66.7	3	3	100.0	40.9	0	3	0	1	+22
14	LeBron James L. James	12	5/20/2023	LAL	vs	DEN	43	23	7	0	0	8	19	42.1	3	9	33.3	4	7	57.1	52.1	0	7	2	2	-4
15	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	12	5/18/2023	DEN	vs	LAL	42	23	17	3	0	9	21	42.9	0	3	0.0	5	6	83.3	48.6	4	13	5	3	+7
16	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	12	5/11/2023	DEN	@	PHX	38	32	10	3	1	13	18	72.2	0	1	0.0	6	6	100.0	77.5	3	7	2	4	+28
17	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	12	5/9/2023	DEN	vs	PHX	38	29	13	1	2	12	20	60.0	2	3	66.7	3	5	60.0	65.3	4	9	4	3	+18
18	Devin Booker D. Booker	12	5/7/2023	PHX	vs	DEN	40	36	6	1	0	14	18	77.8	3	4	75.0	5	6	83.3	87.2	3	3	5	5	-1
19	Stephen Curry S. Curry	12	5/4/2023	GSW	vs	LAL	30	20	4	1	0	7	12	58.3	3	5	60.0	3	3	100.0	75.1	0	4	3	3	+24
20	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	12	4/25/2023	DEN	vs	MIN	42	28	17	2	2	8	29	27.6	3	8	37.5	9	10	90.0	41.9	9	8	2	4	+3
21	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	12	4/21/2023	DEN	@	MIN	38	20	11	1	0	9	13	69.2	2	3	66.7	0	0		76.9	2	9	4	4	+7
22	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	12	4/20/2023	LAC	vs	PHX	40	30	8	3	1	11	23	47.8	3	7	42.9	5	6	83.3	58.5	1	7	6	4	+1
23	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	11	5/25/2023	BOS	vs	MIA	41	21	8	2	0	8	16	50.0	1	6	16.7	4	6	66.7	56.3	0	8	4	2	+19
24	Marcus Smart M. Smart	11	5/17/2023	BOS	vs	MIA	34	13	1	2	1	3	7	42.9	2	4	50.0	5	8	62.5	61.8	0	1	2	2	-3
25	Jalen Brunson J. Brunson	11	5/8/2023	NYK	@	MIA	44	32	4	1	0	10	21	47.6	2	7	28.6	10	11	90.9	61.9	0	4	1	5	-5