most steals in a game by a rookie for lakers

Norm Nixon has gotten the most steals by a Lakers rookie in a game, with 8 steals against the New Jersey Nets on November 2, 1977.

Interpreted as:

most steals in a regular-season game by a rookie for lakers

	NAME	STL	DATE	TM		OPP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Norm Nixon N. Nixon	8	11/2/1977	LAL	@	NJN	40	16	5	10	1	6	13	46.2				4	8	50.0	48.4	1	4	3	2
2	George Lynch G. Lynch	7	1/18/1994	LAL	@	SEA	34	14	9	2	0	6	14	42.9	0	0		2	2	100.0	47.0	6	3	5	4
3	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	7	3/12/1980	LAL	vs	POR	41	14	16	6	2	2	5	40.0	0	0		10	13	76.9	65.3	1	15	8	2
4	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	7	10/28/1979	LAL	vs	GSW	39	15	10	10	0	6	10	60.0	0	0		3	4	75.0	63.8	4	6	6	4
5	Lonzo Ball L. Ball	6	3/1/2018	LAL	@	MIA	34	8	6	7	0	3	5	60.0	2	3	66.7	0	1	0.0	73.5	1	5	2	4	+24
6	Larry Nance Jr. L. Nance Jr.	6	1/14/2016	LAL	@	GSW	23	4	5	2	1	2	3	66.7	0	0		0	0		66.7	0	5	1	2	-3
7	Eddie Jones E. Jones	6	12/13/1994	LAL	@	DAL	30	19	3	0	2	7	14	50.0	1	3	33.3	4	4	100.0	60.3	2	1	1	4
8	Eddie Jones E. Jones	6	11/8/1994	LAL	@	NYK	28	15	8	3	0	6	14	42.9	1	3	33.3	2	2	100.0	50.4	6	2	0	3
9	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	6	3/23/1980	LAL	vs	UTA	35	13	4	9	0	3	8	37.5	0	1	0.0	7	7	100.0	58.7	2	2	5	3
10	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	6	11/16/1979	LAL	@	DEN	39	20	11	11	0	7	17	41.2	0	0		6	7	85.7	49.8	3	8	9	3
11	Lonzo Ball L. Ball	5	1/9/2018	LAL	vs	SAC	37	5	11	11	1	2	10	20.0	1	7	14.3	0	0		25.0	2	9	1	1	+33
12	Lonzo Ball L. Ball	5	11/17/2017	LAL	vs	PHX	38	6	6	6	2	3	7	42.9	0	1	0.0	0	2	0.0	38.1	0	6	3	2	-2
13	Jordan Clarkson J. Clarkson	5	4/13/2015	LAL	@	SAC	47	23	5	6	1	10	21	47.6	2	5	40.0	1	2	50.0	52.6	0	5	3	2	-9
14	Jordan Farmar J. Farmar	5	1/18/2007	LAL	@	DAL	27	17	4	4	0	6	10	60.0	2	3	66.7	3	4	75.0	72.3	0	4	0	0	-2
15	Eddie Jones E. Jones	5	3/28/1995	LAL	@	HOU	21	6	2	0	0	2	6	33.3	0	2	0.0	2	3	66.7	41.0	0	2	1	3
16	Eddie Jones E. Jones	5	2/4/1995	LAL	@	LAC	44	30	5	1	1	9	16	56.3	3	4	75.0	9	10	90.0	73.5	3	2	0	4
17	Eddie Jones E. Jones	5	12/10/1994	LAL	@	UTA	25	8	2	0	1	4	7	57.1	0	1	0.0	0	0		57.1	1	1	2	3
18	George Lynch G. Lynch	5	3/7/1994	LAL	@	MIL	38	11	3	2	2	5	12	41.7	0	0		1	2	50.0	42.7	1	2	1	1
19	George Lynch G. Lynch	5	2/8/1994	LAL	vs	PHX	41	19	2	0	0	8	13	61.5	0	0		3	4	75.0	64.4	1	1	1	5
20	George Lynch G. Lynch	5	2/3/1994	LAL	@	HOU	44	14	12	2	0	6	14	42.9	0	0		2	4	50.0	44.4	9	3	4	4
21	Vlade Divac V. Divac	5	12/26/1989	LAL	vs	SAC	31	12	8	2	1	6	8	75.0	0	0		0	0		75.0	2	6	4	3
22	James Worthy J. Worthy	5	3/18/1983	LAL	vs	KCK	25	10	9	1	3	4	7	57.1	0	0		2	4	50.0	57.1				4
23	James Worthy J. Worthy	5	11/9/1982	LAL	vs	KCK	29	13	7	2	0	6	14	42.9	0	0		1	1	100.0	45.0	4	3	4	1
24	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	5	3/7/1980	LAL	vs	CHI	41	14	18	9	1	6	18	33.3	0	0		2	2	100.0	37.1	8	10	2	4
25	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	5	3/2/1980	LAL	@	PHX	43	20	12	5	0	7	19	36.8	0	1	0.0	6	10	60.0	42.7	5	7	4	3

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