nba most assists in playoff game by 20 year old

Magic Johnson has the most assists by a 20-year-old player in a playoff game, with 16 assists in Game 1 of the 1980 Western Conference Semifinals against the Suns.

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NBA most assists by a player in playoff game by 20 year old
NAME AST AGE DATE TM OPP MIN PTS REB STL BLK FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% TS% OREB DREB TOV PF +/-
1 Magic Johnson
M. Johnson
16
20-238
4/8/1980
LAL LAL
vs
PHX PHX
39
13
12
2
0
4
12
33.3
0
0
5
7
71.4
43.1
2
10
3
2
2 Shaun Livingston
S. Livingston
14
20-232
5/1/2006
LAC LAC
vs
DEN DEN
29
8
5
0
0
2
3
66.7
0
0
4
4
100.0
84.0
3
2
2
3
+34
3 Stephon Marbury
S. Marbury
13
20-068
4/29/1997
MIN MIN
vs
HOU HOU
37
14
3
0
0
6
21
28.6
0
4
0.0
2
2
100.0
32.0
1
2
2
5
-8
4 Magic Johnson
M. Johnson
13
20-243
4/13/1980
LAL LAL
@
PHX PHX
40
8
9
2
0
3
4
75.0
0
0
2
4
50.0
69.4
4
5
4
3
5 Derrick Rose
D. Rose
11
20-196
4/18/2009
CHI CHI
@
BOS BOS
50
36
4
1
0
12
19
63.2
0
1
0.0
12
12
100.0
74.1
1
3
5
6
+8
6 Magic Johnson
M. Johnson
11
20-267
5/7/1980
LAL LAL
vs
PHI PHI
41
13
8
2
0
5
8
62.5
0
0
3
3
100.0
69.7
1
7
5
5
7 Magic Johnson
M. Johnson
11
20-245
4/15/1980
LAL LAL
vs
PHX PHX
38
19
7
2
0
8
14
57.1
0
0
3
5
60.0
58.6
4
3
2
1
8 Magic Johnson
M. Johnson
11
20-239
4/9/1980
LAL LAL
vs
PHX PHX
48
25
13
6
0
6
11
54.5
1
1
100.0
12
14
85.7
72.8
4
9
4
6
9 Magic Johnson
M. Johnson
10
20-274
5/14/1980
LAL LAL
vs
PHI PHI
39
14
15
3
0
4
13
30.8
0
0
6
7
85.7
43.5
5
10
10
5
10 Magic Johnson
M. Johnson
10
20-264
5/4/1980
LAL LAL
vs
PHI PHI
40
16
9
3
0
8
12
66.7
0
0
0
0
66.7
2
7
2
1
11 Magic Johnson
M. Johnson
10
20-260
4/30/1980
LAL LAL
vs
SEA SEA
41
20
10
1
1
9
14
64.3
0
1
0.0
2
2
100.0
67.2
2
8
3
4
12 Magic Johnson
M. Johnson
10
20-255
4/25/1980
LAL LAL
@
SEA SEA
43
14
11
0
1
4
15
26.7
0
1
0.0
6
9
66.7
36.9
5
6
3
1
13 Tyler Herro
T. Herro
9
20-239
9/15/2020
MIA MIA
@
BOS BOS
40
12
11
0
0
5
10
50.0
2
5
40.0
0
0
60.0
0
11
2
3
+5
14 Derrick Rose
D. Rose
9
20-204
4/26/2009
CHI CHI
vs
BOS BOS
49
23
11
0
0
10
17
58.8
0
0
3
4
75.0
61.3
1
10
7
4
+6
15 Shaun Livingston
S. Livingston
9
20-239
5/8/2006
LAC LAC
@
PHX PHX
33
10
6
0
0
5
8
62.5
0
0
0
0
62.5
0
6
3
2
+2
16 Magic Johnson
M. Johnson
9
20-271
5/11/1980
LAL LAL
@
PHI PHI
45
28
9
3
1
10
14
71.4
0
0
8
10
80.0
76.1
1
8
3
1
17 Magic Johnson
M. Johnson
9
20-253
4/23/1980
LAL LAL
vs
SEA SEA
37
19
5
6
1
6
11
54.5
0
1
0.0
7
7
100.0
67.5
2
3
2
3
18 Magic Johnson
M. Johnson
9
20-252
4/22/1980
LAL LAL
vs
SEA SEA
36
19
8
3
1
7
10
70.0
1
1
100.0
4
5
80.0
77.9
2
6
3
4
19 Scottie Barnes
S. Barnes
8
20-258
4/16/2022
TOR TOR
@
PHI PHI
32
15
10
0
1
4
6
66.7
0
0
7
9
77.8
75.3
2
8
2
1
-10
20 Jrue Holiday
J. Holiday
8
20-319
4/27/2011
PHI PHI
@
MIA MIA
37
10
5
2
1
3
9
33.3
0
1
0.0
4
5
80.0
44.6
1
4
3
1
+3
21 Jrue Holiday
J. Holiday
8
20-313
4/21/2011
PHI PHI
vs
MIA MIA
41
20
2
1
0
7
13
53.8
4
5
80.0
2
4
50.0
67.8
1
1
2
2
0
22 Kobe Bryant
K. Bryant
8
20-265
5/15/1999
LAL LAL
@
HOU HOU
47
24
6
3
2
9
25
36.0
1
3
33.3
5
6
83.3
43.4
1
5
3
1
+11
23 Tyler Herro
T. Herro
7
20-251
9/27/2020
MIA MIA
vs
BOS BOS
35
19
5
0
0
8
13
61.5
1
3
33.3
2
2
100.0
68.4
0
5
5
1
+9
24 Dejounte Murray
D. Murray
7
20-245
5/22/2017
SAS SAS
vs
GSW GSW
29
9
2
5
0
2
7
28.6
0
0
5
7
71.4
44.6
1
1
3
3
-1
25 Bradley Beal
B. Beal
7
20-313
5/7/2014
WAS WAS
@
IND IND
44
17
5
2
0
7
15
46.7
2
6
33.3
1
2
50.0
53.5
2
3
4
4
-8
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for assists going back to the 1965 playoffs.

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