nba players with 40 points 12 assists in a playoff game

Nikola Jokić had 40 points when recording 12+ assists in Game 5 of the 2024 Western Conference Semifinals against the Timberwolves on May 14, 2024.

Interpreted as:
NBA players with 40 or more points 12 or more assists in a playoff game
NAMEDATEPTSASTTMOPPMINREBSTLBLKFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTOVPF+/-
1Nikola Jokić
N. Jokić
5/14/2024
40
13
DEN DEN
vs
MIN MIN
41
7
2
1
15
22
68.2
2
3
66.7
8
9
88.9
77.0
0
7
0
2
+21
2Jalen Brunson
J. Brunson
5/2/2024
41
12
NYK NYK
@
PHI PHI
44
3
0
0
13
27
48.1
3
8
37.5
12
16
75.0
60.2
0
3
2
2
+9
3Ja Morant
J. Morant
4/22/2023
45
13
MEM MEM
@
LAL LAL
42
9
0
0
13
26
50.0
6
10
60.0
13
14
92.9
70.0
3
6
3
2
+3
4Luka Dončić
L. Dončić
6/6/2021
46
14
DAL DAL
@
LAC LAC
45
7
0
0
17
30
56.7
5
11
45.5
7
11
63.6
66.0
0
7
6
3
-9
5Luka Dončić
L. Dončić
6/2/2021
42
14
DAL DAL
@
LAC LAC
43
8
1
0
17
37
45.9
6
12
50.0
2
3
66.7
54.8
1
7
4
2
+15
6Jimmy Butler III
J. Butler III
10/4/2020
40
13
MIA MIA
vs
LAL LAL
45
11
2
2
14
20
70.0
0
0
12
14
85.7
76.5
1
10
5
0
+20
7Luka Dončić
L. Dončić
8/23/2020
43
13
DAL DAL
vs
LAC LAC
46
17
2
1
18
31
58.1
4
10
40.0
3
5
60.0
64.8
1
16
7
1
+11
8LeBron James
L. James
5/15/2018
42
12
CLE CLE
@
BOS BOS
39
10
0
1
16
29
55.2
5
11
45.5
5
10
50.0
62.9
1
9
6
3
-9
9LeBron James
L. James
5/3/2018
43
14
CLE CLE
@
TOR TOR
41
8
1
0
19
28
67.9
1
3
33.3
4
8
50.0
68.2
1
7
1
1
+20
10John Wall
J. Wall
5/2/2017
40
13
WAS WAS
@
BOS BOS
47
3
3
3
16
32
50.0
3
10
30.0
5
7
71.4
57.0
1
2
4
3
-3
11LeBron James
L. James
4/20/2017
41
12
CLE CLE
@
IND IND
45
13
1
2
14
27
51.9
6
12
50.0
7
14
50.0
61.8
1
12
3
4
+13
12Russell Westbrook
R. Westbrook
4/19/2017
51
13
OKC OKC
@
HOU HOU
41
10
4
1
17
43
39.5
2
11
18.2
15
18
83.3
50.1
2
8
4
3
+11
13Tony Parker
T. Parker
4/25/2008
41
12
SAS SAS
@
PHX PHX
41
5
2
0
17
26
65.4
1
3
33.3
6
7
85.7
70.5
0
5
3
2
+24
14Clyde Drexler
C. Drexler
4/29/1992
42
12
POR POR
@
LAL LAL
46
9
2
0
14
23
60.9
2
5
40.0
12
13
92.3
73.1
3
6
6
3
15Jerry West
J. West
5/5/1969
42
12
LAL LAL
vs
BOS BOS
48
13
14
29
48.3
14
18
77.8
56.9
2
16Oscar Robertson
O. Robertson
3/26/1965
40
13
CIN CIN
@
PHI PHI
48
4
13
19
68.4
14
14
100.0
79.5
4
17Oscar Robertson
O. Robertson
3/21/1963
41
12
CIN CIN
vs
SYR SYR
15
13
27
48.1
15
18
83.3
58.7
3
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for assists going back to the 1965 playoffs.

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DRTG

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7
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7
.720
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5
Rockets Rockets
16
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ORL ORL
@
DEN DEN
9:00 PM
Sat
12/20
HOU HOU
@
DEN DEN
5:00 PM
Mon
12/22
UTA UTA
@
DEN DEN
9:00 PM
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12/23
DEN DEN
@
DAL DAL
8:00 PM
Thu
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MIN MIN
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DEN DEN
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Thunder Thunder
24
2
.923
2
Nuggets Nuggets
19
6
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3
Lakers Lakers
18
7
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5.5
4
Spurs Spurs
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7
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5
Rockets Rockets
16
7
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6.5
6
Timberwolves Timberwolves
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9
.654
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5
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7
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3
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11
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11
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5
Magic Magic
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11
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76ers 76ers
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11
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DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Fri
11/14
TOR TOR
@
IND IND
129-111
Fri
11/14
OKC OKC
@
CHA CHA
109-96
Fri
11/14
DEN DEN
@
MIN MIN
123-112
Fri
11/14
LAL LAL
@
MIL MIL
119-95
Sat
11/15
LAC LAC
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BOS BOS
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Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Wed
12/17
CLE CLE
@
CHI CHI
8:00 PM
Wed
12/17
MEM MEM
@
MIN MIN
8:00 PM
Thu
12/18
ATL ATL
@
CHA CHA
7:00 PM
Thu
12/18
NYK NYK
@
IND IND
7:00 PM
Thu
12/18
MIA MIA
@
BKN BKN
7:30 PM