nba record for assists in a playoff game

John Stockton and Magic Johnson are tied for the most assists in a playoff game, with 24 assists.

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NBA record for assists by a player in a playoff game

	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	John Stockton J. Stockton	24	5/17/1988	UTA	@	LAL	48	23	3	5	0	8	16	50.0	0	0		7	9	77.8	57.6	0	3	3	3
2	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	24	5/15/1984	LAL	vs	PHX	38	6	7	5	2	2	5	40.0	0	0		2	2	100.0	51.0	0	7	4	4
3	Steve Nash S. Nash	23	4/29/2007	PHX	@	LAL	39	17	1	2	1	6	15	40.0	1	2	50.0	4	4	100.0	50.7	1	0	3	3	+17
4	John Stockton J. Stockton	23	4/25/1996	UTA	vs	POR	41	11	2	0	0	2	4	50.0	0	0		7	8	87.5	73.1	0	2	1	2
5	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	23	5/3/1985	LAL	@	POR	41	13	7	1	0	5	10	50.0	0	0		3	4	75.0	55.3	1	6	6	2
6	Doc Rivers D. Rivers	22	5/16/1988	ATL	vs	BOS	38	14	4	3	0	5	12	41.7	2	3	66.7	2	2	100.0	54.3	1	3	1	3
7	Rajon Rondo R. Rondo	21	5/4/2018	NOP	vs	GSW	37	4	10	1	0	2	11	18.2	0	2	0.0	0	0		18.2	2	8	4	2	+23
8	John Stockton J. Stockton	21	4/24/1992	UTA	vs	LAC	39	10	2	1	0	3	7	42.9	0	0		4	5	80.0	54.3	1	1	1	2
9	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	21	5/18/1991	LAL	@	POR	43	15	6	2	0	2	8	25.0	0	3	0.0	11	13	84.6	54.7	2	4	2	2
10	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	21	4/27/1991	LAL	vs	HOU	45	13	7	1	0	5	13	38.5	0	3	0.0	3	4	75.0	44.0	1	6	3	1
11	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	21	6/3/1984	LAL	vs	BOS	39	14	11	1	1	4	6	66.7	0	0		6	10	60.0	67.3	2	9	2	3
12	Rajon Rondo R. Rondo	20	4/22/2011	BOS	@	NYK	41	15	11	2	0	5	13	38.5	0	0		5	6	83.3	48.0	6	5	4	4	+23
13	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	20	6/12/1991	LAL	vs	CHI	48	16	11	1	0	4	12	33.3	2	6	33.3	6	6	100.0	54.6	4	7	6	0
14	Tim Hardaway T. Hardaway	20	5/14/1991	GSW	@	LAL	51	27	1	5	2	11	22	50.0	1	5	20.0	4	6	66.7	54.8	0	1	1	3
15	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	20	5/28/1989	LAL	@	PHX	41	21	6	3	1	6	11	54.5	1	2	50.0	8	8	100.0	72.3	0	6	6	2
16	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	20	5/31/1988	LAL	vs	DAL	35	15	6	0	0	7	14	50.0	1	1	100.0	0	0		53.6	2	4	3	3
17	John Stockton J. Stockton	20	5/21/1988	UTA	@	LAL	48	29	1	5	0	10	15	66.7	1	3	33.3	8	8	100.0	78.3	0	1	5	2
18	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	20	6/4/1987	LAL	vs	BOS	31	22	5	3	0	10	17	58.8	0	0		2	2	100.0	61.5	2	3	2	2
19	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	20	5/16/1986	LAL	@	HOU	45	17	8	3	0	6	11	54.5	0	2	0.0	5	6	83.3	62.3	3	5	3	4
20	Johnny Moore J. Moore	20	4/27/1983	SAS	vs	DEN	38	26	5	1	1	13	24	54.2	0	0		0	0		54.2	0	5	1	4
21	Rajon Rondo R. Rondo	19	5/3/2010	BOS	@	CLE	45	13	4	2	0	5	10	50.0	1	2	50.0	2	4	50.0	55.3	1	3	6	4	+18
22	Rajon Rondo R. Rondo	19	4/30/2009	BOS	@	CHI	58	8	9	0	0	4	17	23.5	0	2	0.0	0	2	0.0	22.4	2	7	0	4	+3
23	Jason Kidd J. Kidd	19	4/27/2007	NJN	vs	TOR	40	16	16	3	1	7	14	50.0	2	8	25.0	0	0		57.1	4	12	5	2	+14
24	John Stockton J. Stockton	19	5/7/1996	UTA	@	SAS	39	13	5	1	0	5	10	50.0	1	3	33.3	2	2	100.0	59.7	0	5	3	2
25	Kevin Johnson K. Johnson	19	4/26/1992	PHX	vs	SAS	43	21	4	2	0	6	13	46.2	0	1	0.0	9	10	90.0	60.3	1	3	3	2

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