Magic Johnson put up 22 points when recording 17+ assists in Game 6 of the 1988 NBA Finals versus the Pistons on June 19, 1988.
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players with 20 or more points 17 or more assists in finals game| NAME | DATE | PTS | AST | SEASON | SERIES | TM | OPP | MIN | REB | STL | BLK | FGM | FGA | FG% | 3PM | 3PA | 3P% | FTM | FTA | FT% | TS% | OREB | DREB | TOV | PF | +/- | |||
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| 1 |  | M. Johnson | 6/19/1988 | 22 | 19 | 1987-88 | NBA Finals | vs | 45 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 41.7 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 12 | 13 | 92.3 | 62.1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |||
| 2 | | M. Johnson | 6/4/1987 | 22 | 20 | 1986-87 | NBA Finals | vs | 31 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 17 | 58.8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 61.5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | ||||
| 3 |  | D. Johnson | 6/7/1985 | 22 | 17 | 1984-85 | NBA Finals | @ | 48 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 21 | 47.6 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 50.3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 3 | |||
| 4 | | M. Johnson | 6/7/1985 | 26 | 17 | 1984-85 | NBA Finals | vs | 42 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 20 | 55.0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 100.0 | 59.7 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | ||||
| 5 | | M. Johnson | 6/6/1984 | 20 | 17 | 1983-84 | NBA Finals | vs | 49 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 12 | 66.7 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 57.1 | 66.3 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 5 | ||||
| 6 |  | W. Frazier | 5/8/1970 | 36 | 19 | 1969-70 | NBA Finals | vs | 44 | 7 | 12 | 17 | 70.6 | 12 | 12 | 100.0 | 80.8 | 3 | |||||||||||
| 7 |  | J. West | 5/1/1970 | 37 | 18 | 1969-70 | NBA Finals | vs | 52 | 5 | 13 | 26 | 50.0 | 11 | 12 | 91.7 | 59.1 | 4 | |||||||||||
| 8 |  | B. Cousy | 4/7/1959 | 23 | 19 | 1958-59 | NBA Finals | @ | 48 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 33.3 | 11 | 15 | 73.3 | 46.7 | 2 | |||||||||||
| 9 | | B. Cousy | 4/9/1957 | 21 | 19 | 1956-57 | NBA Finals | vs | 45 | 8 | 8 | 21 | 38.1 | 5 | 8 | 62.5 | 42.8 | 3 |
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