record for most assists in an nba playoff elimination game

Magic Johnson, Tim Hardaway and John Stockton are tied for the most assists in an elimination game, with 20 assists.

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record for most assists by a player in an NBA playoff elimination 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	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
2	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
3	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
4	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	19	6/19/1988	LAL	vs	DET	45	22	4	2	0	5	12	41.7	0	1	0.0	12	13	92.3	62.1	2	2	2	2
5	Walt Frazier W. Frazier	19	5/8/1970	NYK	vs	LAL	44	36	7			12	17	70.6				12	12	100.0	80.8				3
6	Mookie Blaylock M. Blaylock	18	5/8/1994	ATL	vs	MIA	40	13	8	4	0	5	14	35.7	2	5	40.0	1	1	100.0	45.0	3	5	1	0
7	Mark Price M. Price	18	5/3/1990	CLE	vs	PHI	45	18	4	2	1	6	13	46.2	1	3	33.3	5	5	100.0	59.2	0	4	5	1
8	Sleepy Floyd S. Floyd	18	5/1/1990	HOU	vs	LAL	46	23	5	1	1	9	12	75.0	3	4	75.0	2	6	33.3	78.6	0	5	6	1
9	Doc Rivers D. Rivers	18	5/22/1988	ATL	@	BOS	39	16	5	2	0	7	17	41.2	0	3	0.0	2	2	100.0	44.7	2	3	2	6
10	Jerry West J. West	18	4/5/1970	LAL	vs	PHX	46	36	1			13	27	48.1				10	13	76.9	55.0				3
11	Oscar Robertson O. Robertson	18	3/29/1964	CIN	vs	PHI		32	10			10	15	66.7				12	12	100.0	78.9				3
12	John Stockton J. Stockton	17	5/6/1990	UTA	vs	PHX	36	9	6	0	0	3	11	27.3	0	3	0.0	3	4	75.0	35.3	0	6	1	3
13	John Stockton J. Stockton	17	5/19/1988	UTA	vs	LAL	44	14	5	3	0	4	9	44.4	0	0		6	9	66.7	54.0	2	3	5	3
14	Robert Reid R. Reid	17	6/5/1986	HOU	vs	BOS	41	13	6	1	0	6	15	40.0	0	1	0.0	1	1	100.0	42.1	1	5	0	4
15	Johnny Moore J. Moore	17	5/18/1983	SAS	@	LAL	41	23	3	4	0	9	14	64.3	3	3	100.0	2	2	100.0	77.3			1	2
16	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	16	5/3/2014	OKC	vs	MEM	39	27	10	2	1	10	16	62.5	2	2	100.0	5	6	83.3	72.4	4	6	7	3	+22
17	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	16	5/20/2001	PHI	vs	TOR	48	21	4	2	1	8	27	29.6	1	3	33.3	4	4	100.0	36.5	1	3	4	2	+1
18	Jason Kidd J. Kidd	16	5/14/2000	PHX	vs	LAL	37	22	10	2	0	8	13	61.5	4	6	66.7	2	3	66.7	76.8	2	8	3	3	+28
19	John Stockton J. Stockton	16	5/2/1989	UTA	@	GSW	47	34	3	6	2	13	20	65.0	1	2	50.0	7	8	87.5	72.3	0	3	5	5
20	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	16	5/21/1988	LAL	vs	UTA	40	23	9	1	0	9	15	60.0	0	0		5	6	83.3	65.2	4	5	3	3
21	Johnny Moore J. Moore	16	4/26/1985	SAS	vs	DEN	36	17	10	4	2	7	10	70.0	0	0		3	6	50.0	67.2	1	9	3	3
22	Rickey Green R. Green	16	4/26/1984	UTA	vs	DEN	44	29	5	3	1	12	24	50.0	0	0		5	8	62.5	52.7	1	4	3	1
23	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	16	4/25/1984	DET	@	NYK	42	22	7	1	1	8	15	53.3	0	0		6	7	85.7	60.8	3	4	5	3
24	Norm Nixon N. Nixon	16	4/13/1979	LAL	vs	DEN	43	15	1	2	0	7	15	46.7				1	2	50.0	47.2	1	0	4	5
25	Bob Cousy B. Cousy	16	4/10/1963	BOS	vs	CIN	34	21	3			9	18	50.0				3	4	75.0	53.1				3