Steve Nash had his most assists in a rookie-season game against the Vancouver Grizzlies on November 14, 1996, with 12 assists.
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Steve Nash most assists in regular-season game as rookie| NAME | AST | DATE | TM | OPP | MIN | PTS | REB | STL | BLK | FGM | FGA | FG% | 3PM | 3PA | 3P% | FTM | FTA | FT% | TS% | OREB | DREB | TOV | PF | +/- | |||
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| 1 |  | S. Nash | 12 | 11/14/1996 | @ | 46 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 55.6 | 1 | 2 | 50.0 | 6 | 6 | 100.0 | 73.0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 5 | -5 | ||
| 2 | | S. Nash | 7 | 11/21/1996 | @ | 26 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 54.5 | 2 | 3 | 66.7 | 0 | 0 | 63.6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -9 | |||
| 3 | | S. Nash | 6 | 2/1/1997 | @ | 29 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 33.3 | 1 | 2 | 50.0 | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 50.9 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | -18 | ||
| 4 | | S. Nash | 6 | 11/20/1996 | vs | 15 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50.0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -4 | ||||
| 5 | | S. Nash | 6 | 11/11/1996 | @ | 24 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 75.0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 75.0 | 78.1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | -12 | |||
| 6 | | S. Nash | 5 | 3/5/1997 | vs | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||
| 7 | | S. Nash | 5 | 11/9/1996 | @ | 23 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 50.0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 3 | 4 | 75.0 | 56.4 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | +5 | ||
| 8 | | S. Nash | 4 | 1/27/1997 | @ | 21 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 62.5 | 3 | 3 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 81.3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | +2 | |||
| 9 | | S. Nash | 4 | 1/22/1997 | vs | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 33.3 | 1 | 2 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | +6 | |||
| 10 | | S. Nash | 4 | 1/14/1997 | vs | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 61.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +6 | ||
| 11 | | S. Nash | 4 | 1/8/1997 | @ | 10 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 50.0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | |||
| 12 | | S. Nash | 4 | 12/30/1996 | vs | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 50.0 | 56.8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | +3 | ||||
| 13 | | S. Nash | 4 | 12/28/1996 | @ | 24 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 42.9 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 50.8 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 14 | | S. Nash | 4 | 12/15/1996 | vs | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | |||
| 15 | | S. Nash | 4 | 11/27/1996 | vs | 16 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 25.0 | 1 | 2 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | 37.5 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | +6 | |||
| 16 | | S. Nash | 4 | 11/17/1996 | vs | 21 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 43.6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -13 | ||
| 17 | | S. Nash | 3 | 3/9/1997 | vs | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | +7 | ||||
| 18 | | S. Nash | 3 | 2/12/1997 | vs | 14 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 50.0 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 62.5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | -8 | |||
| 19 | | S. Nash | 3 | 1/30/1997 | @ | 19 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 50.0 | 1 | 3 | 33.3 | 2 | 3 | 66.7 | 65.8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | +1 | ||
| 20 | | S. Nash | 3 | 1/29/1997 | @ | 24 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 50.0 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 62.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -3 | |||
| 21 | | S. Nash | 3 | 1/24/1997 | vs | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -10 | ||||||
| 22 | | S. Nash | 3 | 1/16/1997 | @ | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -4 | |||
| 23 | | S. Nash | 3 | 1/5/1997 | @ | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | -4 | ||||
| 24 | | S. Nash | 3 | 1/3/1997 | @ | 12 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 33.3 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 4 | 4 | 100.0 | 73.5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | +1 | ||
| 25 | | S. Nash | 3 | 12/8/1996 | vs | 12 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 33.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33.3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | -9 | ||||
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