tom sanders most assists in a playoff game

Tom Sanders had his most assists in a playoff game in Game 1 of the 1963 Division Finals versus the Cincinnati Royals, with 6 assists.

	NAME	AST	DATE	TM		OPP	MIN	PTS	REB	FGM	FGA	FG%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	PF
1	Tom Sanders T. Sanders	6	3/28/1963	BOS	vs	CIN	35	13	10	6	13	46.2	1	1	100.0	48.4	3
2	Tom Sanders T. Sanders	5	4/20/1966	BOS	@	LAL	31	22	8	10	17	58.8	2	2	100.0	61.5	4
3	Tom Sanders T. Sanders	4	3/28/1968	BOS	@	DET	34	15	6	7	9	77.8	1	1	100.0	79.4	6
4	Tom Sanders T. Sanders	4	4/19/1965	BOS	vs	LAL	39	23	10	9	21	42.9	5	7	71.4	47.8	6
5	Tom Sanders T. Sanders	4	4/11/1962	BOS	@	LAL	32	18	6	8	10	80.0	2	2	100.0	82.7	6
6	Tom Sanders T. Sanders	4	4/11/1961	BOS	vs	STL	29	4	11	2	7	28.6	0	1	0.0	26.9	4
7	Tom Sanders T. Sanders	3	3/29/1972	BOS	vs	ATL	22	6	3	3	6	50.0	0	0		50.0	3
8	Tom Sanders T. Sanders	3	4/28/1966	BOS	vs	LAL	31	7	4	3	9	33.3	1	1	100.0	37.1	5
9	Tom Sanders T. Sanders	3	4/3/1966	BOS	@	PHI		10	4	4	9	44.4	2	2	100.0	50.6	5
10	Tom Sanders T. Sanders	3	3/30/1966	BOS	@	CIN		28	7	12	19	63.2	4	7	57.1	63.4	3
11	Tom Sanders T. Sanders	3	3/26/1966	BOS	@	CIN		19	3	9	14	64.3	1	1	100.0	65.8	5
12	Tom Sanders T. Sanders	3	4/23/1965	BOS	@	LAL	37	15	12	6	15	40.0	3	4	75.0	44.7	4
13	Tom Sanders T. Sanders	3	4/6/1965	BOS	@	PHI	41	12	14	4	16	25.0	4	5	80.0	33.0	6
14	Tom Sanders T. Sanders	3	4/24/1963	BOS	@	LAL	43	18	7	9	14	64.3	0	0		64.3	5
15	Tom Sanders T. Sanders	2	4/23/1972	BOS	vs	NYK	23	5	1	2	7	28.6	1	1	100.0	33.6	5
16	Tom Sanders T. Sanders	2	4/14/1969	BOS	@	NYK	16	3	2	1	2	50.0	1	2	50.0	52.1	2
17	Tom Sanders T. Sanders	2	3/28/1969	BOS	vs	PHI	23	18	12	7	11	63.6	4	6	66.7	66.0	5
18	Tom Sanders T. Sanders	2	4/14/1968	BOS	vs	PHI	20	7	7	3	8	37.5	1	1	100.0	41.5	5
19	Tom Sanders T. Sanders	2	3/24/1968	BOS	vs	DET	28	10	4	5	10	50.0	0	0		50.0	5
20	Tom Sanders T. Sanders	2	4/26/1966	BOS	@	LAL	39	23	10	9	21	42.9	5	5	100.0	49.6	6
21	Tom Sanders T. Sanders	2	4/19/1966	BOS	vs	LAL	17	11	4	4	6	66.7	3	6	50.0	63.7	3
22	Tom Sanders T. Sanders	2	4/7/1966	BOS	@	PHI		16	8	7	15	46.7	2	2	100.0	50.4	1
23	Tom Sanders T. Sanders	2	4/18/1965	BOS	vs	LAL	25	9	8	3	8	37.5	3	4	75.0	46.1	2
24	Tom Sanders T. Sanders	2	4/15/1965	BOS	vs	PHI	34	18	10	8	17	47.1	2	2	100.0	50.3	5
25	Tom Sanders T. Sanders	2	4/11/1965	BOS	vs	PHI	21	9	4	3	10	30.0	3	3	100.0	39.8	5

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