which nba player has the most assists off the bench in a game

John Lucas has the most assists by a player off the bench in a game, with 24 assists versus the Nuggets on April 15, 1984.

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Which NBA player has the most assists off the bench in a regular-season 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 Lucas J. Lucas	24	4/15/1984	SAS	vs	DEN	28	0	0	2	0	0	1	0.0	0	0		0	0		0.0	0	0	2	4
2	John Lucas J. Lucas	22	2/27/1981	GSW	@	DEN	36	13	5	1	2	4	7	57.1	0	0		5	7	71.4	64.5	1	4	4	3
3	Ennis Whatley E. Whatley	21	2/23/1985	CHI	vs	GSW	31	1	0	2	0	0	3	0.0	0	0		1	2	50.0	12.9	0	0	2	3
4	John Lucas J. Lucas	19	4/2/1988	MIL	vs	NJN	28	3	2	1	0	1	3	33.3	1	1	100.0	0	0		50.0	0	2	3	2
5	Jeff Hornacek J. Hornacek	18	1/28/1987	PHX	vs	GSW	30	6	1	3	0	1	5	20.0	0	1	0.0	4	4	100.0	44.4	0	1	1	1
6	T.J. McConnell	17	5/16/2021	IND	@	TOR	40	12	5	2	1	6	10	60.0	0	2	0.0	0	0		60.0	1	4	2	2	+13
7	Brevin Knight B. Knight	17	3/12/2005	CHA	vs	LAL	33	21	3	4	0	6	12	50.0	0	1	0.0	9	10	90.0	64.0	0	3	0	2	+6
8	Sidney Lowe S. Lowe	17	3/20/1990	MIN	@	GSW	31	3	5	6	0	0	8	0.0	0	1	0.0	3	4	75.0	15.4	0	5	0	2
9	Muggsy Bogues M. Bogues	17	12/28/1989	CHA	vs	CLE	31	4	4	1	0	2	5	40.0	0	0		0	0		40.0	1	3	2	1
10	John Stockton J. Stockton	17	2/16/1987	UTA	vs	BOS	36	9	5	4	0	4	10	40.0	0	1	0.0	1	3	33.3	39.8	0	5	0	3
11	Brad Davis B. Davis	17	3/18/1986	DAL	vs	SAS	24	12	0	2	2	4	6	66.7	0	1	0.0	4	4	100.0	77.3	0	0	1	2
12	Michael Cooper M. Cooper	17	12/4/1983	LAL	vs	SDC	32	11	6	3	2	5	8	62.5	0	1	0.0	1	1	100.0	65.2	1	5	1	1
13	John Lucas J. Lucas	17	3/24/1982	WAS	@	IND	31	7	2			3	6	50.0	0			1	2	50.0	50.9				1
14	Slick Watts S. Watts	17	1/6/1979	HOU	vs	LAL	36	4	4	5	0	2	6	33.3				0	0		33.3	2	2	2	3
15	Slick Watts S. Watts	17	12/11/1974	SEA	vs	CLE	31	4	5	1	0	2	8	25.0				0	0		25.0	1	4		5
16	Rod Strickland R. Strickland	16	3/9/2004	TOR	@	IND	34	14	7	1	0	5	12	41.7	0	0		4	4	100.0	50.9	3	4	2	1	+11
17	Stephon Marbury S. Marbury	16	12/20/1997	MIN	vs	LAC	33	9	2	1	0	4	12	33.3	0	1	0.0	1	6	16.7	30.7	1	1	4	1	+10
18	Kevin Johnson K. Johnson	16	4/15/1995	PHX	vs	LAL	40	19	4	2	1	4	10	40.0	0	0		11	13	84.6	60.4	1	3	3	1
19	Sam Cassell S. Cassell	16	2/25/1995	HOU	vs	GSW	31	13	4	2	1	4	5	80.0	3	3	100.0	2	2	100.0	110.5	0	4	2	4
20	Gary Grant G. Grant	16	11/8/1991	LAC	vs	DEN	33	13	5	4	0	5	9	55.6	0	0		3	3	100.0	63.0	1	4	3	0
21	Scott Skiles S. Skiles	16	3/16/1990	ORL	vs	BOS	38	11	4	1	0	5	12	41.7	1	4	25.0	0	2	0.0	42.7	2	2	3	3
22	Muggsy Bogues M. Bogues	16	1/27/1990	CHA	vs	SAC	36	8	6	2	1	3	7	42.9	0	0		2	2	100.0	50.8	1	5	1	3
23	Muggsy Bogues M. Bogues	16	1/15/1990	CHA	@	PHX	36	5	1	1	0	2	10	20.0	1	1	100.0	0	0		25.0	0	1	3	2
24	John Stockton J. Stockton	16	1/21/1987	UTA	vs	DET	36	17	0	4	0	5	9	55.6	0	0		7	8	87.5	67.9	0	0	2	2
25	John Lucas J. Lucas	16	4/13/1984	SAS	@	HOU	25	14	3	1	0	7	15	46.7	0	1	0.0	0	0		46.7	0	3	0	0