which nba rookie has the most assists in a game

Nate McMillan and Ernie DiGregorio are tied for the most assists by a rookie in a game, with 25 assists.

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Which NBA rookie has the most assists 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	Nate McMillan N. McMillan	25	2/23/1987	SEA	vs	LAC	41	8	8	1	4	3	5	60.0	0	1	0.0	2	2	100.0	68.0	0	8	3	2
2	Ernie DiGregorio E. DiGregorio	25	1/1/1974	BUF	@	POR	48	20	9	2	0	9	22	40.9				2	2	100.0	43.7	3	6		4
3	Ramon Sessions R. Sessions	24	4/14/2008	MIL	vs	CHI	44	20	8	1	1	7	12	58.3	0	0		6	7	85.7	66.3	2	6	2	2	-13
4	Jamaal Tinsley J. Tinsley	23	11/22/2001	IND	vs	WAS	45	19	11	1	1	6	15	40.0	0	1	0.0	7	8	87.5	51.3	2	9	5	2	+5
5	Ennis Whatley E. Whatley	22	3/3/1984	CHI	vs	ATL	37	10	2	2	0	4	6	66.7	0	0		2	2	100.0	72.7	0	2	4	4
6	Ennis Whatley E. Whatley	22	1/14/1984	CHI	vs	NYK	41	8	5	4	0	3	10	30.0	0	0		2	2	100.0	36.8	3	2	3	1
7	Phil Ford P. Ford	22	2/21/1979	KCK	vs	MIL	44	26	5	5	0	12	16	75.0				2	3	66.7	75.1			6	5
8	Nate McMillan N. McMillan	21	3/31/1987	SEA	vs	SAC	34	6	3	3	0	3	5	60.0	0	0		0	0		60.0	1	2	2	4
9	Phil Ford P. Ford	21	2/23/1979	KCK	vs	PHX	45	22	3	3	0	8	16	50.0				6	8	75.0	56.4	0	3	4	3
10	Darren Collison D. Collison	20	3/8/2010	NOH	vs	GSW	46	16	1	3	0	7	12	58.3	2	3	66.7	0	2	0.0	62.1	1	0	7	1	+5
11	Brevin Knight B. Knight	20	11/22/1997	CLE	vs	WAS	37	13	2	4	0	4	6	66.7	0	0		5	6	83.3	75.2	0	2	3	4	+12
12	Gary Grant G. Grant	20	4/6/1989	LAC	vs	POR	40	17	3	4	0	4	7	57.1	0	0		9	10	90.0	74.6	0	3	3	4
13	Oscar Robertson O. Robertson	20	2/19/1961	CIN	vs	LAL		43	9			15						13	15	86.7					5
14	Jamaal Tinsley J. Tinsley	19	2/5/2002	IND	vs	DAL	56	18	4	2	1	5	16	31.3	4	9	44.4	4	6	66.7	48.3	1	3	4	4	+1
15	Damon Stoudamire D. Stoudamire	19	2/27/1996	TOR	@	HOU	41	17	3	4	0	7	19	36.8	3	7	42.9	0	0		44.7	0	3	3	3
16	Negele Knight N. Knight	19	4/5/1991	PHX	@	GSW	43	22	7	1	1	7	17	41.2	0	1	0.0	8	10	80.0	51.4	2	5	6	4
17	Tim Hardaway T. Hardaway	19	1/8/1990	GSW	vs	DEN	34	19	10	1	0	8	12	66.7	0	0		3	3	100.0	71.3	1	9	3	2
18	Johnny Moore J. Moore	19	1/11/1981	SAS	vs	WAS	42	17	4	3	0	5	15	33.3	0	1	0.0	7	10	70.0	43.8				3
19	Brian Roberts B. Roberts	18	3/25/2013	NOH	vs	DEN	41	13	5	1	0	5	10	50.0	1	4	25.0	2	2	100.0	59.7	0	5	3	3	+21
20	Darren Collison D. Collison	18	1/30/2010	NOH	@	MEM	47	17	6	0	1	4	11	36.4	0	0		9	10	90.0	55.2	1	5	5	2	+4
21	Jamaal Tinsley J. Tinsley	18	12/13/2001	IND	vs	HOU	35	4	6	1	0	1	5	20.0	0	1	0.0	2	2	100.0	34.0	0	6	4	5	-3
22	Doug Overton D. Overton	18	12/1/1992	WAS	vs	SAS	40	18	4	2	1	9	15	60.0	0	0		0	0		60.0	1	3	3	0
23	Tim Hardaway T. Hardaway	18	3/8/1990	GSW	vs	CLE	32	12	1	2	0	6	12	50.0	0	1	0.0	0	0		50.0	0	1	1	2
24	Gary Grant G. Grant	18	3/10/1989	LAC	vs	CLE	37	10	5	4	0	5	14	35.7	0	0		0	0		35.7	1	4	7	2
25	Mark Jackson M. Jackson	18	4/8/1988	NYK	@	CHI	43	19	5	1	0	8	15	53.3	1	2	50.0	2	2	100.0	59.8	1	4	1	2

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