who led nba playoffs in assists in 1978-79

Norm Nixon averaged the most assists per game in the 1979 playoffs, with 11.8 per game.

	NAME	APG	SEASON	TM	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
1	Norm Nixon N. Nixon	11.8	1978-79	LAL	8	40.9	15.4	3.5	1.4	0.0	7.0	14.9	47.1	1.4	1.9	73.3	49.0	0.8	2.8	3.0	327	123	28	94	11	0	24	37
2	Eddie Jordan E. Jordan	8.5	1978-79	NJN	2	41.5	19.0	7.5	4.0	1.5	7.5	19.0	39.5	4.0	4.5	88.9	45.3	3.0	4.5	3.0	83	38	15	17	8	3	6	6
3	Maurice Cheeks M. Cheeks	7.0	1978-79	PHI	9	36.7	18.8	3.9	4.1	0.4	7.3	13.4	54.5	4.1	6.2	66.1	58.0	1.4	2.4	3.2	330	169	35	63	37	4	29	29
4	Maurice Lucas M. Lucas	6.0	1978-79	POR	3	34.7	11.0	10.7	1.0	0.3	4.7	13.7	34.1	1.7	2.3	71.4	37.4	0.7	10.0	3.7	104	33	32	18	3	1	11	12
5	Julius Erving J. Erving	5.9	1978-79	PHI	9	41.3	25.4	7.8	2.0	1.9	9.9	19.1	51.7	5.7	7.4	76.1	56.8	3.2	4.6	4.2	372	229	70	53	18	17	38	22
6	Phil Ford P. Ford	5.8	1978-79	KCK	5	28.6	7.8	2.4	2.4	0.0	3.0	11.4	26.3	1.8	3.2	56.3	30.4	0.4	2.0	3.0	143	39	12	29	12	0	15	14
7	Tom Henderson T. Henderson	5.6	1978-79	WAS	19	29.4	8.7	1.8	0.9	0.3	3.4	9.2	36.6	2.0	2.7	73.1	41.9	0.8	1.1	2.1	559	166	35	107	17	6	40	45
8	Armond Hill A. Hill	5.6	1978-79	ATL	9	29.7	7.3	1.9	1.3	0.1	3.2	7.9	40.8	0.9	1.3	66.7	43.3	0.2	1.7	2.6	267	66	17	50	12	1	23	33
9	Bob Dandridge B. Dandridge	5.5	1978-79	WAS	19	41.4	23.1	7.4	0.7	0.8	9.2	19.4	47.3	4.8	5.8	82.7	52.7	2.4	5.0	3.1	787	439	140	105	14	15	59	71
10	John Johnson J. Johnson	5.4	1978-79	SEA	17	36.2	12.2	6.8	1.0	0.2	4.9	10.3	47.4	2.4	3.8	64.1	50.9	2.4	4.4	3.8	615	207	115	91	17	3	65	49
11	Tom Boswell T. Boswell	5.3	1978-79	DEN	3	40.0	17.3	9.0	1.0	1.7	7.0	11.7	60.0	3.3	4.3	76.9	63.9	4.7	4.3	2.0	120	52	27	16	3	5	6	10
12	Walter Davis W. Davis	5.3	1978-79	PHX	15	32.7	22.1	4.6	1.7	0.3	8.5	16.3	52.0	5.2	6.4	81.3	58.0	1.6	3.0	4.4	490	332	69	79	26	5	66	41
13	Eddie Johnson E. Johnson	5.0	1978-79	ATL	9	29.1	16.4	2.6	0.4	0.2	7.2	14.2	50.8	2.0	2.8	72.0	53.2	0.9	1.7	2.1	262	148	23	45	4	2	19	22
14	Bob Wilkerson B. Wilkerson	5.0	1978-79	DEN	3	33.7	9.7	8.7	1.0	0.3	4.7	11.3	41.2	0.3	1.0	33.3	41.1	2.3	6.3	2.0	101	29	26	15	3	1	6	7
15	Billy McKinney B. McKinney	4.8	1978-79	KCK	5	19.2	7.2	1.4	1.0	0.0	3.0	8.0	37.5	1.2	1.4	85.7	41.8	0.8	0.6	2.4	96	36	7	24	5	0	12	5
16	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	4.8	1978-79	LAL	8	45.9	28.5	12.6	1.0	4.1	11.0	19.0	57.9	6.5	7.8	83.9	63.6	2.3	10.4	3.6	367	228	101	38	8	33	29	26
17	James Silas J. Silas	4.7	1978-79	SAS	14	33.9	19.1	3.0	1.5	0.1	7.3	15.4	47.4	4.5	5.7	78.8	53.4	0.9	2.1	2.6	475	267	42	66	21	1	36	39
18	Henry Bibby H. Bibby	4.7	1978-79	PHI	9	25.7	8.0	2.1	0.4	0.0	2.9	7.4	38.8	2.2	3.3	66.7	44.9	0.9	1.2	2.4	231	72	19	42	4	0	22	26
19	Rick Barry R. Barry	4.5	1978-79	HOU	2	32.5	12.0	4.0	0.0	1.0	4.0	12.5	32.0	4.0	4.0	100.0	42.1	1.0	3.0	1.0	65	24	8	9	0	2	2	8
20	Alvan Adams A. Adams	4.4	1978-79	PHX	12	31.0	12.8	7.5	0.9	1.0	5.5	11.6	47.5	1.8	2.6	71.0	50.4	2.1	5.4	3.0	372	154	90	53	11	12	36	41
21	Paul Westphal P. Westphal	4.3	1978-79	PHX	15	35.6	22.4	2.2	1.0	0.3	9.5	19.1	49.5	3.5	4.4	78.8	53.2	0.5	1.7	2.5	534	336	33	64	15	5	38	38
22	Sam Lacey S. Lacey	4.2	1978-79	KCK	5	35.2	9.4	10.2	1.8	2.0	3.2	8.4	38.1	3.0	3.8	78.9	46.7	3.4	6.8	3.8	176	47	51	21	9	10	19	20
23	Dennis Johnson D. Johnson	4.1	1978-79	SEA	17	40.1	20.9	6.1	1.6	1.5	8.0	17.8	45.0	4.9	6.4	77.1	50.9	2.6	3.5	3.0	681	356	104	69	28	26	51	63
24	Mike Gale M. Gale	4.0	1978-79	SAS	14	21.6	6.8	2.1	1.1	0.3	2.7	6.2	43.7	1.4	1.6	86.4	49.1	0.7	1.4	1.1	302	95	29	56	16	4	16	33
25	David Thompson D. Thompson	4.0	1978-79	DEN	3	40.7	28.0	7.0	1.3	0.3	12.7	23.0	55.1	2.7	3.7	72.7	56.9	2.3	4.7	4.0	122	84	21	12	4	1	12	12

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Norm Nixon averaged the most assists per game in the 1979 playoffs, with 11.8 per game.

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