The 2024 NBA Playoffs are underway, and as the saying goes, “Records are made to be broken.”
When the best teams and players go head-to-head, greatness is bound to happen. We’ve seen insane scoring performances in the NBA this season, and someone has to put these prolific offensive players in a position to get a bucket.
The “traditional point guard” might be a fading art, but there are still some incredible passers participating in this year’s postseason.
Pacers All-Star Tyrese Haliburton dished out a season-best 23 assists in a 2023-24 game. Mavericks guard Luka Doncic and Nuggets center Nikola Jokic are two of the best playmakers in the NBA today, each topping out at 18 assists in a single game this season.
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You can also never looked Lakers star LeBron James, who had 17 assists in a game a few days before the season ended.
Will any of these players challenge the NBA Playoffs’ single-game assist record?
The NBA Playoffs single-game assist leaderboard is dominated by Magic Johnson and John Stockton.
Johnson and Stockton share the NBA Playoffs record for the most assists in a game with 24. Johnson is responsible for 10 of the 20-highest assist games in playoff history.
Steve Nash challenged the single-game playoff assists record back in 2007. He and Rajon Rondo are the only two players to dish out 20 or more assists in a playoff game since 2000.
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