john stockton had the most assists in the nba.
john stockton had the most assists in the nba.
who had the most assists in the nba?
john stockton
in the first game of the 2010–11 season, rondo put up 17 assists, which tied with oscar robertson for the third-most assists in a season opener. in the third game of the season, he dished out a career-high 24 assists along with a triple-double (10 points and 10 rebounds) against the new york knicks. it tied him with isiah thomas as the only players in nba history to have at least 24 assists in a triple-double. his total of 50 assists through the first three games of the season tied john stockton's nba record for most assists in the first 3 games of the season. in the next game against the detroit pistons, he finished the game with 17 assists for a total of 67 assists, which is the most assists in the team's first four games in nba history. with a 15 assists effort the following day, rondo again set a record for most assists through the first five games.
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burke started in his third game. he again played for 20 minutes, but only tallied four points and four assists. burke experienced his first nba win in his fourth game and second start on november 25 against a chicago bulls team that lost former nba most valuable player award derrick rose for the season due to an injury in their prior game. burke had 3 assists and established career highs with 14 points and 6 rebounds in 34 minutes of play. on november 30, he had his first 20-point scoring performance, leading the jazz to their first road victory of the season against the phoenix suns. with career highs of 21 points and 6 assists, burke helped the jazz record their first back-to-back wins of the season on december 2 against the houston rockets. burke then tallied 9 assists on december 4 against the indiana pacers. although burke had 7 assists on december 7 against sacramento, he nonetheless posted his first professional double double with a game-high 10 rebounds and 19 points. on december 13 against the denver nuggets burke had 10 points and 10 assists while posting just 1 turnover to log his first assists-points double-double. on december 18 against the orlando magic, burke not only scored a career-high 30 points while posting 8 assists and 7 rebounds, but he also became the first rookie to score 30 points during the 2013–14 nba season. burke was the first rookie to post at least a 30-point, 7-rebound, and 8-assist game since blake griffin on april 13, 2011 (31/10/10) and the first to do so in his first 20 career games since alvan adams on november 14, 1975 (35/12/8). burke was named western conference nba rookie of the month for december, becoming the first rookie of the month honoree for the jazz franchise since karl malone in december 1985. on january 15, burke had 11 assists and 17 points against the san antonio spurs. on january 17 against detroit, burke had 20 points, a career-high 12 assists, 3 rebounds, 2 steals and a block, giving him consecutive point-assist double-doubles. on january 29, he was named a rising stars challenge participant as part of the 2014 nba all-star game weekend. burke led all rookies by averaging 6.8 assists in january, to earn western conference rookie of the month. on february 15, burke won the nba all-star weekend skills challenge with partner damian lillard. burke was one of three finalists for february western conference rookie of the month, but he lost to nick calathes. he was again a western conference rookie of the month finalist in march. on april 6, he scored 24 points and posted a career-high 15 assists against the golden state warriors. on april 16, he ended the season with a career-high 32 points against the minnesota timberwolves. two days later, he was named western conference rookie of the month, earning his third such award. burke finished third in the nba rookie of the year award balloting behind carter-williams and oladipo. as a result of his third-place finish in the separate nba all-rookie team voting he was a first team nba all-rookie selection.
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