don buse most assists in a playoff game

Don Buse had his most assists in a playoff game in Game 1 of the 1980 Western Conference Semifinals against the Lakers, with 9 assists.

		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		Don Buse D. Buse	9	4/8/1980	PHX	@	LAL	27	5	2	1	0	2	6	33.3	1	1	100.0	0	0		41.7	2	0	0	2
2		Don Buse D. Buse	8	5/17/1979	PHX	@	SEA	38	6	1	2	0	3	7	42.9				0	0		42.9	0	1	0	1
3		Don Buse D. Buse	6	4/22/1984	KCK	vs	LAL	19	5	2	0	0	2	6	33.3	1	3	33.3	0	2	0.0	36.3	0	2	2	2
4		Don Buse D. Buse	6	4/13/1980	PHX	vs	LAL	30	17	4	0	0	5	11	45.5	3	4	75.0	4	4	100.0	66.6	2	2	2	1
5		Don Buse D. Buse	6	4/9/1980	PHX	@	LAL	35	16	1	1	0	8	12	66.7	0	1	0.0	0	0		66.7	0	1	1	4
6		Don Buse D. Buse	6	4/2/1980	PHX	vs	KCK	34	11	3	1	0	4	10	40.0	1	3	33.3	2	4	50.0	46.8			2	1
7		Don Buse D. Buse	5	3/31/1981	IND	@	PHI	18	5	3	3	0	1	4	25.0	1	2	50.0	2	2	100.0	51.2	0	3	4	2
8		Don Buse D. Buse	5	4/11/1980	PHX	vs	LAL	33	4	2	1	0	2	7	28.6	0	0		0	1	0.0	26.9	1	1	4	1
9		Don Buse D. Buse	5	5/8/1979	PHX	vs	SEA	28	5	2	1	0	2	7	28.6				1	2	50.0	31.7	1	1	1	1
10		Don Buse D. Buse	5	5/4/1979	PHX	@	SEA	33	2	6	2	2	1	6	16.7				0	4	0.0	12.9	4	2	1	1
11		Don Buse D. Buse	5	4/25/1979	PHX	@	KCK	41	10	4	3	0	5	8	62.5				0	0		62.5			1	2
12		Don Buse D. Buse	5	4/22/1979	PHX	vs	KCK	33	10	3	2	0	5	9	55.6				0	1	0.0	53.0			2	3
13		Don Buse D. Buse	5	4/17/1979	PHX	vs	KCK	38	16	9	4	0	4	8	50.0				8	8	100.0	69.4			2	0
14		Don Buse D. Buse	4	4/20/1984	KCK	@	LAL	20	6	1	1	1	1	4	25.0	0	1	0.0	4	4	100.0	52.1	0	1	1	3
15		Don Buse D. Buse	4	4/15/1980	PHX	@	LAL	32	1	3	0	0	0	5	0.0	0	2	0.0	1	2	50.0	8.5	0	3	2	2
16		Don Buse D. Buse	4	4/6/1980	PHX	vs	KCK	25	10	3	2	0	5	9	55.6	0	2	0.0	0	0		55.6			1	2
17		Don Buse D. Buse	4	4/4/1980	PHX	@	KCK	20	4	3	0	0	2	4	50.0	0	0		0	0		50.0			1	2
18		Don Buse D. Buse	4	5/6/1979	PHX	vs	SEA	29	9	4	1	1	4	7	57.1				1	2	50.0	57.1	2	2	1	5
19		Don Buse D. Buse	3	5/1/1983	POR	vs	LAL	13	7	0	0	0	2	4	50.0	0	0		3	4	75.0	60.8	0	0	0	1
20		Don Buse D. Buse	3	4/29/1983	POR	vs	LAL	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0		0	0		0.0	0	0	0	1
21		Don Buse D. Buse	3	4/20/1979	PHX	@	KCK	31	4	3	0	0	2	8	25.0				0	0		25.0			0	0
22		Don Buse D. Buse	3	4/13/1979	PHX	@	POR	36	4	4	1	0	2	7	28.6				0	0		28.6	1	3	2	2
23		Don Buse D. Buse	3	4/14/1978	PHX	@	MIL	38	8	3	3	0	4	7	57.1				0	0		57.1	0	3	1	1
24		Don Buse D. Buse	2	4/2/1981	IND	vs	PHI	17	0	2		0	0	4	0.0	0	2	0.0	0	0		0.0	0	2		2
25		Don Buse D. Buse	2	5/11/1979	PHX	@	SEA	34	10	3	1	0	3	6	50.0				4	4	100.0	64.4	0	3	0	4

Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for assists going back to the 1965 playoffs.

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