john stockton has the most career assists in the nba.
who has the most career assists in the nba?
john stockton
notable nba players in history include wilt chamberlain (4 time mvp), bill russell (5 time mvp), bob pettit (11 time all nba team), bob cousy (12 time all nba team), jerry west (12 time all nba team), julius erving (won mvp awards in both the aba and nba), kareem abdul-jabbar (6 time mvp), magic johnson (3 time mvp), larry bird (3 time mvp), michael jordan (6 time finals mvp), john stockton (#1 in career assists and steals), karl malone (14 time all nba team), kobe bryant (nba's third all-time leading scorer), tim duncan (15-time nba all-star), shaquille o'neal (3 time finals mvp) and jason kidd (#2 in career assists and steals).
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on october 28, 2017, in a 114–107 win over the phoenix suns, lillard reached the 9,000-point milestone during the third quarter. with 402 career games, lillard became the fastest blazer to score 9,000 points. on november 15, he had 26 points, 11 rebounds and seven assists in a 99–94 win over the orlando magic. during the game, he surpassed mychal thompson (9,215 points) for eighth on the franchise's all-time scoring leaders list. on november 27, he scored 32 points in a 103–91 win over the new york knicks. he finished the game on 2,575 career assists, moving him past rod strickland into fourth place on portland's career assists list. lillard also joined clyde drexler and terry porter as the only players in franchise history in the top 10 in scoring and top five in assists. on december 9, he tied a franchise record with nine 3-pointers and scored 35 points in a 124–117 loss to the houston rockets. two days later, he scored a then season-high 39 points with five 3-pointers in a 111–104 loss to the golden state warriors. lillard dealt with a hamstring injury late in december before straining his right calf in early january. on january 12, he scored 23 points in a 119–113 loss to the new orleans pelicans. he moved into seventh in franchise history in scoring with 9,753 points, passing geoff petrie (9,732). on january 22, lillard was named western conference player of the week for games played january 15–21. it was his fourth career player of the week nod. a day later, he was named a western conference all-star reserve. on february 2, he scored 32 points in a 130–105 loss to the toronto raptors, becoming the fastest player in franchise history to reach 10,000 points for his career. he became the eighth player to get 10,000 points and 2,500 assists in his first six seasons, joining michael jordan, lebron james, larry bird, nate archibald, pete maravich, dave bing and oscar robertson. on february 9, in a 118–100 win over the sacramento kings, lillard scored a season-high 50 points in 29 minutes—the fourth 50-point game of his career. he scored 22 points in the third quarter before sitting out the entire fourth quarter. he shot 16 of 26 from the field with eight 3-pointers to go with 10-of-10 free throws. on february 14, he had 44 points and eight assists in a 123–117 win over the warriors. on february 24, he hit a go-ahead lay-up with 0.9 seconds left and finished with a game-high 40 points in a 106–104 win over the suns. nineteen of his 40 points came in the fourth quarter, as he helped the trail blazers rally from 15 down in the final 7½ minutes. in five games between february 9 and 24, lillard scored 197 points—the most points for a blazer over a five-game stretch in franchise history. lillard averaged 31.4 points per game in february, clinching the highest-scoring average for any month in portland history. he passed geoff petrie's record of 30.4 points in march 1971. on march 3 against the oklahoma city thunder, lillard made at least one 3-pointer in his 45th straight game, setting a franchise record. with nine assists on march 15 against the cleveland cavaliers, lillard became the third player in league history to have 1,500-plus points and 400-plus assists in each of his first six seasons. on march 20 against houston, lillard's franchise-record streak of 52 games with a 3-pointer ended. in the trail blazers' season finale on april 11, lillard recorded 36 points and 10 assists in a 102–93 win over the utah jazz. the win earned the trail blazers the third seed in the playoffs with a 49–33 record. lillard finished the regular season tied for fourth in scoring average in the nba (26.9)—drexler was the last blazer to rank among the league's five best in scoring when he finished fourth during the 1991–92 season (25.0). in game 4 of the trail blazers' first-round playoff series against the pelicans, lillard scored 19 points in a 131–123 loss. the loss eliminated portland from the playoffs, as they lost the series in a four-game sweep. lillard never scored more than 20 in the series and was held below that three times. for the season, he was named to the all-nba first team, becoming the third player in franchise history to earn all-nba first team honors, joining drexler (1991–92) and bill walton (1977–78).
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