Head-to-Head: Games Played Between Billy Ray Bates and Larry Bird

This is the detail of NBA games in which Billy Ray Bates and Larry Bird played against each other, including head-to-head record, stats average, game highs and game-by-game data both in the Regular Season and Playoffs.

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They faced each other a total of 5 times in NBA games. Larry Bird has a 4-1 winning record over Billy Ray Bates. They never met in the Playoffs.

Games Played Against Each Other

NBA Timeline:
1946-47
2023-24
Billy Ray Bates:
1979-80 to 1982-83
Larry Bird:
1979-80 to 1991-92
5 Games played
5 in Regular Season
0 in Playoffs

Summary of Victories

Games Won in
Regular Season
in
Playoffs
Billy Ray Bates
1
1
0
Larry Bird
4
4
0

Stats in Games Between Them

Averages
Player
Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Billy Ray Bates 16.4 2.2 2.2 0.60.2
Larry Bird 24.0 8.6 6.42.62.0
Game Highs
Player
Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Billy Ray Bates 26 4 4 11
Larry Bird 33 13 12 53
Games with better stats than the other player...
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Head To Head Games Played: One by One

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1980-81 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Nov. 26, 1980
1. Trail Blazers 101   Billy Ray Bates 15 0 2 1 0 3 1 15 4-11 .364 0-0 - 7-10 .700
Celtics 126   Larry Bird 24 9 7 2 1 5 2 38 11-16 .688 0-0 - 2-3 .667
Jan. 04, 1981
2. Trail Blazers 111   Billy Ray Bates 13 2 3 1 0 2 2 23 5-13 .385 0-1 .000 3-4 .750
Celtics 120   Larry Bird 33 8 5 2 2 3 2 44 14-21 .667 1-1 1.000 4-4 1.000
1981-82 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Jan. 24, 1982
3. Trail Blazers 123   Billy Ray Bates 26 4 2 0 0 0 1 33 10-16 .625 0-0 - 6-7 .857
Celtics 119   Larry Bird 17 6 5 3 3 5 3 41 6-18 .333 2-3 .667 3-5 .600
Feb. 19, 1982
4. Trail Blazers 117   Billy Ray Bates 13 4 4 0 0 0 2 18 5-10 .500 0-0 - 3-5 .600
Celtics 127   Larry Bird 25 7 12 1 2 1 4 43 10-21 .476 0-0 - 5-5 1.000
1982-83 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Nov. 05, 1982
5. Bullets 97   Billy Ray Bates 15 1 0 1 1 0 1 17 6-11 .545 2-2 1.000 1-2 .500
Celtics 104   Larry Bird 21 13 3 5 2 6 1 39 7-17 .412 0-1 .000 7-8 .875