Head-to-Head: Games Played Between Larry Bird and Ben McDonald
This is the detail of NBA games in which Larry Bird and Ben McDonald 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.
They faced each other a total of 7 times in NBA games. Larry Bird has a 7-0 winning record over Ben McDonald. They never met in the Playoffs.
Games Played Against Each Other
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7 Games played
7 in Regular Season
0 in Playoffs
Summary of Victories
| Games Won | in Regular Season |
in Playoffs |
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| Larry Bird | 7 |
7 |
0 |
| Ben McDonald | 0 |
0 |
0 |
Stats in Games Between Them
Averages |
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Player |
Points | Rebounds | Assists | Steals | Blocks |
| Larry Bird | 27.3 | 8.0 | 6.3 | 2.3 | 0.4 |
| Ben McDonald | 3.4 | 2.4 | 1.1 | 0.7 | 0.0 |
Game Highs |
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Player |
Points | Rebounds | Assists | Steals | Blocks |
| Larry Bird | 43 | 11 | 13 | 3 | 2 |
| Ben McDonald | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
Games with better stats than the other player... |
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Player |
Points | Rebounds | Assists | Steals | Blocks |
| Larry Bird | 7 |
7 |
6 |
7 | 2 |
| Ben McDonald | 0 |
0 |
1 |
0 | 0 |
| Both had same stat | 0 |
0 |
0 |
0 | 5 |
Head To Head Games Played: One by One
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1985-86 Season
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Player |
Pts | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | TO | PF | Min | FG |
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3PT |
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FT |
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Mar. 18, 1986
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| 1. | Celtics | 126 | Larry Bird | 43 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 17-24 | .708 | 5-6 | .833 | 4-4 | 1.000 | |
| Cavaliers | 96 | Ben McDonald | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 0-1 | .000 | 0-0 | - | 0-0 | - | ||
Apr. 01, 1986
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| 2. | Celtics | 123 | Larry Bird | 16 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 32 | 5-12 | .417 | 0-2 | .000 | 6-7 | .857 | |
| Cavaliers | 105 | Ben McDonald | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 1-2 | .500 | 0-0 | - | 0-0 | - | ||
Apr. 11, 1986
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| 3. | Celtics | 117 | Larry Bird | 11 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 28 | 4-13 | .308 | 1-4 | .250 | 2-2 | 1.000 | |
| Cavaliers | 104 | Ben McDonald | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 1-1 | 1.000 | 0-0 | - | 0-0 | - | ||
1986-87 Season
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3PT |
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FT |
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Nov. 21, 1986
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| 4. | Celtics | 135 | Larry Bird | 32 | 7 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 42 | 9-16 | .563 | 4-5 | .800 | 10-10 | 1.000 | |
| Warriors | 120 | Ben McDonald | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 1-5 | .200 | 0-1 | .000 | 0-0 | - | ||
Feb. 12, 1987
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| 5. | Celtics | 134 | Larry Bird | 22 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 35 | 8-16 | .500 | 1-5 | .200 | 5-5 | 1.000 | |
| Warriors | 112 | Ben McDonald | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 22 | 5-8 | .625 | 0-1 | .000 | 0-0 | - | ||
1987-88 Season
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Pts | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | TO | PF | Min | FG |
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3PT |
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FT |
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Jan. 02, 1988
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| 6. | Celtics | 115 | Larry Bird | 41 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 43 | 15-24 | .625 | 3-6 | .500 | 8-10 | .800 | |
| Warriors | 110 | Ben McDonald | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 0-3 | .000 | 0-1 | .000 | 1-2 | .500 | ||
Jan. 18, 1988
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| 7. | Celtics | 121 | Larry Bird | 26 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 27 | 11-17 | .647 | 0-1 | .000 | 4-4 | 1.000 | |
| Warriors | 101 | Ben McDonald | 7 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 31 | 3-9 | .333 | 0-1 | .000 | 1-3 | .333 | ||