Head-to-Head: Games Played Between Larry Bird and Dale Ellis

This is the detail of NBA games in which Larry Bird and Dale Ellis 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 14 times in NBA games. Larry Bird has a 11-3 winning record over Dale Ellis. They never met in the Playoffs.

Games Played Against Each Other

NBA Timeline:
1946-47
2023-24
Larry Bird:
1979-80 to 1991-92
Dale Ellis:
1983-84 to 1999-00
14 Games played
14 in Regular Season
0 in Playoffs

Summary of Victories

Games Won in
Regular Season
in
Playoffs
Larry Bird
11
11
0
Dale Ellis
3
3
0

Stats in Games Between Them

Averages
Player
Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Larry Bird 28.1 9.9 7.3 0.90.6
Dale Ellis 18.0 4.3 1.40.60.1
Game Highs
Player
Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Larry Bird 50 15 10 33
Dale Ellis 37 9 3 11
Games with better stats than the other player...
Player
Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Larry Bird 10

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14

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14

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6

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6

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Dale Ellis 4

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0

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0

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4

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1

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Both had same stat 0

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0

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0

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4

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7

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Head To Head Games Played: One by One

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1983-84 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Mar. 28, 1984
1. Celtics 114   Larry Bird 23 9 4 1 1 3 2 34 8-20 .400 0-1 .000 7-7 1.000
Mavericks 107   Dale Ellis 16 6 3 1 0 1 4 22 7-14 .500 0-0 - 2-2 1.000
1984-85 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Nov. 27, 1984
2. Celtics 114   Larry Bird 40 10 9 0 1 1 3 44 16-20 .800 0-1 .000 8-8 1.000
Mavericks 99   Dale Ellis 10 3 0 1 0 1 4 20 5-9 .556 0-0 - 0-0 -
Mar. 08, 1985
3. Celtics 133   Larry Bird 32 15 9 1 1 2 1 37 12-20 .600 2-3 .667 6-6 1.000
Mavericks 122   Dale Ellis 9 3 2 0 0 0 2 13 3-4 .750 2-2 1.000 1-1 1.000
1985-86 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Dec. 18, 1985
4. Celtics 137   Larry Bird 35 8 10 3 0 4 5 41 14-27 .519 2-3 .667 5-6 .833
Mavericks 117   Dale Ellis 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 04 0-1 .000 0-0 - 0-0 -
Mar. 10, 1986
5. Celtics 115   Larry Bird 50 11 5 1 0 5 3 40 18-33 .545 4-7 .571 10-11 .909
Mavericks 116   Dale Ellis 7 1 1 1 0 0 3 18 2-8 .250 2-6 .333 1-2 .500
1986-87 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Dec. 30, 1986
6. Celtics 104   Larry Bird 27 8 6 1 0 1 1 41 10-19 .526 3-3 1.000 4-5 .800
Supersonics 102   Dale Ellis 17 3 2 0 1 1 3 36 7-22 .318 0-2 .000 3-3 1.000
Mar. 20, 1987
7. Celtics 112   Larry Bird 42 12 5 3 3 1 1 46 15-28 .536 2-5 .400 10-10 1.000
Supersonics 108   Dale Ellis 31 4 2 1 0 5 1 42 12-19 .632 2-3 .667 5-5 1.000
1987-88 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Nov. 27, 1987
8. Celtics 117   Larry Bird 19 10 9 0 0 3 3 35 6-18 .333 1-2 .500 6-6 1.000
Supersonics 112   Dale Ellis 37 9 1 1 0 1 4 40 14-23 .609 3-4 .750 6-9 .667
Dec. 30, 1987
9. Celtics 105   Larry Bird 36 15 8 1 0 4 2 45 14-26 .538 1-6 .167 7-9 .778
Supersonics 111   Dale Ellis 26 6 1 0 0 2 1 37 12-23 .522 1-2 .500 1-4 .250
1989-90 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Dec. 13, 1989
10. Celtics 109   Larry Bird 40 11 10 1 2 5 2 46 17-27 .630 2-5 .400 4-4 1.000
Supersonics 97   Dale Ellis 32 9 1 0 0 0 3 43 14-33 .424 2-8 .250 2-3 .667
Dec. 29, 1989
11. Celtics 96   Larry Bird 9 9 7 0 0 7 1 40 4-11 .364 0-2 .000 1-1 1.000
Supersonics 89   Dale Ellis 17 7 2 0 0 0 1 41 7-15 .467 1-5 .200 2-2 1.000
1990-91 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Feb. 12, 1991
12. Celtics 114   Larry Bird 18 10 5 1 0 2 3 42 7-17 .412 1-4 .250 3-3 1.000
Supersonics 111   Dale Ellis 12 4 0 1 0 2 2 25 5-12 .417 1-3 .333 1-2 .500
1991-92 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Dec. 18, 1991
13. Celtics 131   Larry Bird 15 5 8 0 1 2 3 32 6-14 .429 3-7 .429 0-0 -
Bucks 117   Dale Ellis 16 2 3 1 0 3 0 22 5-10 .500 2-4 .500 4-4 1.000
Mar. 17, 1992
14. Celtics 106   Larry Bird 7 5 7 0 0 3 0 26 3-7 .429 0-0 - 1-2 .500
Bucks 127   Dale Ellis 22 2 1 1 0 1 0 23 9-14 .643 2-5 .400 2-2 1.000