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Head-to-Head: Games Played Between Larry Bird and Derek Harper

This is the detail of NBA games in which Larry Bird and Derek Harper 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 13 times in NBA games. Larry Bird has a 11-2 winning record over Derek Harper. They never met in the Playoffs.

Games Played Against Each Other

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NBA Timeline:	1946-47 2023-24
Larry Bird: 1979-80 to 1991-92
Derek Harper: 1983-84 to 1998-99

13 Games played

13 in Regular Season

0 in Playoffs

Summary of Victories

	Games Won	in Regular Season	in Playoffs
Larry Bird	11	11	0
Derek Harper	2	2	0

Stats in Games Between Them

Averages
Player	Points	Rebounds	Assists	Steals	Blocks
Larry Bird	30.5	10.7	7.2	1.3	0.6
Derek Harper	12.7	1.9	6.2	1.4	0.7

Game Highs
Player	Points	Rebounds	Assists	Steals	Blocks
Larry Bird	50	15	11	3	2
Derek Harper	30	6	12	4	2

Games with better stats than the other player...
Player	Points	Rebounds	Assists	Steals	Blocks
Larry Bird	12 games	13 games	7 games	6 games	4 games
Derek Harper	1 game	0 games	4 games	6 games	5 games
Both had same stat	0 games	0 games	2 games	1 game	4 games

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	%
	Dec. 30, 1983
1.	Celtics	114		Larry Bird	36	13	4	3	1	6	3	46	14-25	.560	2-2	1.000	6-7	.857
OT	Mavericks	109		Derek Harper	12	0	4	1	1	4	2	27	4-8	.500	0-0	-	4-4	1.000
	Mar. 28, 1984
2.	Celtics	114		Larry Bird	23	9	4	1	1	3	2	34	8-20	.400	0-1	.000	7-7	1.000
	Mavericks	107		Derek Harper	15	3	2	0	1	1	0	28	5-9	.556	1-1	1.000	4-7	.571


1984-85 Season
Game				Player	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Min	FG	%	3PT	%	FT	%
	Nov. 27, 1984
3.	Celtics	114		Larry Bird	40	10	9	0	1	1	3	44	16-20	.800	0-1	.000	8-8	1.000
	Mavericks	99		Derek Harper	2	2	3	1	2	1	1	25	1-7	.143	0-0	-	0-0	-
	Mar. 08, 1985
4.	Celtics	133		Larry Bird	32	15	9	1	1	2	1	37	12-20	.600	2-3	.667	6-6	1.000
	Mavericks	122		Derek Harper	12	2	7	2	0	1	3	32	4-8	.500	0-0	-	4-4	1.000


1985-86 Season
Game				Player	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Min	FG	%	3PT	%	FT	%
	Dec. 18, 1985
5.	Celtics	137		Larry Bird	35	8	10	3	0	4	5	41	14-27	.519	2-3	.667	5-6	.833
	Mavericks	117		Derek Harper	11	2	9	2	2	1	1	28	5-12	.417	1-1	1.000	0-0	-
	Mar. 10, 1986
6.	Celtics	115		Larry Bird	50	11	5	1	0	5	3	40	18-33	.545	4-7	.571	10-11	.909
	Mavericks	116		Derek Harper	6	2	1	0	0	0	2	11	3-5	.600	0-0	-	0-0	-


1986-87 Season
Game				Player	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Min	FG	%	3PT	%	FT	%
	Jan. 14, 1987
7.	Celtics	117		Larry Bird	25	15	6	0	2	3	3	43	8-15	.533	0-1	.000	9-10	.900
	Mavericks	108		Derek Harper	13	1	8	4	0	3	2	39	3-11	.273	1-4	.250	6-6	1.000


1987-88 Season
Game				Player	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Min	FG	%	3PT	%	FT	%
	Feb. 12, 1988
8.	Celtics	105		Larry Bird	39	10	6	3	0	2	2	40	16-25	.640	2-4	.500	5-6	.833
	Mavericks	104		Derek Harper	14	2	10	0	1	1	2	37	5-15	.333	1-7	.143	3-4	.750
	Apr. 03, 1988
9.	Celtics	110		Larry Bird	32	5	8	0	0	4	1	43	11-19	.579	7-10	.700	3-3	1.000
	Mavericks	101		Derek Harper	14	1	3	2	1	2	1	37	6-12	.500	0-0	-	2-2	1.000


1989-90 Season
Game				Player	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Min	FG	%	3PT	%	FT	%
	Feb. 28, 1990
10.	Celtics	111		Larry Bird	31	12	5	1	1	3	3	44	13-22	.591	2-4	.500	3-4	.750
	Mavericks	98		Derek Harper	30	0	8	3	0	2	3	33	14-21	.667	2-5	.400	0-0	-
	Mar. 14, 1990
11.	Celtics	102		Larry Bird	21	10	8	2	0	4	2	44	9-21	.429	1-3	.333	2-2	1.000
	Mavericks	113		Derek Harper	4	3	8	0	0	2	4	37	1-11	.091	0-3	.000	2-2	1.000


1990-91 Season
Game				Player	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Min	FG	%	3PT	%	FT	%
	Dec. 07, 1990
12.	Celtics	112		Larry Bird	6	8	11	0	0	2	2	37	2-11	.182	0-3	.000	2-4	.500
	Mavericks	104		Derek Harper	22	6	12	1	1	1	0	38	5-16	.313	0-4	.000	12-14	.857


1991-92 Season
Game				Player	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Min	FG	%	3PT	%	FT	%
	Mar. 01, 1992
13.	Celtics	101		Larry Bird	26	13	9	2	1	2	2	34	9-16	.563	1-4	.250	7-7	1.000
	Mavericks	91		Derek Harper	10	1	5	2	0	2	1	29	4-14	.286	0-5	.000	2-2	1.000

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