Head-to-Head: Games Played Between Larry Bird and Quinn Buckner

This is the detail of NBA games in which Larry Bird and Quinn Buckner 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.

Player comparisons:
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They faced each other a total of 15 times in NBA games. Larry Bird has a 9-6 winning record over Quinn Buckner. They never met in the Playoffs.

Games Played Against Each Other

Larry Bird
vs.
Quinn Buckner
NBA Timeline:
1946-47
2023-24
Larry Bird:
1979-80 to 1991-92
Quinn Buckner:
1976-77 to 1985-86
15 Games played
15 in Regular Season
0 in Playoffs

Summary of Victories

 Games Won in
Regular Season		 in
Playoffs
Larry Bird
9
9
0
Quinn Buckner
6
6
0

Stats in Games Between Them

Averages
Player
 Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Larry Bird 21.7 10.1 5.2 1.70.4
Quinn Buckner 10.1 3.5 3.91.60.1
Game Highs
Player
 Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Larry Bird 33 15 8 42
Quinn Buckner 22 8 9 51
Games with better stats than the other player...
Player
 Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Larry Bird 12

games		 14

games		 8

games		 6

games		5

games
Quinn Buckner 3

games 		0

games		 5

games		 6

games		1

game
Both had same stat 0

games		 1

game		 2

games		 3

games		9

games

Head To Head Games Played: One by One

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1979-80 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Dec. 09, 1979
1. Celtics 113   Larry Bird 25 11 8 1 0 3 4 40 10-20 .500 0-0 - 5-5 1.000
Bucks 108   Quinn Buckner 17 6 9 3 0 2 2 33 8-14 .571 0-0 - 1-2 .500
Dec. 14, 1979
2. Celtics 97   Larry Bird 21 9 3 2 0 2 3 34 7-17 .412 0-2 .000 7-9 .778
Bucks 94   Quinn Buckner 6 8 5 2 0 2 2 35 3-7 .429 0-0 - 0-0 -
1980-81 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Oct. 16, 1980
3. Celtics 110   Larry Bird 8 7 5 1 1 1 3 44 4-8 .500 0-1 .000 0-0 -
Bucks 103   Quinn Buckner 10 1 5 3 0 5 5 29 5-11 .455 0-0 - 0-0 -
Nov. 07, 1980
4. Celtics 101   Larry Bird 29 14 4 1 2 7 5 38 12-21 .571 0-2 .000 5-6 .833
Bucks 102   Quinn Buckner 4 4 5 0 0 3 2 28 1-3 .333 0-0 - 2-2 1.000
Nov. 30, 1980
5. Celtics 105   Larry Bird 18 6 1 3 1 0 4 42 7-15 .467 0-0 - 4-4 1.000
Bucks 107   Quinn Buckner 20 6 5 5 0 2 4 30 8-13 .615 0-0 - 4-8 .500
Dec. 09, 1980
6. Celtics 112   Larry Bird 20 11 5 3 0 4 2 39 10-21 .476 0-0 - 0-0 -
Bucks 89   Quinn Buckner 4 8 4 0 1 3 4 33 2-8 .250 0-0 - 0-0 -
Feb. 05, 1981
7. Celtics 103   Larry Bird 17 6 4 1 0 2 3 28 5-11 .455 0-0 - 7-8 .875
Bucks 113   Quinn Buckner 16 5 5 2 0 4 1 28 8-10 .800 0-0 - 0-0 -
Mar. 11, 1981
8. Celtics 122   Larry Bird 29 13 6 1 0 2 4 47 12-20 .600 0-0 - 5-6 .833
Bucks 108   Quinn Buckner 9 2 2 1 0 1 1 27 3-9 .333 0-0 - 3-4 .750
1981-82 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Oct. 31, 1981
9. Celtics 103   Larry Bird 15 12 4 2 0 1 3 44 7-15 .467 0-1 .000 1-2 .500
Bucks 119   Quinn Buckner 22 1 4 2 0 0 3 30 9-11 .818 0-0 - 4-5 .800
Nov. 20, 1981
10. Celtics 112   Larry Bird 20 8 6 3 1 3 3 31 8-14 .571 0-0 - 4-4 1.000
Bucks 89   Quinn Buckner 6 3 3 1 0 4 4 26 2-10 .200 0-1 .000 2-4 .500
Jan. 15, 1982
11. Celtics 118   Larry Bird 29 11 7 1 0 2 5 40 12-20 .600 0-1 .000 5-7 .714
Bucks 122   Quinn Buckner 19 6 5 2 0 1 5 33 8-18 .444 0-0 - 3-4 .750
Feb. 28, 1982
12. Celtics 106   Larry Bird 16 6 4 1 1 1 4 29 5-13 .385 0-0 - 6-8 .750
Bucks 102   Quinn Buckner 9 1 2 2 0 0 2 16 4-8 .500 0-0 - 1-2 .500
1985-86 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Nov. 13, 1985
13. Celtics 118   Larry Bird 18 15 7 1 0 3 4 42 6-21 .286 0-1 .000 6-6 1.000
Pacers 114   Quinn Buckner 7 2 3 0 0 4 0 16 3-4 .750 0-0 - 1-1 1.000
Nov. 16, 1985
14. Celtics 109   Larry Bird 33 9 6 1 0 5 1 41 12-19 .632 2-3 .667 7-7 1.000
Pacers 111   Quinn Buckner 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 06 0-1 .000 0-0 - 0-0 -
Jan. 02, 1986
15. Celtics 122   Larry Bird 27 13 8 4 0 2 4 37 9-20 .450 1-2 .500 8-10 .800
Pacers 104   Quinn Buckner 2 0 1 1 0 2 2 08 1-1 1.000 0-0 - 0-0 -
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