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Head-to-Head: Games Played Between Larry Bird and Rod Higgins

This is the detail of NBA games in which Larry Bird and Rod Higgins 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 21 times in NBA games. Larry Bird has a 18-3 winning record over Rod Higgins. 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
Rod Higgins: 1982-83 to 1994-95

21 Games played

21 in Regular Season

0 in Playoffs

Summary of Victories

	Games Won	in Regular Season	in Playoffs
Larry Bird	18	18	0
Rod Higgins	3	3	0

Stats in Games Between Them

Averages
Player	Points	Rebounds	Assists	Steals	Blocks
Larry Bird	26.4	10.1	5.9	2.0	1.2
Rod Higgins	6.4	2.7	1.5	0.9	0.3

Game Highs
Player	Points	Rebounds	Assists	Steals	Blocks
Larry Bird	41	17	13	5	3
Rod Higgins	17	8	4	4	2

Games with better stats than the other player...
Player	Points	Rebounds	Assists	Steals	Blocks
Larry Bird	21 games	19 games	19 games	13 games	13 games
Rod Higgins	0 games	1 game	1 game	4 games	3 games
Both had same stat	0 games	1 game	1 game	4 games	5 games

Head To Head Games Played: One by One

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1982-83 Season
Game				Player	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Min	FG	%	3PT	%	FT	%
	Dec. 22, 1982
1.	Celtics	140		Larry Bird	26	17	4	3	1	4	2	38	9-18	.500	0-2	.000	8-10	.800
	Bulls	131		Rod Higgins	4	2	1	0	1	1	4	17	1-4	.250	0-0	-	2-2	1.000
	Jan. 21, 1983
2.	Celtics	117		Larry Bird	20	12	8	3	3	4	3	37	7-15	.467	0-1	.000	6-6	1.000
	Bulls	106		Rod Higgins	8	7	2	0	0	5	4	29	4-8	.500	0-0	-	0-0	-
	Jan. 31, 1983
3.	Celtics	110		Larry Bird	27	5	3	1	0	4	2	41	11-16	.688	0-0	-	5-6	.833
	Bulls	104		Rod Higgins	8	6	4	0	0	1	2	38	3-10	.300	0-0	-	2-3	.667
	Mar. 26, 1983
4.	Celtics	108		Larry Bird	30	8	2	3	1	2	3	44	12-29	.414	0-1	.000	6-11	.545
	Bulls	118		Rod Higgins	17	8	2	1	2	2	6	32	7-14	.500	0-0	-	3-5	.600


1983-84 Season
Game				Player	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Min	FG	%	3PT	%	FT	%
	Nov. 12, 1983
5.	Celtics	116		Larry Bird	18	9	4	2	1	4	3	41	8-15	.533	0-2	.000	2-5	.400
	Bulls	101		Rod Higgins	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	13	0-2	.000	0-1	.000	0-0	-
	Dec. 06, 1983
6.	Celtics	118		Larry Bird	24	11	4	0	0	1	1	33	9-15	.600	2-3	.667	4-4	1.000
	Bulls	105		Rod Higgins	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	11	2-4	.500	0-0	-	0-0	-
	Jan. 31, 1984
7.	Celtics	106		Larry Bird	28	12	4	5	1	3	2	32	12-20	.600	0-0	-	4-5	.800
	Bulls	83		Rod Higgins	7	3	1	2	0	0	0	16	3-5	.600	0-0	-	1-1	1.000
	Mar. 02, 1984
8.	Celtics	104		Larry Bird	28	12	5	1	1	4	3	39	8-16	.500	0-1	.000	12-12	1.000
	Bulls	100		Rod Higgins	4	1	1	1	0	0	1	14	2-3	.667	0-0	-	0-0	-
	Apr. 08, 1984
9.	Celtics	117		Larry Bird	30	10	10	1	1	2	5	35	12-17	.706	0-0	-	6-6	1.000
	Bulls	110		Rod Higgins	5	1	3	3	0	0	3	26	2-5	.400	0-1	.000	1-1	1.000


1984-85 Season
Game				Player	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Min	FG	%	3PT	%	FT	%
	Nov. 15, 1984
10.	Celtics	125		Larry Bird	14	17	3	0	2	3	4	31	6-17	.353	0-0	-	2-2	1.000
	Bulls	105		Rod Higgins	2	3	1	0	0	1	3	14	1-3	.333	0-0	-	0-0	-
	Dec. 22, 1984
11.	Celtics	85		Larry Bird	10	7	4	0	0	2	5	32	3-14	.214	0-0	-	4-4	1.000
	Bulls	110		Rod Higgins	8	1	1	1	0	0	0	17	4-7	.571	0-0	-	0-0	-
	Jan. 09, 1985
12.	Celtics	111		Larry Bird	28	11	4	3	3	2	3	44	9-21	.429	0-0	-	10-10	1.000
	Bulls	108		Rod Higgins	5	0	0	1	0	0	0	12	1-2	.500	1-2	.500	2-2	1.000
	Feb. 05, 1985
13.	Celtics	110		Larry Bird	27	9	7	1	3	4	2	42	9-21	.429	1-1	1.000	8-8	1.000
	Bulls	106		Rod Higgins	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	12	1-2	.500	0-0	-	0-0	-


1985-86 Season
Game				Player	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Min	FG	%	3PT	%	FT	%
	Mar. 21, 1986
14.	Celtics	126		Larry Bird	32	6	8	3	0	4	3	32	11-18	.611	2-2	1.000	8-8	1.000
	Bulls	105		Rod Higgins	6	2	1	0	1	0	2	25	3-9	.333	0-1	.000	0-0	-


1986-87 Season
Game				Player	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Min	FG	%	3PT	%	FT	%
	Nov. 21, 1986
15.	Celtics	135		Larry Bird	32	7	13	1	2	2	1	42	9-16	.563	4-5	.800	10-10	1.000
	Warriors	120		Rod Higgins	6	1	2	3	0	0	2	19	3-6	.500	0-0	-	0-0	-
	Feb. 12, 1987
16.	Celtics	134		Larry Bird	22	11	8	3	1	2	1	35	8-16	.500	1-5	.200	5-5	1.000
	Warriors	112		Rod Higgins	6	4	2	0	0	0	0	10	3-4	.750	0-0	-	0-0	-


1987-88 Season
Game				Player	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Min	FG	%	3PT	%	FT	%
	Jan. 02, 1988
17.	Celtics	115		Larry Bird	41	10	5	2	0	3	2	43	15-24	.625	3-6	.500	8-10	.800
	Warriors	110		Rod Higgins	12	4	2	1	0	0	4	24	3-7	.429	0-0	-	6-6	1.000
	Jan. 18, 1988
18.	Celtics	121		Larry Bird	26	8	3	2	0	7	2	27	11-17	.647	0-1	.000	4-4	1.000
	Warriors	101		Rod Higgins	16	2	2	4	1	1	3	28	7-12	.583	0-1	.000	2-2	1.000


1989-90 Season
Game				Player	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Min	FG	%	3PT	%	FT	%
	Jan. 21, 1990
19.	Celtics	115		Larry Bird	37	5	12	4	2	3	3	42	13-21	.619	2-4	.500	9-9	1.000
	Warriors	120		Rod Higgins	0	0	2	0	1	0	2	12	0-2	.000	0-1	.000	0-0	-
	Feb. 23, 1990
20.	Celtics	123		Larry Bird	25	14	8	1	2	5	6	41	10-17	.588	1-2	.500	4-4	1.000
	Warriors	111		Rod Higgins	10	4	2	1	1	1	3	29	5-11	.455	0-4	.000	0-0	-


1990-91 Season
Game				Player	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Min	FG	%	3PT	%	FT	%
	Feb. 14, 1991
21.	Celtics	128		Larry Bird	29	11	4	3	1	2	2	37	11-17	.647	4-6	.667	3-3	1.000
	Warriors	112		Rod Higgins	5	5	0	0	0	1	4	19	2-6	.333	0-3	.000	1-1	1.000

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