Head-to-Head: Games Played Between Larry Bird and Toby Knight

This is the detail of NBA games in which Larry Bird and Toby Knight 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 9 times in NBA games. Larry Bird has an 8-1 winning record over Toby Knight. They never met in the Playoffs.

Games Played Against Each Other

NBA Timeline:
1946-47
2023-24
Larry Bird:
1979-80 to 1991-92
Toby Knight:
1977-78 to 1981-82
9 Games played
9 in Regular Season
0 in Playoffs

Summary of Victories

Games Won in
Regular Season
in
Playoffs
Larry Bird
8
8
0
Toby Knight
1
1
0

Stats in Games Between Them

Averages
Player
Points Rebounds Assists
Larry Bird 23.8 10.8 5.6
Toby Knight 11.9 4.1 1.3
Game Highs
Player
Points Rebounds Assists
Larry Bird 39 13 11
Toby Knight 20 7 3
Games with better stats than the other player...
Player
Points Rebounds Assists
Larry Bird 8

games
9

games
7

games
Toby Knight 1

game
0

games
0

games
Both had same stat 0

games
0

games
2

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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
%
Nov. 17, 1979
1. Celtics 109   Larry Bird 19 11 5 1 1 10 5 37 7-15 .467 0-0 - 5-6 .833
Knicks 113   Toby Knight 16 6 2 3 0 1 5 35 7-12 .583 0-0 - 2-4 .500
Nov. 30, 1979
2. Celtics 100   Larry Bird 8 9 3 2 0 1 1 30 4-18 .222 0-1 .000 0-0 -
Knicks 97   Toby Knight 20 7 3 1 2 2 1 43 9-17 .529 0-0 - 2-2 1.000
Dec. 15, 1979
3. Celtics 99   Larry Bird 31 13 1 3 0 6 43 11-23 .478 3-3 1.000 6-6 1.000
Knicks 96   Toby Knight 16 5 1 5 46 6-17 .353 0-0 - 4-4 1.000
Mar. 15, 1980
4. Celtics 123   Larry Bird 29 12 5 1 2 2 4 33 12-22 .545 0-0 - 5-5 1.000
Knicks 120   Toby Knight 12 6 0 2 2 2 4 30 6-13 .462 0-0 - 0-0 -
Mar. 26, 1980
5. Celtics 129   Larry Bird 23 13 4 2 0 2 4 41 8-25 .320 0-0 - 7-8 .875
Knicks 121   Toby Knight 18 3 2 0 1 2 5 44 6-13 .462 0-0 - 6-6 1.000
1981-82 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Jan. 19, 1982
6. Celtics 111   Larry Bird 39 10 7 2 2 44 18-24 .750 0-0 - 3-4 .750
Knicks 107   Toby Knight 16 1 2 5 28 8-11 .727 0-0 - 0-0 -
Jan. 27, 1982
7. Celtics 131   Larry Bird 31 8 11 4 3 31 13-20 .650 0-0 - 5-7 .714
Knicks 99   Toby Knight 3 1 2 3 13 1-4 .250 0-0 - 1-2 .500
Apr. 08, 1982
8. Celtics 110   Larry Bird 19 10 8 3 3 42 6-17 .353 0-0 - 7-8 .875
Knicks 106   Toby Knight 4 2 0 2 10 2-3 .667 0-0 - 0-0 -
Apr. 18, 1982
9. Celtics 119   Larry Bird 15 11 6 4 2 27 7-15 .467 0-1 .000 1-1 1.000
Knicks 99   Toby Knight 2 6 0 0 11 1-5 .200 0-0 - 0-0 -