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

This is the detail of NBA games in which Larry Bird and Billy 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 24 times in NBA games. Larry Bird has a 17-7 winning record over Billy 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
Billy Knight:
1976-77 to 1984-85
24 Games played
24 in Regular Season
0 in Playoffs

Summary of Victories

Games Won in
Regular Season
in
Playoffs
Larry Bird
17
17
0
Billy Knight
7
7
0

Stats in Games Between Them

Averages
Player
Points Rebounds Assists
Larry Bird 25.5 10.6 5.5
Billy Knight 16.8 4.8 2.2
Game Highs
Player
Points Rebounds Assists
Larry Bird 53 20 10
Billy Knight 32 11 5
Games with better stats than the other player...
Player
Points Rebounds Assists
Larry Bird 17

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22

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19

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Billy Knight 6

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1

game
2

games
Both had same stat 1

game
1

game
3

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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
%
Oct. 20, 1979
1. Celtics 128   Larry Bird 20 2 4 4 0 3 6 22 8-12 .667 0-1 .000 4-4 1.000
OT Pacers 131   Billy Knight 15 4 3 2 0 1 2 31 4-11 .364 0-0 - 7-7 1.000
Nov. 23, 1979
2. Celtics 118   Larry Bird 30 11 3 2 1 7 3 37 14-29 .483 0-1 .000 2-2 1.000
Pacers 103   Billy Knight 4 2 0 0 0 0 06 2-2 1.000 0-0 - 0-0 -
Feb. 08, 1980
3. Celtics 130   Larry Bird 14 6 8 3 0 1 6 23 5-14 .357 2-3 .667 2-2 1.000
Pacers 108   Billy Knight 19 6 1 0 1 2 1 45 6-10 .600 0-0 - 7-8 .875
Mar. 11, 1980
4. Celtics 108   Larry Bird 28 7 3 1 0 4 5 40 11-22 .500 2-6 .333 4-4 1.000
Pacers 114   Billy Knight 16 6 3 1 0 3 1 32 6-12 .500 0-0 - 4-4 1.000
Mar. 18, 1980
5. Celtics 114   Larry Bird 14 13 7 3 0 6 3 29 3-10 .300 0-1 .000 8-11 .727
Pacers 102   Billy Knight 22 7 1 2 0 2 3 41 8-16 .500 0-2 .000 6-6 1.000
1980-81 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Oct. 18, 1980
6. Celtics 99   Larry Bird 19 5 3 4 36 7-18 .389 1-1 1.000 4-4 1.000
Pacers 103   Billy Knight 8 3 1 0 11 3-6 .500 0-0 - 2-2 1.000
Nov. 19, 1980
7. Celtics 103   Larry Bird 19 18 4 1 4 4 40 8-21 .381 1-4 .250 2-2 1.000
Pacers 91   Billy Knight 27 11 3 1 3 36 11-19 .579 0-0 - 5-7 .714
Jan. 23, 1981
8. Celtics 104   Larry Bird 32 10 8 5 0 4 41 14-22 .636 0-0 - 4-4 1.000
Pacers 103   Billy Knight 11 4 1 0 2 23 5-9 .556 0-0 - 1-1 1.000
Feb. 06, 1981
9. Celtics 111   Larry Bird 31 8 5 2 3 2 38 12-18 .667 2-2 1.000 5-6 .833
Pacers 98   Billy Knight 3 4 3 1 0 1 23 1-6 .167 0-0 - 1-2 .500
Mar. 06, 1981
10. Celtics 104   Larry Bird 28 10 10 1 0 2 45 12-20 .600 0-1 .000 4-4 1.000
Pacers 110   Billy Knight 32 4 1 2 0 5 38 12-20 .600 0-0 - 8-10 .800
Mar. 13, 1981
11. Celtics 94   Larry Bird 13 12 4 2 1 0 1 38 6-19 .316 0-2 .000 1-1 1.000
Pacers 101   Billy Knight 16 6 5 0 0 3 2 35 6-13 .462 0-0 - 4-4 1.000
1981-82 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Nov. 06, 1981
12. Celtics 111   Larry Bird 28 14 4 2 3 5 36 12-25 .480 0-1 .000 4-6 .667
Pacers 94   Billy Knight 6 3 3 0 0 0 26 3-6 .500 0-0 - 0-0 -
Dec. 01, 1981
13. Celtics 87   Larry Bird 16 11 3 1 1 8 0 41 8-18 .444 0-1 .000 0-0 -
Pacers 90   Billy Knight 15 2 1 1 2 21 6-12 .500 0-0 - 3-3 1.000
Jan. 20, 1982
14. Celtics 112   Larry Bird 32 13 5 1 1 5 38 14-25 .560 0-0 - 4-4 1.000
Pacers 103   Billy Knight 20 6 2 0 3 19 8-14 .571 0-0 - 4-5 .800
Feb. 02, 1982
15. Celtics 109   Larry Bird 26 13 6 1 0 1 2 43 8-19 .421 0-1 .000 10-10 1.000
Pacers 105   Billy Knight 12 7 1 0 0 3 2 20 5-10 .500 0-0 - 2-2 1.000
Mar. 10, 1982
16. Celtics 121   Larry Bird 21 8 3 1 1 3 22 10-15 .667 0-0 - 1-2 .500
Pacers 100   Billy Knight 15 6 3 1 0 1 26 6-16 .375 0-1 .000 3-4 .750
1982-83 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Nov. 03, 1982
17. Celtics 111   Larry Bird 23 9 4 0 3 3 1 33 7-14 .500 0-0 - 9-9 1.000
Pacers 104   Billy Knight 25 5 5 2 0 3 2 35 10-19 .526 0-1 .000 5-7 .714
Jan. 18, 1983
18. Celtics 130   Larry Bird 32 12 7 3 1 3 3 43 12-24 .500 1-1 1.000 7-8 .875
Pacers 126   Billy Knight 19 1 3 0 0 1 3 27 8-14 .571 0-0 - 3-4 .750
Feb. 04, 1983
19. Celtics 102   Larry Bird 23 20 4 2 1 1 2 39 9-20 .450 0-2 .000 5-6 .833
Pacers 93   Billy Knight 23 9 0 0 0 2 4 27 8-16 .500 0-1 .000 7-8 .875
Mar. 29, 1983
20. Celtics 101   Larry Bird 25 8 9 1 0 5 3 36 10-18 .556 0-0 - 5-6 .833
Pacers 130   Billy Knight 23 5 3 1 0 0 2 32 8-16 .500 0-0 - 7-11 .636
Mar. 30, 1983
21. Celtics 142   Larry Bird 53 8 3 1 2 6 2 33 21-30 .700 0-1 .000 11-11 1.000
Pacers 116   Billy Knight 25 4 3 0 0 1 1 31 10-21 .476 0-0 - 5-5 1.000
1983-84 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Feb. 01, 1984
22. Celtics 119   Larry Bird 32 8 7 1 0 4 4 39 13-23 .565 0-1 .000 6-8 .750
Kings 110   Billy Knight 20 4 3 1 1 1 4 35 10-18 .556 0-0 - 0-0 -
1984-85 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Dec. 29, 1984
23. Celtics 120   Larry Bird 18 15 10 1 0 2 5 37 9-18 .500 0-0 - 0-0 -
Spurs 112   Billy Knight 17 5 3 1 0 2 1 22 7-12 .583 2-3 .667 1-2 .500
Feb. 27, 1985
24. Celtics 111   Larry Bird 35 14 7 2 2 5 4 42 13-27 .481 2-3 .667 7-9 .778
Spurs 102   Billy Knight 9 1 1 0 0 0 1 14 4-8 .500 1-1 1.000 0-0 -