Head-to-Head: Games Played Between Larry Bird and Horace Grant

This is the detail of NBA games in which Larry Bird and Horace Grant 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. Horace Grant has a 9-6 winning record over Larry Bird. They never met in the Playoffs.

Games Played Against Each Other

Larry Bird
vs.
Horace Grant
NBA Timeline:
1946-47
2023-24
Larry Bird:
1979-80 to 1991-92
Horace Grant:
1987-88 to 2003-04
15 Games played
15 in Regular Season
0 in Playoffs

Summary of Victories

 Games Won in
Regular Season		 in
Playoffs
Larry Bird
6
6
0
Horace Grant
9
9
0

Stats in Games Between Them

Averages
Player
 Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Larry Bird 25.4 8.4 6.1 1.00.5
Horace Grant 10.1 8.5 1.70.90.8
Game Highs
Player
 Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Larry Bird 44 15 9 23
Horace Grant 18 18 5 23
Games with better stats than the other player...
Player
 Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Larry Bird 13

games		 7

games		 14

games		 5

games		5

games
Horace Grant 2

games 		8

games		 1

game		 4

games		5

games
Both had same stat 0

games		 0

games		 0

games		 6

games		5

games

Head To Head Games Played: One by One

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1987-88 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Jan. 12, 1988
1. Celtics 104   Larry Bird 38 9 8 2 0 1 3 44 18-31 .581 0-1 .000 2-3 .667
Bulls 97   Horace Grant 2 1 0 1 0 0 3 15 0-2 .000 0-0 - 2-2 1.000
Mar. 18, 1988
2. Celtics 103   Larry Bird 19 10 6 2 1 5 3 42 8-19 .421 0-2 .000 3-4 .750
Bulls 113   Horace Grant 9 9 0 2 0 1 1 22 4-11 .364 0-0 - 1-4 .250
Mar. 20, 1988
3. Celtics 137   Larry Bird 33 7 8 0 0 0 4 42 14-21 .667 3-3 1.000 2-2 1.000
Bulls 107   Horace Grant 7 5 0 0 1 0 2 21 3-7 .429 0-0 - 1-2 .500
Apr. 21, 1988
4. Celtics 126   Larry Bird 44 10 3 1 1 1 1 40 19-29 .655 0-0 - 6-6 1.000
Bulls 119   Horace Grant 2 5 2 0 0 3 4 20 1-4 .250 0-0 - 0-0 -
1988-89 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Nov. 09, 1988
5. Celtics 104   Larry Bird 18 10 6 1 0 1 4 34 7-19 .368 0-0 - 4-4 1.000
Bulls 110   Horace Grant 15 11 3 0 0 4 2 39 5-10 .500 0-0 - 5-5 1.000
1989-90 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Nov. 04, 1989
6. Celtics 102   Larry Bird 27 9 6 0 0 7 3 38 12-24 .500 0-1 .000 3-4 .750
Bulls 100   Horace Grant 9 10 4 2 0 2 3 34 4-10 .400 0-0 - 1-2 .500
Mar. 04, 1990
7. Celtics 114   Larry Bird 38 11 9 1 0 3 2 43 16-32 .500 3-5 .600 3-4 .750
Bulls 118   Horace Grant 15 13 0 0 3 1 2 40 7-16 .438 0-0 - 1-2 .500
Apr. 17, 1990
8. Celtics 105   Larry Bird 23 5 8 2 1 3 3 45 9-23 .391 2-3 .667 3-4 .750
Bulls 111   Horace Grant 12 12 0 2 1 2 3 37 6-10 .600 0-0 - 0-2 .000
1990-91 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Nov. 06, 1990
9. Celtics 110   Larry Bird 24 11 1 0 1 8 1 33 11-16 .688 0-0 - 2-2 1.000
Bulls 108   Horace Grant 8 4 5 0 0 0 3 31 4-7 .571 0-0 - 0-0 -
Nov. 09, 1990
10. Celtics 100   Larry Bird 23 8 5 1 0 5 1 39 8-20 .400 0-0 - 7-8 .875
Bulls 120   Horace Grant 8 7 1 2 1 0 4 29 3-9 .333 0-0 - 2-2 1.000
Feb. 26, 1991
11. Celtics 99   Larry Bird 12 7 5 2 1 3 3 25 6-14 .429 0-0 - 0-0 -
Bulls 129   Horace Grant 4 5 0 0 0 1 0 06 1-3 .333 0-0 - 2-2 1.000
Mar. 31, 1991
12. Celtics 135   Larry Bird 34 15 8 1 3 4 4 52 15-36 .417 1-5 .200 3-3 1.000
2OT Bulls 132   Horace Grant 15 18 2 1 1 1 4 53 5-8 .625 0-0 - 5-6 .833
1991-92 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Nov. 06, 1991
13. Celtics 113   Larry Bird 30 2 9 0 0 3 2 39 13-22 .591 0-0 - 4-4 1.000
Bulls 132   Horace Grant 10 6 3 1 0 2 4 30 4-6 .667 0-0 - 2-2 1.000
Dec. 25, 1991
14. Celtics 99   Larry Bird 8 8 4 0 0 1 1 34 4-10 .400 0-0 - 0-0 -
Bulls 121   Horace Grant 17 12 3 1 3 0 3 32 5-11 .455 0-0 - 7-9 .778
Mar. 11, 1992
15. Celtics 85   Larry Bird 10 4 6 2 0 4 2 36 4-15 .267 0-0 - 2-2 1.000
Bulls 119   Horace Grant 18 10 3 2 2 1 1 33 8-12 .667 0-0 - 2-3 .667
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