Head-to-Head: Games Played Between Larry Bird and Karl Malone
This is the detail of NBA games in which Larry Bird and Karl Malone 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.
They faced each other a total of 11 times in NBA games. Larry Bird has an 8-3 winning record over Karl Malone. They never met in the Playoffs.
Games Played Against Each Other
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11 Games played
11 in Regular Season
0 in Playoffs
Summary of Victories
Games Won | in Regular Season |
in Playoffs |
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Larry Bird | 8 |
8 |
0 |
Karl Malone | 3 |
3 |
0 |
Stats in Games Between Them
Averages |
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Player |
Points | Rebounds | Assists | Steals | Blocks |
Larry Bird | 27.5 | 8.0 | 6.4 | 2.3 | 0.5 |
Karl Malone | 25.7 | 11.0 | 2.5 | 1.7 | 0.6 |
Game Highs |
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Player |
Points | Rebounds | Assists | Steals | Blocks |
Larry Bird | 40 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 2 |
Karl Malone | 39 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 2 |
Games with better stats than the other player... |
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Player |
Points | Rebounds | Assists | Steals | Blocks |
Larry Bird | 8 |
2 |
10 |
5 | 2 |
Karl Malone | 3 |
9 |
1 |
5 | 4 |
Both had same stat | 0 |
0 |
0 |
1 | 5 |
Head To Head Games Played: One by One
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1985-86 Season
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Nov. 20, 1985
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1. | Celtics | 115 | Larry Bird | 27 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 42 | 10-25 | .400 | 1-2 | .500 | 6-6 | 1.000 | |
OT | Jazz | 106 | Karl Malone | 17 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 34 | 8-15 | .533 | 0-0 | - | 1-3 | .333 | |
Dec. 28, 1985
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2. | Celtics | 110 | Larry Bird | 24 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 40 | 10-16 | .625 | 0-0 | - | 4-4 | 1.000 | |
Jazz | 108 | Karl Malone | 6 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 28 | 3-7 | .429 | 0-0 | - | 0-0 | - |
1986-87 Season
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Feb. 16, 1987
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3. | Celtics | 89 | Larry Bird | 26 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 37 | 9-22 | .409 | 1-4 | .250 | 7-7 | 1.000 | |
Jazz | 109 | Karl Malone | 25 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 38 | 11-25 | .440 | 0-0 | - | 3-4 | .750 | ||
Mar. 04, 1987
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4. | Celtics | 123 | Larry Bird | 27 | 8 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 32 | 10-15 | .667 | 1-3 | .333 | 6-7 | .857 | |
Jazz | 105 | Karl Malone | 20 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 30 | 8-19 | .421 | 0-0 | - | 4-5 | .800 |
1987-88 Season
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Dec. 16, 1987
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5. | Celtics | 121 | Larry Bird | 38 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 42 | 14-25 | .560 | 1-5 | .200 | 9-9 | 1.000 | |
Jazz | 111 | Karl Malone | 31 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 43 | 15-30 | .500 | 0-0 | - | 1-2 | .500 | ||
Jan. 04, 1988
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6. | Celtics | 107 | Larry Bird | 28 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 41 | 11-25 | .440 | 3-6 | .500 | 3-3 | 1.000 | |
Jazz | 99 | Karl Malone | 25 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 38 | 9-18 | .500 | 0-0 | - | 7-10 | .700 |
1989-90 Season
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Dec. 20, 1989
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7. | Celtics | 113 | Larry Bird | 40 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 41 | 16-30 | .533 | 1-2 | .500 | 7-7 | 1.000 | |
Jazz | 109 | Karl Malone | 39 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 40 | 12-22 | .545 | 1-1 | 1.000 | 14-17 | .824 | ||
Feb. 21, 1990
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8. | Celtics | 103 | Larry Bird | 24 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 41 | 10-22 | .455 | 0-2 | .000 | 4-5 | .800 | |
Jazz | 116 | Karl Malone | 27 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 28 | 11-19 | .579 | 0-0 | - | 5-6 | .833 |
1990-91 Season
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Nov. 16, 1990
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9. | Celtics | 114 | Larry Bird | 23 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 35 | 10-22 | .455 | 0-1 | .000 | 3-3 | 1.000 | |
Jazz | 89 | Karl Malone | 17 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 35 | 3-10 | .300 | 0-0 | - | 11-14 | .786 | ||
Mar. 13, 1991
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10. | Celtics | 109 | Larry Bird | 25 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 48 | 10-23 | .435 | 2-6 | .333 | 3-3 | 1.000 | |
OT | Jazz | 112 | Karl Malone | 37 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 44 | 15-23 | .652 | 0-0 | - | 7-8 | .875 |