Head-to-Head: Games Played Between Bernard King and Kenny Smith

This is the detail of NBA games in which Bernard King and Kenny Smith 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 8 times in NBA games. Bernard King has a 6-2 winning record over Kenny Smith. They never met in the Playoffs.

Games Played Against Each Other

NBA Timeline:
1946-47
2023-24
Bernard King:
1977-78 to 1992-93
Kenny Smith:
1987-88 to 1996-97
8 Games played
8 in Regular Season
0 in Playoffs

Summary of Victories

Games Won in
Regular Season
in
Playoffs
Bernard King
6
6
0
Kenny Smith
2
2
0

Stats in Games Between Them

Averages
Player
Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Bernard King 19.0 5.4 4.3 0.50.0
Kenny Smith 14.1 1.8 6.31.10.0
Game Highs
Player
Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Bernard King 29 7 9 10
Kenny Smith 29 3 10 20
Games with better stats than the other player...
Player
Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Bernard King 5

games
6

games
1

game
1

game
0

games
Kenny Smith 3

games
0

games
5

games
4

games
0

games
Both had same stat 0

games
2

games
2

games
3

games
8

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. 17, 1988
1. Bullets 130   Bernard King 28 7 3 1 0 1 3 33 11-17 .647 0-0 - 6-6 1.000
Kings 113   Kenny Smith 10 1 3 1 0 3 3 39 3-12 .250 0-1 .000 4-4 1.000
1988-89 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Feb. 14, 1989
2. Bullets 107   Bernard King 14 2 0 1 0 1 1 29 4-14 .286 0-0 - 6-8 .750
Kings 99   Kenny Smith 29 2 5 1 0 4 2 46 11-21 .524 1-3 .333 6-6 1.000
Mar. 10, 1989
3. Bullets 114   Bernard King 12 7 2 0 0 1 2 23 6-15 .400 0-0 - 0-0 -
Kings 97   Kenny Smith 0 1 6 2 0 2 2 35 0-10 .000 0-1 .000 0-0 -
1989-90 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Feb. 02, 1990
4. Bullets 108   Bernard King 12 7 7 0 0 4 3 37 6-16 .375 0-0 - 0-0 -
Kings 99   Kenny Smith 8 2 7 2 0 1 1 40 3-10 .300 0-0 - 2-2 1.000
Feb. 20, 1990
5. Bullets 110   Bernard King 29 7 3 1 0 6 5 42 12-22 .545 0-0 - 5-6 .833
Hawks 107   Kenny Smith 4 0 9 0 0 1 0 25 2-10 .200 0-1 .000 0-0 -
Mar. 17, 1990
6. Bullets 92   Bernard King 15 4 3 1 0 5 2 27 7-14 .500 0-0 - 1-1 1.000
Hawks 119   Kenny Smith 22 3 4 1 0 3 2 27 9-12 .750 0-0 - 4-4 1.000
1990-91 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Dec. 14, 1990
7. Bullets 106   Bernard King 13 7 7 0 0 2 0 36 5-18 .278 0-0 - 3-6 .500
Rockets 93   Kenny Smith 17 3 6 1 0 3 1 39 8-14 .571 1-2 .500 0-0 -
Feb. 14, 1991
8. Bullets 117   Bernard King 29 2 9 0 0 8 3 35 9-16 .563 0-0 - 11-13 .846
Rockets 129   Kenny Smith 23 2 10 1 0 2 0 26 7-12 .583 1-3 .333 8-8 1.000