Head-to-Head: Games Played Between Billy Ray Bates and Magic Johnson

This is the detail of NBA games in which Billy Ray Bates and Magic Johnson 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 9 times in NBA games. Magic Johnson has a 6-3 winning record over Billy Ray Bates. They never met in the Playoffs.

Games Played Against Each Other

Billy Ray Bates
vs.
Magic Johnson
NBA Timeline:
1946-47
2023-24
Billy Ray Bates:
1979-80 to 1982-83
Magic Johnson:
1979-80 to 1995-96
9 Games played
9 in Regular Season
0 in Playoffs

Summary of Victories

 Games Won in
Regular Season		 in
Playoffs
Billy Ray Bates
3
3
0
Magic Johnson
6
6
0

Stats in Games Between Them

Averages
Player
 Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Billy Ray Bates 8.8 1.4 2.2 0.70.0
Magic Johnson 17.2 10.4 8.82.80.6
Game Highs
Player
 Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Billy Ray Bates 18 3 6 20
Magic Johnson 25 16 15 72
Games with better stats than the other player...
Player
 Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Billy Ray Bates 0

games		 0

games		 1

game		 3

games		0

games
Magic Johnson 9

games 		9

games		 8

games		 6

games		3

games
Both had same stat 0

games		 0

games		 0

games		 0

games		6

games

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
%
Mar. 09, 1980
1. Trail Blazers 142   Billy Ray Bates 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 03 0-3 .000 0-0 - 0-0 -
Lakers 121   Magic Johnson 25 12 8 1 1 5 3 38 10-17 .588 2-2 1.000 3-5 .600
Mar. 12, 1980
2. Trail Blazers 94   Billy Ray Bates 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 04 1-4 .250 0-0 - 0-0 -
Lakers 102   Magic Johnson 14 16 6 7 2 8 2 41 2-5 .400 0-0 - 10-13 .769
1980-81 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Oct. 21, 1980
3. Trail Blazers 107   Billy Ray Bates 13 3 6 2 0 0 1 27 6-11 .545 0-0 - 1-2 .500
Lakers 103   Magic Johnson 15 8 5 1 0 11 3 40 6-13 .462 0-2 .000 3-4 .750
Mar. 21, 1981
4. Trail Blazers 111   Billy Ray Bates 17 1 5 2 0 0 0 19 5-11 .455 1-2 .500 6-7 .857
Lakers 117   Magic Johnson 21 12 8 1 0 2 2 41 9-19 .474 0-0 - 3-5 .600
1981-82 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Nov. 03, 1981
5. Trail Blazers 102   Billy Ray Bates 2 1 0 1 0 2 1 09 1-7 .143 0-1 .000 0-1 .000
Lakers 100   Magic Johnson 10 12 10 0 0 5 3 37 4-14 .286 0-1 .000 2-2 1.000
Nov. 13, 1981
6. Trail Blazers 115   Billy Ray Bates 13 0 0 0 0 1 0 14 5-11 .455 1-1 1.000 2-2 1.000
Lakers 119   Magic Johnson 19 8 15 2 0 5 3 39 8-13 .615 0-0 - 3-7 .429
Mar. 16, 1982
7. Trail Blazers 108   Billy Ray Bates 8 2 2 0 0 1 1 13 4-9 .444 0-1 .000 0-0 -
Lakers 120   Magic Johnson 24 10 9 4 2 5 3 41 10-17 .588 0-0 - 4-4 1.000
Apr. 04, 1982
8. Trail Blazers 111   Billy Ray Bates 18 1 3 0 0 3 2 20 7-13 .538 0-1 .000 4-4 1.000
Lakers 129   Magic Johnson 20 7 10 7 0 2 1 36 7-16 .438 0-0 - 6-7 .857
1982-83 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Nov. 19, 1982
9. Bullets 92   Billy Ray Bates 6 3 3 1 0 1 25 3-13 .231 0-0 - 0-0 -
Lakers 122   Magic Johnson 7 9 8 2 0 2 3 34 2-7 .286 0-1 .000 3-4 .750
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