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Head-to-Head: Games Played Between Buck Johnson and Kenny Smith

This is the detail of NBA games in which Buck Johnson 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.

Player comparisons:
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They faced each other a total of 12 times in NBA games. Buck Johnson has a 7-5 winning record over Kenny Smith. They never met in the Playoffs.

Games Played Against Each Other

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NBA Timeline:	1946-47 2025-26
Buck Johnson: 1986-87 to 1992-93
Kenny Smith: 1987-88 to 1996-97

12 Games played

12 in Regular Season

0 in Playoffs

Summary of Victories

	Games Won	in Regular Season	in Playoffs
Buck Johnson	7	7	0
Kenny Smith	5	5	0

Stats in Games Between Them

Averages
Player	Points	Rebounds	Assists	Steals	Blocks
Buck Johnson	7.1	3.3	1.7	0.7	0.5
Kenny Smith	15.7	2.1	6.7	2.0	0.0

Game Highs
Player	Points	Rebounds	Assists	Steals	Blocks
Buck Johnson	14	7	4	2	2
Kenny Smith	30	4	12	7	0

Games with better stats than the other player...
Player	Points	Rebounds	Assists	Steals	Blocks
Buck Johnson	2 games	7 games	0 games	2 games	4 games
Kenny Smith	9 games	4 games	12 games	8 games	0 games
Both had same stat	1 game	1 game	0 games	2 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	%
	Nov. 12, 1987
1.	Rockets	116		Buck Johnson	2	1	0	0	0	2	3	10	1-1	1.000	0-0	-	0-0	-
	Kings	114		Kenny Smith	11	2	12	3	0	3	2	42	5-10	.500	0-1	.000	1-2	.500
	Jan. 19, 1988
2.	Rockets	104		Buck Johnson	8	3	0	1	0	2	1	19	4-5	.800	0-1	.000	0-2	.000
	Kings	107		Kenny Smith	8	2	1	2	0	5	2	29	3-8	.375	0-0	-	2-4	.500
	Mar. 05, 1988
3.	Rockets	105		Buck Johnson	8	2	0	2	0	2	1	09	2-4	.500	0-0	-	4-4	1.000
	Kings	94		Kenny Smith	10	0	5	1	0	5	2	27	4-8	.500	0-0	-	2-2	1.000
	Mar. 19, 1988
4.	Rockets	104		Buck Johnson	4	0	1	0	2	0	2	11	0-0	-	0-0	-	4-4	1.000
	Kings	121		Kenny Smith	20	2	5	7	0	3	3	39	7-15	.467	0-0	-	6-7	.857


1988-89 Season
Game				Player	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Min	FG	%	3PT	%	FT	%
	Nov. 13, 1988
5.	Rockets	129		Buck Johnson	5	0	2	1	0	2	0	19	1-3	.333	0-0	-	3-3	1.000
	Kings	127		Kenny Smith	21	2	11	3	0	2	5	46	8-16	.500	0-1	.000	5-6	.833
	Dec. 20, 1988
6.	Rockets	105		Buck Johnson	6	6	1	1	0	3	3	24	2-6	.333	0-0	-	2-2	1.000
	Kings	104		Kenny Smith	22	3	7	2	0	2	3	40	10-19	.526	0-1	.000	2-4	.500
	Mar. 14, 1989
7.	Rockets	90		Buck Johnson	3	1	1	0	0	2	1	18	1-3	.333	0-0	-	1-2	.500
	Kings	95		Kenny Smith	12	4	10	0	0	1	3	40	5-15	.333	0-2	.000	2-2	1.000


1989-90 Season
Game				Player	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Min	FG	%	3PT	%	FT	%
	Dec. 22, 1989
8.	Rockets	103		Buck Johnson	13	7	4	1	2	2	2	39	4-7	.571	0-0	-	5-6	.833
	Kings	92		Kenny Smith	16	4	5	0	0	0	2	39	7-16	.438	0-2	.000	2-2	1.000
	Jan. 11, 1990
9.	Rockets	90		Buck Johnson	7	4	3	0	1	1	3	41	3-9	.333	0-0	-	1-2	.500
	Kings	87		Kenny Smith	23	1	6	0	0	4	4	42	9-13	.692	1-1	1.000	4-4	1.000
	Feb. 24, 1990
10.	Rockets	96		Buck Johnson	14	6	3	0	1	2	4	32	7-12	.583	0-0	-	0-0	-
	Hawks	104		Kenny Smith	8	1	6	1	0	3	2	20	4-7	.571	0-0	-	0-0	-


1992-93 Season
Game				Player	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Min	FG	%	3PT	%	FT	%
	Feb. 08, 1993
11.	Bullets	106		Buck Johnson	7	7	4	1	0	3	3	29	2-7	.286	0-0	-	3-4	.750
	Rockets	100		Kenny Smith	30	2	8	3	0	3	3	42	13-19	.684	2-4	.500	2-3	.667
	Mar. 26, 1993
12.	Bullets	69		Buck Johnson	8	2	1	1	0	0	3	20	4-11	.364	0-0	-	0-0	-
	Rockets	90		Kenny Smith	7	2	4	2	0	2	2	22	2-5	.400	1-2	.500	2-2	1.000

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