Head-to-Head: Games Played Between Dennis Johnson and Larry Nance

This is the detail of NBA games in which Dennis Johnson and Larry Nance 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:
Career comparison / Games against each other

They faced each other a total of 12 times in NBA games. Dennis Johnson has an 8-4 winning record over Larry Nance. They never met in the Playoffs.

Games Played Against Each Other

Dennis Johnson
vs.
Larry Nance
NBA Timeline:
1946-47
2025-26
Dennis Johnson:
1976-77 to 1989-90
Larry Nance:
1981-82 to 1993-94
12 Games played
12 in Regular Season
0 in Playoffs

Summary of Victories

 Games Won in
Regular Season		 in
Playoffs
Dennis Johnson
8
8
0
Larry Nance
4
4
0

Stats in Games Between Them

Averages
Player
 Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Dennis Johnson 13.6 3.2 7.1 1.50.3
Larry Nance 17.3 7.4 3.60.72.0
Game Highs
Player
 Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Dennis Johnson 24 9 12 42
Larry Nance 26 12 8 25
Games with better stats than the other player...
Player
 Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Dennis Johnson 3

games		 2

games		 10

games		 7

games		1

game
Larry Nance 8

games 		9

games		 2

games		 1

game		10

games
Both had same stat 1

game		 1

game		 0

games		 4

games		1

game

Head To Head Games Played: One by One

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1983-84 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Feb. 26, 1984
1. Celtics 116   Dennis Johnson 14 9 4 2 1 1 3 35 6-10 .600 0-0 - 2-3 .667
Suns 109   Larry Nance 19 5 6 0 3 1 2 46 7-14 .500 0-1 .000 5-6 .833
Mar. 11, 1984
2. Celtics 117   Dennis Johnson 10 9 4 2 1 3 2 42 4-12 .333 0-0 - 2-2 1.000
Suns 109   Larry Nance 13 8 3 0 2 2 5 30 6-15 .400 0-0 - 1-1 1.000
1984-85 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Dec. 26, 1984
3. Celtics 119   Dennis Johnson 21 2 9 2 0 3 4 37 9-12 .750 0-0 - 3-4 .750
Suns 114   Larry Nance 23 9 4 2 1 2 3 37 11-18 .611 0-0 - 1-2 .500
1985-86 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Nov. 08, 1985
4. Celtics 125   Dennis Johnson 17 5 7 2 2 1 2 34 8-14 .571 0-1 .000 1-1 1.000
Suns 101   Larry Nance 21 9 5 1 1 3 4 28 10-20 .500 0-0 - 1-1 1.000
Feb. 17, 1986
5. Celtics 101   Dennis Johnson 24 1 3 0 0 0 0 39 11-19 .579 0-2 .000 2-2 1.000
Suns 108   Larry Nance 16 11 8 0 1 2 2 41 7-12 .583 0-0 - 2-3 .667
1986-87 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Mar. 11, 1987
6. Celtics 118   Dennis Johnson 22 1 10 2 0 1 3 41 8-12 .667 0-1 .000 6-7 .857
Suns 109   Larry Nance 26 7 1 2 3 3 3 41 11-21 .524 0-0 - 4-4 1.000
1987-88 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Feb. 15, 1988
7. Celtics 107   Dennis Johnson 12 4 12 0 0 6 3 38 4-12 .333 0-0 - 4-4 1.000
Suns 106   Larry Nance 12 4 4 0 0 2 6 30 5-8 .625 0-0 - 2-2 1.000
Mar. 06, 1988
8. Celtics 127   Dennis Johnson 9 3 6 1 0 0 4 32 3-9 .333 0-0 - 3-4 .750
Cavaliers 98   Larry Nance 14 4 2 0 1 1 5 28 7-8 .875 0-0 - 0-2 .000
1988-89 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Nov. 22, 1988
9. Celtics 102   Dennis Johnson 6 0 6 0 0 1 3 32 2-7 .286 0-0 - 2-3 .667
Cavaliers 114   Larry Nance 22 12 2 1 1 2 4 38 7-14 .500 0-0 - 8-10 .800
Dec. 21, 1988
10. Celtics 114   Dennis Johnson 2 0 7 1 0 1 6 23 1-6 .167 0-0 - 0-0 -
Cavaliers 115   Larry Nance 25 7 1 0 5 1 4 37 9-17 .529 0-1 .000 7-8 .875
Apr. 02, 1989
11. Celtics 100   Dennis Johnson 14 1 8 4 0 4 5 36 2-10 .200 0-1 .000 10-10 1.000
Cavaliers 117   Larry Nance 6 6 3 2 4 2 3 28 3-6 .500 0-0 - 0-0 -
1989-90 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Mar. 21, 1990
12. Celtics 123   Dennis Johnson 12 3 9 2 0 1 4 34 5-6 .833 0-0 - 2-2 1.000
Cavaliers 114   Larry Nance 11 7 4 0 2 2 2 35 4-10 .400 0-0 - 3-4 .750
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