Head-to-Head: Games Played Between Dwight Howard and Jeremy Lin

This is the detail of NBA games in which Dwight Howard and Jeremy Lin 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 9 times in NBA games. Dwight Howard has a 5-4 winning record over Jeremy Lin. They never met in the Playoffs.

Games Played Against Each Other

NBA Timeline:
1946-47
2023-24
Dwight Howard:
2004-05 to 2021-22
Jeremy Lin:
2010-11 to 2018-19
9 Games played
9 in Regular Season
0 in Playoffs

Summary of Victories

Games Won in
Regular Season
in
Playoffs
Dwight Howard
5
5
0
Jeremy Lin
4
4
0

Stats in Games Between Them

Averages
Player
Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Dwight Howard 15.4 13.0 1.2 0.71.9
Jeremy Lin 11.9 2.8 6.40.60.1
Game Highs
Player
Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Dwight Howard 28 18 4 34
Jeremy Lin 19 6 10 21
Games with better stats than the other player...
Player
Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Dwight Howard 4

games
9

games
0

games
2

games
7

games
Jeremy Lin 3

games
0

games
8

games
3

games
0

games
Both had same stat 2

games
0

games
1

game
4

games
2

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Head To Head Games Played: One by One

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2012-13 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Nov. 18, 2012
1. Lakers 119   Dwight Howard 28 13 1 1 3 1 1 39 11-18 .611 0-0 - 6-12 .500
Rockets 108   Jeremy Lin 5 1 10 1 0 3 2 31 2-9 .222 0-1 .000 1-1 1.000
Dec. 04, 2012
2. Lakers 105   Dwight Howard 16 12 1 1 4 4 4 34 4-9 .444 0-0 - 8-16 .500
Rockets 107   Jeremy Lin 4 2 3 0 0 2 4 20 2-8 .250 0-1 .000 0-0 -
Apr. 17, 2013
3. Lakers 99   Dwight Howard 16 18 2 3 4 4 4 46 6-15 .400 0-1 .000 4-10 .400
OT Rockets 95   Jeremy Lin 12 2 8 0 0 2 4 35 4-14 .286 2-7 .286 2-4 .500
2014-15 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Oct. 28, 2014
4. Rockets 108   Dwight Howard 13 11 1 0 1 1 5 21 3-5 .600 0-0 - 7-16 .438
Lakers 90   Jeremy Lin 7 2 6 0 0 4 3 29 1-5 .200 0-1 .000 5-6 .833
2015-16 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Dec. 21, 2015
5. Rockets 102   Dwight Howard 9 9 0 0 1 5 6 27 4-5 .800 0-0 - 1-3 .333
Hornets 95   Jeremy Lin 13 1 5 0 0 1 5 22 4-6 .667 1-3 .333 4-7 .571
Mar. 12, 2016
6. Rockets 109   Dwight Howard 16 13 4 0 0 4 2 34 8-10 .800 0-0 - 0-2 .000
Hornets 125   Jeremy Lin 16 4 4 1 0 0 5 26 4-9 .444 1-2 .500 7-8 .875
2016-17 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Mar. 08, 2017
7. Hawks 110   Dwight Howard 11 14 2 0 2 3 1 29 5-7 .714 0-0 - 1-4 .250
Nets 105   Jeremy Lin 16 3 8 1 0 4 4 25 6-13 .462 3-6 .500 1-2 .500
Mar. 26, 2017
8. Hawks 92   Dwight Howard 19 16 0 1 1 5 4 28 8-12 .667 0-0 - 3-12 .250
Nets 107   Jeremy Lin 19 4 8 2 1 4 4 28 7-15 .467 1-5 .200 4-4 1.000
Apr. 02, 2017
9. Hawks 82   Dwight Howard 11 11 0 0 1 5 2 25 4-6 .667 0-0 - 3-4 .750
Nets 91   Jeremy Lin 15 6 6 0 0 3 1 31 5-10 .500 2-4 .500 3-4 .750