Head-to-Head: Games Played Between Horace Grant and Purvis Short

This is the detail of NBA games in which Horace Grant and Purvis Short 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. Horace Grant has a 6-2 winning record over Purvis Short. They never met in the Playoffs.

Games Played Against Each Other

NBA Timeline:
1946-47
2023-24
Horace Grant:
1987-88 to 2003-04
Purvis Short:
1978-79 to 1989-90
8 Games played
8 in Regular Season
0 in Playoffs

Summary of Victories

Games Won in
Regular Season
in
Playoffs
Horace Grant
6
6
0
Purvis Short
2
2
0

Stats in Games Between Them

Averages
Player
Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Horace Grant 12.0 8.5 2.5 1.10.9
Purvis Short 12.9 3.1 2.31.00.5
Game Highs
Player
Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Horace Grant 19 12 5 43
Purvis Short 20 7 8 31
Games with better stats than the other player...
Player
Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Horace Grant 4

games
8

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4

games
2

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3

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Purvis Short 4

games
0

games
3

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2

games
2

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Both had same stat 0

games
0

games
1

game
4

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3

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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. 28, 1987
1. Bulls 98   Horace Grant 19 12 2 4 0 3 2 31 9-13 .692 0-0 - 1-1 1.000
Rockets 86   Purvis Short 17 7 2 1 1 3 5 29 8-22 .364 0-2 .000 1-1 1.000
Dec. 12, 1987
2. Bulls 112   Horace Grant 11 8 2 0 1 3 5 28 4-5 .800 0-0 - 3-3 1.000
Rockets 103   Purvis Short 6 2 1 0 1 0 2 29 3-8 .375 0-0 - 0-0 -
1988-89 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Feb. 03, 1989
3. Bulls 98   Horace Grant 6 7 3 0 0 2 5 33 2-8 .250 0-0 - 2-2 1.000
Rockets 105   Purvis Short 16 6 8 2 1 2 2 36 7-12 .583 0-1 .000 2-2 1.000
Feb. 24, 1989
4. Bulls 106   Horace Grant 6 8 2 0 0 1 5 23 3-4 .750 0-0 - 0-0 -
Rockets 97   Purvis Short 10 1 3 0 0 2 2 21 5-7 .714 0-0 - 0-0 -
1989-90 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Nov. 10, 1989
5. Bulls 107   Horace Grant 19 8 5 1 1 0 5 28 8-11 .727 0-0 - 3-4 .750
Nets 117   Purvis Short 12 2 1 1 0 2 4 21 6-10 .600 0-0 - 0-0 -
Jan. 27, 1990
6. Bulls 110   Horace Grant 8 5 2 0 1 1 3 29 4-8 .500 0-0 - 0-0 -
Nets 107   Purvis Short 20 3 3 0 1 1 0 29 9-15 .600 0-0 - 2-2 1.000
Feb. 25, 1990
7. Bulls 107   Horace Grant 9 10 2 2 3 1 1 36 4-11 .364 0-0 - 1-5 .200
OT Nets 106   Purvis Short 20 2 0 3 0 4 3 41 8-20 .400 0-1 .000 4-5 .800
Mar. 02, 1990
8. Bulls 112   Horace Grant 18 10 2 2 1 1 2 27 7-12 .583 0-0 - 4-4 1.000
Nets 91   Purvis Short 2 2 0 1 0 2 1 24 1-10 .100 0-0 - 0-0 -