Head-to-Head: Games Played Between Kenny Smith and Nick Van Exel

This is the detail of NBA games in which Kenny Smith and Nick Van Exel 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 19 times in NBA games. Nick Van Exel has a 10-9 winning record over Kenny Smith, but Kenny Smith won more matchups in the Playoffs for a 3-1 postseason record.

Games Played Against Each Other

Kenny Smith
vs.
Nick Van Exel
NBA Timeline:
1946-47
2025-26
Kenny Smith:
1987-88 to 1996-97
Nick Van Exel:
1993-94 to 2005-06
19 Games played
15 in Regular Season
4 in Playoffs

Summary of Victories

 Games Won in
Regular Season		 in
Playoffs
Kenny Smith
9
6
3
Nick Van Exel
10
9
1

Stats in Games Between Them

Averages
Player
 Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Kenny Smith 11.1 1.7 4.2 0.90.1
Nick Van Exel 16.4 3.0 6.80.80.2
Game Highs
Player
 Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Kenny Smith 41 5 10 31
Nick Van Exel 31 7 12 31
Games with better stats than the other player...
Player
 Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Kenny Smith 6

games		 6

games		 5

games		 7

games		1

game
Nick Van Exel 12

games 		9

games		 14

games		 5

games		3

games
Both had same stat 1

game		 4

games		 0

games		 7

games		15

games

Head To Head Games Played: One by One

more >>
1993-94 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Dec. 26, 1993
1. Rockets 118   Kenny Smith 41 4 6 3 0 1 0 43 16-24 .667 3-6 .500 6-6 1.000
Lakers 93   Nick Van Exel 10 2 3 1 0 1 3 25 4-7 .571 2-4 .500 0-0 -
Feb. 03, 1994
2. Rockets 99   Kenny Smith 11 3 3 1 1 2 0 22 4-7 .571 2-3 .667 1-2 .500
Lakers 88   Nick Van Exel 10 2 2 0 0 0 5 34 3-18 .167 0-6 .000 4-4 1.000
Mar. 24, 1994
3. Rockets 113   Kenny Smith 20 5 10 1 0 3 1 43 7-16 .438 2-5 .400 4-4 1.000
Lakers 107   Nick Van Exel 17 5 6 0 0 1 3 34 8-21 .381 1-5 .200 0-0 -
Apr. 01, 1994
4. Rockets 88   Kenny Smith 6 1 8 0 0 3 2 24 2-5 .400 0-1 .000 2-2 1.000
Lakers 101   Nick Van Exel 31 3 4 1 1 2 4 39 11-21 .524 5-9 .556 4-4 1.000
1994-95 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Dec. 02, 1994
5. Rockets 89   Kenny Smith 3 3 3 1 0 3 0 22 0-5 .000 0-3 .000 3-3 1.000
Lakers 107   Nick Van Exel 8 1 6 3 0 3 3 29 2-10 .200 1-6 .167 3-4 .750
Dec. 15, 1994
6. Rockets 94   Kenny Smith 16 0 3 1 0 2 1 29 5-11 .455 4-6 .667 2-2 1.000
Lakers 97   Nick Van Exel 10 5 7 2 0 3 0 35 3-12 .250 1-6 .167 3-4 .750
Mar. 26, 1995
7. Rockets 96   Kenny Smith 6 1 4 1 0 1 0 29 2-8 .250 1-6 .167 1-1 1.000
Lakers 107   Nick Van Exel 16 0 9 2 0 3 2 33 4-13 .308 2-9 .222 6-7 .857
Mar. 28, 1995
8. Rockets 96   Kenny Smith 11 4 8 2 0 2 1 30 4-11 .364 1-7 .143 2-2 1.000
Lakers 106   Nick Van Exel 12 4 9 0 0 2 0 30 4-11 .364 2-6 .333 2-2 1.000
1995-96 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Dec. 06, 1995
9. Rockets 112   Kenny Smith 7 2 6 1 0 1 2 30 3-8 .375 1-3 .333 0-0 -
Lakers 99   Nick Van Exel 13 1 5 0 0 2 2 36 5-14 .357 3-7 .429 0-0 -
Jan. 12, 1996
10. Rockets 100   Kenny Smith 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 06 0-1 .000 0-1 .000 0-0 -
Lakers 101   Nick Van Exel 20 3 11 0 0 2 4 39 10-19 .526 0-3 .000 0-0 -
Feb. 24, 1996
11. Rockets 96   Kenny Smith 12 0 2 0 0 0 2 11 4-4 1.000 4-4 1.000 0-0 -
Lakers 94   Nick Van Exel 18 0 7 0 0 3 1 42 6-13 .462 3-8 .375 3-4 .750
Mar. 03, 1996
12. Rockets 111   Kenny Smith 21 1 3 3 0 0 2 27 7-12 .583 6-7 .857 1-1 1.000
Lakers 107   Nick Van Exel 21 6 4 2 0 2 0 40 6-13 .462 4-6 .667 5-6 .833
1996 Playoffs - Western Conference First Round
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Apr. 25, 1996
13. Rockets 87   Kenny Smith 7 1 4 1 0 0 1 27 3-6 .500 0-2 .000 1-1 1.000
Lakers 83   Nick Van Exel 5 3 8 1 0 3 4 32 1-11 .091 0-4 .000 3-4 .750
Apr. 27, 1996
14. Rockets 94   Kenny Smith 3 0 1 0 0 1 1 13 1-3 .333 0-1 .000 1-1 1.000
Lakers 104   Nick Van Exel 15 7 4 0 0 1 2 31 5-14 .357 1-2 .500 4-6 .667
Apr. 30, 1996
15. Rockets 104   Kenny Smith 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 17 2-5 .400 0-1 .000 0-0 -
Lakers 98   Nick Van Exel 12 5 4 0 0 2 2 36 5-16 .313 2-5 .400 0-0 -
May. 02, 1996
16. Rockets 102   Kenny Smith 17 2 6 1 0 2 1 24 6-6 1.000 4-4 1.000 1-1 1.000
Lakers 94   Nick Van Exel 15 1 11 1 0 5 2 38 5-13 .385 2-5 .400 3-3 1.000
1996-97 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Feb. 13, 1997
17. Nuggets 117   Kenny Smith 7 0 3 1 0 0 0 12 3-5 .600 1-2 .500 0-0 -
Lakers 132   Nick Van Exel 30 4 9 1 1 1 0 29 10-17 .588 8-13 .615 2-2 1.000
Mar. 17, 1997
18. Nuggets 94   Kenny Smith 8 2 3 1 0 2 1 19 3-6 .500 0-1 .000 2-2 1.000
Lakers 113   Nick Van Exel 30 2 9 0 1 4 1 34 11-18 .611 6-10 .600 2-2 1.000
Apr. 02, 1997
19. Nuggets 85   Kenny Smith 10 2 3 0 0 3 1 24 3-6 .500 3-5 .600 1-1 1.000
Lakers 110   Nick Van Exel 18 3 12 1 0 1 0 38 7-16 .438 2-5 .400 2-2 1.000
Share: