Head-to-Head: Games Played Between Kevin Johnson and Purvis Short

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

Player comparisons:
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They faced each other a total of 8 times in NBA games. Kevin Johnson 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
Kevin Johnson:
1987-88 to 1999-00
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
Kevin Johnson
6
6
0
Purvis Short
2
2
0

Stats in Games Between Them

Averages
Player
Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Kevin Johnson 18.3 2.4 11.1 1.50.1
Purvis Short 6.3 1.6 1.30.50.1
Game Highs
Player
Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Kevin Johnson 32 4 17 31
Purvis Short 12 4 3 21
Games with better stats than the other player...
Player
Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Kevin Johnson 7

games
5

games
7

games
4

games
1

game
Purvis Short 0

games
2

games
0

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1

game
1

game
Both had same stat 1

game
1

game
1

game
3

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6

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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. 19, 1987
1. Cavaliers 97   Kevin Johnson 11 3 5 3 0 1 3 27 4-8 .500 0-1 .000 3-4 .750
Rockets 105   Purvis Short 8 2 0 1 0 2 1 16 3-7 .429 0-0 - 2-2 1.000
Jan. 28, 1988
2. Cavaliers 109   Kevin Johnson 8 2 1 1 0 2 3 16 2-6 .333 0-0 - 4-4 1.000
Rockets 85   Purvis Short 8 1 1 0 0 2 3 18 4-8 .500 0-0 - 0-0 -
1988-89 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Nov. 29, 1988
3. Suns 124   Kevin Johnson 18 3 13 3 0 6 3 38 6-12 .500 1-1 1.000 5-5 1.000
Rockets 107   Purvis Short 4 0 2 0 0 1 2 15 2-8 .250 0-0 - 0-0 -
Dec. 02, 1988
4. Suns 110   Kevin Johnson 18 4 17 3 0 6 5 42 6-13 .462 0-0 - 6-6 1.000
Rockets 95   Purvis Short 6 0 0 0 0 3 1 12 3-6 .500 0-0 - 0-0 -
Apr. 13, 1989
5. Suns 119   Kevin Johnson 17 2 15 0 0 3 2 40 7-14 .500 0-0 - 3-4 .750
Rockets 111   Purvis Short 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 03 0-2 .000 0-0 - 0-0 -
Apr. 21, 1989
6. Suns 101   Kevin Johnson 12 3 13 0 0 4 2 40 5-15 .333 0-0 - 2-3 .667
Rockets 112   Purvis Short 4 2 2 0 0 2 2 07 2-3 .667 0-0 - 0-0 -
1989-90 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Jan. 30, 1990
7. Suns 120   Kevin Johnson 30 1 14 2 0 2 0 37 12-21 .571 0-0 - 6-7 .857
Nets 95   Purvis Short 12 4 3 2 1 1 2 31 5-12 .417 0-0 - 2-2 1.000
Mar. 30, 1990
8. Suns 126   Kevin Johnson 32 1 11 0 1 1 0 42 10-17 .588 0-0 - 12-14 .857
Nets 119   Purvis Short 8 2 2 1 0 0 1 17 4-7 .571 0-0 - 0-0 -