Head-to-Head: Games Played Between Kevin McHale and Darnell Valentine

This is the detail of NBA games in which Kevin McHale and Darnell Valentine 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 17 times in NBA games. Kevin McHale has a 9-8 winning record over Darnell Valentine. They never met in the Playoffs.

Games Played Against Each Other

Kevin McHale

vs.

Darnell Valentine


NBA Timeline:	1946-47 2023-24
Kevin McHale: 1980-81 to 1992-93
Darnell Valentine: 1981-82 to 1990-91

17 Games played

17 in Regular Season

0 in Playoffs

Summary of Victories

	Games Won	in Regular Season	in Playoffs
Kevin McHale	9	9	0
Darnell Valentine	8	8	0

Stats in Games Between Them

Averages
Player	Points	Rebounds	Assists	Steals	Blocks
Kevin McHale	17.9	8.0	1.4	0.5	1.5
Darnell Valentine	8.1	1.4	4.5	1.1	0.1

Game Highs
Player	Points	Rebounds	Assists	Steals	Blocks
Kevin McHale	34	13	6	1	4
Darnell Valentine	23	4	10	4	1

Games with better stats than the other player...
Player	Points	Rebounds	Assists	Steals	Blocks
Kevin McHale	13 games	17 games	4 games	3 games	14 games
Darnell Valentine	4 games	0 games	13 games	7 games	0 games
Both had same stat	0 games	0 games	0 games	7 games	3 games

Head To Head Games Played: One by One

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1981-82 Season
Game			Player	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Min	FG	%	3PT	%	FT	%
	Jan. 24, 1982
1.	Celtics	119	Kevin McHale	12	9	0	1	0	0	3	31	5-13	.385	0-0	-	2-4	.500
	Trail Blazers	123	Darnell Valentine	2	1	1	0	0	1	2	05	0-0	-	0-0	-	2-2	1.000
	Feb. 19, 1982
2.	Celtics	127	Kevin McHale	9	6	1	0	1	3	4	23	3-9	.333	0-0	-	3-4	.750
	Trail Blazers	117	Darnell Valentine	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	01	0-0	-	0-0	-	0-0	-


1982-83 Season
Game			Player	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Min	FG	%	3PT	%	FT	%
	Nov. 24, 1982
3.	Celtics	104	Kevin McHale	10	5	0	1	4	1	4	24	4-12	.333	0-0	-	2-2	1.000
	Trail Blazers	95	Darnell Valentine	18	1	7	1	0	8	4	35	5-12	.417	0-1	.000	8-8	1.000


1983-84 Season
Game			Player	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Min	FG	%	3PT	%	FT	%
	Dec. 02, 1983
4.	Celtics	115	Kevin McHale	6	5	1	0	2	1	4	27	2-10	.200	0-0	-	2-5	.400
	Trail Blazers	106	Darnell Valentine	18	3	5	1	0	5	2	37	7-14	.500	0-1	.000	4-6	.667
	Feb. 19, 1984
5.	Celtics	107	Kevin McHale	15	6	0	0	2	1	4	32	6-10	.600	0-0	-	3-6	.500
	Trail Blazers	101	Darnell Valentine	8	0	5	1	0	1	2	19	2-6	.333	0-0	-	4-4	1.000


1984-85 Season
Game			Player	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Min	FG	%	3PT	%	FT	%
	Jan. 27, 1985
6.	Celtics	128	Kevin McHale	10	8	1	0	1	0	3	29	4-11	.364	0-0	-	2-4	.500
	Trail Blazers	127	Darnell Valentine	12	0	10	2	0	4	1	30	4-10	.400	0-0	-	4-4	1.000
	Feb. 12, 1985
7.	Celtics	103	Kevin McHale	8	5	1	0	1	2	1	25	3-10	.300	0-0	-	2-2	1.000
	Trail Blazers	111	Darnell Valentine	23	4	7	2	1	2	3	34	7-13	.538	0-0	-	9-11	.818


1985-86 Season
Game			Player	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Min	FG	%	3PT	%	FT	%
	Dec. 06, 1985
8.	Celtics	103	Kevin McHale	19	10	0	1	1	4	3	39	7-12	.583	0-0	-	5-7	.714
	Trail Blazers	121	Darnell Valentine	2	2	7	0	0	1	2	21	1-6	.167	0-0	-	0-0	-
	Feb. 28, 1986
9.	Celtics	124	Kevin McHale	26	7	1	1	1	4	4	30	10-11	.909	0-0	-	6-8	.750
	Clippers	108	Darnell Valentine	6	4	3	1	0	2	1	20	2-8	.250	0-0	-	2-2	1.000


1986-87 Season
Game			Player	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Min	FG	%	3PT	%	FT	%
	Dec. 27, 1986
10.	Celtics	114	Kevin McHale	26	12	6	1	3	1	3	42	13-18	.722	0-0	-	0-0	-
	Clippers	101	Darnell Valentine	5	1	4	1	0	0	1	15	2-5	.400	1-1	1.000	0-0	-


1987-88 Season
Game			Player	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Min	FG	%	3PT	%	FT	%
	Dec. 26, 1987
11.	Celtics	106	Kevin McHale	17	13	2	1	1	1	1	37	7-13	.538	0-0	-	3-4	.750
	Clippers	97	Darnell Valentine	13	1	3	4	0	1	2	22	5-8	.625	2-2	1.000	1-2	.500


1988-89 Season
Game			Player	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Min	FG	%	3PT	%	FT	%
	Nov. 22, 1988
12.	Celtics	102	Kevin McHale	20	7	2	0	1	0	5	35	7-13	.538	0-0	-	6-8	.750
	Cavaliers	114	Darnell Valentine	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	07	0-1	.000	0-0	-	1-2	.500
	Dec. 02, 1988
13.	Celtics	84	Kevin McHale	20	13	2	0	1	4	3	35	8-20	.400	0-0	-	4-6	.667
	Cavaliers	112	Darnell Valentine	7	4	6	3	0	0	3	23	3-9	.333	0-0	-	1-2	.500
	Dec. 21, 1988
14.	Celtics	114	Kevin McHale	25	9	2	0	1	1	3	40	7-18	.389	0-0	-	11-12	.917
	Cavaliers	115	Darnell Valentine	3	0	5	0	0	4	1	17	1-1	1.000	0-0	-	1-1	1.000
	Apr. 02, 1989
15.	Celtics	100	Kevin McHale	34	8	1	1	2	1	3	33	16-30	.533	0-0	-	2-3	.667
	Cavaliers	117	Darnell Valentine	7	3	2	1	0	3	1	19	2-5	.400	0-1	.000	3-4	.750
	Apr. 14, 1989
16.	Celtics	113	Kevin McHale	25	8	2	1	2	5	3	38	9-15	.600	0-0	-	7-7	1.000
	Cavaliers	104	Darnell Valentine	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	07	0-0	-	0-0	-	0-0	-


1990-91 Season
Game			Player	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Min	FG	%	3PT	%	FT	%
	Apr. 19, 1991
17.	Celtics	117	Kevin McHale	23	5	2	0	1	3	2	38	10-16	.625	1-1	1.000	2-5	.400
OT	Cavaliers	124	Darnell Valentine	13	0	9	2	1	2	3	29	5-8	.625	0-0	-	3-3	1.000