Head-to-Head: Games Played Between Larry Bird and Billy McKinney

This is the detail of NBA games in which Larry Bird and Billy McKinney 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 10 times in NBA games. Larry Bird has a 7-3 winning record over Billy McKinney. They never met in the Playoffs.

Games Played Against Each Other

NBA Timeline:
1946-47
2025-26
Larry Bird:
1979-80 to 1991-92
Billy McKinney:
1978-79 to 1985-86
10 Games played
10 in Regular Season
0 in Playoffs

Summary of Victories

Games Won in
Regular Season
in
Playoffs
Larry Bird
7
7
0
Billy McKinney
3
3
0

Stats in Games Between Them

Averages
Player
Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Larry Bird 23.6 12.4 5.2 1.81.4
Billy McKinney 10.3 1.2 2.50.70.1
Game Highs
Player
Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Larry Bird 36 21 9 64
Billy McKinney 18 3 4 31
Games with better stats than the other player...
Player
Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Larry Bird 8

games
10

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9

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6

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5

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Billy McKinney 1

game
0

games
0

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1

game
0

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Both had same stat 1

game
0

games
1

game
3

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5

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Head To Head Games Played: One by One

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1979-80 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Nov. 09, 1979
1. Celtics 127   Larry Bird 17 9 3 1 0 2 2 33 6-11 .545 0-0 - 5-5 1.000
Kings 119   Billy McKinney 7 1 3 0 0 1 1 14 2-5 .400 0-0 - 3-4 .750
Dec. 02, 1979
2. Celtics 88   Larry Bird 4 14 4 0 0 5 3 28 1-4 .250 0-1 .000 2-2 1.000
Kings 94   Billy McKinney 14 0 2 0 0 0 22 6-13 .462 0-0 - 2-2 1.000
1980-81 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Dec. 23, 1980
3. Celtics 136   Larry Bird 27 9 4 2 0 7 4 40 13-19 .684 0-0 - 1-2 .500
Nuggets 128   Billy McKinney 10 2 3 1 0 2 0 18 5-8 .625 0-0 - 0-0 -
Feb. 15, 1981
4. Celtics 120   Larry Bird 28 14 8 2 4 3 44 13-25 .520 0-2 .000 2-2 1.000
Nuggets 118   Billy McKinney 8 3 2 3 0 3 22 4-9 .444 0-0 - 0-0 -
1981-82 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Dec. 29, 1981
5. Celtics 123   Larry Bird 27 21 6 1 1 6 1 37 12-21 .571 1-2 .500 2-4 .500
Nuggets 128   Billy McKinney 14 1 4 1 1 0 2 21 7-11 .636 0-0 - 0-2 .000
Feb. 05, 1982
6. Celtics 145   Larry Bird 34 10 7 1 3 6 2 40 15-29 .517 1-1 1.000 3-3 1.000
Nuggets 144   Billy McKinney 12 1 4 0 0 0 4 30 5-9 .556 0-0 - 2-2 1.000
1982-83 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Dec. 12, 1982
7. Celtics 126   Larry Bird 36 19 3 6 3 3 2 43 15-33 .455 0-0 - 6-7 .857
Nuggets 112   Billy McKinney 18 1 2 0 0 2 2 30 9-16 .563 0-1 .000 0-0 -
Dec. 30, 1982
8. Celtics 145   Larry Bird 14 11 5 3 2 5 4 30 4-14 .286 0-1 .000 6-6 1.000
Nuggets 132   Billy McKinney 14 1 3 1 0 0 1 28 5-8 .625 0-0 - 4-5 .800
1983-84 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Nov. 09, 1983
9. Celtics 129   Larry Bird 25 11 9 2 1 7 2 42 10-22 .455 0-0 - 5-5 1.000
Clippers 122   Billy McKinney 6 2 1 1 0 0 1 15 3-5 .600 0-0 - 0-0 -
Feb. 22, 1984
10. Celtics 107   Larry Bird 24 6 3 0 0 2 4 35 12-25 .480 0-3 .000 0-1 .000
Clippers 114   Billy McKinney 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 05 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 -