Head-to-Head: Games Played Between Larry Bird and Buck Johnson

This is the detail of NBA games in which Larry Bird and Buck Johnson 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 6 times in NBA games. Larry Bird has a 5-1 winning record over Buck Johnson. They never met in the Playoffs.

Games Played Against Each Other

NBA Timeline:
1946-47
2025-26
Larry Bird:
1979-80 to 1991-92
Buck Johnson:
1986-87 to 1992-93
6 Games played
6 in Regular Season
0 in Playoffs

Summary of Victories

Games Won in
Regular Season
in
Playoffs
Larry Bird
5
5
0
Buck Johnson
1
1
0

Stats in Games Between Them

Averages
Player
Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Larry Bird 30.3 12.2 6.7 2.31.3
Buck Johnson 14.0 3.5 2.21.70.3
Game Highs
Player
Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Larry Bird 44 15 9 54
Buck Johnson 20 5 4 41
Games with better stats than the other player...
Player
Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Larry Bird 6

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6

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6

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3

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3

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Buck Johnson 0

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0

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0

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1

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1

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Both had same stat 0

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0

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0

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2

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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
%
Feb. 09, 1988
1. Celtics 120   Larry Bird 44 15 3 2 2 1 3 44 17-27 .630 1-2 .500 9-10 .900
Rockets 129   Buck Johnson 6 2 0 0 0 0 3 11 1-5 .200 0-0 - 4-4 1.000
Mar. 30, 1988
2. Celtics 117   Larry Bird 35 5 9 2 1 3 1 40 12-23 .522 0-3 .000 11-11 1.000
Rockets 110   Buck Johnson 18 2 1 0 1 2 5 20 9-10 .900 0-0 - 0-0 -
1989-90 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Nov. 22, 1989
3. Celtics 109   Larry Bird 26 14 5 1 4 2 2 35 8-14 .571 0-1 .000 10-10 1.000
Rockets 97   Buck Johnson 20 5 4 4 0 1 6 31 9-15 .600 0-0 - 2-2 1.000
Feb. 13, 1990
4. Celtics 107   Larry Bird 38 14 8 3 0 3 4 46 15-30 .500 1-4 .250 7-8 .875
Rockets 94   Buck Johnson 15 4 4 3 1 2 4 44 6-16 .375 1-2 .500 2-2 1.000
1990-91 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Nov. 21, 1990
5. Celtics 108   Larry Bird 18 15 8 1 1 2 1 39 8-19 .421 0-0 - 2-2 1.000
Rockets 95   Buck Johnson 8 4 3 1 0 0 4 20 3-7 .429 0-0 - 2-4 .500
Dec. 10, 1990
6. Celtics 107   Larry Bird 21 10 7 5 0 5 2 44 8-23 .348 2-4 .500 3-4 .750
Rockets 95   Buck Johnson 17 4 1 2 0 3 3 39 8-15 .533 0-0 - 1-1 1.000