Head-to-Head: Games Played Between Larry Bird and Dan Issel

This is the detail of NBA games in which Larry Bird and Dan Issel 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 12 times in NBA games. Larry Bird has a 10-2 winning record over Dan Issel. They never met in the Playoffs.

Games Played Against Each Other

Larry Bird
vs.
Dan Issel
NBA Timeline:
1946-47
2023-24
Larry Bird:
1979-80 to 1991-92
Dan Issel:
1976-77 to 1984-85
12 Games played
12 in Regular Season
0 in Playoffs

Summary of Victories

 Games Won in
Regular Season		 in
Playoffs
Larry Bird
10
10
0
Dan Issel
2
2
0

Stats in Games Between Them

Averages
Player
 Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Larry Bird 26.1 11.5 6.2 1.81.5
Dan Issel 17.4 7.1 1.70.90.1
Game Highs
Player
 Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Larry Bird 40 21 10 64
Dan Issel 27 11 6 41
Games with better stats than the other player...
Player
 Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Larry Bird 11

games		 9

games		 10

games		 10

games		8

games
Dan Issel 1

game 		2

games		 1

game		 1

game		0

games
Both had same stat 0

games		 1

game		 1

game		 1

game		4

games

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. 28, 1979
1. Celtics 119   Larry Bird 29 7 8 2 1 2 5 35 12-18 .667 1-2 .500 4-6 .667
Nuggets 97   Dan Issel 17 7 0 0 0 2 1 33 6-13 .462 0-0 - 5-6 .833
Feb. 23, 1980
2. Celtics 124   Larry Bird 15 11 8 1 0 3 4 27 6-17 .353 2-4 .500 1-2 .500
Nuggets 105   Dan Issel 12 5 2 0 0 1 3 18 6-12 .500 0-0 - 0-2 .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   Dan Issel 23 10 6 1 0 1 4 32 8-15 .533 0-0 - 7-8 .875
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   Dan Issel 27 10 1 2 0 2 35 9-18 .500 0-0 - 9-10 .900
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   Dan Issel 17 7 2 0 0 3 4 32 6-17 .353 0-0 - 5-6 .833
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   Dan Issel 12 11 1 0 0 2 3 35 5-18 .278 0-0 - 2-3 .667
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   Dan Issel 25 7 3 2 0 4 3 30 12-19 .632 0-0 - 1-2 .500
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   Dan Issel 20 6 4 1 0 4 3 32 6-13 .462 0-0 - 8-10 .800
1983-84 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Nov. 15, 1983
9. Celtics 140   Larry Bird 28 11 10 1 1 2 4 40 12-20 .600 0-0 - 4-4 1.000
Nuggets 124   Dan Issel 14 5 0 0 1 1 2 24 6-13 .462 0-0 - 2-2 1.000
Dec. 09, 1983
10. Celtics 119   Larry Bird 17 4 3 1 2 1 1 11 8-10 .800 0-0 - 1-1 1.000
Nuggets 90   Dan Issel 12 2 0 0 0 0 0 10 6-7 .857 0-0 - 0-0 -
1984-85 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Dec. 05, 1984
11. Celtics 123   Larry Bird 18 12 6 2 1 4 2 36 9-20 .450 0-1 .000 0-0 -
Nuggets 107   Dan Issel 8 7 0 1 0 1 3 23 4-12 .333 0-0 - 0-0 -
Feb. 20, 1985
12. Celtics 129   Larry Bird 40 9 6 0 0 6 4 46 14-28 .500 0-2 .000 12-13 .923
Nuggets 132   Dan Issel 22 8 1 4 0 1 2 24 7-14 .500 0-1 .000 8-8 1.000
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