Head-to-Head: Games Played Between Larry Bird and Ed Nealy

This is the detail of NBA games in which Larry Bird and Ed Nealy 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 8 times in NBA games. Larry Bird has a 5-3 winning record over Ed Nealy. They never met in the Playoffs.

Games Played Against Each Other

Larry Bird
vs.
Ed Nealy
NBA Timeline:
1946-47
2025-26
Larry Bird:
1979-80 to 1991-92
Ed Nealy:
1982-83 to 1992-93
8 Games played
8 in Regular Season
0 in Playoffs

Summary of Victories

 Games Won in
Regular Season		 in
Playoffs
Larry Bird
5
5
0
Ed Nealy
3
3
0

Stats in Games Between Them

Averages
Player
 Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Larry Bird 27.0 10.1 7.9 2.41.0
Ed Nealy 3.3 5.8 0.60.50.3
Game Highs
Player
 Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Larry Bird 39 17 11 53
Ed Nealy 9 10 2 21
Games with better stats than the other player...
Player
 Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Larry Bird 8

games		 7

games		 8

games		 7

games		4

games
Ed Nealy 0

games 		1

game		 0

games		 0

games		0

games
Both had same stat 0

games		 0

games		 0

games		 1

game		4

games

Head To Head Games Played: One by One

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1982-83 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Dec. 28, 1982
1. Celtics 124   Larry Bird 20 8 4 3 1 4 4 39 8-22 .364 0-0 - 4-4 1.000
Kings 129   Ed Nealy 4 6 0 0 0 0 2 22 1-1 1.000 0-0 - 2-2 1.000
Mar. 01, 1983
2. Celtics 129   Larry Bird 12 8 6 3 1 4 1 29 5-10 .500 0-0 - 2-2 1.000
Kings 111   Ed Nealy 5 7 0 2 1 1 2 24 2-4 .500 0-0 - 1-2 .500
1983-84 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Feb. 01, 1984
3. Celtics 119   Larry Bird 32 8 7 1 0 4 4 39 13-23 .565 0-1 .000 6-8 .750
Kings 110   Ed Nealy 2 10 1 1 0 0 1 27 1-3 .333 0-0 - 0-0 -
1986-87 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Nov. 28, 1986
4. Celtics 111   Larry Bird 31 15 8 3 1 3 1 40 12-26 .462 2-6 .333 5-5 1.000
Spurs 96   Ed Nealy 9 9 2 0 0 0 2 24 3-10 .300 0-2 .000 3-4 .750
1987-88 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Feb. 10, 1988
5. Celtics 136   Larry Bird 39 17 10 1 3 4 2 41 13-23 .565 4-7 .571 9-9 1.000
Spurs 120   Ed Nealy 2 9 1 0 0 0 2 19 0-4 .000 0-0 - 2-2 1.000
1989-90 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Mar. 04, 1990
6. Celtics 114   Larry Bird 38 11 9 1 0 3 2 43 16-32 .500 3-5 .600 3-4 .750
Bulls 118   Ed Nealy 2 3 1 0 0 1 1 15 1-2 .500 0-0 - 0-0 -
Apr. 17, 1990
7. Celtics 105   Larry Bird 23 5 8 2 1 3 3 45 9-23 .391 2-3 .667 3-4 .750
Bulls 111   Ed Nealy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 02 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 -
1990-91 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Jan. 04, 1991
8. Celtics 132   Larry Bird 21 9 11 5 1 0 1 35 7-14 .500 2-3 .667 5-5 1.000
Suns 103   Ed Nealy 2 2 0 1 1 1 0 08 1-3 .333 0-1 .000 0-0 -
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