Head-to-Head: Games Played Between Larry Bird and Gary Garland

This is the detail of NBA games in which Larry Bird and Gary Garland 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 2 times in NBA games. Larry Bird has a 2-0 winning record over Gary Garland. They never met in the Playoffs.

Games Played Against Each Other

NBA Timeline:
1946-47
2025-26
Larry Bird:
1979-80 to 1991-92
Gary Garland:
1979-80 to 1979-80
2 Games played
2 in Regular Season
0 in Playoffs

Summary of Victories

Games Won in
Regular Season
in
Playoffs
Larry Bird
2
2
0
Gary Garland
0
0
0

Stats in Games Between Them

Averages
Player
Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Larry Bird 22.0 9.0 8.0 1.50.5
Gary Garland 5.0 1.5 4.51.50.0
Game Highs
Player
Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Larry Bird 29 11 8 21
Gary Garland 8 3 6 20
Games with better stats than the other player...
Player
Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Larry Bird 2

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2

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2

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1

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1

game
Gary Garland 0

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0

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0

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1

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0

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Both had same stat 0

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0

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0

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0

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1

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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. 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   Gary Garland 2 0 3 1 0 1 0 11 1-6 .167 0-0 - 0-0 -
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   Gary Garland 8 3 6 2 0 2 2 29 4-7 .571 0-1 .000 0-0 -