Head-to-Head: Games Played Between Larry Bird and Harold Pressley

This is the detail of NBA games in which Larry Bird and Harold Pressley 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 5 times in NBA games. Larry Bird has a 5-0 winning record over Harold Pressley. They never met in the Playoffs.

Games Played Against Each Other

Larry Bird
vs.
Harold Pressley
NBA Timeline:
1946-47
2025-26
Larry Bird:
1979-80 to 1991-92
Harold Pressley:
1986-87 to 1989-90
5 Games played
5 in Regular Season
0 in Playoffs

Summary of Victories

 Games Won in
Regular Season		 in
Playoffs
Larry Bird
5
5
0
Harold Pressley
0
0
0

Stats in Games Between Them

Averages
Player
 Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Larry Bird 28.0 8.4 7.8 1.00.4
Harold Pressley 6.2 4.6 2.41.60.6
Game Highs
Player
 Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Larry Bird 37 11 10 21
Harold Pressley 16 8 5 31
Games with better stats than the other player...
Player
 Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Larry Bird 4

games		 4

games		 4

games		 1

game		1

game
Harold Pressley 1

game 		1

game		 0

games		 3

games		2

games
Both had same stat 0

games		 0

games		 1

game		 1

game		2

games

Head To Head Games Played: One by One

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1986-87 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Dec. 29, 1986
1. Celtics 119   Larry Bird 27 11 6 1 0 0 2 39 11-17 .647 1-2 .500 4-4 1.000
Kings 102   Harold Pressley 4 4 5 1 1 0 1 12 1-3 .333 0-0 - 2-2 1.000
1987-88 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Dec. 27, 1987
2. Celtics 114   Larry Bird 35 10 5 1 1 3 2 41 15-24 .625 2-4 .500 3-4 .750
Kings 102   Harold Pressley 4 4 5 3 1 1 4 38 2-8 .250 0-0 - 0-0 -
Jan. 15, 1988
3. Celtics 122   Larry Bird 27 9 10 1 0 0 1 32 11-20 .550 1-4 .250 4-4 1.000
Kings 86   Harold Pressley 7 6 2 3 1 1 4 25 3-8 .375 0-0 - 1-2 .500
1989-90 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Dec. 27, 1989
4. Celtics 115   Larry Bird 37 11 10 2 0 3 1 49 14-31 .452 2-4 .500 7-7 1.000
OT Kings 112   Harold Pressley 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 13 0-2 .000 0-1 .000 0-0 -
Feb. 04, 1990
5. Celtics 121   Larry Bird 14 1 8 0 1 3 1 24 6-16 .375 0-0 - 2-2 1.000
Kings 89   Harold Pressley 16 8 0 1 0 1 0 17 7-14 .500 0-1 .000 2-2 1.000
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