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Head-to-Head: Games Played Between Larry Bird and Jay Vincent

This is the detail of NBA games in which Larry Bird and Jay Vincent 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 12 times in NBA games. Larry Bird has a 9-3 winning record over Jay Vincent. They never met in the Playoffs.

Games Played Against Each Other

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NBA Timeline:	1946-47 2025-26
Larry Bird: 1979-80 to 1991-92
Jay Vincent: 1981-82 to 1989-90

12 Games played

12 in Regular Season

0 in Playoffs

Summary of Victories

	Games Won	in Regular Season	in Playoffs
Larry Bird	9	9	0
Jay Vincent	3	3	0

Stats in Games Between Them

Averages
Player	Points	Rebounds	Assists
Larry Bird	31.6	11.3	7.0
Jay Vincent	16.9	5.8	2.4

Game Highs
Player	Points	Rebounds	Assists
Larry Bird	50	17	15
Jay Vincent	35	15	6

Games with better stats than the other player...
Player	Points	Rebounds	Assists
Larry Bird	10 games	10 games	10 games
Jay Vincent	2 games	2 games	2 games
Both had same stat	0 games	0 games	0 games

Head To Head Games Played: One by One

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1981-82 Season
Game				Player	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Min	FG	%	3PT	%	FT	%
	Dec. 16, 1981
1.	Celtics	109		Larry Bird	30	17	7	2		2	2	39	12-20	.600	0-1	.000	6-6	1.000
	Mavericks	92		Jay Vincent	27	3	3			1	5	42	11-25	.440	0-0	-	5-6	.833


1982-83 Season
Game				Player	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Min	FG	%	3PT	%	FT	%
	Nov. 12, 1982
2.	Celtics	118		Larry Bird	26	8	5	3	2	2	5	32	11-20	.550	0-1	.000	4-5	.800
	Mavericks	110		Jay Vincent	2	5	3	1	2	4	2	22	1-5	.200	0-0	-	0-0	-
	Jan. 08, 1983
3.	Celtics	114		Larry Bird	28	8	2	3	1	2	1	37	13-23	.565	0-0	-	2-4	.500
	Mavericks	110		Jay Vincent	23	10	4	2	0	3	5	35	11-19	.579	0-0	-	1-2	.500


1983-84 Season
Game				Player	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Min	FG	%	3PT	%	FT	%
	Dec. 30, 1983
4.	Celtics	114		Larry Bird	36	13	4	3	1	6	3	46	14-25	.560	2-2	1.000	6-7	.857
OT	Mavericks	109		Jay Vincent	7	5	3	1	0	1	5	32	3-9	.333	0-0	-	1-3	.333


1984-85 Season
Game				Player	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Min	FG	%	3PT	%	FT	%
	Nov. 27, 1984
5.	Celtics	114		Larry Bird	40	10	9	0	1	1	3	44	16-20	.800	0-1	.000	8-8	1.000
	Mavericks	99		Jay Vincent	27	15	2	2	0	0	3	38	11-23	.478	0-0	-	5-6	.833
	Mar. 08, 1985
6.	Celtics	133		Larry Bird	32	15	9	1	1	2	1	37	12-20	.600	2-3	.667	6-6	1.000
	Mavericks	122		Jay Vincent	35	8	2	0	0	3	2	31	15-22	.682	0-0	-	5-5	1.000


1985-86 Season
Game				Player	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Min	FG	%	3PT	%	FT	%
	Dec. 18, 1985
7.	Celtics	137		Larry Bird	35	8	10	3	0	4	5	41	14-27	.519	2-3	.667	5-6	.833
	Mavericks	117		Jay Vincent	14	0	1	1	0	1	2	20	5-8	.625	0-0	-	4-4	1.000
	Mar. 10, 1986
8.	Celtics	115		Larry Bird	50	11	5	1	0	5	3	40	18-33	.545	4-7	.571	10-11	.909
	Mavericks	116		Jay Vincent	4	3	2	1	0	1	3	20	1-7	.143	0-0	-	2-4	.500


1986-87 Season
Game				Player	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Min	FG	%	3PT	%	FT	%
	Mar. 26, 1987
9.	Celtics	103		Larry Bird	22	9	9	2	2	3	3	42	8-16	.500	0-0	-	6-8	.750
	Bullets	106		Jay Vincent	28	5	0	0	1	1	2	43	11-21	.524	0-0	-	6-8	.750
	Apr. 01, 1987
10.	Celtics	103		Larry Bird	30	17	15	1	3	4	1	44	11-20	.550	0-3	.000	8-8	1.000
	Bullets	86		Jay Vincent	15	4	6	3	0	3	2	39	5-14	.357	0-1	.000	5-6	.833


1987-88 Season
Game				Player	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Min	FG	%	3PT	%	FT	%
	Dec. 09, 1987
11.	Celtics	119		Larry Bird	40	13	1	2	1	3	2	40	16-25	.640	0-5	.000	8-8	1.000
	Nuggets	124		Jay Vincent	17	9	2	1	0	0	0	24	5-16	.313	0-0	-	7-8	.875


1989-90 Season
Game				Player	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Min	FG	%	3PT	%	FT	%
	Nov. 14, 1989
12.	Celtics	96		Larry Bird	10	6	8	1	1	0	1	35	5-11	.455	0-0	-	0-0	-
	76ers	94		Jay Vincent	4	2	1	1	0	0	2	13	2-8	.250	0-0	-	0-0	-

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