Head-to-Head: Games Played Between Larry Bird and John Brown

This is the detail of NBA games in which Larry Bird and John Brown 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 3 times in NBA games. Larry Bird has a 2-1 winning record over John Brown. They never met in the Playoffs.

Games Played Against Each Other

NBA Timeline:
1946-47
2025-26
Larry Bird:
1979-80 to 1991-92
John Brown:
1973-74 to 1979-80
3 Games played
3 in Regular Season
0 in Playoffs

Summary of Victories

Games Won in
Regular Season
in
Playoffs
Larry Bird
2
2
0
John Brown
1
1
0

Stats in Games Between Them

Averages
Player
Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Larry Bird 20.0 12.0 5.7 2.00.7
John Brown 4.0 1.3 0.70.00.0
Game Highs
Player
Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Larry Bird 25 15 9 51
John Brown 10 2 2 00
Games with better stats than the other player...
Player
Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Larry Bird 3

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2

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John Brown 0

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Both had same stat 0

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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. 16, 1979
1. Celtics 113   Larry Bird 12 15 9 5 1 1 1 26 4-9 .444 0-1 .000 4-4 1.000
Jazz 97   John Brown 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 05 0-1 .000 0-0 - 0-0 -
Feb. 26, 1980
2. Celtics 108   Larry Bird 25 14 5 0 0 1 2 40 7-15 .467 0-1 .000 11-13 .846
Hawks 97   John Brown 10 2 2 0 0 0 3 31 4-10 .400 0-0 - 2-3 .667
Mar. 14, 1980
3. Celtics 87   Larry Bird 23 7 3 1 1 5 5 38 7-15 .467 0-1 .000 9-12 .750
Hawks 88   John Brown 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 06 1-2 .500 0-0 - 0-0 -