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

This is the detail of NBA games in which Larry Bird and John Williams 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 15 times in NBA games. Larry Bird has a 11-4 winning record over John Williams. 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
John Williams: 1986-87 to 1994-95

15 Games played

15 in Regular Season

0 in Playoffs

Summary of Victories

	Games Won	in Regular Season	in Playoffs
Larry Bird	11	11	0
John Williams	4	4	0

Stats in Games Between Them

Averages
Player	Points	Rebounds	Assists	Steals	Blocks
Larry Bird	28.5	9.5	7.1	1.9	1.5
John Williams	11.7	3.6	2.0	1.4	0.3

Game Highs
Player	Points	Rebounds	Assists	Steals	Blocks
Larry Bird	49	17	15	4	3
John Williams	27	9	3	4	3

Games with better stats than the other player...
Player	Points	Rebounds	Assists	Steals	Blocks
Larry Bird	13 games	14 games	15 games	7 games	10 games
John Williams	1 game	1 game	0 games	3 games	1 game
Both had same stat	1 game	0 games	0 games	5 games	4 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	%
	Oct. 31, 1986
1.	Celtics	120		Larry Bird	24	8	9	0	2	2	3	40	7-18	.389	1-3	.333	9-9	1.000
	Bullets	102		John Williams	9	7	3	2	0	2	4	29	2-11	.182	0-0	-	5-6	.833
	Nov. 07, 1986
2.	Celtics	88		Larry Bird	32	8	7	3	2	3	4	43	14-28	.500	1-3	.333	3-5	.600
	Bullets	86		John Williams	4	2	2	2	0	1	1	21	2-6	.333	0-0	-	0-0	-
	Dec. 02, 1986
3.	Celtics	109		Larry Bird	29	10	7	0	2	6	2	42	11-16	.688	1-1	1.000	6-6	1.000
	Bullets	117		John Williams	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	05	1-3	.333	0-0	-	0-0	-
	Dec. 13, 1986
4.	Celtics	105		Larry Bird	23	8	7	1	2	3	4	40	10-19	.526	1-1	1.000	2-3	.667
	Bullets	98		John Williams	17	3	1	1	3	4	3	19	7-9	.778	0-0	-	3-3	1.000
	Mar. 26, 1987
5.	Celtics	103		Larry Bird	22	9	9	2	2	3	3	42	8-16	.500	0-0	-	6-8	.750
	Bullets	106		John Williams	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	05	1-3	.333	0-0	-	0-0	-
	Apr. 01, 1987
6.	Celtics	103		Larry Bird	30	17	15	1	3	4	1	44	11-20	.550	0-3	.000	8-8	1.000
	Bullets	86		John Williams	6	0	1	0	1	1	3	15	2-5	.400	0-0	-	2-2	1.000


1987-88 Season
Game				Player	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Min	FG	%	3PT	%	FT	%
	Nov. 07, 1987
7.	Celtics	140		Larry Bird	47	8	7	2	0	8	2	53	19-29	.655	1-2	.500	8-10	.800
2OT	Bullets	139		John Williams	16	7	2	2	0	3	6	33	7-11	.636	0-0	-	2-5	.400
	Dec. 15, 1987
8.	Celtics	122		Larry Bird	27	5	7	3	1	2	1	39	11-18	.611	0-1	.000	5-5	1.000
	Bullets	102		John Williams	17	2	3	0	0	4	2	24	7-11	.636	0-0	-	3-4	.750
	Jan. 08, 1988
9.	Celtics	125		Larry Bird	35	11	6	4	2	4	0	45	14-29	.483	0-1	.000	7-9	.778
	Bullets	109		John Williams	11	4	3	1	0	2	4	21	5-6	.833	0-1	.000	1-1	1.000
	Jan. 27, 1988
10.	Celtics	106		Larry Bird	49	8	6	4	0	2	1	43	20-30	.667	0-4	.000	9-9	1.000
	Bullets	100		John Williams	10	6	2	4	0	1	4	30	4-11	.364	0-1	.000	2-4	.500
	Mar. 23, 1988
11.	Celtics	104		Larry Bird	37	14	8	1	1	2	2	45	16-27	.593	3-6	.500	2-3	.667
	Bullets	89		John Williams	27	0	1	4	0	1	2	37	10-21	.476	0-0	-	7-9	.778
	Apr. 17, 1988
12.	Celtics	92		Larry Bird	23	7	5	2	0	5	3	44	9-18	.500	1-2	.500	4-5	.800
	Bullets	98		John Williams	15	5	3	0	0	5	1	32	7-13	.538	0-1	.000	1-2	.500


1989-90 Season
Game				Player	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Min	FG	%	3PT	%	FT	%
	Nov. 08, 1989
13.	Celtics	103		Larry Bird	20	7	4	1	3	3	2	40	9-26	.346	0-2	.000	2-3	.667
	Bullets	112		John Williams	20	9	3	1	0	2	3	36	8-21	.381	0-2	.000	4-5	.800


1990-91 Season
Game				Player	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Min	FG	%	3PT	%	FT	%
	Mar. 15, 1991
14.	Celtics	94		Larry Bird	19	11	4	4	0	1	1	40	8-16	.500	1-3	.333	2-2	1.000
	Bullets	86		John Williams	8	3	2	2	0	4	1	30	3-8	.375	0-0	-	2-2	1.000
	Mar. 20, 1991
15.	Celtics	102		Larry Bird	10	11	5	1	2	3	1	32	3-10	.300	0-1	.000	4-4	1.000
	Bullets	81		John Williams	11	5	3	2	0	1	2	29	5-18	.278	0-1	.000	1-1	1.000

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