Head-to-Head: Games Played Between Larry Bird and Mike Mitchell

This is the detail of NBA games in which Larry Bird and Mike Mitchell 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 25 times in NBA games. Larry Bird has a 22-3 winning record over Mike Mitchell. They never met in the Playoffs.

Games Played Against Each Other

Larry Bird
vs.
Mike Mitchell
NBA Timeline:
1946-47
2025-26
Larry Bird:
1979-80 to 1991-92
Mike Mitchell:
1978-79 to 1989-90
25 Games played
25 in Regular Season
0 in Playoffs

Summary of Victories

 Games Won in
Regular Season		 in
Playoffs
Larry Bird
22
22
0
Mike Mitchell
3
3
0

Stats in Games Between Them

Averages
Player
 Points Rebounds AssistsBlocks
Larry Bird 25.8 11.4 6.2 1.0
Mike Mitchell 22.3 5.7 1.00.5
Game Highs
Player
 Points Rebounds AssistsBlocks
Larry Bird 39 20 13 4
Mike Mitchell 34 11 4 3
Games with better stats than the other player...
Player
 Points Rebounds AssistsBlocks
Larry Bird 16

games		 20

games		 25

games		 9

games
Mike Mitchell 8

games 		4

games		 0

games		 4

games
Both had same stat 1

game		 1

game		 0

games		 12

games

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
%
Oct. 13, 1979
1. Celtics 139   Larry Bird 28 7 5 2 0 5 2 40 12-17 .706 0-0 - 4-5 .800
Cavaliers 117   Mike Mitchell 17 3 0 2 0 2 4 30 8-13 .615 0-0 - 1-2 .500
Oct. 17, 1979
2. Celtics 127   Larry Bird 16 7 4 3 4 1 2 29 6-14 .429 0-0 - 4-4 1.000
Cavaliers 108   Mike Mitchell 34 8 1 1 0 4 1 31 15-27 .556 0-0 - 4-5 .800
Dec. 08, 1979
3. Celtics 100   Larry Bird 32 18 5 1 3 3 4 41 14-19 .737 0-2 .000 4-5 .800
Cavaliers 116   Mike Mitchell 20 5 1 3 3 3 4 41 7-16 .438 0-0 - 6-6 1.000
Jan. 30, 1980
4. Celtics 110   Larry Bird 21 15 4 2 0 1 3 36 9-24 .375 0-1 .000 3-4 .750
Cavaliers 103   Mike Mitchell 27 3 0 0 1 3 4 42 12-20 .600 0-0 - 3-4 .750
Mar. 22, 1980
5. Celtics 105   Larry Bird 26 15 4 1 1 8 3 46 12-30 .400 0-2 .000 2-2 1.000
Cavaliers 109   Mike Mitchell 23 11 2 0 1 3 2 36 10-19 .526 0-0 - 3-4 .750
Mar. 28, 1980
6. Celtics 130   Larry Bird 33 10 3 1 0 2 3 43 13-25 .520 2-3 .667 5-6 .833
Cavaliers 122   Mike Mitchell 10 9 2 0 0 1 5 41 5-14 .357 0-0 - 0-0 -
1980-81 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Oct. 10, 1980
7. Celtics 130   Larry Bird 18 7 4 0 3 35 7-15 .467 0-3 .000 4-4 1.000
Cavaliers 103   Mike Mitchell 34 11 0 0 4 44 14-29 .483 0- .000 6-7 .857
Nov. 22, 1980
8. Celtics 98   Larry Bird 12 8 4 0 5 28 5-16 .313 0-1 .000 2-2 1.000
Cavaliers 113   Mike Mitchell 21 7 3 0 1 42 10-21 .476 0-1 .000 1-2 .500
Dec. 20, 1980
9. Celtics 107   Larry Bird 21 20 4 2 0 4 2 45 9-20 .450 1-3 .333 2-2 1.000
Cavaliers 102   Mike Mitchell 27 6 1 0 2 1 3 40 11-26 .423 1-1 1.000 4-6 .667
Jan. 14, 1981
10. Celtics 120   Larry Bird 22 7 4 1 1 6 4 37 7-13 .538 0-0 - 8-8 1.000
Cavaliers 113   Mike Mitchell 32 5 1 0 0 1 4 34 14-23 .609 0-0 - 4-6 .667
Feb. 25, 1981
11. Celtics 124   Larry Bird 30 18 5 2 1 5 3 37 9-19 .474 0-0 - 12-13 .923
Cavaliers 103   Mike Mitchell 27 5 0 0 0 2 1 33 11-23 .478 0-0 - 5-6 .833
1981-82 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Nov. 14, 1981
12. Celtics 92   Larry Bird 13 9 4 2 1 1 1 41 5-16 .313 0-2 .000 3-5 .600
Cavaliers 91   Mike Mitchell 22 8 0 1 0 1 4 42 10-25 .400 0-1 .000 2-2 1.000
Dec. 22, 1981
13. Celtics 120   Larry Bird 36 7 7 2 0 3 3 45 14-28 .500 0-0 - 8-9 .889
Cavaliers 116   Mike Mitchell 31 7 2 1 0 4 2 41 12-22 .545 0-0 - 7-7 1.000
Mar. 19, 1982
14. Celtics 134   Larry Bird 19 11 4 1 0 3 3 31 5-9 .556 0-0 - 9-10 .900
Spurs 110   Mike Mitchell 30 3 0 1 0 0 4 30 13-19 .684 0-0 - 4-5 .800
1982-83 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Nov. 19, 1982
15. Celtics 119   Larry Bird 16 6 8 1 4 4 1 43 7-18 .389 0-1 .000 2-2 1.000
Spurs 111   Mike Mitchell 16 8 2 0 1 0 2 38 7-13 .538 0-0 - 2-2 1.000
Jan. 07, 1983
16. Celtics 116   Larry Bird 25 12 10 1 1 4 3 43 12-20 .600 0-0 - 1-3 .333
Spurs 113   Mike Mitchell 23 6 1 3 0 2 6 31 11-18 .611 0-0 - 1-1 1.000
1983-84 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Nov. 30, 1983
17. Celtics 130   Larry Bird 23 14 13 4 0 3 1 36 9-17 .529 0-0 - 5-6 .833
Spurs 106   Mike Mitchell 20 11 0 0 3 0 3 38 7-19 .368 0-0 - 6-6 1.000
Dec. 27, 1983
18. Celtics 115   Larry Bird 38 8 8 0 1 4 3 40 16-24 .667 0-1 .000 6-7 .857
Spurs 100   Mike Mitchell 17 9 1 0 1 0 3 41 6-17 .353 0-0 - 5-6 .833
1984-85 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Dec. 29, 1984
19. Celtics 120   Larry Bird 18 15 10 1 0 2 5 37 9-18 .500 0-0 - 0-0 -
Spurs 112   Mike Mitchell 13 6 2 1 0 0 3 38 5-19 .263 0-1 .000 3-4 .750
Feb. 27, 1985
20. Celtics 111   Larry Bird 35 14 7 2 2 5 4 42 13-27 .481 2-3 .667 7-9 .778
Spurs 102   Mike Mitchell 20 5 0 1 0 1 3 33 9-28 .321 0-0 - 2-2 1.000
1985-86 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Feb. 26, 1986
21. Celtics 120   Larry Bird 22 9 9 4 0 4 2 34 9-22 .409 0-1 .000 4-4 1.000
Spurs 100   Mike Mitchell 16 1 1 2 1 0 2 29 6-14 .429 0-0 - 4-4 1.000
Mar. 13, 1986
22. Celtics 135   Larry Bird 33 11 4 2 3 7 2 31 12-13 .923 4-5 .800 5-6 .833
Spurs 119   Mike Mitchell 30 1 1 2 0 0 2 33 12-24 .500 0-1 .000 6-6 1.000
1986-87 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Feb. 21, 1987
23. Celtics 121   Larry Bird 34 6 10 2 0 4 2 36 13-25 .520 4-8 .500 4-5 .800
Spurs 113   Mike Mitchell 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 06 1-2 .500 0-0 - 0-0 -
1987-88 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Feb. 10, 1988
24. Celtics 136   Larry Bird 39 17 10 1 3 4 2 41 13-23 .565 4-7 .571 9-9 1.000
Spurs 120   Mike Mitchell 25 5 4 1 0 1 0 32 10-22 .455 0-0 - 5-5 1.000
Mar. 09, 1988
25. Celtics 119   Larry Bird 36 13 5 2 0 1 4 43 15-27 .556 2-8 .250 4-4 1.000
Spurs 118   Mike Mitchell 20 0 1 0 0 0 0 28 10-16 .625 0-0 - 0-0 -
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