Head-to-Head: Games Played Between Larry Bird and Ollie Johnson

This is the detail of NBA games in which Larry Bird and Ollie Johnson 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.

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They faced each other a total of 9 times in NBA games. Larry Bird has a 6-3 winning record over Ollie Johnson. They each won 1 game in the Playoffs.

Games Played Against Each Other

Larry Bird
vs.
Ollie Johnson
NBA Timeline:
1946-47
2023-24
Larry Bird:
1979-80 to 1991-92
Ollie Johnson:
1972-73 to 1981-82
9 Games played
7 in Regular Season
2 in Playoffs

Summary of Victories

 Games Won in
Regular Season		 in
Playoffs
Larry Bird
6
5
1
Ollie Johnson
3
2
1

Stats in Games Between Them

Averages
Player
 Points Rebounds AssistsBlocks
Larry Bird 21.1 11.2 4.1 0.9
Ollie Johnson 4.7 1.2 1.10.1
Game Highs
Player
 Points Rebounds AssistsBlocks
Larry Bird 34 16 6 2
Ollie Johnson 16 4 3 1
Games with better stats than the other player...
Player
 Points Rebounds AssistsBlocks
Larry Bird 8

games		 9

games		 8

games		 7

games
Ollie Johnson 1

game 		0

games		 1

game		 1

game
Both had same stat 0

games		 0

games		 0

games		 1

game

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
%
Jan. 16, 1980
1. Celtics 114   Larry Bird 18 7 0 3 0 3 4 34 7-17 .412 0-1 .000 4-4 1.000
Bulls 104   Ollie Johnson 16 2 2 0 1 3 5 33 8-12 .667 0-0 - 0-0 -
Jan. 29, 1980
2. Celtics 103   Larry Bird 14 13 5 1 1 4 6 31 6-16 .375 0-2 .000 2-3 .667
Bulls 99   Ollie Johnson 4 2 3 1 0 2 4 19 2-5 .400 0-0 - 0-0 -
1980-81 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Jan. 28, 1981
3. Celtics 104   Larry Bird 24 8 6 2 2 2 3 40 11-22 .500 0-0 - 2-2 1.000
76ers 101   Ollie Johnson 4 0 1 0 2 14 2-5 .400 0-0 - 0-0 -
Feb. 04, 1981
4. Celtics 104   Larry Bird 11 12 4 2 1 3 2 35 4-16 .250 0-0 - 3-3 1.000
76ers 107   Ollie Johnson 16 4 3 0 2 25 5-8 .625 0-0 - 6-7 .857
Mar. 01, 1981
5. Celtics 114   Larry Bird 24 15 5 2 1 3 5 38 10-18 .556 0-1 .000 4-7 .571
76ers 107   Ollie Johnson 0 0 0 0 0 01 0-1 .000 0-0 - 0-0 -
Mar. 22, 1981
6. Celtics 94   Larry Bird 19 7 6 0 1 3 3 38 8-21 .381 0-0 - 3-4 .750
76ers 126   Ollie Johnson 0 2 1 0 1 03 0-1 .000 0-0 - 0-0 -
1981 Playoffs - Eastern Conference Finals
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Apr. 22, 1981
7. Celtics 118   Larry Bird 34 16 5 0 1 5 3 41 14-21 .667 0-0 - 6-7 .857
76ers 99   Ollie Johnson 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 08 1-5 .200 0-1 .000 0-0 -
Apr. 24, 1981
8. Celtics 100   Larry Bird 22 13 4 0 0 0 4 45 8-16 .500 0-1 .000 6-7 .857
76ers 110   Ollie Johnson 0 0 0 0 0 02 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 -
1981-82 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Dec. 04, 1981
9. Celtics 111   Larry Bird 24 10 2 2 1 4 5 43 9-19 .474 1-1 1.000 5-7 .714
76ers 103   Ollie Johnson 0 0 0 0 0 04 0-1 .000 0-0 - 0-0 -
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