Head-to-Head: Games Played Between Larry Bird and Paul Griffin

This is the detail of NBA games in which Larry Bird and Paul Griffin 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 10 times in NBA games. Larry Bird has an 8-2 winning record over Paul Griffin. They never met in the Playoffs.

Games Played Against Each Other

Larry Bird
vs.
Paul Griffin
NBA Timeline:
1946-47
2025-26
Larry Bird:
1979-80 to 1991-92
Paul Griffin:
1976-77 to 1982-83
10 Games played
10 in Regular Season
0 in Playoffs

Summary of Victories

 Games Won in
Regular Season		 in
Playoffs
Larry Bird
8
8
0
Paul Griffin
2
2
0

Stats in Games Between Them

Averages
Player
 Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Larry Bird 22.2 9.7 5.2 2.01.3
Paul Griffin 5.4 5.0 3.20.60.6
Game Highs
Player
 Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Larry Bird 30 14 10 44
Paul Griffin 12 9 5 21
Games with better stats than the other player...
Player
 Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Larry Bird 10

games		 9

games		 8

games		 8

games		6

games
Paul Griffin 0

games 		1

game		 2

games		 0

games		2

games
Both had same stat 0

games		 0

games		 0

games		 2

games		2

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. 23, 1979
1. Celtics 120   Larry Bird 22 12 5 3 1 3 5 36 9-18 .500 2-3 .667 2-6 .333
Spurs 129   Paul Griffin 2 4 4 0 1 1 2 25 1-3 .333 0-0 - 0-0 -
Nov. 07, 1979
2. Celtics 117   Larry Bird 18 12 2 1 1 5 3 30 9-21 .429 0-1 .000 0-0 -
Spurs 105   Paul Griffin 5 4 0 0 0 1 6 22 2-3 .667 0-0 - 1-1 1.000
Dec. 21, 1979
3. Celtics 133   Larry Bird 26 14 6 3 2 4 3 40 9-22 .409 2-3 .667 6-7 .857
Spurs 114   Paul Griffin 4 6 3 1 0 2 4 26 2-3 .667 0-0 - 0-0 -
Jan. 05, 1980
4. Celtics 111   Larry Bird 18 3 2 2 1 4 5 29 8-12 .667 2-4 .500 0-0 -
Spurs 119   Paul Griffin 12 6 5 1 1 0 2 31 3-10 .300 0-0 - 6-7 .857
Feb. 27, 1980
5. Celtics 130   Larry Bird 30 8 3 2 0 2 2 36 13-20 .650 2-3 .667 2-3 .667
Spurs 125   Paul Griffin 6 5 4 2 1 1 2 25 1-1 1.000 0-0 - 4-5 .800
Mar. 04, 1980
6. Celtics 137   Larry Bird 29 6 6 2 0 1 3 33 10-19 .526 3-5 .600 6-6 1.000
Spurs 108   Paul Griffin 6 3 4 2 1 2 3 18 2-2 1.000 0-0 - 2-2 1.000
1980-81 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Jan. 16, 1981
7. Celtics 94   Larry Bird 13 13 4 1 1 3 41 5-15 .333 0-0 - 3-4 .750
Spurs 85   Paul Griffin 8 7 3 0 0 2 29 2-9 .222 0-0 - 4-4 1.000
Feb. 17, 1981
8. Celtics 128   Larry Bird 25 11 6 4 2 0 43 10-23 .435 1-1 1.000 4-4 1.000
Spurs 116   Paul Griffin 6 9 3 0 1 2 21 2-4 .500 0-0 - 2-2 1.000
1982-83 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Nov. 19, 1982
9. Celtics 119   Larry Bird 16 6 8 1 4 4 1 43 7-18 .389 0-1 .000 2-2 1.000
Spurs 111   Paul Griffin 0 1 3 0 1 0 2 11 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 -
Jan. 07, 1983
10. Celtics 116   Larry Bird 25 12 10 1 1 4 3 43 12-20 .600 0-0 - 1-3 .333
Spurs 113   Paul Griffin 5 5 3 0 0 1 3 24 2-2 1.000 0-0 - 1-1 1.000
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