Head-to-Head: Games Played Between Larry Bird and Reggie Miller

This is the detail of NBA games in which Larry Bird and Reggie Miller 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 / Season by season / Games against each other

They faced each other a total of 20 times in NBA games. Larry Bird has a 12-8 winning record over Reggie Miller, including a 3-2 record in Playoffs.

Games Played Against Each Other

Larry Bird
vs.
Reggie Miller
NBA Timeline:
1946-47
2023-24
Larry Bird:
1979-80 to 1991-92
Reggie Miller:
1987-88 to 2004-05
20 Games played
15 in Regular Season
5 in Playoffs

Summary of Victories

 Games Won in
Regular Season		 in
Playoffs
Larry Bird
12
9
3
Reggie Miller
8
6
2

Stats in Games Between Them

Averages
Player
 Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Larry Bird 23.6 9.2 7.3 1.20.7
Reggie Miller 21.0 3.5 3.61.40.3
Game Highs
Player
 Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Larry Bird 42 20 12 33
Reggie Miller 34 7 10 32
Games with better stats than the other player...
Player
 Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Larry Bird 10

games		 19

games		 17

games		 8

games		8

games
Reggie Miller 9

games 		1

game		 2

games		 8

games		3

games
Both had same stat 1

game		 0

games		 1

game		 4

games		9

games

Head To Head Games Played: One by One

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1987-88 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Nov. 11, 1987
1. Celtics 120   Larry Bird 42 20 5 3 2 2 3 42 15-24 .625 2-2 1.000 10-10 1.000
Pacers 106   Reggie Miller 24 2 2 2 1 1 5 32 9-13 .692 2-4 .500 4-7 .571
Nov. 15, 1987
2. Celtics 103   Larry Bird 24 9 4 2 0 1 1 43 10-18 .556 2-2 1.000 2-2 1.000
Pacers 98   Reggie Miller 23 3 2 1 0 3 4 34 6-10 .600 2-2 1.000 9-12 .750
Feb. 03, 1988
3. Celtics 118   Larry Bird 21 7 6 2 3 4 2 37 7-19 .368 1-1 1.000 6-7 .857
Pacers 103   Reggie Miller 11 1 1 0 0 1 0 21 5-6 .833 1-2 .500 0-0 -
Mar. 11, 1988
4. Celtics 122   Larry Bird 30 7 5 1 1 4 2 40 12-24 .500 2-2 1.000 4-4 1.000
Pacers 112   Reggie Miller 11 2 0 0 0 0 5 15 5-8 .625 1-2 .500 0-0 -
Mar. 15, 1988
5. Celtics 119   Larry Bird 34 7 4 2 0 2 0 42 12-22 .545 1-2 .500 9-10 .900
Pacers 113   Reggie Miller 10 3 2 0 0 0 3 17 3-4 .750 2-3 .667 2-2 1.000
1989-90 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Nov. 21, 1989
6. Celtics 111   Larry Bird 25 7 9 0 0 1 3 41 10-26 .385 0-2 .000 5-6 .833
Pacers 119   Reggie Miller 15 4 6 0 2 2 2 41 5-13 .385 1-4 .250 4-5 .800
Nov. 24, 1989
7. Celtics 111   Larry Bird 24 11 9 1 2 3 1 42 9-26 .346 0-3 .000 6-7 .857
Pacers 118   Reggie Miller 30 7 5 1 0 4 2 39 7-13 .538 2-2 1.000 14-16 .875
Jan. 19, 1990
8. Celtics 109   Larry Bird 29 12 9 1 1 6 0 43 12-23 .522 1-3 .333 4-4 1.000
Pacers 104   Reggie Miller 34 2 10 3 0 2 1 41 13-20 .650 4-7 .571 4-6 .667
Mar. 27, 1990
9. Celtics 96   Larry Bird 21 7 4 3 0 1 1 43 10-24 .417 0-1 .000 1-2 .500
Pacers 101   Reggie Miller 22 6 4 1 0 3 0 43 6-18 .333 0-4 .000 10-10 1.000
1990-91 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Dec. 26, 1990
10. Celtics 152   Larry Bird 22 7 12 2 0 3 2 38 8-16 .500 2-4 .500 4-5 .800
Pacers 132   Reggie Miller 20 1 4 2 0 3 0 38 7-16 .438 0-5 .000 6-7 .857
Feb. 24, 1991
11. Celtics 109   Larry Bird 14 5 2 0 0 3 1 37 6-18 .333 0-6 .000 2-2 1.000
Pacers 115   Reggie Miller 26 6 7 3 0 3 2 41 8-17 .471 3-5 .600 7-7 1.000
Mar. 04, 1991
12. Celtics 126   Larry Bird 29 7 10 0 0 5 1 37 10-18 .556 7-10 .700 2-2 1.000
Pacers 101   Reggie Miller 21 4 2 2 0 1 0 37 8-15 .533 1-5 .200 4-4 1.000
Mar. 22, 1991
13. Celtics 109   Larry Bird 11 8 10 1 1 3 4 42 5-15 .333 0-2 .000 1-2 .500
Pacers 121   Reggie Miller 21 6 7 0 0 2 1 35 6-12 .500 3-5 .600 6-6 1.000
1991 Playoffs - Eastern Conference First Round
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Apr. 26, 1991
14. Celtics 127   Larry Bird 21 12 12 3 0 3 2 41 6-20 .300 0-2 .000 9-10 .900
Pacers 120   Reggie Miller 24 2 5 1 0 2 2 41 5-12 .417 2-5 .400 12-13 .923
Apr. 28, 1991
15. Celtics 118   Larry Bird 18 6 10 1 0 2 5 40 7-18 .389 0-1 .000 4-5 .800
Pacers 130   Reggie Miller 15 4 4 3 0 2 1 40 6-11 .545 2-3 .667 1-3 .333
May. 01, 1991
16. Celtics 112   Larry Bird 15 9 6 1 0 3 4 37 4-13 .308 0-3 .000 7-7 1.000
Pacers 105   Reggie Miller 20 3 3 2 0 5 2 37 5-11 .455 2-3 .667 8-10 .800
May. 03, 1991
17. Celtics 113   Larry Bird 18 6 8 0 2 3 3 40 7-14 .500 1-3 .333 3-3 1.000
Pacers 116   Reggie Miller 27 3 0 0 0 0 4 33 11-19 .579 0-1 .000 5-5 1.000
May. 05, 1991
18. Celtics 124   Larry Bird 32 9 7 1 0 4 2 33 12-19 .632 0-5 .000 8-10 .800
Pacers 121   Reggie Miller 22 4 2 2 2 3 5 42 7-17 .412 2-7 .286 6-6 1.000
1991-92 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Nov. 20, 1991
19. Celtics 116   Larry Bird 26 19 3 0 1 3 2 41 10-20 .500 0-2 .000 6-6 1.000
Pacers 101   Reggie Miller 26 2 1 3 0 2 3 45 9-22 .409 4-9 .444 4-4 1.000
Apr. 03, 1992
20. Celtics 97   Larry Bird 16 9 10 0 0 1 4 40 8-20 .400 0-4 .000 0-0 -
Pacers 101   Reggie Miller 17 5 5 1 1 1 0 42 5-14 .357 4-8 .500 3-4 .750
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