Head-to-Head: Games Played Between Larry Bird and Rolando Blackman

This is the detail of NBA games in which Larry Bird and Rolando Blackman 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 18 times in NBA games. Larry Bird has a 16-2 winning record over Rolando Blackman. They never met in the Playoffs.

Games Played Against Each Other

Larry Bird
vs.
Rolando Blackman
NBA Timeline:
1946-47
2025-26
Larry Bird:
1979-80 to 1991-92
Rolando Blackman:
1981-82 to 1993-94
18 Games played
18 in Regular Season
0 in Playoffs

Summary of Victories

 Games Won in
Regular Season		 in
Playoffs
Larry Bird
16
16
0
Rolando Blackman
2
2
0

Stats in Games Between Them

Averages
Player
 Points Rebounds Assists
Larry Bird 28.5 10.6 7.2
Rolando Blackman 20.2 2.9 3.0
Game Highs
Player
 Points Rebounds Assists
Larry Bird 50 17 11
Rolando Blackman 35 5 7
Games with better stats than the other player...
Player
 Points Rebounds Assists
Larry Bird 15

games		 18

games		 16

games
Rolando Blackman 2

games 		0

games		 2

games
Both had same stat 1

game		 0

games		 0

games

Head To Head Games Played: One by One

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1981-82 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Dec. 16, 1981
1. Celtics 109   Larry Bird 30 17 7 2 2 2 39 12-20 .600 0-1 .000 6-6 1.000
Mavericks 92   Rolando Blackman 8 3 0 1 1 20 3-8 .375 0-0 - 2-4 .500
1982-83 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Nov. 12, 1982
2. Celtics 118   Larry Bird 26 8 5 3 2 2 5 32 11-20 .550 0-1 .000 4-5 .800
Mavericks 110   Rolando Blackman 21 3 0 0 1 1 0 28 8-14 .571 0-0 - 5-6 .833
Jan. 08, 1983
3. Celtics 114   Larry Bird 28 8 2 3 1 2 1 37 13-23 .565 0-0 - 2-4 .500
Mavericks 110   Rolando Blackman 19 4 3 0 0 1 2 42 8-16 .500 0-1 .000 3-4 .750
1983-84 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Dec. 30, 1983
4. Celtics 114   Larry Bird 36 13 4 3 1 6 3 46 14-25 .560 2-2 1.000 6-7 .857
OT Mavericks 109   Rolando Blackman 34 2 3 0 0 3 3 49 14-23 .609 0-1 .000 6-6 1.000
Mar. 28, 1984
5. Celtics 114   Larry Bird 23 9 4 1 1 3 2 34 8-20 .400 0-1 .000 7-7 1.000
Mavericks 107   Rolando Blackman 22 5 5 1 0 3 2 35 10-17 .588 0-0 - 2-3 .667
1984-85 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Nov. 27, 1984
6. Celtics 114   Larry Bird 40 10 9 0 1 1 3 44 16-20 .800 0-1 .000 8-8 1.000
Mavericks 99   Rolando Blackman 15 3 1 0 0 0 0 37 6-14 .429 0-1 .000 3-4 .750
Mar. 08, 1985
7. Celtics 133   Larry Bird 32 15 9 1 1 2 1 37 12-20 .600 2-3 .667 6-6 1.000
Mavericks 122   Rolando Blackman 11 1 2 0 0 1 2 31 3-7 .429 0-0 - 5-6 .833
1985-86 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Dec. 18, 1985
8. Celtics 137   Larry Bird 35 8 10 3 0 4 5 41 14-27 .519 2-3 .667 5-6 .833
Mavericks 117   Rolando Blackman 21 2 4 1 0 2 1 33 9-20 .450 0-0 - 3-3 1.000
Mar. 10, 1986
9. Celtics 115   Larry Bird 50 11 5 1 0 5 3 40 18-33 .545 4-7 .571 10-11 .909
Mavericks 116   Rolando Blackman 32 2 1 0 0 1 1 39 10-20 .500 0-0 - 12-13 .923
1986-87 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Jan. 14, 1987
10. Celtics 117   Larry Bird 25 15 6 0 2 3 3 43 8-15 .533 0-1 .000 9-10 .900
Mavericks 108   Rolando Blackman 25 3 3 0 0 2 1 39 11-23 .478 0-0 - 3-3 1.000
Feb. 18, 1987
11. Celtics 113   Larry Bird 16 12 11 1 2 2 3 40 7-19 .368 1-4 .250 1-1 1.000
Mavericks 96   Rolando Blackman 8 5 7 2 0 2 2 30 3-13 .231 0-0 - 2-2 1.000
1987-88 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Feb. 12, 1988
12. Celtics 105   Larry Bird 39 10 6 3 0 2 2 40 16-25 .640 2-4 .500 5-6 .833
Mavericks 104   Rolando Blackman 20 5 2 2 1 1 1 41 6-14 .429 0-0 - 8-8 1.000
Apr. 03, 1988
13. Celtics 110   Larry Bird 32 5 8 0 0 4 1 43 11-19 .579 7-10 .700 3-3 1.000
Mavericks 101   Rolando Blackman 16 3 6 0 0 7 0 33 5-11 .455 0-0 - 6-10 .600
1989-90 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Feb. 28, 1990
14. Celtics 111   Larry Bird 31 12 5 1 1 3 3 44 13-22 .591 2-4 .500 3-4 .750
Mavericks 98   Rolando Blackman 18 2 3 2 0 2 2 37 9-18 .500 0-0 - 0-0 -
Mar. 14, 1990
15. Celtics 102   Larry Bird 21 10 8 2 0 4 2 44 9-21 .429 1-3 .333 2-2 1.000
Mavericks 113   Rolando Blackman 18 0 3 2 1 1 0 43 9-16 .563 0-0 - 0-0 -
1990-91 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Dec. 07, 1990
16. Celtics 112   Larry Bird 6 8 11 0 0 2 2 37 2-11 .182 0-3 .000 2-4 .500
Mavericks 104   Rolando Blackman 35 1 3 1 0 4 3 43 14-23 .609 1-3 .333 6-7 .857
Jan. 06, 1991
17. Celtics 127   Larry Bird 17 6 11 0 1 1 2 38 7-17 .412 1-6 .167 2-2 1.000
Mavericks 110   Rolando Blackman 27 5 5 1 0 2 0 39 9-14 .643 2-2 1.000 7-9 .778
1991-92 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Mar. 01, 1992
18. Celtics 101   Larry Bird 26 13 9 2 1 2 2 34 9-16 .563 1-4 .250 7-7 1.000
Mavericks 91   Rolando Blackman 14 4 3 0 0 3 1 27 6-10 .600 1-2 .500 1-1 1.000
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