Head-to-Head: Games Played Between Larry Bird and Sam Lacey

This is the detail of NBA games in which Larry Bird and Sam Lacey 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 13 times in NBA games. Larry Bird has a 10-3 winning record over Sam Lacey. They never met in the Playoffs.

Games Played Against Each Other

Larry Bird
vs.
Sam Lacey
NBA Timeline:
1946-47
2023-24
Larry Bird:
1979-80 to 1991-92
Sam Lacey:
1970-71 to 1982-83
13 Games played
13 in Regular Season
0 in Playoffs

Summary of Victories

 Games Won in
Regular Season		 in
Playoffs
Larry Bird
10
10
0
Sam Lacey
3
3
0

Stats in Games Between Them

Averages
Player
 Points Rebounds Assists
Larry Bird 18.5 9.2 4.5
Sam Lacey 4.5 4.2 3.0
Game Highs
Player
 Points Rebounds Assists
Larry Bird 30 14 10
Sam Lacey 12 12 12
Games with better stats than the other player...
Player
 Points Rebounds Assists
Larry Bird 12

games		 11

games		 7

games
Sam Lacey 1

game 		2

games		 5

games
Both had same stat 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
%
Nov. 09, 1979
1. Celtics 127   Larry Bird 17 9 3 1 0 2 2 33 6-11 .545 0-0 - 5-5 1.000
Kings 119   Sam Lacey 5 5 1 1 0 0 6 14 2-3 .667 0-0 - 1-1 1.000
Dec. 02, 1979
2. Celtics 88   Larry Bird 4 14 4 0 0 5 3 28 1-4 .250 0-1 .000 2-2 1.000
Kings 94   Sam Lacey 10 9 6 3 0 3 35 4-12 .333 0-0 - 2-4 .500
1980-81 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Oct. 31, 1980
3. Celtics 115   Larry Bird 22 8 2 7 2 2 3 37 9-21 .429 0-2 .000 4-4 1.000
Kings 110   Sam Lacey 7 12 6 0 2 4 29 2-8 .250 0-0 - 3-4 .750
Feb. 18, 1981
4. Celtics 113   Larry Bird 18 11 4 1 1 1 38 8-20 .400 0-1 .000 2-4 .500
Kings 114   Sam Lacey 12 10 12 4 1 3 38 6-10 .600 0-0 - 0-1 .000
1981-82 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Nov. 13, 1981
5. Celtics 111   Larry Bird 22 10 2 2 31 8-16 .500 0-0 - 6-6 1.000
Nets 97   Sam Lacey 4 2 4 5 18 1-3 .333 0-0 - 2-2 1.000
Dec. 09, 1981
6. Celtics 109   Larry Bird 30 9 6 4 39 12-20 .600 0-0 - 6-6 1.000
Nets 100   Sam Lacey 2 0 0 3 11 1-2 .500 0-0 - 0-0 -
Jan. 11, 1982
7. Celtics 112   Larry Bird 25 14 10 6 3 44 10-19 .526 0-1 .000 5-5 1.000
Nets 94   Sam Lacey 0 0 0 0 03 0-1 .000 0-0 - 0-0 -
Mar. 12, 1982
8. Celtics 113   Larry Bird 18 7 7 3 25 7-10 .700 0-0 - 4-4 1.000
Nets 109   Sam Lacey 1 3 0 3 08 0-1 .000 0-0 - 1-2 .500
1982-83 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Dec. 08, 1982
9. Celtics 113   Larry Bird 30 10 4 2 0 2 4 34 14-20 .700 0-0 - 2-3 .667
Cavaliers 93   Sam Lacey 2 1 4 0 0 2 5 20 1-2 .500 0-0 - 0-0 -
Jan. 15, 1983
10. Celtics 86   Larry Bird 14 12 6 1 34 6-10 .600 0-2 .000 2-2 1.000
Cavaliers 90   Sam Lacey 10 6 1 4 24 4-6 .667 0-0 - 2-2 1.000
Jan. 23, 1983
11. Celtics 105   Larry Bird 3 0 1 0 0 2 1 07 1-2 .500 1-1 1.000 0-0 -
Cavaliers 91   Sam Lacey 2 5 3 0 0 2 4 21 1-3 .333 0-0 - 0-0 -
Mar. 20, 1983
12. Celtics 90   Larry Bird 19 8 7 3 0 2 0 36 7-21 .333 0-0 - 5-7 .714
Cavaliers 79   Sam Lacey 2 2 2 1 0 0 5 13 1-5 .200 0-1 .000 0-0 -
Mar. 25, 1983
13. Celtics 124   Larry Bird 19 7 3 0 1 3 1 27 7-16 .438 0-0 - 5-8 .625
Cavaliers 102   Sam Lacey 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 10 1-2 .500 0-0 - 0-0 -
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