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

This is the detail of NBA games in which Larry Bird and Sam Pellom 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 14 times in NBA games. Larry Bird has a 10-4 winning record over Sam Pellom. They never met in the Playoffs.

Games Played Against Each Other

Larry Bird
vs.
Sam Pellom
NBA Timeline:
1946-47
2025-26
Larry Bird:
1979-80 to 1991-92
Sam Pellom:
1979-80 to 1982-83
14 Games played
14 in Regular Season
0 in Playoffs

Summary of Victories

 Games Won in
Regular Season		 in
Playoffs
Larry Bird
10
10
0
Sam Pellom
4
4
0

Stats in Games Between Them

Averages
Player
 Points Rebounds Assists
Larry Bird 19.8 10.5 5.6
Sam Pellom 5.9 3.1 0.3
Game Highs
Player
 Points Rebounds Assists
Larry Bird 25 17 12
Sam Pellom 15 10 2
Games with better stats than the other player...
Player
 Points Rebounds Assists
Larry Bird 14

games		 14

games		 13

games
Sam Pellom 0

games 		0

games		 0

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
%
Dec. 05, 1979
1. Celtics 92   Larry Bird 18 7 6 1 0 5 35 8-16 .500 1-3 .333 1-2 .500
Hawks 120   Sam Pellom 0 0 0 0 1 04 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 -
Jan. 11, 1980
2. Celtics 108   Larry Bird 14 13 5 4 3 4 2 46 7-15 .467 0-0 - 0-1 .000
Hawks 93   Sam Pellom 4 2 0 1 1 4 17 2-5 .400 0-0 - 0-0 -
Feb. 26, 1980
3. Celtics 108   Larry Bird 25 14 5 0 0 1 2 40 7-15 .467 0-1 .000 11-13 .846
Hawks 97   Sam Pellom 7 5 0 0 0 0 2 21 3-8 .375 0-0 - 1-3 .333
1980-81 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Oct. 14, 1980
4. Celtics 116   Larry Bird 19 10 7 1 1 6 42 5-19 .263 0-2 .000 9-11 .818
Hawks 122   Sam Pellom 4 6 1 2 2 3 18 2-6 .333 0-0 - 0-0 -
Nov. 05, 1980
5. Celtics 104   Larry Bird 22 7 4 0 7 3 35 9-13 .692 1-2 .500 3-4 .750
Hawks 87   Sam Pellom 8 3 1 1 3 3 29 2-6 .333 0-0 - 4-4 1.000
Dec. 03, 1980
6. Celtics 106   Larry Bird 22 13 7 1 3 3 42 9-18 .500 0-2 .000 4-4 1.000
Hawks 101   Sam Pellom 6 5 0 0 0 2 14 3-5 .600 0-0 - 0-0 -
Dec. 27, 1980
7. Celtics 112   Larry Bird 20 10 8 0 5 40 10-25 .400 0-1 .000 0-0 -
Hawks 107   Sam Pellom 6 3 0 0 5 19 1-2 .500 0-0 - 4-5 .800
Feb. 27, 1981
8. Celtics 132   Larry Bird 16 9 12 2 5 2 40 7-16 .438 0-0 - 2-2 1.000
Hawks 102   Sam Pellom 10 3 0 0 1 2 20 4-7 .571 0-0 - 2-2 1.000
Mar. 18, 1981
9. Celtics 97   Larry Bird 22 12 3 1 3 1 39 10-22 .455 0-1 .000 2-2 1.000
Hawks 108   Sam Pellom 15 10 2 1 4 3 41 6-14 .429 0-0 - 3-4 .750
1981-82 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Nov. 28, 1981
10. Celtics 98   Larry Bird 16 15 5 0 4 40 5-11 .455 0-0 - 6-8 .750
Hawks 90   Sam Pellom 7 1 0 0 3 17 2-3 .667 0-0 - 3-3 1.000
Dec. 11, 1981
11. Celtics 94   Larry Bird 19 17 5 3 4 41 2-11 .182 0-1 .000 15-17 .882
Hawks 86   Sam Pellom 2 0 0 0 0 04 1-1 1.000 0-0 - 0-0 -
Dec. 12, 1981
12. Celtics 97   Larry Bird 18 7 3 3 31 7-14 .500 0-1 .000 4-4 1.000
Hawks 108   Sam Pellom 2 1 0 2 05 1-1 1.000 0-0 - 0-0 -
Mar. 17, 1982
13. Celtics 113   Larry Bird 22 9 8 0 5 33 10-19 .526 0-1 .000 2-2 1.000
Hawks 109   Sam Pellom 10 4 0 0 2 15 5-7 .714 0-0 - 0-0 -
Apr. 02, 1982
14. Celtics 110   Larry Bird 24 4 0 0 0 4 29 7-17 .412 1-1 1.000 9-12 .750
Hawks 107   Sam Pellom 2 1 0 0 0 04 1-2 .500 0-0 - 0-0 -
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