Head-to-Head: Games Played Between Larry Bird and Sidney Moncrief

This is the detail of NBA games in which Larry Bird and Sidney Moncrief 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 63 times in NBA games. Larry Bird has a 37-26 winning record over Sidney Moncrief, including an 11-7 record in Playoffs.

Games Played Against Each Other

Larry Bird
vs.
Sidney Moncrief
NBA Timeline:
1946-47
2023-24
Larry Bird:
1979-80 to 1991-92
Sidney Moncrief:
1979-80 to 1990-91
63 Games played
45 in Regular Season
18 in Playoffs

Summary of Victories

 Games Won in
Regular Season		 in
Playoffs
Larry Bird
37
26
11
Sidney Moncrief
26
19
7

Stats in Games Between Them

Averages
Player
 Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Larry Bird 23.0 9.8 5.6 1.50.6
Sidney Moncrief 16.6 4.9 4.41.20.4
Game Highs
Player
 Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Larry Bird 47 16 13 63
Sidney Moncrief 34 11 12 54
Games with better stats than the other player...
Player
 Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Larry Bird 44

games		 55

games		 35

games		 26

games		23

games
Sidney Moncrief 19

games 		7

games		 17

games		 19

games		14

games
Both had same stat 0

games		 1

game		 11

games		 18

games		26

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
%
Dec. 09, 1979
1. Celtics 113   Larry Bird 25 11 8 1 0 3 4 40 10-20 .500 0-0 - 5-5 1.000
Bucks 108   Sidney Moncrief 12 2 0 1 0 0 1 11 5-6 .833 0-0 - 2-2 1.000
Dec. 14, 1979
2. Celtics 97   Larry Bird 21 9 3 2 0 2 3 34 7-17 .412 0-2 .000 7-9 .778
Bucks 94   Sidney Moncrief 4 3 0 1 0 1 1 14 2-4 .500 0-0 - 0-0 -
1980-81 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Oct. 16, 1980
3. Celtics 110   Larry Bird 8 7 5 1 1 1 3 44 4-8 .500 0-1 .000 0-0 -
Bucks 103   Sidney Moncrief 4 3 0 0 0 1 1 24 2-5 .400 0-0 - 0-1 .000
Nov. 07, 1980
4. Celtics 101   Larry Bird 29 14 4 1 2 7 5 38 12-21 .571 0-2 .000 5-6 .833
Bucks 102   Sidney Moncrief 11 3 2 1 1 1 2 20 4-10 .400 0-0 - 3-3 1.000
Nov. 30, 1980
5. Celtics 105   Larry Bird 18 6 1 3 1 0 4 42 7-15 .467 0-0 - 4-4 1.000
Bucks 107   Sidney Moncrief 23 5 4 5 4 5 2 48 6-13 .462 0-0 - 11-12 .917
Dec. 09, 1980
6. Celtics 112   Larry Bird 20 11 5 3 0 4 2 39 10-21 .476 0-0 - 0-0 -
Bucks 89   Sidney Moncrief 11 5 3 1 0 2 4 38 2-5 .400 0-0 - 7-8 .875
Feb. 05, 1981
7. Celtics 103   Larry Bird 17 6 4 1 0 2 3 28 5-11 .455 0-0 - 7-8 .875
Bucks 113   Sidney Moncrief 11 7 6 2 1 4 4 36 2-4 .500 0-0 - 7-9 .778
Mar. 11, 1981
8. Celtics 122   Larry Bird 29 13 6 1 0 2 4 47 12-20 .600 0-0 - 5-6 .833
Bucks 108   Sidney Moncrief 19 7 2 1 1 3 3 35 6-16 .375 0-1 .000 7-8 .875
1981-82 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Oct. 31, 1981
9. Celtics 103   Larry Bird 15 12 4 2 0 1 3 44 7-15 .467 0-1 .000 1-2 .500
Bucks 119   Sidney Moncrief 29 5 12 0 0 2 0 48 13-22 .591 0-0 - 3-4 .750
Nov. 20, 1981
10. Celtics 112   Larry Bird 20 8 6 3 1 3 3 31 8-14 .571 0-0 - 4-4 1.000
Bucks 89   Sidney Moncrief 14 3 2 1 0 5 1 35 4-9 .444 0-1 .000 6-10 .600
Jan. 15, 1982
11. Celtics 118   Larry Bird 29 11 7 1 0 2 5 40 12-20 .600 0-1 .000 5-7 .714
Bucks 122   Sidney Moncrief 10 5 9 2 0 4 4 41 2-8 .250 0-0 - 6-6 1.000
Feb. 28, 1982
12. Celtics 106   Larry Bird 16 6 4 1 1 1 4 29 5-13 .385 0-0 - 6-8 .750
Bucks 102   Sidney Moncrief 15 9 2 0 1 3 2 35 4-12 .333 0-1 .000 7-7 1.000
Apr. 06, 1982
13. Celtics 116   Larry Bird 15 9 5 4 1 1 1 39 5-16 .313 0-1 .000 5-5 1.000
Bucks 122   Sidney Moncrief 26 10 5 0 0 1 1 46 12-21 .571 0-0 - 2-3 .667
Apr. 14, 1982
14. Celtics 100   Larry Bird 10 14 5 0 1 4 5 32 5-13 .385 0-0 - 0-2 .000
Bucks 91   Sidney Moncrief 6 7 9 2 0 4 2 35 2-8 .250 0-0 - 2-2 1.000
1982-83 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Nov. 10, 1982
15. Celtics 101   Larry Bird 28 12 3 0 0 4 4 46 12-23 .522 0-0 - 4-4 1.000
Bucks 105   Sidney Moncrief 27 5 4 4 0 0 0 39 11-17 .647 0-0 - 5-6 .833
Nov. 14, 1982
16. Celtics 100   Larry Bird 20 14 5 1 1 5 3 43 9-18 .500 0-0 - 2-6 .333
Bucks 98   Sidney Moncrief 22 7 10 3 0 1 2 46 9-14 .643 0-0 - 4-6 .667
Nov. 28, 1982
17. Celtics 124   Larry Bird 37 9 1 0 0 3 3 39 15-18 .833 0-0 - 7-8 .875
Bucks 109   Sidney Moncrief 21 5 1 2 0 2 4 31 9-14 .643 0-0 - 3-4 .750
Dec. 03, 1982
18. Celtics 112   Larry Bird 15 14 9 0 0 6 5 43 7-14 .500 0-0 - 1-2 .500
Bucks 115   Sidney Moncrief 25 5 2 0 0 1 2 36 11-18 .611 0-0 - 3-4 .750
Apr. 01, 1983
19. Celtics 97   Larry Bird 13 13 5 0 0 5 1 40 6-9 .667 0-0 - 1-1 1.000
Bucks 83   Sidney Moncrief 17 1 5 0 1 1 1 34 6-15 .400 0-0 - 5-8 .625
1983 Playoffs - Eastern Conference Semifinals
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Apr. 27, 1983
20. Celtics 95   Larry Bird 17 10 4 4 0 2 5 35 7-17 .412 0-0 - 3-4 .750
Bucks 116   Sidney Moncrief 22 8 4 1 0 2 1 39 10-17 .588 0-0 - 2-7 .286
May. 01, 1983
21. Celtics 99   Larry Bird 21 14 6 6 0 3 2 36 10-22 .455 0-0 - 1-2 .500
Bucks 107   Sidney Moncrief 26 5 3 2 0 2 0 45 9-21 .429 0-1 .000 8-11 .727
May. 02, 1983
22. Celtics 93   Larry Bird 18 11 8 1 0 6 1 40 9-20 .450 0-0 - 0-0 -
Bucks 107   Sidney Moncrief 25 5 5 1 0 2 3 41 9-15 .600 0-0 - 7-8 .875
1983-84 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Nov. 02, 1983
23. Celtics 119   Larry Bird 27 6 6 2 2 5 2 43 9-15 .600 0-0 - 9-10 .900
Bucks 105   Sidney Moncrief 28 7 7 2 0 2 6 38 9-17 .529 0-0 - 10-10 1.000
Jan. 15, 1984
24. Celtics 87   Larry Bird 8 8 2 1 0 1 1 26 3-13 .231 0-0 - 2-2 1.000
Bucks 106   Sidney Moncrief 19 6 5 0 0 2 4 37 7-13 .538 0-0 - 5-6 .833
Jan. 22, 1984
25. Celtics 109   Larry Bird 16 9 1 0 0 3 2 33 7-16 .438 0-0 - 2-2 1.000
Bucks 98   Sidney Moncrief 12 11 5 0 1 3 3 34 5-8 .625 0-0 - 2-2 1.000
Mar. 09, 1984
26. Celtics 129   Larry Bird 30 8 12 0 0 3 4 53 13-28 .464 1-2 .500 3-3 1.000
2OT Bucks 128   Sidney Moncrief 21 5 3 1 0 1 6 39 7-18 .389 0-1 .000 7-8 .875
Mar. 16, 1984
27. Celtics 109   Larry Bird 28 12 5 2 0 3 2 40 11-21 .524 0-1 .000 6-9 .667
Bucks 99   Sidney Moncrief 14 6 3 2 0 1 4 46 4-11 .364 1-1 1.000 5-7 .714
Apr. 10, 1984
28. Celtics 96   Larry Bird 19 6 5 2 3 3 4 40 7-19 .368 0-0 - 5-5 1.000
Bucks 95   Sidney Moncrief 7 8 6 1 0 1 2 42 3-15 .200 0-0 - 1-1 1.000
1984 Playoffs - Eastern Conference Finals
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
May. 15, 1984
29. Celtics 119   Larry Bird 24 6 5 0 1 2 2 38 6-14 .429 0-0 - 12-15 .800
Bucks 96   Sidney Moncrief 13 3 3 2 0 2 4 36 4-10 .400 0-0 - 5-6 .833
May. 17, 1984
30. Celtics 125   Larry Bird 32 13 7 3 1 5 4 43 9-17 .529 0-0 - 14-14 1.000
Bucks 110   Sidney Moncrief 22 7 3 0 0 3 4 41 10-16 .625 1-1 1.000 1-1 1.000
May. 19, 1984
31. Celtics 109   Larry Bird 28 8 6 4 0 8 1 41 10-18 .556 0-0 - 8-8 1.000
Bucks 100   Sidney Moncrief 22 6 6 4 3 2 3 44 6-15 .400 0-0 - 10-12 .833
May. 21, 1984
32. Celtics 113   Larry Bird 32 10 8 3 0 5 3 38 13-22 .591 0-1 .000 6-7 .857
Bucks 122   Sidney Moncrief 14 7 5 3 1 4 3 39 4-11 .364 0-0 - 6-8 .750
May. 23, 1984
33. Celtics 115   Larry Bird 21 13 4 2 1 9 2 42 8-21 .381 1-1 1.000 4-5 .800
Bucks 108   Sidney Moncrief 15 8 3 3 0 2 4 40 5-12 .417 0-0 - 5-6 .833
1984-85 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Dec. 19, 1984
34. Celtics 92   Larry Bird 18 9 3 3 1 1 4 41 7-19 .368 0-0 - 4-4 1.000
Bucks 107   Sidney Moncrief 23 8 3 1 0 4 1 42 9-18 .500 0-1 .000 5-5 1.000
Dec. 30, 1984
35. Celtics 98   Larry Bird 24 14 6 1 0 7 3 42 9-21 .429 0-1 .000 6-6 1.000
Bucks 114   Sidney Moncrief 27 6 8 3 1 3 2 43 10-18 .556 0-0 - 7-7 1.000
Mar. 20, 1985
36. Celtics 107   Larry Bird 13 11 10 0 0 2 2 43 5-9 .556 0-0 - 3-3 1.000
Bucks 105   Sidney Moncrief 3 8 5 2 1 1 4 37 1-10 .100 0-0 - 1-2 .500
Apr. 12, 1985
37. Celtics 113   Larry Bird 47 14 2 1 3 4 4 38 15-31 .484 1-2 .500 16-17 .941
OT Bucks 115   Sidney Moncrief 26 4 7 1 3 3 3 47 11-19 .579 1-3 .333 3-3 1.000
1985-86 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Oct. 30, 1985
38. Celtics 117   Larry Bird 22 8 5 1 3 5 5 27 7-8 .875 0-0 - 8-8 1.000
Bucks 106   Sidney Moncrief 18 1 4 1 0 2 3 39 6-16 .375 0-3 .000 6-9 .667
Dec. 03, 1985
39. Celtics 112   Larry Bird 18 9 5 1 1 5 2 35 8-18 .444 0-0 - 2-2 1.000
Bucks 109   Sidney Moncrief 22 6 5 4 0 3 2 42 9-15 .600 1-2 .500 3-3 1.000
Feb. 04, 1986
40. Celtics 112   Larry Bird 24 9 6 2 0 2 2 39 8-14 .571 1-2 .500 7-9 .778
Bucks 93   Sidney Moncrief 15 3 3 0 0 3 3 37 4-13 .308 0-2 .000 7-7 1.000
Mar. 26, 1986
41. Celtics 121   Larry Bird 35 12 6 0 3 3 4 38 11-19 .579 2-2 1.000 11-11 1.000
Bucks 115   Sidney Moncrief 25 6 6 2 0 1 2 44 7-15 .467 0-1 .000 11-12 .917
Apr. 08, 1986
42. Celtics 126   Larry Bird 26 14 7 1 0 2 1 31 10-13 .769 0-0 - 6-6 1.000
Bucks 114   Sidney Moncrief 18 1 5 0 0 1 1 24 3-8 .375 0-1 .000 12-12 1.000
1986 Playoffs - Eastern Conference Finals
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
May. 15, 1986
43. Celtics 122   Larry Bird 26 8 9 3 1 2 3 43 10-19 .526 1-6 .167 5-5 1.000
Bucks 111   Sidney Moncrief 2 4 6 1 3 4 3 37 1-8 .125 0-3 .000 0-0 -
May. 17, 1986
44. Celtics 111   Larry Bird 19 16 13 1 0 4 3 44 7-15 .467 2-3 .667 3-4 .750
Bucks 107   Sidney Moncrief 24 4 6 0 0 2 4 44 9-24 .375 2-4 .500 4-6 .667
May. 18, 1986
45. Celtics 111   Larry Bird 30 8 5 2 0 7 5 45 10-17 .588 5-6 .833 5-5 1.000
Bucks 98   Sidney Moncrief 27 5 8 0 1 1 1 40 7-16 .438 0-2 .000 13-15 .867
1986-87 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Nov. 01, 1986
46. Celtics 105   Larry Bird 24 9 3 1 1 6 5 47 9-15 .600 0-2 .000 6-7 .857
Bucks 111   Sidney Moncrief 16 2 3 0 0 0 3 32 6-14 .429 0-0 - 4-7 .571
Nov. 12, 1986
47. Celtics 124   Larry Bird 2 1 3 0 0 0 0 09 1-3 .333 0-0 - 0-0 -
Bucks 116   Sidney Moncrief 11 2 8 2 0 3 5 32 5-9 .556 1-1 1.000 0-0 -
Mar. 17, 1987
48. Celtics 115   Larry Bird 24 12 5 0 0 6 5 45 10-22 .455 1-1 1.000 3-3 1.000
Bucks 123   Sidney Moncrief 9 1 5 0 0 1 5 27 3-7 .429 0-1 .000 3-4 .750
Mar. 18, 1987
49. Celtics 120   Larry Bird 30 11 4 2 0 1 3 37 8-14 .571 1-1 1.000 13-14 .929
Bucks 102   Sidney Moncrief 0 2 3 0 0 0 2 22 0-5 .000 0-0 - 0-0 -
1987 Playoffs - Eastern Conference Semifinals
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
May. 05, 1987
50. Celtics 111   Larry Bird 40 11 7 4 1 3 2 44 13-23 .565 1-1 1.000 13-13 1.000
Bucks 98   Sidney Moncrief 11 3 1 0 0 4 3 27 3-11 .273 0-1 .000 5-7 .714
May. 06, 1987
51. Celtics 126   Larry Bird 30 10 5 1 0 1 2 45 10-21 .476 1-3 .333 9-12 .750
Bucks 124   Sidney Moncrief 15 4 4 2 0 4 3 42 5-13 .385 0-2 .000 5-6 .833
May. 08, 1987
52. Celtics 121   Larry Bird 18 8 8 2 0 5 6 46 7-16 .438 0-0 - 4-4 1.000
OT Bucks 126   Sidney Moncrief 20 3 3 1 1 0 5 37 7-15 .467 0-0 - 6-8 .750
May. 10, 1987
53. Celtics 138   Larry Bird 42 7 8 0 2 4 4 56 13-23 .565 3-5 .600 13-15 .867
2OT Bucks 137   Sidney Moncrief 22 6 6 1 1 4 5 48 8-20 .400 0-0 - 6-7 .857
May. 13, 1987
54. Celtics 124   Larry Bird 26 8 12 1 0 4 4 46 8-22 .364 0-4 .000 10-11 .909
Bucks 129   Sidney Moncrief 33 5 4 0 1 0 2 38 13-18 .722 1-1 1.000 6-6 1.000
May. 15, 1987
55. Celtics 111   Larry Bird 22 14 4 2 1 4 1 45 9-20 .450 0-2 .000 4-6 .667
Bucks 121   Sidney Moncrief 34 6 4 3 0 2 4 39 11-20 .550 1-3 .333 11-13 .846
May. 17, 1987
56. Celtics 119   Larry Bird 31 10 8 2 2 3 1 48 9-21 .429 0-1 .000 13-13 1.000
Bucks 113   Sidney Moncrief 11 4 3 1 0 2 3 39 2-10 .200 1-1 1.000 6-6 1.000
1987-88 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Feb. 04, 1988
57. Celtics 101   Larry Bird 22 12 5 0 0 3 3 44 7-24 .292 0-3 .000 8-9 .889
Bucks 111   Sidney Moncrief 14 9 8 1 0 0 4 39 5-10 .500 0-1 .000 4-4 1.000
Feb. 26, 1988
58. Celtics 132   Larry Bird 32 7 8 4 1 5 1 34 13-20 .650 3-5 .600 3-3 1.000
Bucks 96   Sidney Moncrief 12 0 2 1 0 2 2 26 3-6 .500 0-0 - 6-6 1.000
Mar. 01, 1988
59. Celtics 116   Larry Bird 31 7 8 0 0 1 4 37 12-23 .522 1-1 1.000 6-7 .857
Bucks 117   Sidney Moncrief 20 2 7 0 1 0 2 35 5-9 .556 0-0 - 10-10 1.000
Apr. 13, 1988
60. Celtics 123   Larry Bird 26 10 10 2 1 4 3 36 9-18 .500 0-4 .000 8-8 1.000
Bucks 104   Sidney Moncrief 11 3 5 2 0 1 4 33 5-8 .625 0-0 - 1-1 1.000
1988-89 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Nov. 12, 1988
61. Celtics 100   Larry Bird 12 6 3 0 0 4 3 26 6-19 .316 0-0 - 0-0 -
Bucks 108   Sidney Moncrief 8 6 7 0 0 2 1 27 2-7 .286 0-1 .000 4-5 .800
1990-91 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Dec. 28, 1990
62. Celtics 114   Larry Bird 15 5 3 1 0 1 2 31 7-13 .538 0-1 .000 1-1 1.000
Hawks 131   Sidney Moncrief 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 08 0-1 .000 0-1 .000 0-0 -
Mar. 19, 1991
63. Celtics 92   Larry Bird 17 7 5 0 1 1 2 37 7-21 .333 0-3 .000 3-4 .750
Hawks 104   Sidney Moncrief 2 2 2 0 0 0 2 07 1-1 1.000 0-0 - 0-0 -
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