Head-to-Head: Games Played Between Larry Bird and Spencer Haywood

This is the detail of NBA games in which Larry Bird and Spencer Haywood 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 15 times in NBA games. Larry Bird has a 10-5 winning record over Spencer Haywood, including a 4-1 record in Playoffs.

Games Played Against Each Other

Larry Bird
vs.
Spencer Haywood
NBA Timeline:
1946-47
2023-24
Larry Bird:
1979-80 to 1991-92
Spencer Haywood:
1970-71 to 1982-83
15 Games played
10 in Regular Season
5 in Playoffs

Summary of Victories

 Games Won in
Regular Season		 in
Playoffs
Larry Bird
10
6
4
Spencer Haywood
5
4
1

Stats in Games Between Them

Averages
Player
 Points Rebounds Assists
Larry Bird 20.2 10.8 3.4
Spencer Haywood 15.9 5.5 1.0
Game Highs
Player
 Points Rebounds Assists
Larry Bird 35 21 7
Spencer Haywood 28 10 3
Games with better stats than the other player...
Player
 Points Rebounds Assists
Larry Bird 10

games		 12

games		 11

games
Spencer Haywood 3

games 		1

game		 0

games
Both had same stat 2

games		 2

games		 4

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. 28, 1979
1. Celtics 105   Larry Bird 16 4 3 4 0 2 5 40 7-15 .467 0-0 - 2-3 .667
Lakers 123   Spencer Haywood 16 4 1 2 1 2 3 23 6-11 .545 0-0 - 4-6 .667
Jan. 13, 1980
2. Celtics 98   Larry Bird 14 12 1 1 3 3 4 36 7-10 .700 0-1 .000 0-0 -
Lakers 100   Spencer Haywood 10 3 1 2 2 2 2 28 4-13 .308 0-0 - 2-2 1.000
1981-82 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Oct. 30, 1981
3. Celtics 124   Larry Bird 20 2 5 2 3 34 8-15 .533 0-0 - 4-4 1.000
Bullets 100   Spencer Haywood 10 5 0 5 3 18 3-4 .750 0-0 - 4-6 .667
Nov. 10, 1981
4. Celtics 90   Larry Bird 21 13 3 5 36 10-24 .417 0-0 - 1-1 1.000
Bullets 84   Spencer Haywood 4 8 0 5 31 0-3 .000 0- .000 4-4 1.000
Nov. 27, 1981
5. Celtics 113   Larry Bird 24 14 4 2 8 4 44 8-18 .444 2-3 .667 6-6 1.000
Bullets 100   Spencer Haywood 7 7 1 2 20 2-6 .333 0-0 - 3-4 .750
Mar. 16, 1982
6. Celtics 98   Larry Bird 31 21 2 2 45 10-20 .500 0-0 - 11-14 .786
OT Bullets 97   Spencer Haywood 24 5 0 6 37 11-23 .478 0-1 .000 2-2 1.000
Mar. 31, 1982
7. Celtics 119   Larry Bird 35 9 3 3 33 15-20 .750 0-0 - 5-5 1.000
Bullets 109   Spencer Haywood 18 4 3 3 33 9-21 .429 0-0 - 0-0 -
1982 Playoffs - Eastern Conference Semifinals
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Apr. 25, 1982
8. Celtics 109   Larry Bird 10 12 4 2 3 3 36 3-10 .300 0-0 - 4-4 1.000
Bullets 91   Spencer Haywood 17 5 0 3 35 7-14 .500 0-0 - 3-3 1.000
Apr. 28, 1982
9. Celtics 102   Larry Bird 26 10 3 2 2 40 12-20 .600 0-0 - 2-2 1.000
Bullets 103   Spencer Haywood 26 9 2 5 40 9-24 .375 0-0 - 8-9 .889
May. 01, 1982
10. Celtics 92   Larry Bird 14 13 1 5 32 3-8 .375 0-1 .000 8-9 .889
Bullets 83   Spencer Haywood 19 3 1 5 27 7-15 .467 0-0 - 5-8 .625
May. 02, 1982
11. Celtics 103   Larry Bird 10 8 1 4 34 4-16 .250 0-0 - 2-2 1.000
OT Bullets 99   Spencer Haywood 28 8 1 5 40 13-25 .520 0-0 - 2-4 .500
May. 05, 1982
12. Celtics 131   Larry Bird 26 8 7 5 50 12-21 .571 0-0 - 2-2 1.000
2OT Bullets 126   Spencer Haywood 21 3 2 6 32 9-16 .563 0-0 - 3-3 1.000
1982-83 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Jan. 24, 1983
13. Celtics 91   Larry Bird 22 16 3 1 3 3 2 43 9-19 .474 1-3 .333 3-4 .750
Bullets 93   Spencer Haywood 19 10 1 0 1 2 1 32 7-16 .438 0-0 - 5-7 .714
Jan. 26, 1983
14. Celtics 125   Larry Bird 17 7 6 2 1 3 4 27 6-11 .545 0-0 - 5-8 .625
Bullets 99   Spencer Haywood 13 2 1 2 0 2 3 20 6-13 .462 0-0 - 1-2 .500
Feb. 08, 1983
15. Celtics 101   Larry Bird 17 13 5 5 1 4 3 47 8-17 .471 0-1 .000 1-1 1.000
OT Bullets 104   Spencer Haywood 6 7 1 0 0 3 1 21 2-6 .333 0-0 - 2-2 1.000
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