Head-to-Head: Games Played Between Larry Bird and Swen Nater

This is the detail of NBA games in which Larry Bird and Swen Nater 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 13 times in NBA games. Larry Bird has an 8-5 winning record over Swen Nater, including a 4-3 record in Playoffs.

Games Played Against Each Other

Larry Bird
vs.
Swen Nater
NBA Timeline:
1946-47
2025-26
Larry Bird:
1979-80 to 1991-92
Swen Nater:
1976-77 to 1983-84
13 Games played
6 in Regular Season
7 in Playoffs

Summary of Victories

 Games Won in
Regular Season		 in
Playoffs
Larry Bird
8
4
4
Swen Nater
5
2
3

Stats in Games Between Them

Averages
Player
 Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Larry Bird 24.7 12.0 4.5 1.81.2
Swen Nater 6.5 5.8 0.50.20.4
Game Highs
Player
 Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Larry Bird 36 21 10 33
Swen Nater 20 15 3 13
Games with better stats than the other player...
Player
 Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Larry Bird 12

games		 9

games		 12

games		 11

games		7

games
Swen Nater 1

game 		3

games		 0

games		 0

games		2

games
Both had same stat 0

games		 1

game		 1

game		 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. 27, 1979
1. Celtics 118   Larry Bird 18 9 4 1 1 3 4 27 9-14 .643 0-1 .000 0-1 .000
Clippers 97   Swen Nater 12 15 2 0 3 5 0 35 5-10 .500 0-0 - 2-2 1.000
Jan. 27, 1980
2. Celtics 131   Larry Bird 36 7 3 3 2 2 5 39 14-25 .560 2-4 .500 6-6 1.000
Clippers 108   Swen Nater 9 11 3 1 0 2 6 40 4-10 .400 0-0 - 1-2 .500
1980-81 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Jan. 01, 1981
3. Celtics 88   Larry Bird 13 13 10 3 1 6 4 43 4-17 .235 1-2 .500 4-6 .667
Clippers 85   Swen Nater 20 11 1 1 1 3 3 38 8-14 .571 0-0 - 4-4 1.000
Feb. 08, 1981
4. Celtics 123   Larry Bird 19 7 4 2 0 4 3 29 6-9 .667 0-0 - 7-7 1.000
Clippers 107   Swen Nater 15 8 0 0 0 2 4 25 5-10 .500 0-0 - 5-6 .833
1983-84 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Feb. 08, 1984
5. Celtics 109   Larry Bird 29 11 7 0 0 1 3 42 12-19 .632 0-0 - 5-5 1.000
Lakers 111   Swen Nater 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 05 0-4 .000 0-0 - 0-0 -
Feb. 24, 1984
6. Celtics 108   Larry Bird 14 11 5 0 3 1 3 39 6-12 .500 0-0 - 2-2 1.000
Lakers 116   Swen Nater 0 7 0 0 0 0 2 12 0-1 .000 0-0 - 0-0 -
1984 Playoffs - NBA Finals
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
May. 27, 1984
7. Celtics 109   Larry Bird 24 14 5 3 0 6 4 42 7-17 .412 1-1 1.000 9-11 .818
Lakers 115   Swen Nater 3 3 0 0 0 1 2 12 1-2 .500 0-0 - 1-2 .500
May. 31, 1984
8. Celtics 124   Larry Bird 27 13 3 1 2 3 4 49 8-22 .364 0-0 - 11-15 .733
OT Lakers 121   Swen Nater 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 05 1-2 .500 0-0 - 0-0 -
Jun. 03, 1984
9. Celtics 104   Larry Bird 30 7 2 3 1 2 3 38 9-16 .563 0-0 - 12-15 .800
Lakers 137   Swen Nater 6 7 0 0 0 0 1 10 3-6 .500 0-0 - 0-0 -
Jun. 06, 1984
10. Celtics 129   Larry Bird 29 21 2 3 0 3 4 49 9-24 .375 1-3 .333 10-10 1.000
OT Lakers 125   Swen Nater 7 7 0 0 1 0 1 15 1-4 .250 0-0 - 5-6 .833
Jun. 08, 1984
11. Celtics 121   Larry Bird 34 17 2 2 1 5 4 42 15-20 .750 2-2 1.000 2-4 .500
Lakers 103   Swen Nater 6 3 0 0 0 0 3 09 1-3 .333 0-0 - 4-4 1.000
Jun. 10, 1984
12. Celtics 108   Larry Bird 28 14 8 1 3 4 4 47 8-11 .727 0-0 - 12-13 .923
Lakers 119   Swen Nater 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 06 1-2 .500 0-0 - 2-2 1.000
Jun. 12, 1984
13. Celtics 111   Larry Bird 20 12 3 2 1 2 1 38 6-18 .333 0-0 - 8-8 1.000
Lakers 102   Swen Nater 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 03 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 -
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