Head-to-Head: Games Played Between Larry Bird and Tom Owens

This is the detail of NBA games in which Larry Bird and Tom Owens 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 12 times in NBA games. Larry Bird has a 10-2 winning record over Tom Owens. They never met in the Playoffs.

Games Played Against Each Other

NBA Timeline:
1946-47
2023-24
Larry Bird:
1979-80 to 1991-92
Tom Owens:
1976-77 to 1982-83
12 Games played
12 in Regular Season
0 in Playoffs

Summary of Victories

Games Won in
Regular Season
in
Playoffs
Larry Bird
10
10
0
Tom Owens
2
2
0

Stats in Games Between Them

Averages
Player
Points Rebounds Assists
Larry Bird 26.0 12.3 5.8
Tom Owens 8.2 4.4 1.7
Game Highs
Player
Points Rebounds Assists
Larry Bird 33 18 12
Tom Owens 21 10 4
Games with better stats than the other player...
Player
Points Rebounds Assists
Larry Bird 12

games
11

games
10

games
Tom Owens 0

games
1

game
0

games
Both had same stat 0

games
0

games
2

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
%
Jan. 18, 1980
1. Celtics 111   Larry Bird 18 15 2 2 0 1 3 30 6-12 .500 1-1 1.000 5-6 .833
Trail Blazers 93   Tom Owens 9 5 1 0 0 2 3 20 4-7 .571 0-0 - 1-2 .500
Feb. 15, 1980
2. Celtics 106   Larry Bird 28 15 5 2 2 6 1 43 12-24 .500 0-2 .000 4-5 .800
Trail Blazers 91   Tom Owens 0 3 2 0 0 4 2 15 0-5 .000 0-0 - 0-0 -
1980-81 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Nov. 26, 1980
3. Celtics 126   Larry Bird 24 9 7 2 1 5 2 38 11-16 .688 0-0 - 2-3 .667
Trail Blazers 101   Tom Owens 10 4 3 1 0 1 3 23 3-6 .500 0-0 - 4-5 .800
Jan. 04, 1981
4. Celtics 120   Larry Bird 33 8 5 2 2 3 2 44 14-21 .667 1-1 1.000 4-4 1.000
Trail Blazers 111   Tom Owens 21 10 1 1 1 0 3 38 7-9 .778 0-0 - 7-7 1.000
1981-82 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Nov. 06, 1981
5. Celtics 111   Larry Bird 28 14 4 2 3 5 36 12-25 .480 0-1 .000 4-6 .667
Pacers 94   Tom Owens 16 7 4 0 0 4 28 7-15 .467 0-0 - 2-2 1.000
Jan. 20, 1982
6. Celtics 112   Larry Bird 32 13 5 1 1 5 38 14-25 .560 0-0 - 4-4 1.000
Pacers 103   Tom Owens 9 1 2 0 3 13 3-7 .429 0-0 - 3-4 .750
Feb. 02, 1982
7. Celtics 109   Larry Bird 26 13 6 1 0 1 2 43 8-19 .421 0-1 .000 10-10 1.000
Pacers 105   Tom Owens 1 5 1 0 0 1 5 12 0-2 .000 0-0 - 1-2 .500
Mar. 10, 1982
8. Celtics 121   Larry Bird 21 8 3 1 1 3 22 10-15 .667 0-0 - 1-2 .500
Pacers 100   Tom Owens 16 4 3 0 1 0 24 5-11 .455 0-0 - 6-6 1.000
1982-83 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Nov. 30, 1982
9. Celtics 116   Larry Bird 29 9 12 1 3 4 2 41 11-15 .733 0-0 - 7-9 .778
Pistons 123   Tom Owens 8 4 3 0 0 3 2 23 4-9 .444 0-0 - 0-0 -
Dec. 04, 1982
10. Celtics 119   Larry Bird 30 16 12 2 2 2 4 42 13-26 .500 0-0 - 4-5 .800
Pistons 112   Tom Owens 6 6 0 5 21 2-7 .286 0-0 - 2-3 .667
Dec. 15, 1982
11. Celtics 108   Larry Bird 23 18 3 1 0 3 5 40 8-23 .348 0-0 - 7-9 .778
Pistons 104   Tom Owens 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 12 1-3 .333 0-0 - 0-0 -
Dec. 19, 1982
12. Celtics 114   Larry Bird 20 10 6 1 0 3 4 34 8-20 .400 0-2 .000 4-4 1.000
Pistons 131   Tom Owens 0 3 0 0 0 0 4 09 0-1 .000 0-0 - 0-0 -