Head-to-Head: Games Played Between Larry Bird and Wayman Tisdale

This is the detail of NBA games in which Larry Bird and Wayman Tisdale 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 21 times in NBA games. Larry Bird has a 19-2 winning record over Wayman Tisdale. They never met in the Playoffs.

Games Played Against Each Other

Larry Bird
vs.
Wayman Tisdale
NBA Timeline:
1946-47
2023-24
Larry Bird:
1979-80 to 1991-92
Wayman Tisdale:
1985-86 to 1996-97
21 Games played
21 in Regular Season
0 in Playoffs

Summary of Victories

 Games Won in
Regular Season		 in
Playoffs
Larry Bird
19
19
0
Wayman Tisdale
2
2
0

Stats in Games Between Them

Averages
Player
 Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Larry Bird 24.6 9.3 6.9 1.90.6
Wayman Tisdale 13.9 6.1 0.80.80.4
Game Highs
Player
 Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Larry Bird 38 15 12 53
Wayman Tisdale 28 10 2 32
Games with better stats than the other player...
Player
 Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Larry Bird 19

games		 16

games		 21

games		 12

games		6

games
Wayman Tisdale 2

games 		3

games		 0

games		 2

games		5

games
Both had same stat 0

games		 2

games		 0

games		 7

games		10

games

Head To Head Games Played: One by One

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1985-86 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Nov. 13, 1985
1. Celtics 118   Larry Bird 18 15 7 1 0 3 4 42 6-21 .286 0-1 .000 6-6 1.000
Pacers 114   Wayman Tisdale 9 4 1 1 0 1 4 22 3-11 .273 0-0 - 3-3 1.000
Nov. 16, 1985
2. Celtics 109   Larry Bird 33 9 6 1 0 5 1 41 12-19 .632 2-3 .667 7-7 1.000
Pacers 111   Wayman Tisdale 8 7 2 0 0 2 5 18 4-8 .500 0-0 - 0-0 -
Jan. 02, 1986
3. Celtics 122   Larry Bird 27 13 8 4 0 2 4 37 9-20 .450 1-2 .500 8-10 .800
Pacers 104   Wayman Tisdale 18 4 0 0 0 4 5 33 9-13 .692 0-0 - 0-0 -
Jan. 17, 1986
4. Celtics 123   Larry Bird 21 9 8 1 0 3 1 37 8-17 .471 3-4 .750 2-2 1.000
Pacers 105   Wayman Tisdale 20 6 0 0 0 2 5 28 9-21 .429 0-0 - 2-2 1.000
Feb. 23, 1986
5. Celtics 113   Larry Bird 30 11 12 4 0 1 2 41 12-27 .444 0-3 .000 6-7 .857
Pacers 98   Wayman Tisdale 9 4 1 0 0 0 4 16 4-7 .571 0-0 - 1-2 .500
Mar. 19, 1986
6. Celtics 127   Larry Bird 21 9 6 0 0 4 0 35 7-14 .500 0-1 .000 7-8 .875
Pacers 108   Wayman Tisdale 14 5 0 0 2 2 1 29 6-10 .600 0-0 - 2-2 1.000
1986-87 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Nov. 05, 1986
7. Celtics 133   Larry Bird 38 11 8 2 1 4 2 32 14-20 .700 1-2 .500 9-10 .900
Pacers 102   Wayman Tisdale 11 9 2 2 1 2 6 29 4-10 .400 0-0 - 3-4 .750
Dec. 17, 1986
8. Celtics 113   Larry Bird 34 8 9 5 2 4 3 38 13-30 .433 1-5 .200 7-8 .875
Pacers 101   Wayman Tisdale 13 6 1 0 0 1 5 21 6-9 .667 0-0 - 1-2 .500
Jan. 21, 1987
9. Celtics 130   Larry Bird 26 13 8 2 1 4 2 36 11-18 .611 3-5 .600 1-1 1.000
Pacers 100   Wayman Tisdale 13 1 2 1 0 0 3 16 5-8 .625 0-0 - 3-4 .750
Jan. 30, 1987
10. Celtics 100   Larry Bird 14 13 9 1 0 6 2 40 4-13 .308 1-4 .250 5-5 1.000
Pacers 94   Wayman Tisdale 17 8 0 1 0 3 5 30 7-12 .583 0-0 - 3-4 .750
Mar. 13, 1987
11. Celtics 109   Larry Bird 21 8 5 1 2 5 2 42 9-18 .500 0-0 - 3-3 1.000
Pacers 116   Wayman Tisdale 15 9 1 1 0 0 3 29 6-17 .353 0-0 - 3-4 .750
Apr. 15, 1987
12. Celtics 108   Larry Bird 31 12 3 2 1 5 1 41 13-24 .542 0-0 - 5-5 1.000
Pacers 85   Wayman Tisdale 2 3 0 0 0 3 4 20 1-5 .200 0-0 - 0-0 -
1987-88 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Nov. 15, 1987
13. Celtics 103   Larry Bird 24 9 4 2 0 1 1 43 10-18 .556 2-2 1.000 2-2 1.000
Pacers 98   Wayman Tisdale 13 9 0 0 0 3 3 37 4-12 .333 0-0 - 5-5 1.000
Feb. 03, 1988
14. Celtics 118   Larry Bird 21 7 6 2 3 4 2 37 7-19 .368 1-1 1.000 6-7 .857
Pacers 103   Wayman Tisdale 9 7 1 2 0 2 5 25 4-12 .333 0-0 - 1-2 .500
Mar. 11, 1988
15. Celtics 122   Larry Bird 30 7 5 1 1 4 2 40 12-24 .500 2-2 1.000 4-4 1.000
Pacers 112   Wayman Tisdale 24 8 1 0 0 3 3 35 10-14 .714 0-0 - 4-5 .800
Mar. 15, 1988
16. Celtics 119   Larry Bird 34 7 4 2 0 2 0 42 12-22 .545 1-2 .500 9-10 .900
Pacers 113   Wayman Tisdale 17 5 2 1 1 2 6 40 8-16 .500 0-0 - 1-1 1.000
1989-90 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Dec. 27, 1989
17. Celtics 115   Larry Bird 37 11 10 2 0 3 1 49 14-31 .452 2-4 .500 7-7 1.000
OT Kings 112   Wayman Tisdale 22 10 1 2 0 2 5 49 8-17 .471 0-0 - 6-8 .750
Feb. 04, 1990
18. Celtics 121   Larry Bird 14 1 8 0 1 3 1 24 6-16 .375 0-0 - 2-2 1.000
Kings 89   Wayman Tisdale 11 8 0 3 2 1 3 34 5-16 .313 0-0 - 1-2 .500
1990-91 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Nov. 23, 1990
19. Celtics 115   Larry Bird 9 9 5 2 0 3 1 28 3-8 .375 0-0 - 3-4 .750
Kings 105   Wayman Tisdale 28 7 1 0 0 2 0 30 11-22 .500 0-0 - 6-6 1.000
Mar. 12, 1991
20. Celtics 110   Larry Bird 13 7 10 2 0 5 0 33 5-11 .455 1-4 .250 2-2 1.000
Kings 95   Wayman Tisdale 6 3 0 0 1 0 3 26 3-10 .300 0-0 - 0-0 -
1991-92 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Nov. 12, 1991
21. Celtics 126   Larry Bird 20 7 4 2 0 3 2 27 10-16 .625 0-1 .000 0-0 -
Kings 103   Wayman Tisdale 12 5 0 3 1 1 2 28 6-12 .500 0-0 - 0-0 -
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