Head-to-Head: Games Played Between Larry Bird and Xavier McDaniel

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

Games Played Against Each Other

Larry Bird
vs.
Xavier McDaniel
NBA Timeline:
1946-47
2025-26
Larry Bird:
1979-80 to 1991-92
Xavier McDaniel:
1985-86 to 1997-98
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
Xavier McDaniel
2
2
0

Stats in Games Between Them

Averages
Player
 Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Larry Bird 25.0 10.8 7.3 1.70.7
Xavier McDaniel 17.3 6.8 2.01.20.3
Game Highs
Player
 Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Larry Bird 42 15 11 53
Xavier McDaniel 26 13 4 51
Games with better stats than the other player...
Player
 Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Larry Bird 9

games		 10

games		 12

games		 4

games		5

games
Xavier McDaniel 3

games 		2

games		 0

games		 2

games		2

games
Both had same stat 0

games		 0

games		 0

games		 6

games		5

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
%
Feb. 02, 1986
1. Celtics 114   Larry Bird 22 11 6 5 0 2 1 42 4-17 .235 0-2 .000 14-16 .875
Supersonics 101   Xavier McDaniel 21 9 3 1 0 2 2 38 8-16 .500 0-0 - 5-8 .625
Feb. 13, 1986
2. Celtics 107   Larry Bird 31 15 11 1 1 3 0 43 10-21 .476 0-3 .000 11-13 .846
Supersonics 98   Xavier McDaniel 13 13 2 1 0 3 4 34 6-17 .353 0-1 .000 1-2 .500
1986-87 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Dec. 30, 1986
3. Celtics 104   Larry Bird 27 8 6 1 0 1 1 41 10-19 .526 3-3 1.000 4-5 .800
Supersonics 102   Xavier McDaniel 25 9 0 1 1 1 3 37 12-27 .444 0-0 - 1-2 .500
Mar. 20, 1987
4. Celtics 112   Larry Bird 42 12 5 3 3 1 1 46 15-28 .536 2-5 .400 10-10 1.000
Supersonics 108   Xavier McDaniel 18 3 4 2 1 4 5 41 8-20 .400 0-0 - 2-2 1.000
1987-88 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Nov. 27, 1987
5. Celtics 117   Larry Bird 19 10 9 0 0 3 3 35 6-18 .333 1-2 .500 6-6 1.000
Supersonics 112   Xavier McDaniel 22 8 2 0 1 2 6 36 10-15 .667 0-1 .000 2-2 1.000
Dec. 30, 1987
6. Celtics 105   Larry Bird 36 15 8 1 0 4 2 45 14-26 .538 1-6 .167 7-9 .778
Supersonics 111   Xavier McDaniel 17 4 4 2 0 1 2 39 7-22 .318 0-0 - 3-5 .600
1989-90 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Dec. 13, 1989
7. Celtics 109   Larry Bird 40 11 10 1 2 5 2 46 17-27 .630 2-5 .400 4-4 1.000
Supersonics 97   Xavier McDaniel 15 7 0 1 0 6 5 36 7-17 .412 0-0 - 1-2 .500
Dec. 29, 1989
8. Celtics 96   Larry Bird 9 9 7 0 0 7 1 40 4-11 .364 0-2 .000 1-1 1.000
Supersonics 89   Xavier McDaniel 26 4 3 5 0 0 5 36 10-23 .435 0-0 - 6-9 .667
1990-91 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Dec. 03, 1990
9. Celtics 135   Larry Bird 11 10 4 2 1 4 1 30 4-7 .571 0-1 .000 3-3 1.000
Supersonics 102   Xavier McDaniel 2 1 3 0 0 2 1 21 1-10 .100 0-0 - 0-0 -
Jan. 04, 1991
10. Celtics 132   Larry Bird 21 9 11 5 1 0 1 35 7-14 .500 2-3 .667 5-5 1.000
Suns 103   Xavier McDaniel 9 5 2 0 0 2 1 23 3-12 .250 0-0 - 3-5 .600
Feb. 19, 1991
11. Celtics 105   Larry Bird 11 8 3 1 0 1 4 44 5-23 .217 1-6 .167 0-0 -
Suns 109   Xavier McDaniel 22 12 1 1 0 0 4 35 8-24 .333 0-0 - 6-8 .750
1991-92 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Dec. 06, 1991
12. Celtics 103   Larry Bird 31 12 7 0 0 3 1 43 8-20 .400 1-2 .500 14-14 1.000
Knicks 92   Xavier McDaniel 18 7 0 0 0 1 2 34 7-11 .636 0-0 - 4-5 .800
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