Head-to-Head: Games Played Between Magic Johnson and Grant Long

This is the detail of NBA games in which Magic Johnson and Grant Long 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 10 times in NBA games. Magic Johnson has a 10-0 winning record over Grant Long. They never met in the Playoffs.

Games Played Against Each Other

Magic Johnson
vs.
Grant Long
NBA Timeline:
1946-47
2023-24
Magic Johnson:
1979-80 to 1995-96
Grant Long:
1988-89 to 2002-03
10 Games played
10 in Regular Season
0 in Playoffs

Summary of Victories

 Games Won in
Regular Season		 in
Playoffs
Magic Johnson
10
10
0
Grant Long
0
0
0

Stats in Games Between Them

Averages
Player
 Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Magic Johnson 18.4 7.5 10.7 0.90.2
Grant Long 10.2 8.6 3.01.50.4
Game Highs
Player
 Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Magic Johnson 25 11 17 21
Grant Long 20 21 6 61
Games with better stats than the other player...
Player
 Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Magic Johnson 9

games		 5

games		 10

games		 3

games		1

game
Grant Long 1

game 		5

games		 0

games		 4

games		3

games
Both had same stat 0

games		 0

games		 0

games		 3

games		6

games

Head To Head Games Played: One by One

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1988-89 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Nov. 23, 1988
1. Lakers 138   Magic Johnson 11 4 17 0 0 4 0 26 2-4 .500 0-0 - 7-8 .875
Heat 91   Grant Long 5 3 2 1 0 2 3 21 2-4 .500 0-0 - 1-2 .500
Jan. 06, 1989
2. Lakers 118   Magic Johnson 25 5 11 2 1 1 0 29 7-13 .538 0-0 - 11-11 1.000
Heat 86   Grant Long 12 13 3 1 0 3 6 34 6-13 .462 0-0 - 0-2 .000
Mar. 08, 1989
3. Lakers 127   Magic Johnson 13 5 10 0 1 2 0 19 4-6 .667 0-1 .000 5-5 1.000
Heat 87   Grant Long 8 4 2 3 1 1 2 26 2-10 .200 0-0 - 4-4 1.000
Apr. 16, 1989
4. Lakers 121   Magic Johnson 24 7 7 2 0 5 4 37 8-14 .571 0-0 - 8-9 .889
Heat 108   Grant Long 15 5 3 6 0 1 5 33 7-13 .538 0-0 - 1-2 .500
1989-90 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Dec. 13, 1989
5. Lakers 102   Magic Johnson 18 10 8 2 0 4 1 32 5-13 .385 1-2 .500 7-9 .778
Heat 75   Grant Long 5 4 1 1 1 3 5 29 2-8 .250 0-0 - 1-2 .500
Jan. 07, 1990
6. Lakers 132   Magic Johnson 21 4 9 0 0 2 2 26 5-9 .556 0-0 - 11-11 1.000
Heat 93   Grant Long 20 9 4 0 1 2 4 34 6-7 .857 0-0 - 8-10 .800
1990-91 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Mar. 12, 1991
7. Lakers 102   Magic Johnson 21 11 14 2 0 5 2 42 4-12 .333 0-1 .000 13-14 .929
Heat 95   Grant Long 7 13 6 0 1 3 1 41 3-10 .300 0-0 - 1-1 1.000
Apr. 05, 1991
8. Lakers 108   Magic Johnson 20 9 9 0 0 5 2 33 6-14 .429 0-2 .000 8-8 1.000
Heat 87   Grant Long 2 2 1 2 0 0 4 26 1-3 .333 0-0 - 0-0 -
1995-96 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Feb. 14, 1996
9. Lakers 87   Magic Johnson 15 10 13 1 0 4 3 39 5-9 .556 1-2 .500 4-8 .500
Hawks 86   Grant Long 16 21 5 1 0 1 6 44 6-16 .375 2-4 .500 2-3 .667
Mar. 29, 1996
10. Lakers 102   Magic Johnson 16 10 9 0 0 2 1 42 6-17 .353 0-0 - 4-4 1.000
Hawks 89   Grant Long 12 12 3 0 0 0 4 41 5-14 .357 0-0 - 2-2 1.000
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