Head-to-Head: Games Played Between Michael Finley and Paul Pierce

This is the detail of NBA games in which Michael Finley and Paul Pierce 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:
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They faced each other a total of 18 times in NBA games. Michael Finley has a 12-6 winning record over Paul Pierce. They never met in the Playoffs.

Games Played Against Each Other

Michael Finley

vs.

Paul Pierce


NBA Timeline:	1946-47 2023-24
Michael Finley: 1995-96 to 2009-10
Paul Pierce: 1998-99 to 2016-17

18 Games played

18 in Regular Season

0 in Playoffs

Summary of Victories

	Games Won	in Regular Season	in Playoffs
Michael Finley	12	12	0
Paul Pierce	6	6	0

Stats in Games Between Them

Averages
Player	Points	Rebounds	Assists	Steals	Blocks
Michael Finley	15.1	3.9	3.2	0.7	0.2
Paul Pierce	19.8	6.1	2.1	1.6	0.6

Game Highs
Player	Points	Rebounds	Assists	Steals	Blocks
Michael Finley	28	10	7	2	2
Paul Pierce	35	12	7	4	3

Games with better stats than the other player...
Player	Points	Rebounds	Assists	Steals	Blocks
Michael Finley	6 games	6 games	10 games	1 game	1 game
Paul Pierce	12 games	10 games	4 games	13 games	5 games
Both had same stat	0 games	2 games	4 games	4 games	12 games

Head To Head Games Played: One by One

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1999-00 Season
Game			Player	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Min	FG	%	3PT	%	FT	%
	Feb. 28, 2000
1.	Mavericks	108	Michael Finley	17	4	1	0	0	3	1	32	6-15	.400	1-3	.333	4-4	1.000
	Celtics	100	Paul Pierce	21	5	1	2	0	4	5	25	8-15	.533	1-3	.333	4-4	1.000
	Mar. 18, 2000
2.	Mavericks	99	Michael Finley	28	6	5	2	0	4	1	45	12-24	.500	2-6	.333	2-2	1.000
	Celtics	104	Paul Pierce	15	3	1	2	3	1	4	30	6-12	.500	1-3	.333	2-3	.667


2000-01 Season
Game			Player	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Min	FG	%	3PT	%	FT	%
	Dec. 18, 2000
3.	Mavericks	106	Michael Finley	18	5	6	2	1	3	1	44	8-17	.471	0-1	.000	2-3	.667
	Celtics	98	Paul Pierce	30	3	2	4	1	0	2	41	9-20	.450	0-3	.000	12-13	.923
	Feb. 22, 2001
4.	Mavericks	98	Michael Finley	19	4	7	0	0	4	4	44	7-14	.500	1-3	.333	4-4	1.000
	Celtics	91	Paul Pierce	23	11	2	2	1	5	4	45	8-12	.667	3-4	.750	4-4	1.000


2001-02 Season
Game			Player	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Min	FG	%	3PT	%	FT	%
	Feb. 21, 2002
5.	Mavericks	98	Michael Finley	24	10	6	0	0	2	2	45	10-20	.500	2-5	.400	2-2	1.000
	Celtics	92	Paul Pierce	17	6	1	1	2	1	5	43	5-12	.417	0-2	.000	7-9	.778
	Mar. 29, 2002
6.	Mavericks	108	Michael Finley	24	5	2	1	0	0	3	31	10-20	.500	2-4	.500	2-3	.667
	Celtics	82	Paul Pierce	19	4	0	1	0	3	3	24	6-13	.462	1-4	.250	6-7	.857


2002-03 Season
Game			Player	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Min	FG	%	3PT	%	FT	%
	Nov. 15, 2002
7.	Mavericks	97	Michael Finley	12	8	5	2	0	4	1	39	5-18	.278	2-6	.333	0-0	-
	Celtics	86	Paul Pierce	9	7	3	3	0	1	2	39	4-20	.200	1-8	.125	0-0	-
	Jan. 10, 2003
8.	Mavericks	103	Michael Finley	22	4	7	2	0	1	0	33	7-14	.500	3-4	.750	5-7	.714
	Celtics	78	Paul Pierce	20	6	3	0	0	5	2	33	7-16	.438	4-8	.500	2-3	.667


2003-04 Season
Game			Player	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Min	FG	%	3PT	%	FT	%
	Mar. 19, 2004
9.	Mavericks	120	Michael Finley	8	4	4	1	0	1	1	32	4-15	.267	0-4	.000	0-0	-
	Celtics	104	Paul Pierce	17	4	5	2	0	4	3	39	7-16	.438	0-3	.000	3-7	.429


2004-05 Season
Game			Player	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Min	FG	%	3PT	%	FT	%
	Dec. 28, 2004
10.	Mavericks	113	Michael Finley	21	3	3	2	0	1	1	39	8-14	.571	3-7	.429	2-3	.667
	Celtics	94	Paul Pierce	17	5	1	3	0	2	3	31	6-13	.462	2-6	.333	3-7	.429
	Mar. 30, 2005
11.	Mavericks	112	Michael Finley	18	2	3	0	0	0	4	36	8-11	.727	1-2	.500	1-1	1.000
	Celtics	100	Paul Pierce	21	8	7	1	0	3	4	40	6-12	.500	3-5	.600	6-7	.857


2005-06 Season
Game			Player	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Min	FG	%	3PT	%	FT	%
	Dec. 09, 2005
12.	Spurs	101	Michael Finley	11	3	0	0	0	0	3	19	4-8	.500	1-1	1.000	2-2	1.000
	Celtics	89	Paul Pierce	24	7	2	0	0	3	3	38	7-17	.412	1-2	.500	9-9	1.000


2006-07 Season
Game			Player	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Min	FG	%	3PT	%	FT	%
	Mar. 17, 2007
13.	Spurs	85	Michael Finley	10	5	2	0	2	0	4	32	4-10	.400	1-4	.250	1-1	1.000
	Celtics	91	Paul Pierce	30	5	0	2	1	2	3	39	10-21	.476	2-8	.250	8-12	.667


2007-08 Season
Game			Player	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Min	FG	%	3PT	%	FT	%
	Feb. 10, 2008
14.	Spurs	90	Michael Finley	19	2	0	1	0	1	3	32	8-13	.615	3-6	.500	0-0	-
	Celtics	98	Paul Pierce	35	6	0	2	0	5	1	42	11-18	.611	5-9	.556	8-12	.667
	Mar. 17, 2008
15.	Spurs	91	Michael Finley	2	1	1	0	0	1	2	27	1-5	.200	0-2	.000	0-0	-
	Celtics	93	Paul Pierce	22	8	5	1	1	4	5	44	8-13	.615	1-4	.250	5-6	.833


2008-09 Season
Game			Player	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Min	FG	%	3PT	%	FT	%
	Feb. 08, 2009
16.	Spurs	105	Michael Finley	7	0	2	0	0	1	1	27	1-4	.250	0-1	.000	5-6	.833
	Celtics	99	Paul Pierce	19	8	2	1	1	2	5	40	9-17	.529	0-2	.000	1-2	.500
	Mar. 20, 2009
17.	Spurs	77	Michael Finley	7	2	2	0	0	0	0	29	2-9	.222	2-7	.286	1-3	.333
	Celtics	80	Paul Pierce	9	12	2	0	0	1	4	39	3-16	.188	1-1	1.000	2-2	1.000


2009-10 Season
Game			Player	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Min	FG	%	3PT	%	FT	%
	Dec. 03, 2009
18.	Spurs	83	Michael Finley	4	3	2	0	1	1	2	11	2-4	.500	0-1	.000	0-0	-
	Celtics	90	Paul Pierce	8	2	0	1	1	3	2	37	2-9	.222	1-4	.250	3-4	.750