Head-to-Head: Games Played Between Paul Pierce and Nick Van Exel

This is the detail of NBA games in which Paul Pierce and Nick Van Exel 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 13 times in NBA games. Paul Pierce has a 9-4 winning record over Nick Van Exel. They never met in the Playoffs.

Games Played Against Each Other

Paul Pierce
vs.
Nick Van Exel
NBA Timeline:
1946-47
2025-26
Paul Pierce:
1998-99 to 2016-17
Nick Van Exel:
1993-94 to 2005-06
13 Games played
13 in Regular Season
0 in Playoffs

Summary of Victories

 Games Won in
Regular Season		 in
Playoffs
Paul Pierce
9
9
0
Nick Van Exel
4
4
0

Stats in Games Between Them

Averages
Player
 Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Paul Pierce 21.5 6.5 3.2 1.80.5
Nick Van Exel 9.3 2.8 6.20.40.0
Game Highs
Player
 Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Paul Pierce 35 12 8 52
Nick Van Exel 17 7 15 20
Games with better stats than the other player...
Player
 Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Paul Pierce 12

games		 11

games		 2

games		 8

games		5

games
Nick Van Exel 1

game 		1

game		 9

games		 1

game		0

games
Both had same stat 0

games		 1

game		 2

games		 4

games		8

games

Head To Head Games Played: One by One

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1998-99 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Mar. 05, 1999
1. Celtics 102   Paul Pierce 17 4 0 3 1 2 4 32 4-9 .444 3-5 .600 6-8 .750
Nuggets 94   Nick Van Exel 15 3 5 1 0 4 1 44 5-18 .278 0-2 .000 5-5 1.000
1999-00 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Dec. 08, 1999
2. Celtics 115   Paul Pierce 15 3 8 5 2 2 3 27 5-10 .500 1-2 .500 4-4 1.000
Nuggets 90   Nick Van Exel 10 3 2 0 0 7 1 26 3-8 .375 0-3 .000 4-4 1.000
Dec. 30, 1999
3. Celtics 102   Paul Pierce 21 8 6 1 1 0 5 37 5-11 .455 1-2 .500 10-12 .833
Nuggets 94   Nick Van Exel 5 7 14 0 0 2 2 38 2-13 .154 0-4 .000 1-1 1.000
2000-01 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Dec. 10, 2000
4. Celtics 104   Paul Pierce 28 7 5 1 1 4 4 43 7-14 .500 1-3 .333 13-16 .813
OT Nuggets 102   Nick Van Exel 6 4 10 1 0 4 3 43 3-13 .231 0-4 .000 0-0 -
Mar. 16, 2001
5. Celtics 87   Paul Pierce 14 12 4 2 1 2 2 40 5-15 .333 1-7 .143 3-4 .750
Nuggets 83   Nick Van Exel 17 1 15 2 0 1 0 45 6-19 .316 0-5 .000 5-6 .833
2001-02 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Dec. 05, 2001
6. Celtics 95   Paul Pierce 35 7 2 4 0 1 1 40 12-23 .522 2-7 .286 9-10 .900
Nuggets 80   Nick Van Exel 16 1 3 0 0 3 2 29 8-20 .400 0-4 .000 0-0 -
Feb. 12, 2002
7. Celtics 110   Paul Pierce 25 3 1 2 0 3 4 24 9-13 .692 4-6 .667 3-5 .600
Nuggets 93   Nick Van Exel 12 2 5 0 0 2 2 26 5-18 .278 2-8 .250 0-1 .000
Mar. 29, 2002
8. Celtics 82   Paul Pierce 19 4 0 1 0 3 3 24 6-13 .462 1-4 .250 6-7 .857
Mavericks 108   Nick Van Exel 13 5 7 0 0 4 1 26 4-9 .444 2-5 .400 3-4 .750
2002-03 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Jan. 10, 2003
9. Celtics 78   Paul Pierce 20 6 3 0 0 5 2 33 7-16 .438 4-8 .500 2-3 .667
Mavericks 103   Nick Van Exel 2 4 4 1 0 1 1 20 1-6 .167 0-0 - 0-0 -
2003-04 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Dec. 29, 2003
10. Celtics 100   Paul Pierce 21 7 6 4 0 3 3 39 6-17 .353 0-4 .000 9-11 .818
Warriors 91   Nick Van Exel 8 2 6 0 0 3 3 35 3-11 .273 2-4 .500 0-0 -
2004-05 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Nov. 10, 2004
11. Celtics 90   Paul Pierce 20 6 2 1 0 2 5 40 6-13 .462 2-4 .500 6-9 .667
Trail Blazers 88   Nick Van Exel 4 2 2 0 0 0 2 27 1-6 .167 0-3 .000 2-2 1.000
2005-06 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Nov. 11, 2005
12. Celtics 82   Paul Pierce 20 10 3 0 0 4 1 35 8-19 .421 0-1 .000 4-5 .800
Spurs 103   Nick Van Exel 7 1 1 0 0 2 0 15 3-6 .500 1-4 .250 0-2 .000
Dec. 09, 2005
13. Celtics 89   Paul Pierce 24 7 2 0 0 3 3 38 7-17 .412 1-2 .500 9-9 1.000
Spurs 101   Nick Van Exel 6 1 6 0 0 2 0 21 1-4 .250 1-3 .333 3-4 .750
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