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Head-to-Head: Games Played Between Rod Higgins and Kevin McHale

This is the detail of NBA games in which Rod Higgins and Kevin McHale 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 24 times in NBA games. Kevin McHale has a 19-5 winning record over Rod Higgins. They never met in the Playoffs.

Games Played Against Each Other

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NBA Timeline:	1946-47 2025-26
Rod Higgins: 1982-83 to 1994-95
Kevin McHale: 1980-81 to 1992-93

24 Games played

24 in Regular Season

0 in Playoffs

Summary of Victories

	Games Won	in Regular Season	in Playoffs
Rod Higgins	5	5	0
Kevin McHale	19	19	0

Stats in Games Between Them

Averages
Player	Points	Rebounds	Assists	Steals	Blocks
Rod Higgins	7.3	2.8	1.6	0.9	0.3
Kevin McHale	21.2	8.8	2.0	0.5	2.4

Game Highs
Player	Points	Rebounds	Assists	Steals	Blocks
Rod Higgins	21	8	4	4	2
Kevin McHale	34	17	5	2	9

Games with better stats than the other player...
Player	Points	Rebounds	Assists	Steals	Blocks
Rod Higgins	2 games	2 games	11 games	8 games	1 game
Kevin McHale	22 games	22 games	10 games	6 games	16 games
Both had same stat	0 games	0 games	3 games	10 games	7 games

Head To Head Games Played: One by One

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1982-83 Season
Game				Player	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Min	FG	%	3PT	%	FT	%
	Dec. 22, 1982
1.	Bulls	131		Rod Higgins	4	2	1	0	1	1	4	17	1-4	.250	0-0	-	2-2	1.000
	Celtics	140		Kevin McHale	17	8	0	0	4	2	3	28	7-13	.538	0-0	-	3-5	.600
	Jan. 21, 1983
2.	Bulls	106		Rod Higgins	8	7	2	0	0	5	4	29	4-8	.500	0-0	-	0-0	-
	Celtics	117		Kevin McHale	22	10	0	1	9	2	2	27	9-13	.692	0-0	-	4-5	.800
	Jan. 31, 1983
3.	Bulls	104		Rod Higgins	8	6	4	0	0	1	2	38	3-10	.300	0-0	-	2-3	.667
	Celtics	110		Kevin McHale	9	3	1	0	4	1	4	16	3-12	.250	0-0	-	3-4	.750
	Mar. 26, 1983
4.	Bulls	118		Rod Higgins	17	8	2	1	2	2	6	32	7-14	.500	0-0	-	3-5	.600
	Celtics	108		Kevin McHale	9	6	1	1	1	4	3	21	3-10	.300	0-0	-	3-4	.750
	Apr. 15, 1983
5.	Bulls	120		Rod Higgins	12	4	1	4	0	0	2	38	2-10	.200	0-0	-	8-8	1.000
	Celtics	117		Kevin McHale	26	11	1	0	7	3	6	35	11-14	.786	0-0	-	4-5	.800


1983-84 Season
Game				Player	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Min	FG	%	3PT	%	FT	%
	Nov. 12, 1983
6.	Bulls	101		Rod Higgins	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	13	0-2	.000	0-1	.000	0-0	-
	Celtics	116		Kevin McHale	24	7	0	1	1	3	4	29	10-12	.833	0-0	-	4-6	.667
	Dec. 06, 1983
7.	Bulls	105		Rod Higgins	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	11	2-4	.500	0-0	-	0-0	-
	Celtics	118		Kevin McHale	20	14	4	0	4	1	2	35	8-14	.571	0-0	-	4-4	1.000
	Jan. 31, 1984
8.	Bulls	83		Rod Higgins	7	3	1	2	0	0	0	16	3-5	.600	0-0	-	1-1	1.000
	Celtics	106		Kevin McHale	18	10	4	1	0	5	3	29	6-10	.600	0-0	-	6-8	.750
	Mar. 02, 1984
9.	Bulls	100		Rod Higgins	4	1	1	1	0	0	1	14	2-3	.667	0-0	-	0-0	-
	Celtics	104		Kevin McHale	16	8	0	0	2	3	3	30	6-8	.750	0-0	-	4-7	.571
	Apr. 08, 1984
10.	Bulls	110		Rod Higgins	5	1	3	3	0	0	3	26	2-5	.400	0-1	.000	1-1	1.000
	Celtics	117		Kevin McHale	24	9	3	1	2	1	6	41	10-18	.556	0-0	-	4-5	.800


1984-85 Season
Game				Player	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Min	FG	%	3PT	%	FT	%
	Nov. 15, 1984
11.	Bulls	105		Rod Higgins	2	3	1	0	0	1	3	14	1-3	.333	0-0	-	0-0	-
	Celtics	125		Kevin McHale	25	11	3	0	3	2	2	36	8-18	.444	0-0	-	9-10	.900
	Jan. 09, 1985
12.	Bulls	108		Rod Higgins	5	0	0	1	0	0	0	12	1-2	.500	1-2	.500	2-2	1.000
	Celtics	111		Kevin McHale	24	6	4	1	0	1	3	32	10-15	.667	0-1	.000	4-6	.667
	Feb. 05, 1985
13.	Bulls	106		Rod Higgins	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	12	1-2	.500	0-0	-	0-0	-
	Celtics	110		Kevin McHale	29	7	3	1	4	0	2	29	10-16	.625	0-0	-	9-14	.643


1985-86 Season
Game				Player	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Min	FG	%	3PT	%	FT	%
	Mar. 21, 1986
14.	Bulls	105		Rod Higgins	6	2	1	0	1	0	2	25	3-9	.333	0-1	.000	0-0	-
	Celtics	126		Kevin McHale	22	4	5	0	2	1	1	26	10-12	.833	0-0	-	2-2	1.000


1986-87 Season
Game				Player	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Min	FG	%	3PT	%	FT	%
	Nov. 21, 1986
15.	Warriors	120		Rod Higgins	6	1	2	3	0	0	2	19	3-6	.500	0-0	-	0-0	-
	Celtics	135		Kevin McHale	23	17	0	0	3	3	2	40	8-13	.615	0-0	-	7-9	.778
	Feb. 12, 1987
16.	Warriors	112		Rod Higgins	6	4	2	0	0	0	0	10	3-4	.750	0-0	-	0-0	-
	Celtics	134		Kevin McHale	20	11	1	0	2	2	2	34	6-9	.667	0-0	-	8-8	1.000


1987-88 Season
Game				Player	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Min	FG	%	3PT	%	FT	%
	Jan. 02, 1988
17.	Warriors	110		Rod Higgins	12	4	2	1	0	0	4	24	3-7	.429	0-0	-	6-6	1.000
	Celtics	115		Kevin McHale	26	9	4	0	0	4	5	42	8-12	.667	0-0	-	10-15	.667
	Jan. 18, 1988
18.	Warriors	101		Rod Higgins	16	2	2	4	1	1	3	28	7-12	.583	0-1	.000	2-2	1.000
	Celtics	121		Kevin McHale	19	7	2	0	1	1	1	30	8-11	.727	0-0	-	3-3	1.000


1988-89 Season
Game				Player	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Min	FG	%	3PT	%	FT	%
	Nov. 16, 1988
19.	Warriors	104		Rod Higgins	21	4	1	0	0	0	2	27	7-10	.700	0-2	.000	7-10	.700
	Celtics	107		Kevin McHale	25	5	2	0	1	2	2	43	7-12	.583	0-0	-	11-12	.917
	Apr. 06, 1989
20.	Warriors	132		Rod Higgins	3	4	2	1	0	0	0	20	0-3	.000	0-2	.000	3-4	.750
	Celtics	118		Kevin McHale	26	9	4	0	1	4	4	40	7-17	.412	0-0	-	12-13	.923


1989-90 Season
Game				Player	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Min	FG	%	3PT	%	FT	%
	Jan. 21, 1990
21.	Warriors	120		Rod Higgins	0	0	2	0	1	0	2	12	0-2	.000	0-1	.000	0-0	-
	Celtics	115		Kevin McHale	22	9	1	1	1	3	2	33	10-17	.588	0-0	-	2-3	.667
	Feb. 23, 1990
22.	Warriors	111		Rod Higgins	10	4	2	1	1	1	3	29	5-11	.455	0-4	.000	0-0	-
	Celtics	123		Kevin McHale	34	11	1	2	1	1	4	33	10-16	.625	3-3	1.000	11-11	1.000


1990-91 Season
Game				Player	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Min	FG	%	3PT	%	FT	%
	Jan. 16, 1991
23.	Warriors	110		Rod Higgins	4	3	1	0	1	0	0	19	1-2	.500	1-2	.500	1-2	.500
	Celtics	105		Kevin McHale	22	12	3	0	5	2	4	40	8-24	.333	0-1	.000	6-8	.750


1992-93 Season
Game				Player	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Min	FG	%	3PT	%	FT	%
	Mar. 29, 1993
24.	Kings	89		Rod Higgins	12	2	3	0	0	0	1	24	5-7	.714	0-0	-	2-2	1.000
	Celtics	110		Kevin McHale	7	8	2	1	0	2	1	23	2-6	.333	0-0	-	3-4	.750

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