Head-to-Head: Games Played Between Rodney Buford and Yao Ming

This is the detail of NBA games in which Rodney Buford and Yao Ming 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 3 times in NBA games. Yao Ming has a 2-1 winning record over Rodney Buford. They never met in the Playoffs.

Games Played Against Each Other

Rodney Buford
vs.
Yao Ming
NBA Timeline:
1946-47
2025-26
Rodney Buford:
1999-00 to 2004-05
Yao Ming:
2002-03 to 2010-11
3 Games played
3 in Regular Season
0 in Playoffs

Summary of Victories

 Games Won in
Regular Season		 in
Playoffs
Rodney Buford
1
1
0
Yao Ming
2
2
0

Stats in Games Between Them

Averages
Player
 Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Rodney Buford 5.3 1.7 1.0 0.70.3
Yao Ming 8.7 6.3 0.30.71.0
Game Highs
Player
 Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Rodney Buford 14 5 3 21
Yao Ming 14 9 1 12
Games with better stats than the other player...
Player
 Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Rodney Buford 1

game		 0

games		 1

game		 1

game		1

game
Yao Ming 2

games 		3

games		 1

game		 1

game		2

games
Both had same stat 0

games		 0

games		 1

game		 1

game		0

games

Head To Head Games Played: One by One

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2003-04 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Nov. 28, 2003
1. Kings 103   Rodney Buford 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 1-2 .500 0-0 - 0-2 .000
Rockets 74   Yao Ming 14 8 0 0 1 4 3 23 6-11 .545 0-0 - 2-2 1.000
2004-05 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Nov. 15, 2004
2. Nets 69   Rodney Buford 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 07 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 -
Rockets 80   Yao Ming 6 2 1 1 0 3 5 22 3-11 .273 0-0 - 0-1 .000
Jan. 13, 2005
3. Nets 85   Rodney Buford 14 5 3 2 0 2 3 39 4-9 .444 2-5 .400 4-4 1.000
OT Rockets 94   Yao Ming 6 9 0 1 2 5 5 32 2-9 .222 0-0 - 2-4 .500
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