Julius Erving Larry Bird H2H game by game stats

[alexandreben]

as promised before, I'll post Dr.J and Bird H2H game stats, finally I managed some time to dig out my old excel file and paste here, hope this is worth of time reading..

before 1985 in the year which Erving passed his prime and the role change in the team, Dr.J routinly outscored Bird during regular season and playoffs (although they didn't guard each other very often), the Doctor-Birdman rivalry comes before the Magic-Bird rivalry, Dr.J and Bird had to battle each other at least 6 times in one season, plus the matchups in the playoffs, I count there're total of 61 H2H stats including regular season and playoffs, I've excluded the four games which Dr.J and Bird were sideline due to injury
, actually the "local" rivalry in the early till mid 80's actually saved the league, it renew the 76ers-Celtics rivalry Wilt Chamberlain-Bill Russell since the 60's

The rivalry is back, and it couldn't have come at a better time. In the mid-1960s, when the NBA was struggling to gain acceptance as a major league, the rivalry between the Boston Celtics and Philadelphia 76ers was one of the its prime attractions. Wilt Chamberlain finger-rolling for two points for the 76ers, Bill Russell blocking a shot and starting a fast break for the Celtics - Those visions linger in the mind's eye of anyone who spent a lot of time watching those basketball giants battle it out in Philadelphia, or on the marvelous parguet floor of Boston Garden. Now, just when pro basketball needs a shot in the arm, the rivalry is back. The 76ers and Celtics are the best teams in basketball and they feature two of the game's most exciting players, Julius Erving and Larry Bird, the Doctor and the Birdman. Their games are events, just as they were in the days of Chamberlain and Russell, renewing one of sport's great rivalries.

Phila v.s. Celtics

1979-1980
Phila 59-23 Finals
Boston Celtics 61-21 ECF
Regular season (3-3)
Phila Celtics
Sat, Nov 10, 1979 Philadelphia 76ers* Boston Celtics W 95 94
Erving: 37pts Bird: 22pts
The very first matchup between Dr. J and Bird, Dr.J was an 8 year veteran still at his prime at the age of 29 years old; and Bird was a 23 years old new savior of the league, Erving hit a game winner with 58 seconds left, Bird missed the game winning shot @ the last 15 seconds
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Wed, Dec 19, 1979 Philadelphia 76ers* @ Boston Celtics L 89 112
Erving: 20pts(9-15), 3rbs, 4ast Bird: 24pts(10-16), 9rbs, 4ast, 4stl
Bird out scored Erving 24pts-20pts, and he sank 10 of 16 field goal attempts with 9 rebounds 4 steals and 4 assists, Erving was 9 for 15 from the field with 4 assists and only 3 rebounds.
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Sat, Dec 22, 1979 Philadelphia 76ers* Boston Celtics W 126 113
Erving: 37pts Bird: 23pts
Erving led Phila to defeat Celtics and outshined Bird by putting on a dazzling 37pts over Bird's 23pts
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Wed, Feb 6, 1980 Philadelphia 76ers* @ Boston Celtics L 110 129
Erving: 36pts Bird: 32pts
Erving scored game high with 36pts
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Fri, Mar 7, 1980 Philadelphia 76ers* @ Boston Celtics L 92 111
Erving: 36pts(26pts in the second half) Bird: 27pts
Erving scored game high 36pts with 26pts in the second half
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Sun, Mar 30, 1980 Philadelphia 76ers* Boston Celtics W 116 110
Erving out due to knee injury

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Playoffs ECF (4-1)
Fri, Apr 18, 1980 Philadelphia 76ers* @ Boston Celtics W 96 93
Erving: 29pts Bird: 27pts
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Sun, Apr 20, 1980 Philadelphia 76ers* @ Boston Celtics L 90 96
Erving: 24pts Bird: 31pts
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Wed, Apr 23, 1980 Philadelphia 76ers* Boston Celtics W 99 97
Erving: 28pts(13-22), 11rbs, 7ast, 5stl Bird: 22pts, 21rbs
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Fri, Apr 25, 1980 Philadelphia 76ers* Boston Celtics W 102 90
Erving: 30pts Bird: 19pts
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Sun, Apr 27, 1980 Philadelphia 76ers* @ Boston Celtics W 105 94
Erving: 14pts(10 FGA) Bird: 12pts(5-19)
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in the first season of the H2H, Dr.J outscored Bird
Regular
Dr.J: 33,2pts
Bird: 25,6pts

Playoffs
Dr.J: 25pts
Bird: 22,2pts
to be continued...

[ProfessorMurder]

So... You're only comparing points? GTFO.

[Rekindled]

you must not be around when Bird embarrased Dr. J so badly, that dr. J had to start a fight and have barkley and malone double team to help him

[alexandreben]

1980-1981
Phila 62-20 ECF
Celtics 62-20 Champions

Regular season (3-3)

Sat, Nov 1, 1980 Philadelphia 76ers* Boston Celtics W OT 117 113

Erving: 45pts Bird: 36pts
In the previous game, Erving scored a game high with 31pts and led Phila from a 16pts second quarter deficit to comeback win over Hawks, and in this game Erving scored an NBA career high with 45pts to a OT victory over Celtics, trailing 82-69 entering the 4th quarter, Erving led Phila to a comeback to 86-85, Bird hit a long jump shot with 16 seconds left to give Celtics a 103-101 lead, but Dawkins sent the game to OT, Erving broke a 106-106 tie with a jumper in overtime and Jones secured the win with free throw.
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Wed, Jan 28, 1981 Philadelphia 76ers* @ Boston Celtics L 101 104

Erving: 35pts(15-26) Bird: 24pts
Erving scored a game high with 35pts and tried to lead Phila to a comeback in the 4th quarter by scoring 10 straight pts including 3 jumpers off the glass to pull Phila to within 1 pt 100-99 with 2:35 left, but Cedric Maxwell scored two key basket to secured the win
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Wed, Feb 4, 1981 Philadelphia 76ers* Boston Celtics W 107 104

Erving: 33pts Bird: 11pts
Erving scored a game high with 33pts including some key baskets in the 4th quarter, McHale and Maxwell helped Celtics to a pull it to 93-91 with 6:49 left then Erving took charge. Bird suffered from his thigh injury and only scored 11pts.
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Sun, Mar 1, 1981 Philadelphia 76ers* @ Boston Celtics L 107 114

Erving: 19pts Bird: 24pts, 15rbs
Both team had foul troubles thanks to the performance of referees who called 54 fouls.
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Sun, Mar 22, 1981 Philadelphia 76ers* Boston Celtics W 126 94

Erving: 24pts Bird: 19pts
Erving scored game high with 24pts including 8pts in the 4th quarter, Bird led Celtics with 19pts
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Sun, Mar 29, 1981 Philadelphia 76ers* @ Boston Celtics L 94 98

Erving: 19pts Bird: 24pts, 10rbs, 7ast, 6stl

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Playoffs ECF (3-4)
Tue, Apr 21, 1981 Philadelphia 76ers* @ Boston Celtics W 105 104

Erving: 25pts, 9rbs Bird: 33pts
Reserve guard rookie "Boston Strangler" Andrew Toney scored 11 of his 26pts in the 4th quarter including two free throws with 2 seconds left to lead Phila with a one point victory over Celtics. Maxwell helped to tie the game at 101 with 51 seconds left from a 10pts fourth quarter deficit and Bird did sink two free throws to a 104-103 lead with 4 seconds left, and then Tony took over the game.
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Wed, Apr 22, 1981 Philadelphia 76ers* @ Boston Celtics L 99 118

Erving: 12pts Bird: 34pts
Erving was limited to 12pts by Cedric Maxwell and Kevin McHale, this is not the first time that Maxwell did a great job on defensing Dr. J, but was held to a 12pts game is embarassing. In the mean time Bird scored 34pts to help Celtics even the series.
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Fri, Apr 24, 1981 Philadelphia 76ers* Boston Celtics W 110 100

Erving: 22pts Bird: 22pts
Caldwell Jones guarded Bird for most of the first two games, and Bird scored 33pts and 34pts in each, therefore, Cunningham had it enough and gave the job of caging the "Bird" to Erving. Although Bird led the Celtics with 22pts and 13rbs, he was never able to dominate the foor as he had in the previous games. Bird had a slow start with 3pts in the first quarter and was held to 6pts in the fourth quarter. "But we didn't expect them to put erving on Bird."
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Sun, Apr 26, 1981 Philadelphia 76ers* Boston Celtics W 107 105

Erving: 20pts Bird: 18pts
Bird played the entire 48min with 18pts and was held to 6pts in the first half, Boston closed the gap to 101-99 but later Erving took over, Erving scored a game high with 20pts and he scored the final 6 pts to lead Phila a 2 pts win.
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Wed, Apr 29, 1981 Philadelphia 76ers* @ Boston Celtics L 109 111

Erving: 21pts Bird: 32pts
Bird had a game high with 32pts, Parish picked off the inbounds pass with 1 second left to seal the victory
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Fri, May 1, 1981 Philadelphia 76ers* Boston Celtics L 98 100

Erving: 16pts(5-17) Bird: 25pts, 16rbs
Toney made it to 98-97 and stole the ball from Bird with 30 seconds left but then was blocked by McHale and then Maxwell was fouled with two seconds left and made both free throws at 100-97, Phila set offense for Erving, but he fouled by Archibald before he could get a shot off, the strategy was he made the first free throw and miss the second for a rebound, and not only did the Dr. J shot miserably 5 out of 17 field goat attempts, but he chocked the first free throw so he had to make the second and Phila lost the game.
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Sun, May 3, 1981 Philadelphia 76ers* @ Boston Celtics L 90 91

Erving: 23pts Bird: 23pts
Boston successfully came back from a 3-1 deficit, Celtics are 25-0 this season in games in which their opponents have scored fewer than 100pts and they played a "Hall of Fame defense" in the last 5:48, holding Phila to only one point while rallying for the victory. Bird and Erving each had a game high with 23pts, Erving scored 10pts to lead Phila to a 14-3 run in the 4th quarter until the last 6min, Maxwell did a great job guarding Dr. J
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in the second season of H2H, Dr.J continued to outscored Bird in regular but looked bad in the playoffs

Regular
Dr.J: 29,2pts
Bird: 23pts

Playoffs
Dr.J: 19,9pts
Bird: 26,7pts

to be continued...

[alexandreben]

1981-1982
Phila 58-24 Finals
Boston Celtics 63-19 ECF

Regular season (2-4)
Fri, Dec 4, 1981 Philadelphia 76ers* @ Boston Celtics L 103 111
Erving: 16pts Bird: 24pts
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Sat, Dec 19, 1981 Philadelphia 76ers* Boston Celtics W OT 123 118

Erving: 36pts Bird: 28pts
Erving scored a game high with 36pts (5pts in OT), including the free throw tied the game into OT (had he not chocked on the free-throw line again, just like he did in game 6 of last season's playoffs, Phila could've won the game in regular). With about three seconds left, Bird, who after coming off the bench had missed two excellent chances to give his team leads, decided not to take a jumper from about 18 feet away, choosing to hit an unguarded Henderson along the left baseline. Gerry immediately threw it up, but Erving blocked Henderson's last-second shot from the corner to force the game into OT at 112, Erving scored on a three-point play early in overtime to give the 76ers a 117- 114 lead. Henderson's basket narrowed the lead to one point, but Lionel Hollins and Andrew Toney sank jumpers to ensure the victory. Toney finished with 30 points, two more than Bird.
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Fri, Jan 8, 1982 Philadelphia 76ers* @ Boston Celtics L 90 96

Erving: 20pts Bird: 12pts(6-22)
Bird made just 4 of 13 shots in a loss to CHI in previous game, hit only 2 of 12 in the first half and 4 in the fourth quarter, the game winning key was Gerald Henderson who scored 9pts total in the fourth quarter
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Sun, Mar 21, 1982 Philadelphia 76ers* Boston Celtics L 111 123

Erving: 28pts Bird: 29pts
Celtics led 96-66 early in the fourth quarter and then "Boston Strangler" scored 25pts of his 38pts to almost comeback, he broke multiple records for that fourth quarter including Wilt and Hal Greer's. Bird was still recovering from an injury and didn't start but he came off the bench to scored 29pts
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Sun, Mar 28, 1982 Philadelphia 76ers* @ Boston Celtics W 116 98

Erving: 21pts Bird: 10(5-16)
Toney had a game high with 23pts, Bird had a very subpar game shooting under 50 percent (5 for 16) from the field for the first time since his return to the lineup
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Sun, Apr 11, 1982 Philadelphia 76ers* Boston Celtics L OT 109 110
Erving: 31pts Bird: 20pts
Bird scored the game-winning field goal with 55 seconds left in over time
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Playoffs ECF (4-3)
Sun, May 9, 1982 Philadelphia 76ers* @ Boston Celtics L 81 121
Erving: 12pts Bird: 24pts Celtics won 40pts,
Bird and Parish tied game high with 24pts and Toney led Phila with 15pts
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Wed, May 12, 1982 Philadelphia 76ers* @ Boston Celtics W 121 113
Erving: 20pts Bird: 18pts
Toney had a game high with 30pts, including three straight baskets to help Phila with 119-111 lead with 22 seconds left. Bird scored 12pts in the first quarter and then only 6pts in 3 quarters.
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Sat, May 15, 1982 Philadelphia 76ers* Boston Celtics W 99 97

Erving: 19pts Bird: 15pts, 13rbs, 11ast
Erving scored a game high with 19pts, Maxwell led Boston with 18pts and Bird had a triple-double, he scored on a jumper from the top of the key with 43 seconds remaining to bring Boston within 99-97, however, Bird threw up a 22-footer with eight seconds left that missed the mark and Cedric Maxwell came up with the offensive rebound but saw his shot hook shot rim out. Maxwell got another rebound but Julius Erving blocked the shot back into Maxwell's hands. Then, as Maxwell dropped the ball down to his waist to fire up another potential game-tying shot, he was stripped of the ball by Cheeks as the buzzer sounded.
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Sun, May 16, 1982 Philadelphia 76ers* Boston Celtics W 119 94
Erving: 17pts Bird: 17pts
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Wed, May 19, 1982 Philadelphia 76ers* @ Boston Celtics L 85 114

Erving: 12pts Bird: 20pts, 20rbs
Another big loss for Phila who lost 29pts to Celtics, Dr. J had 12pts and sat out the last 15 minutes while Bird had 20pts 20rbs
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Fri, May 21, 1982 Philadelphia 76ers* Boston Celtics L 75 88
Erving: 24pts, 11rbs Bird: 14pts, 17rbs
The famous 27pts game, Phila scored only 27pts in the 2nd half and the series was even by Celtics from a 3-1 again
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Sun, May 23, 1982 Philadelphia 76ers* @ Boston Celtics W 120 106
Erving: 29pts Bird: 20pts
Toney is the man! 34pts in a comeback in G7


Regular
Dr.J: 25,3pts
Bird: 20,2pts

Playoffs
Dr.J: 19pts
Bird: 18,3pts

[Rekindled]

fail thread is fail

[alexandreben]

1982-1983
Phila 65-17 Champions
Boston Celtics 56-26

Regular season (3-3)

Sat, Nov 6, 1982 Philadelphia 76ers* Boston Celtics W 2OT 119 115

Erving: 28pts Bird: 21pts
Great matchup with double OT, Erving and Moses tied game high with 28pts, Erving's jump shot with 38 seconds left in the second overtime gave Phila a lead 116-115, then Toney stole the ball with 16 seconds left, Malone hit two free throws with 7 seconds left and then he stole the ball from Buckner hence the win.
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Fri, Dec 10, 1982 Philadelphia 76ers* @ Boston Celtics L 97 123

Erving: 22pts Bird: 33pts, 14rbs
Bird scored a game high with 33pts and game high rebounds with 14rbs, Erving led Phila in scoring with 22pts Moses 20pts Toney 19
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Tue, Dec 21, 1982 Philadelphia 76ers* Boston Celtics W 122 105
Erving: 19pts, 10rbs Bird: 13pts(4-11)
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Fri, Mar 4, 1983 Philadelphia 76ers* @ Boston Celtics L 110 115
Erving: 23pts Bird: 32pts, 11rbs, 9ast, 3stl
Bird game high 32pts and almost a triple double
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Wed, Mar 16, 1983 Philadelphia 76ers* Boston Celtics W 105 100
Erving out due to injury
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Sun, Apr 17, 1983 Philadelphia 76ers* @ Boston Celtics L 101 114
Erving: 20pts(8-14) Bird: 13pts(6-19)
Erving scored game high with 20pts


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1983-1984
Phila 52-30
Boston Celtics 62-20 Champions
Regular season (4-2)
Sat, Nov 19, 1983 Philadelphia 76ers* Boston Celtics W 92 91

Erving: 18pts Bird: 18pts(7-18)
The Boston Strangler scored 6 of his team's last 7 pts giving Phila a 91-88 lead with 27 seconds left, Moses had a 15pts 15rbs
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Sun, Dec 4, 1983 Philadelphia 76ers* @ Boston Celtics W OT 121 114

Erving: 20pts Bird: 22pts, 11rbs, 13ast
Toney hit a three pointers with 13 seconds left to tie it at 98-98, and then Bird hit a 17ft jumper with 5 seconds left tried to seal the win, but Erving hit a baseline jumper with 2 seconds left to tie the game and forced to OT, Moses had a game high with 29pts
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Fri, Jan 13, 1984 Philadelphia 76ers* Boston Celtics L 104 105
Erving: 22pts Bird: 29pts, 19rbs, 8ast
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Wed, Jan 25, 1984 Philadelphia 76ers* @ Boston Celtics L 98 102

Erving: 20pts Bird: 15pts(5-18), 6rbs, 7ast, 2stl, 2blk
Moses was absent due to a sprained ankle and Parish shined with a game high 24pts 13rbs and 4blk to lead Celtics win over Philly, Boston scored only 1pt in the final three and a half minutes, Phila cut an 8pts lead to 101-98 before Parish blocked a shot in the final seconds to secure the win. Erving led Philly with 20pts. In four games against Philadelphia, Bird is shooting only 39%(35-91)
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Sun, Feb 12, 1984 Philadelphia 76ers* @ Boston Celtics W 109 91
Erving: 30pts Bird: 25pts(7-22)
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Sun, Mar 25, 1984 Philadelphia 76ers* Boston Celtics W 2OT 119 114

Erving: 29pts(12-22) Bird: 33pts(12-28), 17rbs
Bird only shot 2 of 12 from the FT line, all in which from the second OT, but finished with game high 33pts, Moses also finished a game high with 33pts and he grabbed 27rbs including a season high 15 offensive rebounds on McHale, Erving, scored 5 points of his 29pts, hit the first basket, in the second overtime, Bird made two free throws to pull Boston within 112-111 but Erving hit a 20footer with 60 seconds left to put the out of reach, this made Celtics lost four regular games to one opponent since Bird arrived
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Regular
Dr.J: 22,4pts
Bird: 22,4pts


Playoffs
Dr.J: 23,2pts
Bird: 23,7pts

[alexandreben]

1984-1985
Phila 58-24 ECF
Boston Celtics 63-19 Finals
Regular season (3-3)

Bird talked abt Erving's role change after G2 ECF 1985, Larry Bird: "I think everybody senses that his(Erving's) role is different, you can tell that there are 15-footers he would take in the past that he's not taking anymore. They don't look for him to score as many points as they did two or three years ago. He's been playing better defense than he ever has, I think that he's concentrating on that more. He can score if he wants but because he is aged now it's not how much he scores, it's when." The 35-year-old Erving said Bird's comments were "a pretty good analysis of what I've been doing. We're very conscious of shot selection because on this team we want guys shooting the way they're most effective."

Fri, Nov 9, 1984 Philadelphia 76ers* @ Boston Celtics L 119 130
Erving: 6pts Bird: 42pts
the famous game in which reporter claimed that Bird had the comment "42 to 6 Doc, 42 to 6 Doc", although Bird denied to say the sort of thing
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Wed, Dec 12, 1984 Philadelphia 76ers* Boston Celtics W 110 107
Erving: 16pts Bird: 34pts
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Sun, Jan 20, 1985 Philadelphia 76ers* @ Boston Celtics L 97 113

Erving: 17pts Bird: 38pts, 9rbs
speaking of mismatches, it should now be abundantly clear to Cunningham that Erving can no longer guard Bird. Boston's MVP has torched the Sixers (mostly Erving) for 114 points in three games (38 point average), and he made Erving look very old again Sunday.
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Wed, Jan 30, 1985 Philadelphia 76ers* Boston Celtics W 122 104
Erving: 15pts(4-13) Bird: 16pts(8-15)
Moses had 38pts and 24rbs to lead Philly a win, Bird, who had 80pts in two previous games including two game-winning buzzer beaters, only collected 16pts in this game
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Fri, Mar 29, 1985 Philadelphia 76ers* @ Boston Celtics L 108 112
Erving sideline due to ankle injury Bird: 24pts Bird scored 13 of his game high 24pts in the 4th quarter to lead Celtics to beat 76ers, which led by Moses who became the 16th player to grab 10000 rebounds in NBA history
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Tue, Apr 9, 1985 Philadelphia 76ers* Boston Celtics W 113 104
Erving: 18pts(8-15) Bird: 18pts(7-15) Erving and Jones also kept Bird in check defensively. After scoring 38 points on Sunday, Bird managed only 18 last night on 7-of-15 shooting. Only two of his seven field goals came from the perimeter. The rest were layups.
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Playoffs ECF (1-4)
Sun, May 12, 1985 Philadelphia 76ers* @ Boston Celtics L 93 108

Erving: 12pts(5-18) Bird: 23pts
Boston's frontline threesome;-) combined 77pts whilst Philly's front line foursome Moses, Erving, Jones and tub sub Barkley all combined for only 43pts; Cunningham made a switch assigned Moses to guard McHale and Barkley to guard Parish, the missmatch hurts Phila severly, in the first half Mchale was guarded primarily by Barkley/Jones, he scored 22 of his career playoff high 28pts, Cunningham switched Barkley to guard Parish in the second half, and clearly Barkley couldn't handle Parish and the latter dropped 16 of his 26pts.
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Tue, May 14, 1985 Philadelphia 76ers* @ Boston Celtics L 98 106
Erving: 22pts Bird: 24pts
The "Boston Strangler" was held to a 3-17 shooting, Bird was 4 of 17 from the field for the first three quarter, but his team mates bailed him out before he found his shooting touch, McHale's 16pts in the first half kept Celtics close and DJ/Paris led a 32-18 3rd quarter surge to keep Celtics in control, and then Bird finaly came back from vacation in the 4th quarter and scored 13 of his 24pts
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Sat, May 18, 1985 Philadelphia 76ers* Boston Celtics L 94 105
Erving: 6pts(1-10) Bird: 28pts(11-19)
Erving played only 29min and he was angry at Cunningham for benching him so often, even sub Barkley played 13 more minutes than he did.
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Sun, May 19, 1985 Philadelphia 76ers* Boston Celtics W 115 104 Erving: 15pts(4-21) Bird: 14pts(4-15)
Wed, May 22, 1985 Philadelphia 76ers* @ Boston Celtics L 100 102
Erving: 16pts(6-12) Bird: 17pts(6-18)
Bird missed 12 of 18 FGA including the 11 seconds remaing driving layup due to his right elbow and index finger injury, but he slapped Toney's ball in the final seconds to secure the win
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Regular
Dr.J: 14,4pts
Bird: 29,6pts

Playoffs
Dr.J: 14,2pts
Bird: 21,2pts

[alexandreben]

1985-1986
Phila 54-28 ECS
Boston Celtics 67-15 Champions

Regular season (2-4)

Fri, Nov 22, 1985 Philadelphia 76ers* @ Boston Celtics L 103 110
Erving: 21pts Bird: 11pts(5-15)
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Tue, Nov 26, 1985 Philadelphia 76ers* Boston Celtics L 91 98
Erving: 17pts(7-16) Bird: 16pts(6-17)
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Sat, Dec 21, 1985 Philadelphia 76ers* Boston Celtics W 108 102
Erving: 27pts Bird: 29pts(14-30)
This is the fifth game Erving had started in the backcourt because of injuries to Andrew Toney and Sedale Threatt, plus a decision to make Julius Erving a starter in the backcourt, has become the Sixers ' third guard. He played a season-high 27 minutes against the Celtics, burying four clutch jumpers in the fourth quarter.
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Sun, Jan 26, 1986 Philadelphia 76ers* @ Boston Celtics L 103 105
Erving: 13pts Bird: 20pts, 14rbs, 6ast, 4stl
Bird hit a buzzer-beating shot from just over midcourt at the end of the 3rd quarter, he finished with 20pts 14rbs 6ast 4stl
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Sun, Mar 16, 1986 Philadelphia 76ers* @ Boston Celtics L 101 118
Erving: 13pts(4-12) Bird: 36pts
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Sun, Apr 6, 1986 Philadelphia 76ers* Boston Celtics W 95 94
Erving: 23pts Bird: 18pts, 10ast
Bird, the league's leading foul shooter, chocked on the line missed two foul shots with 7 seconds left which would've clinched the win when Celtics was on a 94-92 lead, and then Erving hit a game-winning 3 point buzzer-beater to win the game over Celtics 95-94
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Dr.J averaged 19pts and Bird 21,7pts
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1986-1987
This was the last season in which B-R has full scoreboard, Dr.J averaged 17pts against Bird 23pts

end of thread...

[aau]

Regular
Dr.J: 25,3pts
Bird: 20,2pts

Playoffs
Dr.J: 19pts
Bird: 18,3pts

just wanted to thank you and say that
your work is very much appreciated

i've looked all over for this info

[97 bulls]

Where did you get this info? Id love to see box scores of playoff and regular season game from the mid and early 80s

[alexandreben]

Where did you get this info? Id love to see box scores of playoff and regular season game from the mid and early 80s

Google news archive

I've posted ALL of their 61 H2H game stats including regular and playoffs... hope you enjoy of my thread though it's a bit of long coz there're a lot of data

[jlip]

Great work. Your information is an excellent supplement to this article.

http://20secondtimeout.blogspot.com/...ng-versus.html

I was very young when this rivalry began but now understand it to be one of the most overlooked in NBA history.

[alexandreben]

Great work. Your information is an excellent supplement to this article.

http://20secondtimeout.blogspot.com/...ng-versus.html

I was very young when this rivalry began but now understand it to be one of the most overlooked in NBA history.

at the beginning it was the two Jones guarded Bird and then Doctor had to put some efforts on the Birdman, like I said besides of his role change, Doc really began old and slow in the mid 80's, that's when I started to watch NBA, it's such pity I missed the real live broadcast of a prime Doc v.s. a young Bird... everyone only remember the famous 42-6 game and totally neglect how good Doc was when he was still in his prime

[Pushxx]

LOL comparing points...........hahahaha

Dude look at Larry Bird's overall playoff stats. Him, Magic, and MJ are the most dominant playoff performers ever...