larry bird average first 45 games of career

Larry Bird averaged 14.0 points per game against the Rockets on October 12, 1979.

	NAME	DATE	PPG	TM		OPP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF
1	Larry Bird L. Bird	10/12/1979	14.0	BOS	vs	HOU	28	14	10	5	0	0	6	12	50.0	0	1	0.0	2	2	100.0	54.3	3	7	2	5
2	Larry Bird L. Bird	10/13/1979	28.0	BOS	@	CLE	40	28	7	5	2	0	12	17	70.6	0	0		4	5	80.0	72.9	0	7	5	2
3	Larry Bird L. Bird	10/17/1979	16.0	BOS	vs	CLE	29	16	7	4	3	4	6	14	42.9	0	0		4	4	100.0	50.8	3	4	1	2
4	Larry Bird L. Bird	10/19/1979	12.0	BOS	vs	WAS	22	12	9	4	0	2	6	14	42.9	0	1	0.0	0	0		42.9	3	6	0	5
5	Larry Bird L. Bird	10/20/1979	20.0	BOS	@	IND	22	20	2	4	4	0	8	12	66.7	0	1	0.0	4	4	100.0	72.7	0	2	3	6
6	Larry Bird L. Bird	10/23/1979	22.0	BOS	@	SAS	36	22	12	5	3	1	9	18	50.0	2	3	66.7	2	6	33.3	53.3	2	10	3	5
7	Larry Bird L. Bird	10/24/1979	15.0	BOS	@	HOU	37	15	10	6	0	1	6	21	28.6	0	0		3	4	75.0	33.0	4	6	4	3
8	Larry Bird L. Bird	10/27/1979	24.0	BOS	@	ATL	39	24	12	1	0	0	9	17	52.9	1	1	100.0	5	6	83.3	61.1	3	9	4	3
9	Larry Bird L. Bird	10/31/1979	18.0	BOS	@	NJN	31	18	7	6	4	1	8	17	47.1	0	1	0.0	2	2	100.0	50.3	0	7	6	2
10	Larry Bird L. Bird	11/3/1979	18.0	BOS	@	WAS	38	18	12	4	4	0	7	15	46.7	0	1	0.0	4	4	100.0	53.7	1	11	1	4
11	Larry Bird L. Bird	11/7/1979	18.0	BOS	vs	SAS	30	18	12	2	1	1	9	21	42.9	0	1	0.0	0	0		42.9	1	11	5	3
12	Larry Bird L. Bird	11/9/1979	17.0	BOS	vs	KCK	33	17	9	3	1	0	6	11	54.5	0	0		5	5	100.0	64.4	1	8	2	2
13	Larry Bird L. Bird	11/10/1979	22.0	BOS	@	PHI	32	22	7	3	2	1	10	17	58.8	1	1	100.0	1	2	50.0	61.5	1	6	4	4
14	Larry Bird L. Bird	11/14/1979	23.0	BOS	vs	DET	36	23	19	10	3	2	8	19	42.1	1	3	33.3	6	6	100.0	53.1	9	10	7	1
15	Larry Bird L. Bird	11/16/1979	12.0	BOS	vs	UTA	26	12	15	9	5	1	4	9	44.4	0	1	0.0	4	4	100.0	55.8	5	10	1	1
16	Larry Bird L. Bird	11/17/1979	19.0	BOS	@	NYK	37	19	11	5	1	1	7	15	46.7	0	0		5	6	83.3	53.9	0	11	10	5
17	Larry Bird L. Bird	11/21/1979	24.0	BOS	vs	NJN	37	24	12	3	0	0	8	18	44.4	1	2	50.0	7	8	87.5	55.8			4	4
18	Larry Bird L. Bird	11/23/1979	30.0	BOS	vs	IND	37	30	11	3	2	0	14	29	48.3	0	1	0.0	2	2	100.0	50.2			7	3
19	Larry Bird L. Bird	11/24/1979	10.0	BOS	@	ATL	34	10	7	4	1	0	5	12	41.7	0	0		0	2	0.0	38.8			3	5
20	Larry Bird L. Bird	11/28/1979	29.0	BOS	vs	DEN	35	29	7	8	2	1	12	18	66.7	1	2	50.0	4	6	66.7	70.3	1	6	2	5
21	Larry Bird L. Bird	11/30/1979	8.0	BOS	vs	NYK	30	8	9	3	2	0	4	18	22.2	0	1	0.0	0	0		22.2	1	8	1	1
22	Larry Bird L. Bird	12/1/1979	15.0	BOS	@	IND	46	15	13	2	0	0	6	16	37.5	0	0		3	4	75.0	42.2			3	3
23	Larry Bird L. Bird	12/2/1979	4.0	BOS	@	KCK	28	4	14	4	0	0	1	4	25.0	0	1	0.0	2	2	100.0	41.0			5	3
24	Larry Bird L. Bird	12/4/1979	18.0	BOS	@	DET	40	18	12	3	4	1	7	21	33.3	0	0		4	4	100.0	39.5			4	5
25	Larry Bird L. Bird	12/5/1979	18.0	BOS	vs	ATL	35	18	7	6	1	0	8	16	50.0	1	3	33.3	1	2	50.0	53.3			4	5

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