larry birdcoaching conference finals appearances

Larry Bird has 3 appearances in Eastern Conference Finals in his coaching career.

	TEAM	COACH	DATE	SEASON	SERIES	TM		OPP	RESULT	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF
1	Pacers	Larry Bird	5/17/1998	1997-98	Conference Finals	IND	@	CHI	L 79-85	240	79	44	15	7	4	30	66	45.5	3	12	25.0	16	25	64.0	51.3	7	37	26	28
2	Pacers	Larry Bird	5/19/1998	1997-98	Conference Finals	IND	@	CHI	L 98-104	240	98	46	22	2	2	34	69	49.3	3	12	25.0	27	32	84.4	59.0	11	35	20	30
3	Pacers	Larry Bird	5/23/1998	1997-98	Conference Finals	IND	vs	CHI	W 107-105	240	107	29	22	7	5	36	67	53.7	7	12	58.3	28	34	82.4	65.3	11	18	15	31
4	Pacers	Larry Bird	5/25/1998	1997-98	Conference Finals	IND	vs	CHI	W 96-94	240	96	32	23	5	2	38	81	46.9	11	18	61.1	9	12	75.0	55.6	15	17	9	20
5	Pacers	Larry Bird	5/27/1998	1997-98	Conference Finals	IND	@	CHI	L 87-106	240	87	35	13	5	5	23	67	34.3	5	11	45.5	36	45	80.0	50.1	10	25	13	29
6	Pacers	Larry Bird	5/29/1998	1997-98	Conference Finals	IND	vs	CHI	W 92-89	240	92	29	12	7	6	33	70	47.1	4	18	22.2	22	35	62.9	53.9	10	19	7	23
7	Pacers	Larry Bird	5/31/1998	1997-98	Conference Finals	IND	@	CHI	L 83-88	240	83	34	18	5	2	27	56	48.2	6	16	37.5	23	37	62.2	57.4	4	30	13	33
8	Pacers	Larry Bird	5/30/1999	1998-99	Conference Finals	IND	vs	NYK	L 90-93	240	90	41	20	4	7	33	75	44.0	3	9	33.3	21	27	77.8	51.8	10	31	8	29
9	Pacers	Larry Bird	6/1/1999	1998-99	Conference Finals	IND	vs	NYK	W 88-86	240	88	34	17	8	5	28	68	41.2	3	12	25.0	29	47	61.7	49.6	12	22	13	28
10	Pacers	Larry Bird	6/5/1999	1998-99	Conference Finals	IND	@	NYK	L 91-92	240	91	31	25	7	4	31	65	47.7	7	15	46.7	22	25	88.0	59.9	6	25	18	23
11	Pacers	Larry Bird	6/7/1999	1998-99	Conference Finals	IND	@	NYK	W 90-78	240	90	41	16	8	5	33	66	50.0	2	3	66.7	22	30	73.3	56.8	6	35	20	21
12	Pacers	Larry Bird	6/9/1999	1998-99	Conference Finals	IND	vs	NYK	L 94-101	240	94	43	12	1	4	33	79	41.8	6	14	42.9	22	31	71.0	50.7	11	32	11	31
13	Pacers	Larry Bird	6/11/1999	1998-99	Conference Finals	IND	@	NYK	L 82-90	240	82	38	19	6	3	34	77	44.2	5	19	26.3	9	9	100.0	50.6	9	29	27	35
14	Pacers	Larry Bird	5/23/2000	1999-00	Conference Finals	IND	vs	NYK	W 102-88	240	102	43	32	4	9	40	83	48.2	10	15	66.7	12	12	100.0	57.8	8	35	9	21
15	Pacers	Larry Bird	5/25/2000	1999-00	Conference Finals	IND	vs	NYK	W 88-84	240	88	49	14	3	4	28	77	36.4	4	18	22.2	28	38	73.7	46.9	15	34	8	20
16	Pacers	Larry Bird	5/27/2000	1999-00	Conference Finals	IND	@	NYK	L 95-98	240	95	33	19	2	3	36	70	51.4	7	16	43.8	16	18	88.9	61.0	4	29	17	19
17	Pacers	Larry Bird	5/29/2000	1999-00	Conference Finals	IND	@	NYK	L 89-91	240	89	32	19	7	2	36	79	45.6	8	19	42.1	9	10	90.0	53.4	10	22	11	19
18	Pacers	Larry Bird	5/31/2000	1999-00	Conference Finals	IND	vs	NYK	W 88-79	240	88	45	17	6	6	29	79	36.7	10	26	38.5	20	25	80.0	48.9	13	32	7	18
19	Pacers	Larry Bird	6/2/2000	1999-00	Conference Finals	IND	@	NYK	W 93-80	240	93	42	14	8	2	29	74	39.2	7	22	31.8	28	31	90.3	53.1	8	34	15	22
	Average									240.0	91.2	37.9	18.4	5.4	4.2	32.2	72.0	44.7	5.8	15.1	38.7	21.0	27.5	76.3	54.2	9.5	28.5	14.1	25.3
	Total									4,560	1,732	721	349	102	80	611	1,368	44.7	111	287	38.7	399	523	76.3	54.2	180	541	267	480

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6.9

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110.4

21st

DRTG

113.3

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	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
8	Wizards	4	5	.444	3.5
9	Heat	3	6	.333	4.5
10	Pacers	3	6	.333	4.5
11	Hornets	3	7	.300	5.0
12	Magic	2	6	.250	5.0

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DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 11/7	DEN	@	IND	5:00 PM
Mon 11/9	IND	@	DAL	8:00 PM
Wed 11/11	WAS	@	IND	7:00 PM
Fri 11/13	NYK	@	IND	7:00 PM
Sun 11/15	IND	@	PHI	1:00 PM

Last Game

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3 - 6

107

Final

103

Grizzlies

6 - 2

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PPG Leaders

40.1

Dončić

29.9

Gilgeous-Alexander

29.9

Curry

RPG Leaders

14.6

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13.6

Towns

12.7

Antetokounmpo

APG Leaders

9.6

Young

9.3

Jokić

8.5

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SPG Leaders

2.8

Dunn

2.7

Gillespie

2.6

Daniels

BPG Leaders

4.2

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2.7

Turner

2.4

Kessler

3PM Leaders

5.8

Dončić

4.7

Curry

4.4

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TS% Leaders

78.5

Stewart

76.3

Matković

75.9

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NBA 2026-27 Rankings

ORtg Rankings

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121.9

121.1

118.7

118.2

117.7

DRtg Rankings

103.6

106.6

108.2

108.6

108.7

NetRtg Rankings

10.6

10.0

9.5

9.0

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1-7

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FanDuel Points Leaders

567.5

Dončić

565.1

Wembanyama

477.8

Antetokounmpo

DraftKings Points Leaders

602.5

Dončić

550.3

Wembanyama

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USG% Leaders

40.6

Dončić

36.6

Wembanyama

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MPG Leaders

37.0

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Acuff

36.5

Maxey

FanDuel PTS/MIN Leaders

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Dončić

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Worst Record ATS

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2-6

3-7

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1	76ers	8	2	.800
2	Celtics	7	2	.778	0.5
3	Pistons	6	2	.750	1.0
4	Hawks	6	4	.600	2.0
5	Raptors	5	4	.556	2.5
6	Cavaliers	5	4	.556	2.5
7	Knicks	4	4	.500	3.0
8	Wizards	4	5	.444	3.5
9	Heat	3	6	.333	4.5
10	Pacers	3	6	.333	4.5
11	Hornets	3	7	.300	5.0
12	Magic	2	6	.250	5.0
13	Nets	2	6	.250	5.0
14	Bulls	1	7	.125	6.0
15	Bucks	1	8	.111	6.5

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1	Lakers	8	2	.800
2	Rockets	7	2	.778	0.5
3	Thunder	7	2	.778	0.5
4	Spurs	7	2	.778	0.5
5	Trail Blazers	6	2	.750	1.0
6	Timberwolves	7	3	.700	1.0
7	Grizzlies	6	3	.667	1.5
8	Warriors	6	3	.667	1.5
9	Nuggets	4	3	.571	2.5
10	Mavericks	5	4	.556	2.5
11	Pelicans	4	5	.444	3.5
12	Suns	2	5	.286	4.5
13	Clippers	1	7	.125	6.0
14	Kings	1	8	.111	6.5
15	Jazz	1	8	.111	6.5