1986-87 Boston Celtics Game Log

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Record: 59-23, Finished 1st in NBA Atlantic Division

Coach: K.C. Jones (59-23)

Executive: Jan Volk

PTS/G: 112.6 (6th of 23) Opp PTS/G: 106.0 (4th of 23)

SRS: 6.57 (3rd of 23) Pace: 98.6 (19th of 23)

Off Rtg: 113.5 (3rd of 23) Def Rtg: 106.8 (9th of 23) Net Rtg: +6.7 (3rd of 23)

Expected W-L: 57-25 (3rd of 23)

Preseason Odds: Championship +160

Arena: Boston Garden Attendance: 611,222 (6th of 23)

NBA 1987 Playoffs:
Won NBA Eastern Conference First Round (3-0) versus Chicago Bulls (Series Stats)
Won NBA Eastern Conference Semifinals (4-3) versus Milwaukee Bucks (Series Stats)
Won NBA Eastern Conference Finals (4-3) versus Detroit Pistons (Series Stats)
Lost NBA Finals (2-4) versus Los Angeles Lakers (Series Stats)

Eastern Conference Champions
Atlantic Div Champs

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Regular Season

Turnovers may not include team turnovers in seasons before 1993-94

Regular Season Table
								Team																Opponent
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
1	1	1986-10-31		WSB	W	120	102	47	84	.560	1	4	.250	25	25	1.000	14	44	31	5	6	18	27	37	85	.435	0	1	.000	28	36	.778	20	38	18	10	6	22	25
2	2	1986-11-01	@	MIL	L	105	111	41	85	.482	0	4	.000	23	28	.821	12	45	23	4	7	19	20	46	93	.495	3	7	.429	16	23	.696	11	41	27	12	2	11	24
3	3	1986-11-05		IND	W	133	102	52	89	.584	2	3	.667	27	33	.818	12	52	33	10	7	22	22	43	103	.417	1	1	1.000	15	21	.714	24	45	23	8	3	22	28
4	4	1986-11-07	@	WSB	W	88	86	38	79	.481	1	5	.200	11	19	.579	9	40	25	8	13	15	19	33	87	.379	0	0		20	26	.769	17	45	12	11	6	12	17
5	5	1986-11-11	@	NJN	L	110	114	41	99	.414	1	7	.143	27	33	.818	20	52	20	10	8	19	26	42	84	.500	2	3	.667	28	37	.757	14	49	18	11	3	20	26
6	6	1986-11-12		MIL	W	124	116	42	81	.519	1	3	.333	39	48	.813	10	49	24	11	5	21	18	45	101	.446	7	14	.500	19	26	.731	17	40	29	11	1	16	33
7	7	1986-11-14	@	CHI	W	110	98	43	79	.544	0	5	.000	24	27	.889	12	40	28	5	5	19	27	38	89	.427	1	3	.333	21	27	.778	21	44	17	9	4	16	24
8	8	1986-11-15	@	DET	W	118	111	46	84	.548	2	5	.400	24	31	.774	10	41	34	4	10	12	15	45	101	.446	1	4	.250	20	24	.833	19	49	22	9	4	10	26
9	9	1986-11-19		ATL	W	111	107	41	80	.513	1	4	.250	28	32	.875	9	41	24	7	3	15	25	41	81	.506	1	6	.167	24	28	.857	6	32	25	7	4	14	28
10	10	1986-11-21		GSW	W	135	120	50	83	.602	5	8	.625	30	38	.789	13	46	31	8	10	21	21	46	102	.451	5	9	.556	23	27	.852	16	33	27	11	2	12	27
11	11	1986-11-22	@	ATL	L	96	97	35	74	.473	2	7	.286	24	29	.828	10	38	27	7	3	21	25	34	84	.405	1	5	.200	28	39	.718	19	51	24	16	1	14	24
12	12	1986-11-25	@	PHI	L	100	102	40	87	.460	1	4	.250	19	27	.704	14	47	28	4	6	15	21	40	86	.465	0	2	.000	22	28	.786	12	42	25	8	6	8	24
13	13	1986-11-26		NYK	W	101	90	45	98	.459	2	6	.333	9	14	.643	19	56	22	5	6	15	16	39	90	.433	1	4	.250	11	18	.611	12	40	23	9	7	13	17
14	14	1986-11-28		SAS	W	111	96	46	90	.511	3	9	.333	16	20	.800	7	48	32	9	8	20	16	42	113	.372	1	9	.111	11	16	.688	16	45	30	12	4	14	21
15	15	1986-12-02		WSB	L	109	117	46	85	.541	2	5	.400	15	16	.938	9	35	32	5	11	15	16	51	94	.543	0	3	.000	15	20	.750	18	42	26	13	6	11	17
16	16	1986-12-03		DEN	W	119	113	41	77	.532	5	7	.714	32	39	.821	6	38	26	8	4	14	29	40	91	.440	3	10	.300	30	39	.769	20	50	26	7	1	15	28
17	17	1986-12-05		PHI	W	108	106	43	77	.558	1	5	.200	21	30	.700	6	26	30	8	5	8	26	42	75	.560	2	4	.500	20	32	.625	13	40	23	3	3	19	28
18	18	1986-12-06	@	CLE	L	86	88	33	82	.402	1	6	.167	19	24	.792	14	44	15	3	9	16	17	41	92	.446	0	1	.000	6	14	.429	17	49	21	6	8	14	15
19	19	1986-12-10		NJN	W	108	98	42	92	.457	3	8	.375	21	23	.913	18	49	26	7	5	16	21	40	87	.460	1	4	.250	17	28	.607	16	42	23	10	0	17	24
20	20	1986-12-12		LAL	L	110	117	48	84	.571	1	4	.250	13	15	.867	5	32	29	3	9	14	12	51	99	.515	2	7	.286	13	18	.722	10	38	22	5	2	6	11
								Team																Opponent
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
21	21	1986-12-13	@	WSB	W	105	98	43	88	.489	2	2	1.000	17	22	.773	11	47	31	3	8	18	26	33	85	.388	0	3	.000	32	36	.889	10	37	16	8	9	10	22
22	22	1986-12-16	@	NYK	W	107	96	44	79	.557	3	5	.600	16	23	.696	13	43	32	7	6	16	24	31	76	.408	1	4	.250	33	40	.825	11	36	15	10	2	14	22
23	23	1986-12-17		IND	W	113	101	44	97	.454	3	8	.375	22	30	.733	18	47	32	15	4	11	14	43	90	.478	1	2	.500	14	17	.824	10	43	27	9	2	19	22
24	24	1986-12-19	@	PHI	L	100	122	44	96	.458	1	7	.143	11	18	.611	21	38	34	4	4	13	23	46	70	.657	0	0		30	36	.833	8	39	33	6	8	17	17
25	25	1986-12-20	@	MIL	L	100	120	37	79	.468	1	5	.200	25	34	.735	10	37	16	7	7	20	19	48	101	.475	2	4	.500	22	23	.957	23	53	35	10	6	11	25
26	26	1986-12-26	@	PHO	W	122	112	52	86	.605	5	9	.556	13	20	.650	12	42	38	7	5	24	26	46	96	.479	0	4	.000	20	29	.690	17	39	29	14	2	16	20
27	27	1986-12-27	@	LAC	W	114	101	46	85	.541	3	9	.333	19	23	.826	12	41	39	5	9	19	16	43	99	.434	1	5	.200	14	15	.933	14	37	29	12	3	12	26
28	28	1986-12-29	@	SAC	W	119	102	49	84	.583	2	4	.500	19	25	.760	12	45	26	2	7	11	19	42	102	.412	0	2	.000	18	23	.783	23	46	23	5	2	6	21
29	29	1986-12-30	@	SEA	W	104	102	37	78	.474	4	6	.667	26	33	.788	10	39	23	4	6	19	15	43	101	.426	0	5	.000	16	23	.696	20	54	24	8	7	14	30
30	30	1987-01-02		CHI	W	113	99	42	75	.560	4	6	.667	25	27	.926	6	38	34	5	9	16	22	39	92	.424	0	3	.000	21	29	.724	22	44	21	10	2	12	27
31	31	1987-01-07		MIL	W	119	92	45	84	.536	5	9	.556	24	27	.889	13	52	28	2	6	17	21	36	90	.400	2	7	.286	18	25	.720	14	39	24	10	4	9	25
32	32	1987-01-09		SAC	W	109	99	42	82	.512	1	6	.167	24	26	.923	12	45	22	7	11	17	15	43	96	.448	3	5	.600	10	15	.667	16	41	27	13	0	12	20
33	33	1987-01-10	@	DET	L	101	118	41	99	.414	1	5	.200	18	24	.750	20	38	28	11	10	14	26	51	97	.526	0	0		16	30	.533	23	60	32	9	8	16	22
34	34	1987-01-13	@	NJN	W	123	117	45	92	.489	1	4	.250	32	38	.842	10	37	29	8	8	9	21	43	89	.483	4	7	.571	27	32	.844	15	46	25	4	10	15	28
35	35	1987-01-14		DAL	W	117	108	45	87	.517	4	9	.444	23	26	.885	11	49	30	4	8	18	23	40	92	.435	3	9	.333	25	28	.893	12	39	22	8	2	9	19
36	36	1987-01-16		CLE	W	133	128	47	84	.560	1	2	.500	38	39	.974	9	35	32	7	10	16	20	52	111	.468	2	11	.182	22	27	.815	20	47	27	8	6	15	28
37	37	1987-01-18		HOU	W	122	99	44	93	.473	3	7	.429	31	35	.886	11	44	30	16	2	14	25	37	81	.457	2	5	.400	23	31	.742	9	37	22	6	4	22	28
38	38	1987-01-19	@	NYK	L	109	111	39	85	.459	4	10	.400	27	32	.844	18	42	27	8	2	17	23	43	82	.524	1	3	.333	24	29	.828	12	39	29	8	2	18	30
39	39	1987-01-21		IND	W	130	100	49	84	.583	5	11	.455	27	36	.750	6	48	35	11	10	16	18	40	91	.440	1	4	.250	19	21	.905	4	36	28	11	3	15	31
40	40	1987-01-23		ATL	W	126	106	47	98	.480	6	13	.462	26	30	.867	16	49	33	9	7	14	21	41	85	.482	1	5	.200	23	30	.767	10	33	22	8	5	14	22
								Team																Opponent
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
41	41	1987-01-25		PHI	W	111	96	40	78	.513	3	6	.500	28	34	.824	12	45	28	13	8	17	21	38	89	.427	4	9	.444	16	25	.640	16	43	17	14	4	20	25
42	42	1987-01-27	@	CHI	W	105	97	43	87	.494	1	4	.250	18	21	.857	8	40	27	8	8	8	16	43	99	.434	2	9	.222	9	15	.600	21	55	24	7	4	14	22
43	43	1987-01-28		CHI	W	132	103	52	83	.627	4	7	.571	24	29	.828	6	39	37	8	12	17	17	43	103	.417	0	6	.000	17	25	.680	23	44	32	10	5	14	25
44	44	1987-01-30	@	IND	W	100	94	39	85	.459	2	9	.222	20	25	.800	16	50	23	6	9	17	24	36	86	.419	0	2	.000	22	27	.815	13	44	23	12	3	16	28
45	45	1987-02-03	@	ATL	L	123	126	47	102	.461	4	13	.308	25	31	.806	14	51	29	7	4	11	20	51	107	.477	0	3	.000	24	33	.727	23	61	29	9	6	12	29
46	46	1987-02-04		CLE	W	104	102	39	89	.438	3	10	.300	23	27	.852	17	51	26	7	5	18	24	42	88	.477	2	3	.667	16	27	.593	12	39	25	12	4	14	26
47	47	1987-02-10	@	DEN	W	119	105	50	90	.556	0	3	.000	19	25	.760	13	54	27	6	5	21	22	40	104	.385	1	4	.250	24	30	.800	21	47	22	10	4	9	24
48	48	1987-02-12	@	GSW	W	134	112	49	90	.544	4	10	.400	32	36	.889	9	49	32	8	7	15	22	44	95	.463	1	4	.250	23	29	.793	10	42	29	7	3	15	28
49	49	1987-02-13	@	POR	W	131	116	56	97	.577	4	11	.364	15	17	.882	8	41	32	10	7	11	25	43	101	.426	1	4	.250	29	39	.744	29	62	25	3	6	18	16
50	50	1987-02-15	@	LAL	L	103	106	40	79	.506	3	7	.429	20	27	.741	12	38	29	5	4	13	24	40	82	.488	2	5	.400	24	26	.923	14	40	30	6	4	14	24
51	51	1987-02-16	@	UTA	L	89	109	32	77	.416	4	9	.444	21	24	.875	7	43	18	4	5	19	9	48	103	.466	7	15	.467	6	10	.600	18	52	36	11	8	8	16
52	52	1987-02-18	@	DAL	W	113	96	47	93	.505	4	10	.400	15	22	.682	18	59	34	6	9	18	25	37	91	.407	4	12	.333	18	28	.643	13	43	22	10	3	13	20
53	53	1987-02-19	@	HOU	W	99	92	41	82	.500	0	2	.000	17	22	.773	13	47	28	6	3	17	19	39	99	.394	1	7	.143	13	17	.765	17	41	25	8	3	10	19
54	54	1987-02-21	@	SAS	W	121	113	50	86	.581	7	13	.538	14	19	.737	10	43	37	6	6	19	17	48	99	.485	1	4	.250	16	25	.640	20	50	31	8	1	13	19
55	55	1987-02-23		NJN	W	116	103	44	85	.518	3	9	.333	25	30	.833	7	43	30	10	3	16	17	44	92	.478	0	4	.000	15	20	.750	13	39	28	11	2	18	29
56	56	1987-02-25		POR	W	122	116	46	88	.523	1	7	.143	29	31	.935	17	45	29	6	10	14	21	50	91	.549	1	9	.111	15	23	.652	7	29	29	9	2	10	22
57	57	1987-02-27	@	ATL	L	105	115	41	81	.506	3	12	.250	20	21	.952	5	35	31	3	3	17	25	43	88	.489	0	2	.000	29	35	.829	16	47	28	7	4	11	25
58	58	1987-03-01		DET	W	112	102	43	84	.512	1	6	.167	25	33	.758	8	43	33	4	7	9	19	40	85	.471	0	4	.000	22	30	.733	11	41	22	5	5	13	29
59	59	1987-03-04		UTA	W	123	105	44	79	.557	1	6	.167	34	43	.791	9	43	34	9	6	16	19	46	102	.451	1	6	.167	12	15	.800	20	41	28	9	7	12	31
60	60	1987-03-06		LAC	W	132	111	55	91	.604	3	6	.500	19	28	.679	12	40	44	12	11	17	18	45	97	.464	1	3	.333	20	23	.870	17	40	28	13	6	21	20
								Team																Opponent
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
61	61	1987-03-08	@	DET	L	119	122	46	91	.505	5	12	.417	22	25	.880	11	49	30	4	8	15	21	50	108	.463	1	2	.500	21	28	.750	21	55	31	8	2	10	17
62	62	1987-03-11		PHO	W	118	109	48	85	.565	2	7	.286	20	25	.800	10	42	36	12	1	18	13	48	101	.475	2	5	.400	11	13	.846	15	43	33	11	7	18	21
63	63	1987-03-13	@	IND	L	109	116	47	81	.580	0	4	.000	15	18	.833	10	44	25	5	6	19	22	46	95	.484	3	4	.750	21	27	.778	16	41	29	10	1	8	17
64	64	1987-03-15		NYK	W	113	104	46	80	.575	5	12	.417	16	19	.842	7	40	30	3	5	22	18	42	97	.433	2	7	.286	18	22	.818	18	44	21	10	0	16	19
65	65	1987-03-17	@	MIL	L	115	123	48	93	.516	3	8	.375	16	21	.762	14	37	26	4	5	12	28	46	83	.554	3	5	.600	28	36	.778	11	41	33	7	1	10	25
66	66	1987-03-18		MIL	W	120	102	41	83	.494	2	4	.500	36	46	.783	16	58	23	7	6	15	28	35	90	.389	2	8	.250	30	41	.732	13	44	20	13	3	11	34
67	67	1987-03-20		SEA	W	112	108	47	96	.490	3	9	.333	15	15	1.000	14	43	29	8	8	10	14	43	97	.443	4	9	.444	18	19	.947	17	46	23	7	3	13	17
68	68	1987-03-22		NJN	W	116	104	48	87	.552	3	7	.429	17	18	.944	10	42	38	5	5	15	21	41	87	.471	4	8	.500	18	22	.818	12	38	30	12	0	14	23
69	69	1987-03-24		CLE	W	111	88	47	85	.553	3	6	.500	14	18	.778	13	45	30	8	10	14	13	36	93	.387	0	2	.000	16	21	.762	19	37	19	5	6	9	17
70	70	1987-03-26	@	WSB	L	103	106	42	97	.433	3	9	.333	16	26	.615	19	48	27	7	5	13	26	38	80	.475	1	2	.500	29	43	.674	13	45	23	8	15	11	18
71	71	1987-03-27	@	CHI	W	111	106	47	77	.610	2	3	.667	15	19	.789	4	29	39	8	8	15	19	43	88	.489	3	7	.429	17	25	.680	19	45	25	9	4	16	20
72	72	1987-03-29		PHI	W	118	100	49	79	.620	8	15	.533	12	20	.600	7	39	36	6	5	14	21	40	87	.460	2	6	.333	18	27	.667	12	37	18	9	3	12	21
73	73	1987-03-31	@	NYK	L	120	128	44	83	.530	5	11	.455	27	29	.931	6	30	33	6	4	12	23	51	92	.554	1	3	.333	25	31	.806	13	44	26	7	1	11	26
74	74	1987-04-01		WSB	W	103	86	45	76	.592	0	5	.000	13	17	.765	7	44	35	7	4	18	21	36	84	.429	0	3	.000	14	21	.667	11	34	24	10	7	12	22
75	75	1987-04-03		DET	W	119	115	45	82	.549	2	5	.400	27	33	.818	7	32	31	1	7	15	25	45	90	.500	1	5	.200	24	26	.923	13	41	23	6	5	14	29
76	76	1987-04-05	@	PHI	L	104	106	43	97	.443	2	8	.250	16	18	.889	11	34	31	7	4	16	24	39	76	.513	1	2	.500	27	33	.818	12	47	25	8	9	21	23
77	77	1987-04-07	@	CLE	L	83	107	37	80	.463	0	4	.000	9	13	.692	6	37	20	2	5	17	21	48	92	.522	0	4	.000	11	21	.524	13	47	22	9	4	7	15
78	78	1987-04-10	@	NJN	L	108	117	42	88	.477	3	12	.250	21	23	.913	11	34	25	9	5	20	30	43	75	.573	1	1	1.000	30	40	.750	9	41	26	9	7	23	23
79	79	1987-04-12		NYK	W	119	107	55	94	.585	0	4	.000	9	17	.529	10	36	40	14	2	12	22	44	83	.530	3	8	.375	16	21	.762	12	39	27	9	3	20	24
80	80	1987-04-15	@	IND	W	108	85	46	85	.541	0	1	.000	16	18	.889	13	49	25	8	3	16	22	33	81	.407	1	2	.500	18	23	.783	12	37	20	9	0	15	18
								Team																Opponent
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
81	81	1987-04-17		CHI	W	108	105	49	97	.505	3	7	.429	7	10	.700	13	49	28	7	5	9	17	43	85	.506	4	5	.800	15	19	.789	7	37	34	4	3	11	17
82	82	1987-04-19		ATL	W	118	107	43	85	.506	4	6	.667	28	41	.683	16	40	30	7	4	9	20	44	82	.537	0	1	.000	19	23	.826	12	38	26	6	8	15	34

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