1987-88 Chicago Bulls Schedule and Results

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Record: 50-32, Finished 2nd in NBA Central Division

Coach: Doug Collins (50-32)

Executive: Jerry Krause

PTS/G: 105.0 (19th of 23) Opp PTS/G: 101.6 (1st of 23)

SRS: 3.76 (5th of 23) Pace: 95.5 (23rd of 23)

Off Rtg: 109.0 (9th of 23) Def Rtg: 105.5 (3rd of 23) Net Rtg: +3.5 (9th of 23)

Expected W-L: 50-32 (9th of 23)

Preseason Odds: Championship +5000

Arena: Chicago Stadium Attendance: 740,411 (2nd of 23)

NBA 1988 Playoffs:
Won NBA Eastern Conference First Round (3-2) versus Cleveland Cavaliers (Series Stats)
Lost NBA Eastern Conference Semifinals (1-4) versus Detroit Pistons (Series Stats)

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Regular Season Schedule

Playoffs Schedule

Regular Season

Regular Season Table
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
1	Sat, Nov 7, 1987	Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	W		104	94	1	0	W 1	18,688
2	Tue, Nov 10, 1987	Box Score	@	Atlanta Hawks	W		105	95	2	0	W 2	16,451
3	Wed, Nov 11, 1987	Box Score	@	New Jersey Nets	W		105	96	3	0	W 3	11,552
4	Fri, Nov 13, 1987	Box Score		New Jersey Nets	W		103	85	4	0	W 4	17,607
5	Sat, Nov 14, 1987	Box Score		Indiana Pacers	L		110	111	4	1	L 1	18,676
6	Tue, Nov 17, 1987	Box Score		Washington Bullets	W		105	101	5	1	W 1	17,081
7	Wed, Nov 18, 1987	Box Score	@	Washington Bullets	W		84	82	6	1	W 2	13,721
8	Fri, Nov 20, 1987	Box Score		Atlanta Hawks	W		94	92	7	1	W 3	18,423
9	Sat, Nov 21, 1987	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	L	OT	132	144	7	2	L 1	18,466
10	Mon, Nov 23, 1987	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	W		107	102	8	2	W 1	15,134		at Hartford, CT
11	Wed, Nov 25, 1987	Box Score	@	Milwaukee Bucks	W		103	101	9	2	W 2	11,052
12	Fri, Nov 27, 1987	Box Score	@	Dallas Mavericks	L		93	94	9	3	L 1	17,007
13	Sat, Nov 28, 1987	Box Score	@	Houston Rockets	W		98	86	10	3	W 1	16,611
14	Tue, Dec 1, 1987	Box Score	@	Golden State Warriors	W		98	97	11	3	W 2	15,025
15	Wed, Dec 2, 1987	Box Score	@	Utah Jazz	W		105	101	12	3	W 3	12,212
16	Fri, Dec 4, 1987	Box Score	@	Denver Nuggets	L		89	105	12	4	L 1	17,022
17	Sat, Dec 5, 1987	Box Score	@	San Antonio Spurs	L		101	110	12	5	L 2	15,786
18	Tue, Dec 8, 1987	Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	L		96	109	12	6	L 3	17,715
19	Thu, Dec 10, 1987	Box Score		Milwaukee Bucks	W		111	105	13	6	W 1	17,820
20	Sat, Dec 12, 1987	Box Score		Houston Rockets	W		112	103	14	6	W 2	18,096
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
21	Tue, Dec 15, 1987	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	L	OT	123	127	14	7	L 1	23,729
22	Thu, Dec 17, 1987	Box Score		Cleveland Cavaliers	W		111	100	15	7	W 1	17,560
23	Sat, Dec 19, 1987	Box Score	@	Washington Bullets	L		96	109	15	8	L 1	14,353
24	Tue, Dec 22, 1987	Box Score		Dallas Mavericks	L		100	111	15	9	L 2	18,103
25	Wed, Dec 23, 1987	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		89	90	15	10	L 3	19,591
26	Sat, Dec 26, 1987	Box Score	@	Indiana Pacers	L		92	106	15	11	L 4	16,041
27	Tue, Dec 29, 1987	Box Score		Atlanta Hawks	L		98	108	15	12	L 5	18,678
28	Sat, Jan 2, 1988	Box Score		New Jersey Nets	W		116	93	16	12	W 1	18,242
29	Tue, Jan 5, 1988	Box Score		Indiana Pacers	W		93	77	17	12	W 2	17,691
30	Thu, Jan 7, 1988	Box Score		Denver Nuggets	W		100	96	18	12	W 3	17,590
31	Sat, Jan 9, 1988	Box Score		Utah Jazz	W		113	91	19	12	W 4	17,877
32	Tue, Jan 12, 1988	Box Score		Boston Celtics	L		97	104	19	13	L 1	18,676
33	Thu, Jan 14, 1988	Box Score	@	Cleveland Cavaliers	L	OT	88	91	19	14	L 2	16,648
34	Sat, Jan 16, 1988	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	W		115	99	20	14	W 1	18,676
35	Mon, Jan 18, 1988	Box Score		Washington Bullets	W		117	103	21	14	W 2	17,767
36	Tue, Jan 19, 1988	Box Score	@	Atlanta Hawks	L		94	106	21	15	L 1	16,451
37	Fri, Jan 22, 1988	Box Score		Phoenix Suns	W		118	108	22	15	W 1	17,725
38	Sat, Jan 23, 1988	Box Score		Golden State Warriors	W		121	94	23	15	W 2	17,856
39	Tue, Jan 26, 1988	Box Score	@	Indiana Pacers	L		93	97	23	16	L 1	14,916
40	Wed, Jan 27, 1988	Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	W	OT	119	109	24	16	W 1	16,178
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
41	Fri, Jan 29, 1988	Box Score		New Jersey Nets	W		120	93	25	16	W 2	17,616
42	Sat, Jan 30, 1988	Box Score		New York Knicks	W	OT	97	95	26	16	W 3	18,317
43	Mon, Feb 1, 1988	Box Score	@	Sacramento Kings	L		95	97	26	17	L 1	10,333
44	Tue, Feb 2, 1988	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	L		101	110	26	18	L 2	17,505
45	Thu, Feb 4, 1988	Box Score	@	Phoenix Suns	W		113	101	27	18	W 1	14,471
46	Tue, Feb 9, 1988	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	L		74	89	27	19	L 1	17,846
47	Wed, Feb 10, 1988	Box Score	@	New Jersey Nets	L		84	93	27	20	L 2	16,567
48	Fri, Feb 12, 1988	Box Score	@	Milwaukee Bucks	W		95	93	28	20	W 1	11,052
49	Sat, Feb 13, 1988	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	L		73	82	28	21	L 1	40,369
50	Mon, Feb 15, 1988	Box Score		Atlanta Hawks	W		126	107	29	21	W 1	17,704
51	Fri, Feb 19, 1988	Box Score		Sacramento Kings	W		111	90	30	21	W 2	17,822
52	Sun, Feb 21, 1988	Box Score	@	Cleveland Cavaliers	L		111	113	30	22	L 1	20,089
53	Tue, Feb 23, 1988	Box Score		Seattle SuperSonics	W	OT	104	97	31	22	W 1	17,648
54	Fri, Feb 26, 1988	Box Score		Portland Trail Blazers	L		96	104	31	23	L 1	17,744
55	Sat, Feb 27, 1988	Box Score		Milwaukee Bucks	L		91	94	31	24	L 2	18,243
56	Mon, Feb 29, 1988	Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	L		101	102	31	25	L 3	14,038
57	Thu, Mar 3, 1988	Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	W		97	93	32	25	W 1	17,650
58	Sat, Mar 5, 1988	Box Score		Los Angeles Clippers	W		100	76	33	25	W 2	18,025
59	Mon, Mar 7, 1988	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		98	110	33	26	L 1	19,591
60	Thu, Mar 10, 1988	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	W		128	107	34	26	W 1	18,676
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
61	Sat, Mar 12, 1988	Box Score		San Antonio Spurs	W		112	92	35	26	W 2	18,389
62	Tue, Mar 15, 1988	Box Score		Cleveland Cavaliers	W		108	89	36	26	W 3	17,752
63	Wed, Mar 16, 1988	Box Score	@	Washington Bullets	L		103	106	36	27	L 1	16,515
64	Fri, Mar 18, 1988	Box Score		Boston Celtics	W		113	103	37	27	W 1	18,676
65	Sun, Mar 20, 1988	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		107	137	37	28	L 1	14,890
66	Wed, Mar 23, 1988	Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	W		118	102	38	28	W 1	13,401
67	Fri, Mar 25, 1988	Box Score	@	Cleveland Cavaliers	W	OT	111	110	39	28	W 2	19,876
68	Sat, Mar 26, 1988	Box Score		Indiana Pacers	W		109	100	40	28	W 3	18,676
69	Tue, Mar 29, 1988	Box Score	@	Seattle SuperSonics	L		103	106	40	29	L 1	14,850
70	Wed, Mar 30, 1988	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Clippers	W		111	94	41	29	W 1	15,167
71	Fri, Apr 1, 1988	Box Score	@	Portland Trail Blazers	W		116	101	42	29	W 2	12,666
72	Sun, Apr 3, 1988	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	W		112	110	43	29	W 3	23,712
73	Tue, Apr 5, 1988	Box Score		Washington Bullets	L		94	105	43	30	L 1	17,700
74	Wed, Apr 6, 1988	Box Score	@	Milwaukee Bucks	W		119	110	44	30	W 1
75	Fri, Apr 8, 1988	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		131	122	45	30	W 2	18,001
76	Thu, Apr 14, 1988	Box Score	@	Indiana Pacers	W		116	110	46	30	W 3	14,750
77	Fri, Apr 15, 1988	Box Score	@	New Jersey Nets	W		100	99	47	30	W 4	20,039
78	Sun, Apr 17, 1988	Box Score		Milwaukee Bucks	W		105	97	48	30	W 5	18,551
79	Tue, Apr 19, 1988	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	W		121	118	49	30	W 6	19,591
80	Thu, Apr 21, 1988	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		119	126	49	31	L 1	14,890
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
81	Fri, Apr 22, 1988	Box Score		Cleveland Cavaliers	L		103	107	49	32	L 2	17,726
82	Sun, Apr 24, 1988	Box Score		Boston Celtics	W		115	108	50	32	W 1	18,636

Playoffs

Playoffs Table
G	Date			Opponent		Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
1	Thu, Apr 28, 1988	Box Score		Cleveland Cavaliers	W	104	93	1	0	W 1	18,676	2:08
2	Sun, May 1, 1988	Box Score		Cleveland Cavaliers	W	106	101	2	0	W 2	18,645	2:19
3	Tue, May 3, 1988	Box Score	@	Cleveland Cavaliers	L	102	110	2	1	L 1	20,068	2:18
4	Thu, May 5, 1988	Box Score	@	Cleveland Cavaliers	L	91	97	2	2	L 2	20,026	2:07
5	Sun, May 8, 1988	Box Score		Cleveland Cavaliers	W	107	101	3	2	W 1	18,008	2:25
G	Date			Opponent		Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
6	Tue, May 10, 1988	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	L	82	93	3	3	L 1	18,312	2:05
7	Thu, May 12, 1988	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	W	105	95	4	3	W 1	20,281	2:20
8	Sat, May 14, 1988	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	L	79	101	4	4	L 1	18,676	2:10
9	Sun, May 15, 1988	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	L	77	96	4	5	L 2	18,676	2:13
10	Wed, May 18, 1988	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	L	95	102	4	6	L 3	21,371	2:04

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