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1986-87 Cleveland Cavaliers Schedule and Results

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Record: 31-51, Finished 6th in NBA Central Division

Coach: Lenny Wilkens (31-51)

Executive: Wayne Embry

PTS/G: 104.4 (22nd of 23) Opp PTS/G: 108.2 (11th of 23)

SRS: -3.19 (18th of 23) Pace: 101.3 (12th of 23)

Off Rtg: 102.6 (22nd of 23) Def Rtg: 106.4 (6th of 23) Net Rtg: -3.8 (19th of 23)

Expected W-L: 31-51 (19th of 23)

Preseason Odds: Championship +3500

Arena: Coliseum at Richfield Attendance: 447,125 (18th of 23)

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Regular Season

Regular Season Table
G	Date	Start (ET)			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
1	Sat, Nov 1, 1986		Box Score		Washington Bullets	W		113	106	1	0	W 1	14,254
2	Sun, Nov 2, 1986		Box Score		Chicago Bulls	L		89	94	1	1	L 1	17,540
3	Wed, Nov 5, 1986		Box Score	@	Utah Jazz	L		95	111	1	2	L 2	11,185
4	Fri, Nov 7, 1986		Box Score	@	Golden State Warriors	W		115	114	2	2	W 1	9,436
5	Sat, Nov 8, 1986		Box Score	@	Los Angeles Clippers	W		100	93	3	2	W 2	6,340
6	Tue, Nov 11, 1986		Box Score	@	Sacramento Kings	L		114	119	3	3	L 1	10,333
7	Thu, Nov 13, 1986		Box Score	@	San Antonio Spurs	L		102	115	3	4	L 2	5,335
8	Sat, Nov 15, 1986		Box Score	@	Dallas Mavericks	L		96	111	3	5	L 3	17,007
9	Sun, Nov 16, 1986		Box Score	@	Houston Rockets	L		106	134	3	6	L 4	16,016
10	Wed, Nov 19, 1986		Box Score		Golden State Warriors	L		104	112	3	7	L 5	8,113
11	Thu, Nov 20, 1986		Box Score	@	Atlanta Hawks	L		89	108	3	8	L 6	8,547
12	Sat, Nov 22, 1986		Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	L		84	93	3	9	L 7	12,299
13	Wed, Nov 26, 1986		Box Score		Portland Trail Blazers	W		118	114	4	9	W 1	8,981
14	Sat, Nov 29, 1986		Box Score	@	New York Knicks	W		90	88	5	9	W 2	14,884
15	Tue, Dec 2, 1986		Box Score		San Antonio Spurs	W		115	105	6	9	W 3	6,473
16	Thu, Dec 4, 1986		Box Score		Detroit Pistons	W		113	105	7	9	W 4	8,036
17	Sat, Dec 6, 1986		Box Score		Boston Celtics	W		88	86	8	9	W 5	19,587	2:02
18	Tue, Dec 9, 1986		Box Score		Atlanta Hawks	L		98	122	8	10	L 1	10,276
19	Thu, Dec 11, 1986		Box Score	@	Indiana Pacers	L		94	115	8	11	L 2	8,104
20	Sat, Dec 13, 1986		Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	W		123	120	9	11	W 1	16,096
G	Date	Start (ET)			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
21	Tue, Dec 16, 1986		Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	L		116	121	9	12	L 1	17,755
22	Wed, Dec 17, 1986		Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	W		110	107	10	12	W 1	9,531
23	Fri, Dec 19, 1986		Box Score		Utah Jazz	L	2OT	128	134	10	13	L 1	6,754
24	Sun, Dec 21, 1986		Box Score		Indiana Pacers	W		104	94	11	13	W 1	7,849
25	Tue, Dec 23, 1986		Box Score	@	Chicago Bulls	L		92	108	11	14	L 1	14,698
26	Fri, Dec 26, 1986		Box Score		New Jersey Nets	W		121	112	12	14	W 1	14,080
27	Sat, Dec 27, 1986	7:40p	Box Score	@	New Jersey Nets	L		111	120	12	15	L 1	11,475	2:10
28	Mon, Dec 29, 1986		Box Score		Atlanta Hawks	W		107	106	13	15	W 1	15,458
29	Tue, Dec 30, 1986		Box Score	@	Indiana Pacers	L		99	111	13	16	L 1	10,496
30	Fri, Jan 2, 1987		Box Score		Milwaukee Bucks	L		84	91	13	17	L 2	9,043
31	Sat, Jan 3, 1987		Box Score	@	Milwaukee Bucks	L		95	104	13	18	L 3	11,057
32	Tue, Jan 6, 1987		Box Score		Chicago Bulls	L		95	99	13	19	L 4	12,151
33	Thu, Jan 8, 1987		Box Score		Los Angeles Clippers	W		103	93	14	19	W 1	6,361
34	Sat, Jan 10, 1987		Box Score	@	Atlanta Hawks	L		104	129	14	20	L 1	15,649
35	Tue, Jan 13, 1987		Box Score		Detroit Pistons	L		101	103	14	21	L 2	5,793
36	Wed, Jan 14, 1987		Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	L		87	104	14	22	L 3	12,410
37	Fri, Jan 16, 1987		Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L	OT	128	133	14	23	L 4	14,890	2:23
38	Sat, Jan 17, 1987		Box Score		New York Knicks	W		116	110	15	23	W 1	11,023
39	Mon, Jan 19, 1987		Box Score		Houston Rockets	L		103	127	15	24	L 1	10,501
40	Wed, Jan 21, 1987		Box Score		Milwaukee Bucks	L		107	111	15	25	L 2	7,013
G	Date	Start (ET)			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
41	Fri, Jan 23, 1987		Box Score	@	Chicago Bulls	L		96	117	15	26	L 3	15,906
42	Sat, Jan 24, 1987		Box Score		Chicago Bulls	W		114	84	16	26	W 1	20,103
43	Wed, Jan 28, 1987		Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	L		107	109	16	27	L 1	9,228
44	Thu, Jan 29, 1987		Box Score		Atlanta Hawks	W		102	91	17	27	W 1	10,569
45	Sat, Jan 31, 1987		Box Score		Indiana Pacers	W		102	100	18	27	W 2	11,887
46	Wed, Feb 4, 1987		Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		102	104	18	28	L 1	14,890	2:05
47	Thu, Feb 5, 1987		Box Score	@	Washington Bullets	L		85	94	18	29	L 2	8,921
48	Tue, Feb 10, 1987		Box Score		New York Knicks	W		100	95	19	29	W 1	6,803
49	Thu, Feb 12, 1987		Box Score		Detroit Pistons	L		109	113	19	30	L 1	7,829
50	Sun, Feb 15, 1987	3:10p	Box Score	@	New Jersey Nets	L		104	120	19	31	L 2	9,586	2:08
51	Mon, Feb 16, 1987		Box Score		Seattle SuperSonics	W		105	94	20	31	W 1	12,163
52	Wed, Feb 18, 1987		Box Score		Sacramento Kings	W		129	119	21	31	W 2	6,231
53	Thu, Feb 19, 1987		Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		105	120	21	32	L 1	10,575
54	Sun, Feb 22, 1987		Box Score	@	Chicago Bulls	L		98	102	21	33	L 2	17,102
55	Mon, Feb 23, 1987		Box Score		Washington Bullets	W		109	105	22	33	W 1	8,171
56	Wed, Feb 25, 1987		Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	L		105	106	22	34	L 1	16,641
57	Sat, Feb 28, 1987		Box Score	@	Denver Nuggets	W		119	117	23	34	W 1	13,422
58	Mon, Mar 2, 1987		Box Score	@	Seattle SuperSonics	L		107	123	23	35	L 1	6,488
59	Tue, Mar 3, 1987		Box Score	@	Portland Trail Blazers	L		122	127	23	36	L 2	12,666
60	Thu, Mar 5, 1987		Box Score	@	Phoenix Suns	L		102	126	23	37	L 3	11,163
G	Date	Start (ET)			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
61	Sat, Mar 7, 1987		Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	L		118	122	23	38	L 4	17,505
62	Tue, Mar 10, 1987		Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	L		91	100	23	39	L 5	15,516
63	Thu, Mar 12, 1987		Box Score		Phoenix Suns	W		116	109	24	39	W 1	6,643
64	Sat, Mar 14, 1987		Box Score	@	Milwaukee Bucks	L		104	111	24	40	L 1	11,052
65	Sun, Mar 15, 1987		Box Score	@	Washington Bullets	L		89	97	24	41	L 2	7,593
66	Tue, Mar 17, 1987		Box Score	@	New Jersey Nets	W		110	91	25	41	W 1	8,984
67	Wed, Mar 18, 1987		Box Score		Denver Nuggets	L		100	104	25	42	L 1	6,629
68	Fri, Mar 20, 1987		Box Score		New Jersey Nets	W		106	105	26	42	W 1	8,114
69	Sat, Mar 21, 1987		Box Score	@	Indiana Pacers	L		76	77	26	43	L 1	11,031
70	Tue, Mar 24, 1987		Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		88	111	26	44	L 2	15,134	1:49	at Hartford, CT
71	Fri, Mar 27, 1987		Box Score		Milwaukee Bucks	W		116	113	27	44	W 1	9,945
72	Sun, Mar 29, 1987		Box Score		Dallas Mavericks	L		98	101	27	45	L 1	10,233
73	Tue, Mar 31, 1987		Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	L		105	116	27	46	L 2	17,641
74	Wed, Apr 1, 1987		Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	L		99	108	27	47	L 3	13,081
75	Sat, Apr 4, 1987		Box Score		Washington Bullets	L		111	127	27	48	L 4	9,256
76	Mon, Apr 6, 1987		Box Score	@	Atlanta Hawks	L		105	110	27	49	L 5	8,459
77	Tue, Apr 7, 1987		Box Score		Boston Celtics	W		107	83	28	49	W 1	19,007	1:54
78	Thu, Apr 9, 1987		Box Score		Indiana Pacers	W		111	99	29	49	W 2	6,843
79	Sat, Apr 11, 1987		Box Score	@	Milwaukee Bucks	L		93	121	29	50	L 1	11,052
80	Tue, Apr 14, 1987		Box Score		New Jersey Nets	W		113	95	30	50	W 1	8,820
G	Date	Start (ET)			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
81	Wed, Apr 15, 1987		Box Score	@	Washington Bullets	L		101	110	30	51	L 1	6,708
82	Sat, Apr 18, 1987		Box Score		New York Knicks	W		122	113	31	51	W 1	11,585

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