1985-86 Dallas Mavericks Game Log

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Record: 44-38, Finished 3rd in NBA Midwest Division

Coach: Dick Motta (44-38)

Executive: Norm Sonju

PTS/G: 115.3 (2nd of 23) Opp PTS/G: 114.2 (21st of 23)

SRS: 0.69 (9th of 23) Pace: 102.2 (12th of 23)

Off Rtg: 112.1 (2nd of 23) Def Rtg: 111.0 (20th of 23) Net Rtg: +1.1 (9th of 23)

Expected W-L: 44-38 (9th of 23)

Preseason Odds: Championship +1000

Arena: Reunion Arena Attendance: 693,052 (2nd of 23)

NBA 1986 Playoffs:
Won NBA Western Conference First Round (3-1) versus Utah Jazz (Series Stats)
Lost NBA Western Conference Semifinals (2-4) versus Los Angeles Lakers (Series Stats)

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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	1985-10-26		SEA	W	101	95	34	83	.410	0	2	.000	33	41	.805	11	42	18	6	4	15	17	42	88	.477	2	5	.400	9	11	.818	7	38	30	7	5	18	34
2	2	1985-10-29		LAL	L	115	133	43	99	.434	1	4	.250	28	35	.800	11	31	29	8	2	12	20	58	101	.574	2	6	.333	15	18	.833	16	60	35	6	3	19	32
3	3	1985-11-01	@	SAS	L	107	116	38	81	.469	0	3	.000	31	42	.738	15	46	20	9	5	22	25	50	97	.515	0	1	.000	16	27	.593	18	49	31	12	6	23	34
4	4	1985-11-02		SAC	W	119	113	43	91	.473	1	6	.167	32	36	.889	13	43	25	6	5	16	17	52	102	.510	1	5	.200	8	13	.615	13	41	39	8	4	14	29
5	5	1985-11-06		POR	L	109	111	42	83	.506	1	1	1.000	24	31	.774	9	44	30	9	2	17	29	43	92	.467	1	2	.500	24	36	.667	17	50	18	7	5	16	27
6	6	1985-11-07	@	DEN	L	99	131	34	104	.327	1	3	.333	30	45	.667	28	60	17	9	1	21	22	52	102	.510	0	2	.000	27	34	.794	20	53	30	14	9	17	28
7	7	1985-11-09		HOU	L	110	115	40	92	.435	1	6	.167	29	40	.725	22	44	23	17	3	19	26	49	85	.576	1	2	.500	16	25	.640	15	43	29	11	7	25	33
8	8	1985-11-12	@	SEA	L	90	109	35	101	.347	2	12	.167	18	29	.621	22	50	23	5	1	15	26	39	84	.464	0	1	.000	31	39	.795	15	50	23	6	9	18	30
9	9	1985-11-13	@	UTA	W	115	100	46	90	.511	1	5	.200	22	29	.759	9	44	22	10	6	18	25	38	96	.396	0	1	.000	24	37	.649	26	57	19	6	5	24	29
10	10	1985-11-15		NJN	W	110	98	45	87	.517	1	3	.333	19	21	.905	13	45	34	6	4	17	21	39	89	.438	0	4	.000	20	24	.833	15	45	22	3	1	14	23
11	11	1985-11-16	@	HOU	L	117	122	48	91	.527	2	7	.286	19	29	.655	8	29	34	2	1	12	24	48	89	.539	2	2	1.000	24	29	.828	19	52	27	5	7	17	27
12	12	1985-11-19		PHO	W	123	119	43	83	.518	0	1	.000	37	47	.787	12	38	17	9	3	14	19	48	95	.505	1	6	.167	22	29	.759	20	48	35	6	3	14	35
13	13	1985-11-23		IND	W	117	104	43	91	.473	2	5	.400	29	34	.853	12	44	29	8	2	12	23	40	78	.513	0	1	.000	24	35	.686	7	39	31	4	7	18	28
14	14	1985-11-26		WSB	W	112	99	47	79	.595	1	3	.333	17	27	.630	11	43	28	4	3	16	19	43	84	.512	1	6	.167	12	17	.706	12	38	32	5	3	13	20
15	15	1985-11-29		SAC	W	133	111	52	89	.584	1	4	.250	28	34	.824	11	44	41	8	6	18	24	45	97	.464	0	1	.000	21	25	.840	13	38	30	9	5	17	29
16	16	1985-11-30		LAC	W	124	115	51	95	.537	0	2	.000	22	31	.710	17	46	26	8	4	14	21	45	103	.437	2	3	.667	23	28	.821	24	53	25	9	5	14	23
17	17	1985-12-03	@	GSW	W	107	100	45	85	.529	0	1	.000	17	22	.773	12	45	26	5	5	17	20	41	92	.446	0	4	.000	18	23	.783	13	36	21	6	3	15	17
18	18	1985-12-05		SAS	L	116	120	42	87	.483	3	6	.500	29	36	.806	17	45	26	4	6	19	18	50	93	.538	0	1	.000	20	25	.800	14	37	30	11	4	12	28
19	19	1985-12-07		GSW	W	120	110	44	78	.564	1	4	.250	31	34	.912	8	37	29	8	9	23	28	41	86	.477	0	2	.000	28	33	.848	12	37	27	13	3	18	28
20	20	1985-12-08	@	LAL	L	119	125	51	94	.543	2	3	.667	15	24	.625	12	42	34	2	4	12	13	58	102	.569	0	4	.000	9	14	.643	14	47	34	5	2	8	23
								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	1985-12-10	@	LAC	L	118	120	44	88	.500	3	4	.750	27	32	.844	14	43	24	6	4	21	24	48	92	.522	0	1	.000	24	36	.667	15	42	33	13	7	15	23
22	22	1985-12-12	@	HOU	L	120	123	45	82	.549	1	5	.200	29	35	.829	9	46	23	5	3	22	24	51	105	.486	1	1	1.000	20	27	.741	17	42	31	10	6	11	26
23	23	1985-12-14		DEN	W	127	100	48	88	.545	1	5	.200	30	38	.789	16	60	30	5	7	18	17	45	113	.398	0	1	.000	10	14	.714	21	46	19	9	3	13	31
24	24	1985-12-18	@	BOS	L	117	137	50	100	.500	3	4	.750	14	17	.824	10	37	26	7	7	14	14	59	104	.567	4	7	.571	15	17	.882	14	46	46	7	10	13	21
25	25	1985-12-19	@	ATL	W	120	108	44	81	.543	1	3	.333	31	40	.775	10	43	26	8	4	12	22	44	87	.506	1	6	.167	19	32	.594	12	43	25	5	5	16	32
26	26	1985-12-21	@	MIL	L	107	132	38	94	.404	1	8	.125	30	40	.750	21	54	12	4	4	20	25	52	109	.477	2	6	.333	26	33	.788	21	54	31	14	5	9	30
27	27	1985-12-22	@	CLE	L	105	119	36	84	.429	1	8	.125	32	35	.914	11	45	24	6	5	18	18	48	96	.500	2	6	.333	21	27	.778	12	42	35	12	2	13	25
28	28	1985-12-26	@	PHO	W	105	98	40	81	.494	1	5	.200	24	35	.686	12	39	18	11	3	15	18	44	97	.454	2	6	.333	8	10	.800	16	49	26	10	6	22	25
29	29	1985-12-27		POR	L	133	142	51	112	.455	4	10	.400	27	38	.711	21	61	29	6	2	16	32	53	105	.505	5	6	.833	31	41	.756	15	49	28	6	8	13	32
30	30	1986-01-04		UTA	W	119	106	46	104	.442	0	4	.000	27	36	.750	16	53	29	15	10	12	24	43	93	.462	2	10	.200	18	27	.667	14	53	23	6	11	23	27
31	31	1986-01-07	@	DEN	L	110	132	38	96	.396	3	12	.250	31	43	.721	15	46	22	8	7	18	26	51	105	.486	0	0		30	35	.857	20	63	33	7	10	18	32
32	32	1986-01-10		PHO	W	117	104	47	89	.528	0	1	.000	23	32	.719	11	49	33	12	3	19	19	45	96	.469	0	0		14	15	.933	12	45	29	10	4	23	29
33	33	1986-01-11		GSW	W	127	123	51	91	.560	0	2	.000	25	37	.676	11	47	31	10	6	23	24	47	114	.412	1	3	.333	28	34	.824	23	47	23	8	5	17	28
34	34	1986-01-13	@	SEA	W	90	89	35	78	.449	2	4	.500	18	28	.643	14	50	21	4	4	25	18	38	91	.418	2	2	1.000	11	15	.733	14	45	21	6	2	15	28
35	35	1986-01-15		NYK	L	112	116	34	77	.442	0	3	.000	44	51	.863	12	44	20	7	3	17	18	53	98	.541	0	2	.000	10	16	.625	9	39	34	10	6	9	35
36	36	1986-01-17	@	UTA	L	112	139	43	88	.489	2	8	.250	24	31	.774	9	33	18	5	3	18	28	54	92	.587	0	2	.000	31	36	.861	14	49	34	10	11	17	26
37	37	1986-01-19		HOU	W	131	96	49	91	.538	3	7	.429	30	32	.938	18	55	25	9	4	14	20	38	102	.373	0	8	.000	20	27	.741	20	43	23	9	6	12	26
38	38	1986-01-21	@	SAC	L	110	119	45	95	.474	0	5	.000	20	25	.800	16	43	28	8	8	20	21	49	100	.490	1	2	.500	20	22	.909	16	49	32	8	9	16	25
39	39	1986-01-22		LAC	L	118	131	47	98	.480	2	5	.400	22	31	.710	13	37	26	8	3	16	30	49	92	.533	0	2	.000	33	37	.892	17	56	30	8	8	20	31
40	40	1986-01-24		DET	L	120	129	46	88	.523	3	6	.500	25	33	.758	12	36	17	9	3	17	25	53	95	.558	4	5	.800	19	27	.704	17	47	39	5	3	18	28
								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	1986-01-25	@	SAS	W	123	107	48	90	.533	2	6	.333	25	34	.735	12	32	30	13	3	14	16	45	80	.563	1	4	.250	16	17	.941	9	35	28	8	3	23	28
42	42	1986-01-27		CHI	W	124	116	46	81	.568	1	2	.500	31	42	.738	8	35	27	13	7	11	17	47	96	.490	0	6	.000	22	23	.957	18	49	28	6	2	19	31
43	43	1986-01-29		SAS	W	126	114	42	79	.532	4	9	.444	38	41	.927	8	38	28	7	4	16	25	48	92	.522	1	4	.250	17	32	.531	15	41	28	11	5	18	32
44	44	1986-01-31		CLE	W	107	91	44	95	.463	0	3	.000	19	21	.905	16	52	25	10	2	18	27	31	77	.403	1	3	.333	28	39	.718	14	46	19	11	7	20	26
45	45	1986-02-02		UTA	W	100	97	36	80	.450	3	5	.600	25	30	.833	12	43	26	6	0	15	20	41	84	.488	3	7	.429	12	19	.632	12	41	27	9	9	17	28
46	46	1986-02-04	@	LAL	L	102	110	39	78	.500	3	6	.500	21	26	.808	3	25	29	7	3	12	19	47	92	.511	1	5	.200	15	19	.789	20	53	32	4	4	15	25
47	47	1986-02-06	@	POR	W	115	111	44	88	.500	2	5	.400	25	32	.781	13	47	22	8	6	13	14	49	97	.505	3	4	.750	10	14	.714	14	45	24	8	1	11	24
48	48	1986-02-11	@	SAS	W	121	107	48	86	.558	1	4	.250	24	31	.774	14	40	32	10	4	12	24	43	80	.538	2	7	.286	19	23	.826	7	33	28	3	6	15	26
49	49	1986-02-12		DEN	W	117	110	43	79	.544	2	3	.667	29	32	.906	15	42	29	4	2	18	22	47	98	.480	0	4	.000	16	21	.762	15	40	25	11	1	11	23
50	50	1986-02-14	@	DET	L	110	119	47	88	.534	0	3	.000	16	26	.615	15	40	28	6	9	15	14	55	94	.585	0	0		9	10	.900	9	41	39	10	5	13	25
51	51	1986-02-16	@	CHI	W	120	114	51	93	.548	1	3	.333	17	25	.680	11	34	28	5	3	9	18	48	84	.571	1	4	.250	17	25	.680	15	46	38	6	8	15	29
52	52	1986-02-17	@	NJN	W	126	124	37	70	.529	1	4	.250	51	58	.879	6	30	16	11	7	18	20	50	97	.515	1	6	.167	23	25	.920	17	44	33	8	4	19	37
53	53	1986-02-19		MIL	L	107	124	39	86	.453	2	9	.222	27	36	.750	8	38	22	5	2	9	20	49	95	.516	2	9	.222	24	29	.828	15	54	31	6	3	11	29
54	54	1986-02-21		HOU	L	104	111	39	85	.459	2	6	.333	24	31	.774	15	45	22	4	9	9	13	47	101	.465	3	7	.429	14	17	.824	21	48	29	6	7	9	23
55	55	1986-02-22	@	DEN	L	106	113	44	97	.454	1	10	.100	17	19	.895	16	48	23	7	4	19	22	46	89	.517	0	0		21	30	.700	8	38	31	11	6	14	22
56	56	1986-02-24	@	HOU	L	105	110	47	94	.500	0	4	.000	11	12	.917	14	44	27	10	2	15	18	46	92	.500	1	3	.333	17	24	.708	16	46	34	8	6	14	15
57	57	1986-02-26		LAL	L	116	119	47	90	.522	2	7	.286	20	24	.833	13	34	26	11	2	10	19	51	78	.654	1	4	.250	16	21	.762	7	36	28	6	1	19	21
58	58	1986-02-28		PHI	L	120	123	46	85	.541	1	7	.143	27	29	.931	13	38	31	8	6	15	18	54	94	.574	1	5	.200	14	20	.700	13	36	31	6	4	12	23
59	59	1986-03-01		GSW	W	119	110	46	81	.568	3	6	.500	24	28	.857	9	40	28	8	11	18	19	48	100	.480	3	6	.500	11	17	.647	20	41	31	8	3	16	24
60	60	1986-03-03	@	PHO	W	139	138	50	96	.521	1	4	.250	38	43	.884	9	42	25	7	7	16	37	53	109	.486	2	3	.667	30	43	.698	19	53	29	7	8	18	39
								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	1986-03-06	@	LAC	W	131	113	54	86	.628	2	3	.667	21	26	.808	11	42	29	4	4	11	22	44	90	.489	1	7	.143	24	27	.889	13	32	22	3	4	10	24
62	62	1986-03-07	@	POR	L	114	125	43	87	.494	2	7	.286	26	27	.963	12	32	21	3	3	15	18	52	82	.634	0	2	.000	21	26	.808	11	37	36	8	5	13	25
63	63	1986-03-09	@	SAC	W	117	102	45	82	.549	1	3	.333	26	32	.813	10	44	26	3	3	20	15	46	87	.529	0	2	.000	10	16	.625	5	31	25	8	6	14	28
64	64	1986-03-10		BOS	W	116	115	38	81	.469	3	9	.333	37	44	.841	5	36	23	6	1	8	20	47	96	.490	4	8	.500	17	25	.680	18	56	23	3	6	15	32
65	65	1986-03-12		SAC	L	120	127	48	104	.462	2	7	.286	22	32	.688	15	41	28	9	6	10	21	53	97	.546	0	1	.000	21	23	.913	13	55	35	5	6	19	25
66	66	1986-03-14		POR	W	129	118	51	89	.573	2	8	.250	25	34	.735	11	38	33	12	4	12	16	50	84	.595	3	7	.429	15	21	.714	8	36	32	8	4	15	26
67	67	1986-03-15		UTA	W	108	98	47	89	.528	1	3	.333	13	21	.619	17	48	25	8	6	16	28	37	79	.468	0	3	.000	24	33	.727	9	36	22	8	4	16	26
68	68	1986-03-18		SAS	W	120	113	47	82	.573	6	8	.750	20	29	.690	11	40	34	11	4	16	16	49	94	.521	4	6	.667	11	14	.786	18	44	35	9	0	18	26
69	69	1986-03-20	@	UTA	W	114	107	45	81	.556	2	3	.667	22	32	.688	11	39	24	7	10	15	20	45	94	.479	0	4	.000	17	22	.773	20	48	28	6	4	14	23
70	70	1986-03-21		ATL	L	103	107	40	87	.460	2	5	.400	21	32	.656	19	46	24	3	3	14	18	44	81	.543	0	0		19	25	.760	10	38	32	8	6	12	30
71	71	1986-03-24	@	IND	W	126	120	48	87	.552	2	7	.286	28	34	.824	15	40	23	4	5	15	20	50	89	.562	1	3	.333	19	25	.760	12	38	30	7	3	15	28
72	72	1986-03-26	@	WSB	L	112	120	43	95	.453	4	7	.571	22	28	.786	14	40	19	13	3	17	19	51	98	.520	1	1	1.000	17	21	.810	22	56	22	7	9	22	23
73	73	1986-03-27	@	NYK	W	110	105	40	80	.500	6	10	.600	24	29	.828	11	51	26	2	7	18	21	44	100	.440	2	4	.500	15	27	.556	17	50	31	7	2	8	17
74	74	1986-03-30	@	PHI	L	113	114	48	93	.516	2	8	.250	15	24	.625	17	48	23	10	3	19	23	47	86	.547	0	3	.000	20	32	.625	14	44	26	10	5	17	20
75	75	1986-04-01		PHO	W	128	98	49	90	.544	5	9	.556	25	35	.714	18	54	32	7	3	11	20	41	80	.513	1	6	.167	15	21	.714	8	28	31	5	5	14	29
76	76	1986-04-03		DEN	W	115	114	43	95	.453	3	9	.333	26	33	.788	16	59	25	6	9	19	22	47	103	.456	2	4	.500	18	25	.720	8	38	33	7	7	8	27
77	77	1986-04-05		SEA	L	109	111	47	88	.534	2	6	.333	13	18	.722	15	42	27	3	10	12	19	46	93	.495	0	1	.000	19	24	.792	16	45	25	7	4	11	20
78	78	1986-04-07	@	SAC	L	115	122	47	89	.528	3	10	.300	18	28	.643	11	37	16	5	6	11	23	49	85	.576	0	0		24	26	.923	12	45	31	4	6	13	25
79	79	1986-04-08	@	GSW	L	115	129	47	95	.495	1	8	.125	20	26	.769	7	38	26	5	4	12	18	55	112	.491	0	3	.000	19	24	.792	22	63	29	7	9	9	20
80	80	1986-04-10	@	SEA	W	115	109	42	84	.500	3	6	.500	28	42	.667	10	37	26	15	3	13	25	42	95	.442	2	10	.200	23	34	.676	21	55	21	7	6	20	28
								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	1986-04-12	@	LAC	L	108	115	43	88	.489	0	6	.000	22	28	.786	16	42	27	8	8	13	21	51	93	.548	0	0		13	21	.619	16	49	27	3	2	14	22
82	82	1986-04-13	@	LAL	W	127	104	50	91	.549	3	9	.333	24	33	.727	11	51	34	5	2	8	22	44	101	.436	2	9	.222	14	18	.778	12	38	29	2	4	9	27

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