1987-88 Dallas Mavericks Game Log

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Record: 53-29, Finished 2nd in NBA Midwest Division

Coach: John MacLeod (53-29)

Executive: Norm Sonju

PTS/G: 109.3 (7th of 23) Opp PTS/G: 104.9 (6th of 23)

SRS: 3.59 (6th of 23) Pace: 97.0 (20th of 23)

Off Rtg: 112.2 (3rd of 23) Def Rtg: 107.7 (15th of 23) Net Rtg: +4.5 (4th of 23)

Expected W-L: 52-30 (4th of 23)

Preseason Odds: Championship +700

Arena: Reunion Arena Attendance: 695,592 (4th of 23)

NBA 1988 Playoffs:
Won NBA Western Conference First Round (3-1) versus Houston Rockets (Series Stats)
Won NBA Western Conference Semifinals (4-2) versus Denver Nuggets (Series Stats)
Lost NBA Western Conference Finals (3-4) 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	1987-11-06		UTA	W	95	93	33	95	.347	1	6	.167	28	39	.718	20	52	20	9	7	14	27	38	85	.447	1	6	.167	16	25	.640	13	50	27	4	12	24	29
2	2	1987-11-07	@	SAS	L	106	130	40	96	.417	0	3	.000	26	31	.839	14	39	24	10	10	17	21	55	102	.539	0	2	.000	20	25	.800	15	55	42	9	9	17	23
3	3	1987-11-10	@	SEA	W	117	101	43	73	.589	2	4	.500	29	41	.707	7	34	30	11	4	20	18	40	87	.460	2	5	.400	19	23	.826	14	34	28	9	4	22	27
4	4	1987-11-11	@	UTA	L	92	121	35	85	.412	1	5	.200	21	30	.700	16	45	17	9	3	20	31	46	87	.529	2	6	.333	27	35	.771	12	45	30	11	4	12	27
5	5	1987-11-13		SEA	L	95	103	35	66	.530	0	4	.000	25	32	.781	8	27	17	6	2	17	23	45	87	.517	3	8	.375	10	15	.667	17	40	37	9	5	15	31
6	6	1987-11-14		POR	W	127	116	46	102	.451	2	7	.286	33	44	.750	23	51	24	9	9	6	24	47	96	.490	2	7	.286	20	26	.769	16	46	26	2	5	17	31
7	7	1987-11-18		LAC	W	97	87	40	95	.421	2	11	.182	15	19	.789	22	54	24	10	5	16	16	38	77	.494	0	9	.000	11	20	.550	7	37	23	10	5	15	17
8	8	1987-11-20	@	LAL	L	116	119	49	90	.544	1	5	.200	17	22	.773	11	34	35	12	4	14	20	48	82	.585	5	7	.714	18	27	.667	12	41	31	6	3	20	24
9	9	1987-11-21	@	SAC	W	103	96	41	87	.471	0	1	.000	21	26	.808	12	48	10	9	8	12	27	39	91	.429	1	4	.250	17	22	.773	12	45	23	3	3	14	21
10	10	1987-11-25		DET	W	113	107	44	85	.518	2	6	.333	23	28	.821	12	46	29	4	9	17	23	45	107	.421	2	4	.500	15	20	.750	19	49	34	8	4	13	27
11	11	1987-11-27		CHI	W	94	93	39	81	.481	1	6	.167	15	22	.682	9	39	28	3	7	9	16	36	80	.450	3	7	.429	18	23	.783	12	41	24	6	2	13	18
12	12	1987-11-28	@	DEN	L	98	106	36	78	.462	2	3	.667	24	35	.686	14	48	20	6	8	20	26	39	92	.424	2	4	.500	26	31	.839	17	44	21	9	6	12	25
13	13	1987-12-04		GSW	W	116	95	41	91	.451	1	5	.200	33	35	.943	18	53	20	3	5	11	21	34	79	.430	1	5	.200	26	30	.867	9	33	22	7	3	12	27
14	14	1987-12-05		DEN	W	109	96	41	82	.500	1	1	1.000	26	34	.765	18	56	27	12	8	29	22	38	92	.413	3	8	.375	17	18	.944	11	30	24	13	10	22	28
15	15	1987-12-09		SAC	W	125	98	50	92	.543	3	5	.600	22	27	.815	19	46	31	13	7	16	17	41	88	.466	0	1	.000	16	22	.727	17	38	30	9	8	19	20
16	16	1987-12-11		PHO	W	108	104	38	95	.400	0	5	.000	32	42	.762	23	61	20	7	6	14	27	43	101	.426	0	1	.000	18	26	.692	23	55	33	6	1	16	33
17	17	1987-12-13	@	MIL	W	113	99	40	81	.494	0	5	.000	33	38	.868	13	44	21	3	3	13	15	39	95	.411	3	12	.250	18	23	.783	19	44	27	6	6	13	31
18	18	1987-12-15	@	CLE	L	93	106	36	97	.371	1	12	.083	20	26	.769	20	46	20	6	3	9	25	40	84	.476	3	7	.429	23	32	.719	16	48	22	4	6	13	18
19	19	1987-12-16	@	NJN	W	109	105	44	97	.454	4	9	.444	17	19	.895	16	44	17	10	6	18	17	43	84	.512	2	6	.333	17	18	.944	9	38	30	9	8	16	21
20	20	1987-12-18	@	DET	L	112	117	41	88	.466	6	9	.667	24	32	.750	13	44	25	9	4	8	31	43	89	.483	6	11	.545	25	36	.694	20	53	26	4	3	13	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	1987-12-19	@	PHI	L	90	95	35	85	.412	0	7	.000	20	26	.769	12	42	25	7	4	12	20	36	87	.414	2	8	.250	21	23	.913	15	54	21	7	11	14	20
22	22	1987-12-22	@	CHI	W	111	100	42	84	.500	3	5	.600	24	34	.706	15	47	31	12	2	16	24	43	89	.483	1	6	.167	13	22	.591	12	40	32	8	7	18	24
23	23	1987-12-23	@	IND	W	110	109	40	86	.465	1	6	.167	29	35	.829	19	50	18	5	3	12	17	48	94	.511	4	10	.400	9	15	.600	13	43	28	7	5	10	25
24	24	1987-12-26		HOU	W	105	100	37	88	.420	2	4	.500	29	35	.829	20	53	18	3	6	18	22	41	88	.466	1	5	.200	17	24	.708	14	42	24	7	9	16	29
25	25	1987-12-29		SAC	W	126	117	51	94	.543	2	7	.286	22	29	.759	16	40	35	10	10	8	28	43	89	.483	2	7	.286	29	34	.853	16	44	31	2	6	17	23
26	26	1988-01-02	@	SAS	W	116	109	47	92	.511	3	5	.600	19	24	.792	18	43	29	9	8	15	19	48	95	.505	2	6	.333	11	15	.733	17	42	33	11	6	15	24
27	27	1988-01-04	@	HOU	L	107	117	43	88	.489	0	9	.000	21	28	.750	21	46	18	6	2	20	19	47	98	.480	0	4	.000	23	28	.821	23	43	25	10	7	13	20
28	28	1988-01-06	@	LAL	L	89	103	39	82	.476	3	7	.429	8	12	.667	13	40	29	7	4	17	23	40	88	.455	2	7	.286	21	27	.778	18	47	29	11	3	12	17
29	29	1988-01-07	@	PHO	W	105	91	44	87	.506	0	3	.000	17	22	.773	15	48	21	8	3	14	23	38	80	.475	2	7	.286	13	19	.684	14	43	27	2	5	17	21
30	30	1988-01-09	@	GSW	W	115	99	42	88	.477	2	3	.667	29	37	.784	14	53	15	6	6	15	21	42	97	.433	1	5	.200	14	21	.667	16	38	12	10	2	12	30
31	31	1988-01-13		IND	W	110	108	44	99	.444	4	7	.571	18	25	.720	25	52	23	8	8	12	17	45	93	.484	3	6	.500	15	18	.833	16	45	27	6	8	15	25
32	32	1988-01-16		ATL	L	98	101	33	67	.493	4	12	.333	28	35	.800	7	31	22	3	7	15	18	43	98	.439	0	3	.000	15	17	.882	23	49	28	9	3	11	28
33	33	1988-01-18	@	LAC	W	99	87	41	81	.506	0	5	.000	17	22	.773	18	47	26	14	4	22	23	35	89	.393	1	7	.143	16	26	.615	26	51	22	6	6	19	23
34	34	1988-01-19	@	POR	W	120	116	42	87	.483	1	5	.200	35	43	.814	14	45	25	7	4	23	29	45	85	.529	0	5	.000	26	39	.667	7	28	33	11	2	17	31
35	35	1988-01-22		LAC	W	110	87	47	92	.511	1	7	.143	15	16	.938	17	49	28	11	0	12	16	36	85	.424	0	2	.000	15	20	.750	12	33	19	10	5	15	16
36	36	1988-01-23		MIL	W	113	97	41	84	.488	5	8	.625	26	33	.788	10	46	29	3	9	10	23	34	95	.358	2	6	.333	27	35	.771	23	52	16	6	3	8	24
37	37	1988-01-26		SAS	W	128	111	51	88	.580	2	7	.286	24	31	.774	10	42	36	6	3	15	23	42	91	.462	3	7	.429	24	26	.923	13	39	24	4	4	17	30
38	38	1988-01-27	@	PHO	W	121	102	43	95	.453	6	15	.400	29	35	.829	13	45	30	5	4	8	20	42	96	.438	0	5	.000	18	21	.857	10	41	31	6	5	11	29
39	39	1988-01-29		SEA	W	117	109	39	76	.513	5	11	.455	34	40	.850	13	50	23	3	5	16	18	45	99	.455	6	14	.429	13	17	.765	16	39	23	8	2	10	30
40	40	1988-01-30		HOU	L	92	108	29	83	.349	5	9	.556	29	35	.829	21	50	20	8	4	16	22	45	91	.495	0	1	.000	18	20	.900	12	46	30	4	8	11	25
								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	1988-02-01		NJN	L	103	108	38	87	.437	3	9	.333	24	34	.706	19	48	28	9	8	18	27	41	82	.500	2	7	.286	24	31	.774	12	37	27	10	4	17	28
42	42	1988-02-03	@	DEN	L	105	115	45	104	.433	1	9	.111	14	21	.667	23	61	21	4	4	20	20	47	97	.485	5	8	.625	16	20	.800	9	40	26	14	3	11	25
43	43	1988-02-04	@	SAC	L	101	118	37	94	.394	0	4	.000	27	32	.844	23	52	20	5	6	15	18	50	98	.510	2	3	.667	16	20	.800	17	48	31	8	11	9	21
44	44	1988-02-09		UTA	W	124	93	50	95	.526	4	6	.667	20	25	.800	15	47	29	8	5	12	18	41	84	.488	0	5	.000	11	17	.647	8	34	30	7	4	20	22
45	45	1988-02-10	@	UTA	L	80	93	28	80	.350	4	11	.364	20	27	.741	16	50	18	5	6	18	21	35	85	.412	6	9	.667	17	22	.773	14	44	32	7	7	11	23
46	46	1988-02-12		BOS	L	104	105	40	93	.430	3	10	.300	21	26	.808	18	51	21	4	4	10	16	41	92	.446	6	16	.375	17	22	.773	15	49	29	6	7	10	19
47	47	1988-02-14	@	LAC	W	110	100	42	98	.429	1	6	.167	25	31	.806	19	43	25	15	5	14	22	39	81	.481	0	3	.000	22	28	.786	15	46	27	8	4	23	25
48	48	1988-02-15	@	SEA	W	128	122	45	80	.563	4	7	.571	34	46	.739	13	41	20	6	3	15	30	49	93	.527	3	8	.375	21	29	.724	12	32	27	7	5	10	36
49	49	1988-02-17		WSB	W	123	108	48	98	.490	2	6	.333	25	31	.806	24	51	24	8	5	18	18	45	102	.441	0	3	.000	18	22	.818	23	50	27	8	7	19	25
50	50	1988-02-19		GSW	W	113	100	40	85	.471	0	6	.000	33	42	.786	18	48	31	12	8	20	17	45	92	.489	1	6	.167	9	12	.750	11	40	25	10	6	21	28
51	51	1988-02-22		PHO	W	114	107	47	92	.511	1	11	.091	19	29	.655	18	51	27	4	3	11	16	46	92	.500	4	8	.500	11	16	.688	13	38	35	7	2	10	24
52	52	1988-02-24		CLE	W	93	89	38	84	.452	0	4	.000	17	20	.850	16	43	18	5	13	14	17	39	93	.419	1	4	.250	10	16	.625	22	45	22	8	9	11	17
53	53	1988-02-25	@	HOU	W	108	106	45	96	.469	3	8	.375	15	18	.833	12	44	25	10	4	8	26	38	86	.442	1	3	.333	29	33	.879	14	46	21	3	6	12	19
54	54	1988-02-27		PHI	W	100	91	39	83	.470	3	5	.600	19	26	.731	17	49	23	8	9	13	20	35	77	.455	1	6	.167	20	26	.769	11	37	30	5	7	14	22
55	55	1988-02-29		DEN	W	123	96	48	89	.539	2	7	.286	25	31	.806	17	65	31	4	4	17	25	35	96	.365	5	12	.417	21	29	.724	10	29	24	6	6	7	25
56	56	1988-03-02		SAC	W	115	90	49	105	.467	4	8	.500	13	19	.684	28	62	37	13	10	12	19	36	83	.434	1	9	.111	17	18	.944	11	35	21	8	9	18	16
57	57	1988-03-04		HOU	W	118	110	41	85	.482	1	7	.143	35	41	.854	18	54	22	7	3	12	22	43	99	.434	2	5	.400	22	27	.815	19	47	30	4	3	8	29
58	58	1988-03-06		LAL	L	97	108	40	90	.444	3	9	.333	14	19	.737	13	40	25	7	5	11	19	44	86	.512	0	2	.000	20	24	.833	16	52	32	6	3	13	18
59	59	1988-03-08		POR	L	110	112	43	86	.500	2	9	.222	22	30	.733	13	38	26	8	8	14	24	45	91	.495	3	3	1.000	19	31	.613	18	41	35	5	5	14	27
60	60	1988-03-12	@	LAL	W	110	101	46	95	.484	1	10	.100	17	18	.944	18	49	26	9	3	11	18	41	89	.461	1	6	.167	18	26	.692	14	44	27	4	2	14	15
								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	1988-03-14		GSW	W	121	101	43	91	.473	1	10	.100	34	40	.850	26	59	26	11	5	22	21	42	94	.447	0	5	.000	17	26	.654	15	40	26	14	4	15	26
62	62	1988-03-16	@	UTA	L	105	120	37	85	.435	2	8	.250	29	35	.829	11	41	26	6	3	13	19	49	95	.516	3	8	.375	19	20	.950	11	47	38	8	7	14	27
63	63	1988-03-18	@	LAC	W	106	98	33	77	.429	2	5	.400	38	48	.792	14	50	23	10	5	20	25	34	82	.415	4	7	.571	26	36	.722	9	41	25	12	9	18	27
64	64	1988-03-20	@	POR	L	99	105	34	78	.436	0	5	.000	31	37	.838	18	43	10	3	2	15	18	42	87	.483	4	11	.364	17	19	.895	18	40	26	11	6	14	25
65	65	1988-03-22		NYK	W	124	105	44	76	.579	2	6	.333	34	48	.708	10	49	30	5	6	16	19	40	93	.430	1	10	.100	24	28	.857	12	36	28	9	5	12	34
66	66	1988-03-25		POR	W	106	101	39	82	.476	0	6	.000	28	39	.718	15	47	25	8	6	17	18	45	107	.421	0	7	.000	11	17	.647	25	53	19	8	6	12	26
67	67	1988-03-26		SAS	W	131	112	58	97	.598	1	5	.200	14	19	.737	15	42	40	11	8	17	19	44	90	.489	3	8	.375	21	23	.913	12	34	28	5	4	24	19
68	68	1988-03-28	@	NYK	L	106	114	36	83	.434	2	6	.333	32	34	.941	15	41	24	10	4	15	21	45	87	.517	5	11	.455	19	25	.760	13	40	28	9	6	11	26
69	69	1988-03-29	@	ATL	L	106	120	43	87	.494	3	7	.429	17	22	.773	13	43	26	12	3	18	18	52	92	.565	1	4	.250	15	18	.833	10	41	33	10	8	13	20
70	70	1988-04-01	@	WSB	L	103	118	42	90	.467	0	3	.000	19	27	.704	20	46	20	7	8	12	26	47	79	.595	0	1	.000	24	36	.667	9	33	31	5	6	13	24
71	71	1988-04-03	@	BOS	L	101	110	42	86	.488	0	2	.000	17	23	.739	19	43	22	11	3	19	15	42	71	.592	10	16	.625	16	18	.889	5	28	40	10	6	18	18
72	72	1988-04-06		PHO	W	119	93	49	83	.590	0	3	.000	21	27	.778	8	36	33	5	5	9	13	40	93	.430	1	7	.143	12	15	.800	21	50	20	5	1	19	23
73	73	1988-04-08		UTA	W	118	95	41	84	.488	1	3	.333	35	44	.795	23	60	23	12	10	23	24	37	90	.411	2	7	.286	19	21	.905	15	28	22	14	5	19	30
74	74	1988-04-09		DEN	W	135	109	51	89	.573	5	6	.833	28	33	.848	15	54	32	7	9	16	18	46	97	.474	2	4	.500	15	19	.789	9	30	33	10	3	14	22
75	75	1988-04-12	@	SAC	W	104	96	40	85	.471	0	1	.000	24	35	.686	17	49	23	11	7	13	20	39	90	.433	2	15	.133	16	24	.667	21	49	23	7	8	17	21
76	76	1988-04-13	@	GSW	L	110	112	37	88	.420	3	9	.333	33	38	.868	25	49	17	9	2	18	20	43	85	.506	1	2	.500	25	32	.781	19	41	26	9	5	13	29
77	77	1988-04-15	@	SEA	L	88	115	33	76	.434	1	7	.143	21	26	.808	15	35	16	9	3	25	18	51	92	.554	2	5	.400	11	17	.647	17	46	28	5	7	15	23
78	78	1988-04-17	@	DEN	L	122	133	42	88	.477	0	4	.000	38	47	.809	14	48	16	5	3	10	24	54	103	.524	3	7	.429	22	27	.815	14	48	29	4	0	6	30
79	79	1988-04-19	@	HOU	W	104	96	38	86	.442	1	2	.500	27	29	.931	15	49	15	12	7	18	26	38	85	.447	2	8	.250	18	26	.692	13	42	24	8	0	16	20
80	80	1988-04-20		LAL	L	107	114	40	93	.430	3	11	.273	24	26	.923	17	35	23	9	3	7	18	44	75	.587	3	5	.600	23	27	.852	11	43	37	4	4	18	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
81	81	1988-04-22		SAS	W	127	96	51	103	.495	1	3	.333	24	29	.828	26	60	32	7	11	9	26	37	88	.420	0	1	.000	22	28	.786	17	40	20	3	4	15	26
82	82	1988-04-24	@	SAS	W	119	109	49	83	.590	5	8	.625	16	19	.842	13	40	25	12	3	21	23	47	95	.495	1	5	.200	14	22	.636	16	34	29	11	2	17	20

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