1986-87 Detroit Pistons Schedule and Results

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Record: 52-30, Finished 2nd in NBA Central Division

Coach: Chuck Daly (52-30)

Executive: Jack McCloskey

PTS/G: 111.2 (8th of 23) Opp PTS/G: 107.8 (10th of 23)

SRS: 3.51 (6th of 23) Pace: 101.0 (13th of 23)

Off Rtg: 109.2 (9th of 23) Def Rtg: 105.8 (5th of 23) Net Rtg: +3.4 (6th of 23)

Expected W-L: 50-32 (6th of 23)

Preseason Odds: Championship +2000

Arena: Pontiac Silverdome Attendance: 907,520 (1st of 23)

NBA 1987 Playoffs:
Won NBA Eastern Conference First Round (3-0) versus Washington Bullets (Series Stats)
Won NBA Eastern Conference Semifinals (4-1) versus Atlanta Hawks (Series Stats)
Lost NBA Eastern Conference Finals (3-4) versus Boston Celtics (Series Stats)

Regular Season Schedule

Playoffs Schedule

Regular Season

Regular Season Table
G	Date	Start (ET)			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
1	Fri, Oct 31, 1986		Box Score		Milwaukee Bucks	L		104	120	0	1	L 1
2	Sat, Nov 1, 1986		Box Score	@	Indiana Pacers	L		89	92	0	2	L 2
3	Wed, Nov 5, 1986		Box Score		Washington Bullets	W		109	85	1	2	W 1
4	Fri, Nov 7, 1986		Box Score		Chicago Bulls	W		115	109	2	2	W 2
5	Sat, Nov 8, 1986		Box Score	@	Milwaukee Bucks	L		89	103	2	3	L 1
6	Wed, Nov 12, 1986		Box Score		Phoenix Suns	W		108	100	3	3	W 1
7	Fri, Nov 14, 1986		Box Score		Atlanta Hawks	L		100	105	3	4	L 1
8	Sat, Nov 15, 1986		Box Score		Boston Celtics	L		111	118	3	5	L 2
9	Wed, Nov 19, 1986		Box Score	@	Washington Bullets	L		105	119	3	6	L 3
10	Fri, Nov 21, 1986		Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	W		120	110	4	6	W 1
11	Sat, Nov 22, 1986		Box Score		Cleveland Cavaliers	W		93	84	5	6	W 2
12	Fri, Nov 28, 1986		Box Score		Milwaukee Bucks	W		120	99	6	6	W 3
13	Wed, Dec 3, 1986	7:41p	Box Score	@	New Jersey Nets	W	OT	107	106	7	6	W 4
14	Thu, Dec 4, 1986		Box Score	@	Cleveland Cavaliers	L		105	113	7	7	L 1
15	Sat, Dec 6, 1986		Box Score		Denver Nuggets	W		128	113	8	7	W 1
16	Wed, Dec 10, 1986		Box Score		Sacramento Kings	W		108	101	9	7	W 2
17	Fri, Dec 12, 1986		Box Score		Washington Bullets	L		115	116	9	8	L 1
18	Sat, Dec 13, 1986		Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	W		119	114	10	8	W 1
19	Tue, Dec 16, 1986		Box Score	@	Atlanta Hawks	W		111	100	11	8	W 2
20	Wed, Dec 17, 1986		Box Score		Utah Jazz	W		122	107	12	8	W 3
G	Date	Start (ET)			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
21	Fri, Dec 19, 1986		Box Score		San Antonio Spurs	W		114	84	13	8	W 4
22	Sat, Dec 20, 1986		Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	W		98	88	14	8	W 5
23	Tue, Dec 23, 1986		Box Score	@	Indiana Pacers	L		98	111	14	9	L 1
24	Fri, Dec 26, 1986		Box Score		Golden State Warriors	W		121	106	15	9	W 1
25	Sat, Dec 27, 1986		Box Score	@	Washington Bullets	W		107	105	16	9	W 2
26	Tue, Dec 30, 1986		Box Score	@	Milwaukee Bucks	W		103	99	17	9	W 3
27	Fri, Jan 2, 1987		Box Score		New Jersey Nets	W		129	128	18	9	W 4
28	Sat, Jan 3, 1987		Box Score	@	Chicago Bulls	L		119	124	18	10	L 1
29	Wed, Jan 7, 1987		Box Score		New York Knicks	W		122	111	19	10	W 1
30	Fri, Jan 9, 1987		Box Score		Los Angeles Clippers	W		131	123	20	10	W 2
31	Sat, Jan 10, 1987		Box Score		Boston Celtics	W		118	101	21	10	W 3
32	Tue, Jan 13, 1987		Box Score	@	Cleveland Cavaliers	W		103	101	22	10	W 4
33	Wed, Jan 14, 1987		Box Score		Cleveland Cavaliers	W		104	87	23	10	W 5
34	Fri, Jan 16, 1987		Box Score		Houston Rockets	L		106	112	23	11	L 1
35	Sat, Jan 17, 1987	7:43p	Box Score	@	New Jersey Nets	W		123	113	24	11	W 1
36	Mon, Jan 19, 1987		Box Score		Atlanta Hawks	W		108	98	25	11	W 2
37	Wed, Jan 21, 1987		Box Score	@	Utah Jazz	L		108	112	25	12	L 1
38	Fri, Jan 23, 1987		Box Score	@	Los Angeles Clippers	W		100	97	26	12	W 1
39	Sat, Jan 24, 1987		Box Score	@	Sacramento Kings	L		113	138	26	13	L 1
40	Mon, Jan 26, 1987		Box Score	@	Phoenix Suns	L	OT	118	120	26	14	L 2
G	Date	Start (ET)			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
41	Tue, Jan 27, 1987		Box Score	@	San Antonio Spurs	L		107	118	26	15	L 3
42	Thu, Jan 29, 1987		Box Score		Washington Bullets	W		112	101	27	15	W 1
43	Sat, Jan 31, 1987		Box Score	@	New York Knicks	W		114	113	28	15	W 2
44	Sun, Feb 1, 1987		Box Score		Chicago Bulls	W		94	92	29	15	W 3
45	Thu, Feb 5, 1987		Box Score		Indiana Pacers	L		93	98	29	16	L 1
46	Wed, Feb 11, 1987		Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	W	OT	123	113	30	16	W 1
47	Thu, Feb 12, 1987		Box Score	@	Cleveland Cavaliers	W		113	109	31	16	W 2
48	Sat, Feb 14, 1987		Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	W		125	107	32	16	W 3
49	Tue, Feb 17, 1987		Box Score	@	Atlanta Hawks	L		103	107	32	17	L 1
50	Thu, Feb 19, 1987		Box Score		Seattle SuperSonics	W		117	105	33	17	W 1
51	Sat, Feb 21, 1987		Box Score		Atlanta Hawks	W		102	97	34	17	W 2
52	Sun, Feb 22, 1987		Box Score		New York Knicks	W		122	110	35	17	W 3
53	Tue, Feb 24, 1987	7:40p	Box Score	@	New Jersey Nets	W		120	112	36	17	W 4
54	Wed, Feb 25, 1987		Box Score		Cleveland Cavaliers	W		106	105	37	17	W 5
55	Fri, Feb 27, 1987		Box Score		Portland Trail Blazers	L		111	123	37	18	L 1
56	Sun, Mar 1, 1987		Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		102	112	37	19	L 2
57	Wed, Mar 4, 1987		Box Score		Chicago Bulls	L	OT	120	125	37	20	L 3
58	Fri, Mar 6, 1987		Box Score		Dallas Mavericks	W		125	115	38	20	W 1
59	Sun, Mar 8, 1987		Box Score		Boston Celtics	W	OT	122	119	39	20	W 2
60	Tue, Mar 10, 1987		Box Score	@	New York Knicks	W		116	93	40	20	W 3
G	Date	Start (ET)			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
61	Wed, Mar 11, 1987		Box Score	@	Indiana Pacers	W		107	98	41	20	W 4
62	Fri, Mar 13, 1987		Box Score	@	Chicago Bulls	W		100	99	42	20	W 5
63	Sat, Mar 14, 1987		Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	W		98	95	43	20	W 6
64	Mon, Mar 16, 1987		Box Score		Indiana Pacers	W		115	95	44	20	W 7
65	Wed, Mar 18, 1987		Box Score		New Jersey Nets	L		112	113	44	21	L 1
66	Sat, Mar 21, 1987		Box Score	@	Dallas Mavericks	L		118	122	44	22	L 2
67	Mon, Mar 23, 1987		Box Score	@	Houston Rockets	W		114	110	45	22	W 1
68	Wed, Mar 25, 1987		Box Score	@	Golden State Warriors	L		115	127	45	23	L 1
69	Thu, Mar 26, 1987		Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	L		111	128	45	24	L 2
70	Sat, Mar 28, 1987		Box Score	@	Denver Nuggets	W		121	109	46	24	W 1
71	Sun, Mar 29, 1987		Box Score	@	Seattle SuperSonics	W		108	107	47	24	W 2
72	Tue, Mar 31, 1987		Box Score	@	Portland Trail Blazers	L		111	113	47	25	L 1
73	Thu, Apr 2, 1987		Box Score		Indiana Pacers	W		119	73	48	25	W 1
74	Fri, Apr 3, 1987		Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L	OT	115	119	48	26	L 1
75	Sun, Apr 5, 1987		Box Score		Milwaukee Bucks	W		125	107	49	26	W 1
76	Tue, Apr 7, 1987		Box Score	@	Chicago Bulls	L		86	116	49	27	L 1
77	Fri, Apr 10, 1987		Box Score	@	Atlanta Hawks	L		99	101	49	28	L 2
78	Sun, Apr 12, 1987		Box Score	@	Washington Bullets	L		98	103	49	29	L 3
79	Mon, Apr 13, 1987		Box Score	@	New York Knicks	W		120	100	50	29	W 1
80	Wed, Apr 15, 1987		Box Score		New York Knicks	W		118	114	51	29	W 2
G	Date	Start (ET)			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
81	Fri, Apr 17, 1987		Box Score		New Jersey Nets	W		130	117	52	29	W 3
82	Sat, Apr 18, 1987		Box Score	@	Milwaukee Bucks	L		110	124	52	30	L 1

Playoffs

Playoffs Table
G	Date			Opponent		Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
1	Fri, Apr 24, 1987	Box Score		Washington Bullets	W	106	92	1	0	W 1
2	Sun, Apr 26, 1987	Box Score		Washington Bullets	W	128	85	2	0	W 2
3	Wed, Apr 29, 1987	Box Score	@	Washington Bullets	W	97	96	3	0	W 3
G	Date			Opponent		Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
4	Sun, May 3, 1987	Box Score	@	Atlanta Hawks	W	112	111	4	0	W 4
5	Tue, May 5, 1987	Box Score	@	Atlanta Hawks	L	102	115	4	1	L 1
6	Fri, May 8, 1987	Box Score		Atlanta Hawks	W	108	99	5	1	W 1
7	Sun, May 10, 1987	Box Score		Atlanta Hawks	W	89	88	6	1	W 2
8	Wed, May 13, 1987	Box Score	@	Atlanta Hawks	W	104	96	7	1	W 3
G	Date			Opponent		Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
9	Tue, May 19, 1987	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L	91	104	7	2	L 1
10	Thu, May 21, 1987	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L	101	110	7	3	L 2
11	Sat, May 23, 1987	Box Score		Boston Celtics	W	122	104	8	3	W 1
12	Sun, May 24, 1987	Box Score		Boston Celtics	W	145	119	9	3	W 2
13	Tue, May 26, 1987	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L	107	108	9	4	L 1
14	Thu, May 28, 1987	Box Score		Boston Celtics	W	113	105	10	4	W 1
15	Sat, May 30, 1987	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L	114	117	10	5	L 1

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