1985-86 Houston Rockets Schedule and Results

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Record: 51-31, Finished 1st in NBA Midwest Division

Coach: Bill Fitch (51-31)

Executive: Ray Patterson

PTS/G: 114.4 (6th of 23) Opp PTS/G: 111.8 (13th of 23)

SRS: 2.10 (6th of 23) Pace: 103.5 (7th of 23)

Off Rtg: 110.1 (5th of 23) Def Rtg: 107.6 (14th of 23) Net Rtg: +2.5 (4th of 23)

Expected W-L: 48-34 (4th of 23)

Preseason Odds: Championship +700

Arena: The Summit Attendance: 604,644 (5th of 23)

NBA 1986 Playoffs:
Won NBA Western Conference First Round (3-0) versus Sacramento Kings (Series Stats)
Won NBA Western Conference Semifinals (4-2) versus Denver Nuggets (Series Stats)
Won NBA Western Conference Finals (4-1) versus Los Angeles Lakers (Series Stats)
Lost NBA Finals (2-4) versus Boston Celtics (Series Stats)

Western Conference Champions
Midwest Div Champs

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Regular Season Schedule

Playoffs Schedule

Regular Season

Regular Season Table
G	Date	Start (ET)			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
1	Fri, Oct 25, 1985		Box Score	@	Utah Jazz	W		112	108	1	0	W 1	12,431	2:15
2	Sat, Oct 26, 1985		Box Score	@	Los Angeles Clippers	L	2OT	129	130	1	1	L 1	7,656	2:54
3	Tue, Oct 29, 1985		Box Score		Seattle SuperSonics	W		111	99	2	1	W 1	11,989	2:04
4	Thu, Oct 31, 1985		Box Score	@	Sacramento Kings	L		116	122	2	2	L 1	10,333	2:13
5	Sat, Nov 2, 1985		Box Score		San Antonio Spurs	W		111	98	3	2	W 1	12,747	2:04
6	Tue, Nov 5, 1985		Box Score		Portland Trail Blazers	W		127	113	4	2	W 2	11,896	2:08
7	Thu, Nov 7, 1985		Box Score		Los Angeles Clippers	W		137	115	5	2	W 3	13,826	2:00
8	Sat, Nov 9, 1985		Box Score	@	Dallas Mavericks	W		115	110	6	2	W 4	17,007	2:09
9	Tue, Nov 12, 1985		Box Score		Denver Nuggets	W		127	119	7	2	W 5	14,981	2:14
10	Thu, Nov 14, 1985		Box Score		New Jersey Nets	W		112	107	8	2	W 6	15,011	2:07
11	Sat, Nov 16, 1985		Box Score		Dallas Mavericks	W		122	117	9	2	W 7	15,726	2:00
12	Tue, Nov 19, 1985		Box Score	@	Denver Nuggets	L		113	127	9	3	L 1	11,533	2:09
13	Wed, Nov 20, 1985		Box Score		Indiana Pacers	W		126	97	10	3	W 1	13,883	2:00
14	Fri, Nov 22, 1985		Box Score	@	Seattle SuperSonics	L		103	122	10	4	L 1	7,019	2:13
15	Sun, Nov 24, 1985		Box Score	@	Portland Trail Blazers	L		118	125	10	5	L 2	12,666	2:16
16	Tue, Nov 26, 1985		Box Score		Golden State Warriors	W		130	108	11	5	W 1	13,926	2:02
17	Wed, Nov 27, 1985		Box Score	@	Los Angeles Clippers	W	OT	137	130	12	5	W 2	7,512	2:31
18	Fri, Nov 29, 1985		Box Score	@	Phoenix Suns	L		110	126	12	6	L 1	11,761	2:04
19	Sat, Nov 30, 1985		Box Score		Sacramento Kings	W		131	114	13	6	W 1	14,840	2:12
20	Tue, Dec 3, 1985		Box Score		Phoenix Suns	W		118	112	14	6	W 2	11,930	2:03
G	Date	Start (ET)			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
21	Fri, Dec 6, 1985		Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	L		112	120	14	7	L 1	17,505	2:05
22	Sat, Dec 7, 1985		Box Score		Chicago Bulls	W		116	104	15	7	W 1	14,597	2:02
23	Tue, Dec 10, 1985		Box Score		Utah Jazz	W		134	105	16	7	W 2	12,839	2:09
24	Thu, Dec 12, 1985		Box Score		Dallas Mavericks	W		123	120	17	7	W 3	12,497	2:12
25	Sat, Dec 14, 1985		Box Score	@	Utah Jazz	L		100	114	17	8	L 1	12,251	2:20
26	Tue, Dec 17, 1985		Box Score	@	Cleveland Cavaliers	W		98	94	18	8	W 1	8,362	2:00
27	Wed, Dec 18, 1985		Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	L		108	126	18	9	L 1	11,787	2:08
28	Fri, Dec 20, 1985	7:40p	Box Score	@	New Jersey Nets	L		112	122	18	10	L 2	10,897	2:04
29	Sat, Dec 21, 1985		Box Score	@	Atlanta Hawks	L		122	123	18	11	L 3	8,563	2:08
30	Thu, Dec 26, 1985		Box Score		Utah Jazz	W		106	99	19	11	W 1	16,016	2:12
31	Sat, Dec 28, 1985		Box Score		Portland Trail Blazers	W		118	108	20	11	W 2	16,016	2:40
32	Mon, Dec 30, 1985		Box Score	@	Denver Nuggets	L		122	125	20	12	L 1	17,022	2:22
33	Thu, Jan 2, 1986		Box Score	@	Golden State Warriors	W		120	115	21	12	W 1	15,011	2:07
34	Sat, Jan 4, 1986		Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	W		115	100	22	12	W 2	16,016	2:10
35	Tue, Jan 7, 1986		Box Score		Golden State Warriors	W		124	115	23	12	W 3	15,646	2:01
36	Thu, Jan 9, 1986		Box Score		San Antonio Spurs	W		120	110	24	12	W 4	14,983	2:00
37	Sat, Jan 11, 1986		Box Score		Washington Bullets	W		87	86	25	12	W 5	16,016	2:04
38	Tue, Jan 14, 1986		Box Score		Utah Jazz	L		102	105	25	13	L 1	16,016	2:19
39	Wed, Jan 15, 1986		Box Score	@	San Antonio Spurs	W		119	113	26	13	W 1	9,398	2:05
40	Sat, Jan 18, 1986		Box Score		New York Knicks	W		104	95	27	13	W 2	16,016	2:11
G	Date	Start (ET)			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
41	Sun, Jan 19, 1986		Box Score	@	Dallas Mavericks	L		96	131	27	14	L 1	17,007	2:02
42	Tue, Jan 21, 1986		Box Score	@	Seattle SuperSonics	W		100	96	28	14	W 1	6,682	2:04
43	Thu, Jan 23, 1986		Box Score		Sacramento Kings	W		124	107	29	14	W 2	13,215	1:55
44	Sat, Jan 25, 1986		Box Score		Detroit Pistons	W		117	112	30	14	W 3	16,016	2:14
45	Tue, Jan 28, 1986		Box Score		Cleveland Cavaliers	W		116	109	31	14	W 4	14,565	2:13
46	Thu, Jan 30, 1986		Box Score	@	Sacramento Kings	W		111	109	32	14	W 5	10,333	2:00
47	Sat, Feb 1, 1986		Box Score	@	Chicago Bulls	L		122	132	32	15	L 1	12,327	2:21
48	Mon, Feb 3, 1986		Box Score		Denver Nuggets	W		104	102	33	15	W 1	15,568	2:08
49	Thu, Feb 6, 1986		Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	L		95	117	33	16	L 1	16,016	1:57
50	Tue, Feb 11, 1986		Box Score		Atlanta Hawks	W		113	100	34	16	W 1	16,016	1:58
51	Thu, Feb 13, 1986		Box Score	@	San Antonio Spurs	L		115	119	34	17	L 1	8,875	2:09
52	Sat, Feb 15, 1986		Box Score	@	Los Angeles Clippers	L		101	108	34	18	L 2	10,086	2:11
53	Mon, Feb 17, 1986		Box Score	@	Golden State Warriors	W		116	110	35	18	W 1	11,222	2:04
54	Tue, Feb 18, 1986		Box Score	@	Sacramento Kings	L		105	115	35	19	L 1	10,333	2:07
55	Thu, Feb 20, 1986		Box Score		Milwaukee Bucks	L		113	120	35	20	L 2	14,448	2:07
56	Fri, Feb 21, 1986		Box Score	@	Dallas Mavericks	W		111	104	36	20	W 1	17,007	1:51
57	Mon, Feb 24, 1986		Box Score		Dallas Mavericks	W		110	105	37	20	W 2	15,851	2:06
58	Tue, Feb 25, 1986		Box Score	@	Utah Jazz	L		97	100	37	21	L 1	12,206	2:07
59	Thu, Feb 27, 1986		Box Score		Denver Nuggets	W		117	111	38	21	W 1	15,086	2:13
60	Sat, Mar 1, 1986		Box Score	@	Portland Trail Blazers	L		112	117	38	22	L 1	12,666	2:09
G	Date	Start (ET)			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
61	Mon, Mar 3, 1986		Box Score	@	Seattle SuperSonics	L		105	118	38	23	L 2	6,108	1:56
62	Tue, Mar 4, 1986		Box Score	@	Denver Nuggets	L		115	128	38	24	L 3	17,022	2:18
63	Thu, Mar 6, 1986		Box Score		Sacramento Kings	W		116	105	39	24	W 1	12,802	2:01
64	Sat, Mar 8, 1986		Box Score		San Antonio Spurs	W		126	117	40	24	W 2	15,333	2:20
65	Tue, Mar 11, 1986		Box Score		Boston Celtics	L		104	116	40	25	L 1	16,016	1:58
66	Thu, Mar 13, 1986		Box Score		Portland Trail Blazers	W		126	118	41	25	W 1	15,094	2:06
67	Sat, Mar 15, 1986		Box Score		Los Angeles Clippers	W		148	116	42	25	W 2	14,872	2:04
68	Sun, Mar 16, 1986		Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	L		111	116	42	26	L 1	17,505	2:10
69	Tue, Mar 18, 1986		Box Score		Phoenix Suns	W		112	109	43	26	W 1	14,849	2:10
70	Thu, Mar 20, 1986		Box Score	@	Milwaukee Bucks	L		106	116	43	27	L 1	11,052	2:05
71	Sat, Mar 22, 1986		Box Score	@	New York Knicks	W		114	99	44	27	W 1	15,233	2:00
72	Mon, Mar 24, 1986		Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		107	114	44	28	L 1	14,890	2:13
73	Wed, Mar 26, 1986		Box Score	@	Indiana Pacers	W		110	101	45	28	W 1	11,827	2:05
74	Fri, Mar 28, 1986		Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	L		107	116	45	29	L 1	27,927	2:11
75	Sat, Mar 29, 1986		Box Score	@	Washington Bullets	W		114	109	46	29	W 1	13,123	2:06
76	Tue, Apr 1, 1986		Box Score		Golden State Warriors	W		125	121	47	29	W 2	14,803	2:12
77	Thu, Apr 3, 1986		Box Score	@	San Antonio Spurs	W		136	110	48	29	W 3	7,219	1:59
78	Fri, Apr 4, 1986		Box Score	@	Phoenix Suns	W		112	89	49	29	W 4	12,936	2:03
79	Sun, Apr 6, 1986		Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	W		109	103	50	29	W 5	16,016	2:17
80	Tue, Apr 8, 1986		Box Score		Seattle SuperSonics	W		109	95	51	29	W 6	14,649	2:24
G	Date	Start (ET)			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
81	Thu, Apr 10, 1986		Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	L		113	117	51	30	L 1	17,505	2:02
82	Sat, Apr 12, 1986		Box Score		Phoenix Suns	L		92	110	51	31	L 2	16,016	2:03

Playoffs

Playoffs Table
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
1	Thu, Apr 17, 1986	Box Score		Sacramento Kings	W		107	87	1	0	W 1	15,101	2:00
2	Sat, Apr 19, 1986	Box Score		Sacramento Kings	W		111	103	2	0	W 2	16,016	2:11
3	Tue, Apr 22, 1986	Box Score	@	Sacramento Kings	W		113	98	3	0	W 3	10,333	2:08
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
4	Sat, Apr 26, 1986	Box Score		Denver Nuggets	W		126	119	4	0	W 4	15,448	2:16
5	Tue, Apr 29, 1986	Box Score		Denver Nuggets	W		119	101	5	0	W 5	16,016	2:02
6	Fri, May 2, 1986	Box Score	@	Denver Nuggets	L		115	116	5	1	L 1	17,022	2:17
7	Sun, May 4, 1986	Box Score	@	Denver Nuggets	L	OT	111	114	5	2	L 2	14,152	2:44
8	Tue, May 6, 1986	Box Score		Denver Nuggets	W		131	103	6	2	W 1	16,016	2:03
9	Thu, May 8, 1986	Box Score	@	Denver Nuggets	W	2OT	126	122	7	2	W 2	17,022	2:53
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
10	Sat, May 10, 1986	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	L		107	119	7	3	L 1	17,505	2:20
11	Tue, May 13, 1986	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	W		112	102	8	3	W 1	17,505	2:04
12	Fri, May 16, 1986	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	W		117	109	9	3	W 2	16,016	2:20
13	Sun, May 18, 1986	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	W		105	95	10	3	W 3	16,016	2:23
14	Wed, May 21, 1986	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	W		114	112	11	3	W 4	17,505	2:26
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
15	Mon, May 26, 1986	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		100	112	11	4	L 1	14,890	2:11
16	Thu, May 29, 1986	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		95	117	11	5	L 2	14,890	2:14
17	Sun, Jun 1, 1986	Box Score		Boston Celtics	W		106	104	12	5	W 1	16,016	2:31
18	Tue, Jun 3, 1986	Box Score		Boston Celtics	L		103	106	12	6	L 1	16,016	2:10
19	Thu, Jun 5, 1986	Box Score		Boston Celtics	W		111	96	13	6	W 1	16,016	2:25
20	Sun, Jun 8, 1986	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		97	114	13	7	L 1	14,890	2:19

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