1985-86 Indiana Pacers Schedule and Results

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Record: 26-56, Finished 6th in NBA Central Division

Coach: George Irvine (26-56)

PTS/G: 103.9 (21st of 23) Opp PTS/G: 107.2 (7th of 23)

SRS: -2.66 (17th of 23) Pace: 100.9 (17th of 23)

Off Rtg: 102.6 (22nd of 23) Def Rtg: 105.9 (8th of 23) Net Rtg: -3.3 (19th of 23)

Expected W-L: 32-50 (20th of 23)

Preseason Odds: Championship +7500

Arena: Market Square Arena Attendance: 460,969 (13th 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, Oct 26, 1985		Box Score		New Jersey Nets	W		119	92	1	0	W 1	15,856	2:09
2	Wed, Oct 30, 1985	7:40p	Box Score	@	New Jersey Nets	L	3OT	138	147	1	1	L 1	8,027	3:03
3	Fri, Nov 1, 1985		Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	L		116	124	1	2	L 2	10,464	2:16
4	Sat, Nov 2, 1985		Box Score		Detroit Pistons	L		117	128	1	3	L 3	16,904	2:01
5	Wed, Nov 6, 1985		Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	L		97	105	1	4	L 4	10,121	2:03
6	Sat, Nov 9, 1985		Box Score		Phoenix Suns	W		127	105	2	4	W 1	10,168	2:09
7	Wed, Nov 13, 1985		Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		114	118	2	5	L 1	14,890	2:08
8	Thu, Nov 14, 1985		Box Score		Cleveland Cavaliers	L		104	112	2	6	L 2	7,575	2:00
9	Sat, Nov 16, 1985		Box Score		Boston Celtics	W		111	109	3	6	W 1	16,904	2:02
10	Tue, Nov 19, 1985		Box Score	@	Chicago Bulls	L		114	121	3	7	L 1	10,433	2:04
11	Wed, Nov 20, 1985		Box Score	@	Houston Rockets	L		97	126	3	8	L 2	13,883	2:00
12	Fri, Nov 22, 1985		Box Score	@	San Antonio Spurs	L		96	108	3	9	L 3	7,054	2:07
13	Sat, Nov 23, 1985		Box Score	@	Dallas Mavericks	L		104	117	3	10	L 4	17,007	2:09
14	Mon, Nov 25, 1985		Box Score		Utah Jazz	L		101	102	3	11	L 5	6,597	2:02
15	Wed, Nov 27, 1985		Box Score		New York Knicks	L		77	80	3	12	L 6	10,008	2:05
16	Fri, Nov 29, 1985		Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	L		100	110	3	13	L 7	16,904	2:05
17	Sat, Nov 30, 1985		Box Score	@	Milwaukee Bucks	L		94	111	3	14	L 8	10,781	2:07
18	Tue, Dec 3, 1985		Box Score	@	Cleveland Cavaliers	W		98	84	4	14	W 1	6,070	2:05
19	Wed, Dec 4, 1985		Box Score		Denver Nuggets	L		105	119	4	15	L 1	11,838	2:00
20	Fri, Dec 6, 1985		Box Score		New York Knicks	W		107	83	5	15	W 1	12,001	2:05
G	Date	Start (ET)			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
21	Tue, Dec 10, 1985		Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		64	82	5	16	L 1	11,442	2:04
22	Wed, Dec 11, 1985		Box Score		San Antonio Spurs	W		114	101	6	16	W 1	6,605	2:10
23	Fri, Dec 13, 1985		Box Score		Atlanta Hawks	W		109	89	7	16	W 2	10,725	2:08
24	Sat, Dec 14, 1985	7:39p	Box Score	@	New Jersey Nets	L		99	105	7	17	L 1	9,334	2:11
25	Tue, Dec 17, 1985		Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	L		96	102	7	18	L 2	11,127	2:09
26	Fri, Dec 20, 1985		Box Score		Milwaukee Bucks	W		114	102	8	18	W 1	8,017	2:11
27	Sat, Dec 21, 1985		Box Score		New Jersey Nets	L		98	102	8	19	L 1	8,160	2:14
28	Thu, Dec 26, 1985		Box Score	@	Milwaukee Bucks	L		87	105	8	20	L 2	11,052	2:12
29	Sat, Dec 28, 1985		Box Score	@	Chicago Bulls	L		104	108	8	21	L 3	7,124	2:13
30	Mon, Dec 30, 1985		Box Score	@	Washington Bullets	W		97	80	9	21	W 1	4,303	1:59
31	Thu, Jan 2, 1986		Box Score		Boston Celtics	L		104	122	9	22	L 1	14,974	2:00
32	Sat, Jan 4, 1986		Box Score		Los Angeles Clippers	W		106	77	10	22	W 1	8,503	1:56
33	Tue, Jan 7, 1986		Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		85	93	10	23	L 1	12,210	2:15
34	Wed, Jan 8, 1986		Box Score		Sacramento Kings	L		87	88	10	24	L 2	6,557	2:03
35	Fri, Jan 10, 1986		Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	L		102	124	10	25	L 3	17,505	2:08
36	Sat, Jan 11, 1986		Box Score	@	Phoenix Suns	L		99	128	10	26	L 4	11,175	2:07
37	Mon, Jan 13, 1986		Box Score	@	Golden State Warriors	L		108	119	10	27	L 5	7,199	2:12
38	Wed, Jan 15, 1986		Box Score		Portland Trail Blazers	L		104	109	10	28	L 6	7,220	2:05
39	Fri, Jan 17, 1986		Box Score		Boston Celtics	L		105	123	10	29	L 7	16,904	1:54
40	Sat, Jan 18, 1986		Box Score	@	Cleveland Cavaliers	L		95	108	10	30	L 8	9,021	2:01
G	Date	Start (ET)			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
41	Mon, Jan 20, 1986		Box Score		Detroit Pistons	W		105	99	11	30	W 1	12,002	2:06
42	Fri, Jan 24, 1986		Box Score		Milwaukee Bucks	L		92	117	11	31	L 1	11,202	2:06
43	Sat, Jan 25, 1986		Box Score		Golden State Warriors	W		124	101	12	31	W 1	11,441	2:05
44	Tue, Jan 28, 1986		Box Score	@	Atlanta Hawks	L		92	123	12	32	L 1	4,678	2:02
45	Wed, Jan 29, 1986		Box Score		Washington Bullets	W		92	88	13	32	W 1	7,232	2:04
46	Fri, Jan 31, 1986		Box Score		Seattle SuperSonics	W		101	94	14	32	W 2	10,757	2:12
47	Sun, Feb 2, 1986		Box Score		Chicago Bulls	W		131	106	15	32	W 3	10,911	2:05
48	Tue, Feb 4, 1986		Box Score		New Jersey Nets	W		117	101	16	32	W 4	7,674	2:10
49	Thu, Feb 6, 1986		Box Score		Atlanta Hawks	L		85	100	16	33	L 1	10,424	1:58
50	Tue, Feb 11, 1986		Box Score	@	Cleveland Cavaliers	L		97	119	16	34	L 2	6,213	2:04
51	Wed, Feb 12, 1986		Box Score		Milwaukee Bucks	L		97	103	16	35	L 3	7,565	2:15
52	Fri, Feb 14, 1986		Box Score	@	Chicago Bulls	W		104	88	17	35	W 1	10,346	1:47
53	Sat, Feb 15, 1986		Box Score		Cleveland Cavaliers	W		105	99	18	35	W 2	11,201	2:17
54	Mon, Feb 17, 1986		Box Score		Chicago Bulls	W		124	110	19	35	W 3	11,306	2:16
55	Wed, Feb 19, 1986		Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	L		81	90	19	36	L 1	16,904	2:02
56	Fri, Feb 21, 1986		Box Score	@	Atlanta Hawks	L		98	106	19	37	L 2	9,148	2:08
57	Sun, Feb 23, 1986		Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		98	113	19	38	L 3	15,124	1:57	at Hartford, CT
58	Tue, Feb 25, 1986		Box Score		Washington Bullets	W		100	87	20	38	W 1	9,365	2:00
59	Thu, Feb 27, 1986		Box Score	@	Utah Jazz	L		92	109	20	39	L 1	10,561	2:07
60	Fri, Feb 28, 1986		Box Score	@	Sacramento Kings	L		100	121	20	40	L 2	10,333	2:03
G	Date	Start (ET)			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
61	Sun, Mar 2, 1986		Box Score	@	Los Angeles Clippers	W		129	112	21	40	W 1	6,106	2:03
62	Tue, Mar 4, 1986		Box Score	@	Portland Trail Blazers	L		99	102	21	41	L 1	12,666	2:09
63	Wed, Mar 5, 1986		Box Score	@	Seattle SuperSonics	W		120	112	22	41	W 1	5,177	2:09
64	Fri, Mar 7, 1986		Box Score	@	Denver Nuggets	L		117	134	22	42	L 1	13,360	2:10
65	Sun, Mar 9, 1986		Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	L		102	120	22	43	L 2	16,841	2:12
66	Tue, Mar 11, 1986		Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	L		91	101	22	44	L 3	13,539	2:05
67	Wed, Mar 12, 1986		Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	L		101	111	22	45	L 4	11,663	2:00
68	Fri, Mar 14, 1986		Box Score	@	Milwaukee Bucks	W		114	104	23	45	W 1	11,052	2:05
69	Sat, Mar 15, 1986		Box Score		Washington Bullets	W		105	100	24	45	W 2	11,426	2:06
70	Mon, Mar 17, 1986		Box Score		New York Knicks	W		112	92	25	45	W 3	11,215	1:59
71	Wed, Mar 19, 1986		Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		108	127	25	46	L 1	14,890	1:57
72	Sat, Mar 22, 1986		Box Score	@	Washington Bullets	L		110	111	25	47	L 2	7,865	2:14
73	Mon, Mar 24, 1986		Box Score		Dallas Mavericks	L		120	126	25	48	L 3	14,353	2:05
74	Wed, Mar 26, 1986		Box Score		Houston Rockets	L		101	110	25	49	L 4	11,827	2:05
75	Fri, Mar 28, 1986		Box Score		Atlanta Hawks	L		92	100	25	50	L 5	11,642	2:12
76	Tue, Apr 1, 1986		Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	L		108	116	25	51	L 6	25,816	2:05
77	Thu, Apr 3, 1986		Box Score		Chicago Bulls	L		108	109	25	52	L 7	11,599	2:04
78	Sat, Apr 5, 1986		Box Score		Detroit Pistons	L		106	115	25	53	L 8	13,837	2:05
79	Mon, Apr 7, 1986		Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		104	106	25	54	L 9	11,282	2:11
80	Tue, Apr 8, 1986		Box Score	@	Washington Bullets	W		111	104	26	54	W 1	4,043	2:02
G	Date	Start (ET)			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
81	Fri, Apr 11, 1986		Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	L		122	130	26	55	L 1	15,177	2:08
82	Sat, Apr 12, 1986		Box Score	@	Atlanta Hawks	L		91	108	26	56	L 2	9,846	2:10

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