1986-87 Indiana Pacers Schedule and Results

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Record: 41-41, Finished 4th in NBA Central Division

Coach: Jack Ramsay (41-41)

Executive: Donnie Walsh

PTS/G: 106.1 (18th of 23) Opp PTS/G: 106.7 (7th of 23)

SRS: -0.17 (13th of 23) Pace: 98.8 (18th of 23)

Off Rtg: 106.0 (16th of 23) Def Rtg: 106.6 (8th of 23) Net Rtg: -0.6 (13th of 23)

Expected W-L: 39-43 (13th of 23)

Preseason Odds: Championship +10000

Arena: Market Square Arena Attendance: 521,007 (10th of 23)

NBA 1987 Playoffs:
Lost NBA Eastern Conference First Round (1-3) versus Atlanta Hawks (Series Stats)

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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 31, 1986		Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	L		104	108	0	1	L 1	10,247
2	Sat, Nov 1, 1986		Box Score		Detroit Pistons	W		92	89	1	1	W 1	16,912
3	Tue, Nov 4, 1986		Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	W	2OT	125	121	2	1	W 2	13,887
4	Wed, Nov 5, 1986		Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		102	133	2	2	L 1	14,890	2:01
5	Sat, Nov 8, 1986		Box Score		San Antonio Spurs	W		130	97	3	2	W 1	14,365
6	Tue, Nov 11, 1986		Box Score	@	Milwaukee Bucks	L		94	102	3	3	L 1	10,765
7	Thu, Nov 13, 1986	7:44p	Box Score	@	New Jersey Nets	W	OT	120	117	4	3	W 1	7,709	2:22
8	Sat, Nov 15, 1986		Box Score		Milwaukee Bucks	W		104	103	5	3	W 2	16,255
9	Sun, Nov 16, 1986		Box Score	@	Washington Bullets	L		111	124	5	4	L 1	6,018
10	Tue, Nov 18, 1986		Box Score	@	Los Angeles Clippers	W		98	93	6	4	W 1	4,765
11	Thu, Nov 20, 1986		Box Score	@	Sacramento Kings	L		83	92	6	5	L 1	10,333
12	Sat, Nov 22, 1986		Box Score	@	Seattle SuperSonics	L		111	121	6	6	L 2	6,399
13	Sun, Nov 23, 1986		Box Score	@	Portland Trail Blazers	L		95	108	6	7	L 3	12,666
14	Wed, Nov 26, 1986		Box Score		Houston Rockets	L		88	92	6	8	L 4	16,912
15	Fri, Nov 28, 1986		Box Score		Denver Nuggets	W		126	102	7	8	W 1	12,357
16	Sun, Nov 30, 1986		Box Score		Portland Trail Blazers	L		101	118	7	9	L 1	8,397
17	Tue, Dec 2, 1986		Box Score	@	Milwaukee Bucks	L		88	95	7	10	L 2	10,032
18	Wed, Dec 3, 1986		Box Score		Washington Bullets	W		116	103	8	10	W 1	10,246
19	Fri, Dec 5, 1986		Box Score		Atlanta Hawks	W		119	113	9	10	W 2	13,490
20	Wed, Dec 10, 1986		Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	L		112	122	9	11	L 1	10,049
G	Date	Start (ET)			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
21	Thu, Dec 11, 1986		Box Score		Cleveland Cavaliers	W		115	94	10	11	W 1	8,104
22	Sat, Dec 13, 1986		Box Score		New Jersey Nets	W		95	91	11	11	W 2	10,848
23	Wed, Dec 17, 1986		Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		101	113	11	12	L 1	14,890	1:58
24	Thu, Dec 18, 1986		Box Score		Chicago Bulls	L		88	97	11	13	L 2	15,844
25	Sat, Dec 20, 1986		Box Score	@	New York Knicks	W		123	99	12	13	W 1	9,535
26	Sun, Dec 21, 1986		Box Score	@	Cleveland Cavaliers	L		94	104	12	14	L 1	7,849
27	Tue, Dec 23, 1986		Box Score		Detroit Pistons	W		111	98	13	14	W 1	11,860
28	Sat, Dec 27, 1986		Box Score	@	Chicago Bulls	L		93	105	13	15	L 1	16,781
29	Tue, Dec 30, 1986		Box Score		Cleveland Cavaliers	W		111	99	14	15	W 1	10,496
30	Fri, Jan 2, 1987		Box Score		Los Angeles Clippers	W		116	106	15	15	W 2	12,652
31	Mon, Jan 5, 1987		Box Score	@	Dallas Mavericks	W		144	135	16	15	W 3	17,007
32	Tue, Jan 6, 1987		Box Score	@	San Antonio Spurs	W		101	99	17	15	W 4	5,407
33	Thu, Jan 8, 1987		Box Score	@	Houston Rockets	L		96	110	17	16	L 1	16,016
34	Sat, Jan 10, 1987		Box Score	@	Utah Jazz	L		96	105	17	17	L 2	12,212
35	Tue, Jan 13, 1987		Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	L		94	101	17	18	L 3	13,428
36	Thu, Jan 15, 1987		Box Score		Washington Bullets	W		113	105	18	18	W 1	8,330
37	Sat, Jan 17, 1987		Box Score		Dallas Mavericks	W	2OT	119	115	19	18	W 2	16,405
38	Mon, Jan 19, 1987		Box Score		Chicago Bulls	W		109	95	20	18	W 3	14,754
39	Wed, Jan 21, 1987		Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		100	130	20	19	L 1	14,890	1:58
40	Thu, Jan 22, 1987		Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	L		108	118	20	20	L 2	16,912
G	Date	Start (ET)			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
41	Sat, Jan 24, 1987		Box Score		Phoenix Suns	L		103	104	20	21	L 3	10,750
42	Tue, Jan 27, 1987		Box Score	@	Atlanta Hawks	L		98	114	20	22	L 4	6,916
43	Fri, Jan 30, 1987		Box Score		Boston Celtics	L		94	100	20	23	L 5	16,912	2:07
44	Sat, Jan 31, 1987		Box Score	@	Cleveland Cavaliers	L		100	102	20	24	L 6	11,887
45	Tue, Feb 3, 1987		Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	L		94	99	20	25	L 7	14,044
46	Thu, Feb 5, 1987		Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	W		98	93	21	25	W 1	13,410
47	Tue, Feb 10, 1987		Box Score	@	Golden State Warriors	W	OT	126	125	22	25	W 2	8,804
48	Wed, Feb 11, 1987		Box Score	@	Phoenix Suns	W		121	105	23	25	W 3	10,378
49	Fri, Feb 13, 1987		Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	L		108	113	23	26	L 1	17,505
50	Sat, Feb 14, 1987		Box Score	@	Denver Nuggets	L		113	129	23	27	L 2	12,398
51	Mon, Feb 16, 1987		Box Score		Golden State Warriors	W		112	93	24	27	W 1	9,012
52	Wed, Feb 18, 1987		Box Score		Seattle SuperSonics	W		105	88	25	27	W 2	9,077
53	Fri, Feb 20, 1987		Box Score	@	Atlanta Hawks	W		107	105	26	27	W 3	11,603
54	Sun, Feb 22, 1987		Box Score		Sacramento Kings	W		103	101	27	27	W 4	14,460
55	Tue, Feb 24, 1987		Box Score	@	Milwaukee Bucks	L	2OT	114	120	27	28	L 1	11,052
56	Thu, Feb 26, 1987		Box Score	@	Washington Bullets	L		94	100	27	29	L 2	10,187
57	Fri, Feb 27, 1987	7:41p	Box Score	@	New Jersey Nets	L		115	125	27	30	L 3	10,119	2:05
58	Sun, Mar 1, 1987		Box Score		New York Knicks	W	OT	122	115	28	30	W 1	11,404
59	Tue, Mar 3, 1987		Box Score		Atlanta Hawks	L		108	109	28	31	L 1	10,244
60	Sat, Mar 7, 1987		Box Score		Milwaukee Bucks	L		120	124	28	32	L 2	14,345
G	Date	Start (ET)			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
61	Mon, Mar 9, 1987		Box Score		Utah Jazz	W		107	102	29	32	W 1	8,364
62	Wed, Mar 11, 1987		Box Score		Detroit Pistons	L		98	107	29	33	L 1	9,063
63	Fri, Mar 13, 1987		Box Score		Boston Celtics	W		116	109	30	33	W 1	16,912	1:57
64	Sun, Mar 15, 1987		Box Score		New Jersey Nets	W		123	99	31	33	W 2	12,147
65	Mon, Mar 16, 1987		Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	L		95	115	31	34	L 1	15,348
66	Thu, Mar 19, 1987		Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L	OT	105	111	31	35	L 2	8,950
67	Sat, Mar 21, 1987		Box Score		Cleveland Cavaliers	W		77	76	32	35	W 1	11,031
68	Mon, Mar 23, 1987		Box Score		Washington Bullets	W		101	92	33	35	W 2	9,961
69	Wed, Mar 25, 1987		Box Score		Milwaukee Bucks	W		125	108	34	35	W 3	10,015
70	Fri, Mar 27, 1987		Box Score		New York Knicks	W		100	91	35	35	W 4	13,167
71	Sat, Mar 28, 1987		Box Score	@	Atlanta Hawks	W		120	114	36	35	W 5	12,562
72	Wed, Apr 1, 1987		Box Score		Chicago Bulls	W		99	94	37	35	W 6	16,912
73	Thu, Apr 2, 1987		Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	L		73	119	37	36	L 1	25,778
74	Sat, Apr 4, 1987		Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		108	112	37	37	L 2	10,518
75	Tue, Apr 7, 1987		Box Score		New Jersey Nets	W		128	114	38	37	W 1	12,651
76	Thu, Apr 9, 1987		Box Score	@	Cleveland Cavaliers	L		99	111	38	38	L 1	6,843
77	Fri, Apr 10, 1987		Box Score	@	Washington Bullets	W		115	101	39	38	W 1	9,227
78	Sun, Apr 12, 1987		Box Score	@	Chicago Bulls	L		95	116	39	39	L 1	17,219
79	Mon, Apr 13, 1987		Box Score		Atlanta Hawks	L		101	102	39	40	L 2	11,170
80	Wed, Apr 15, 1987		Box Score		Boston Celtics	L		85	108	39	41	L 3	16,912	1:53
G	Date	Start (ET)			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
81	Fri, Apr 17, 1987		Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	W		115	111	40	41	W 1	17,967
82	Sat, Apr 18, 1987	7:42p	Box Score	@	New Jersey Nets	W		112	103	41	41	W 2	11,714	2:12

Playoffs

Playoffs Table
G	Date			Opponent		Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG
1	Fri, Apr 24, 1987	Box Score	@	Atlanta Hawks	L	94	110	0	1	L 1	16,522	2:12
2	Sun, Apr 26, 1987	Box Score	@	Atlanta Hawks	L	93	94	0	2	L 2	16,522	2:11
3	Wed, Apr 29, 1987	Box Score		Atlanta Hawks	W	96	87	1	2	W 1	12,303	2:14
4	Fri, May 1, 1987	Box Score		Atlanta Hawks	L	97	101	1	3	L 1	14,039	2:27

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