1987-88 Indiana Pacers Schedule and Results

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Record: 38-44, Finished 6th in NBA Central Division

Coach: Jack Ramsay (38-44)

Executive: Donnie Walsh

PTS/G: 104.6 (20th of 23) Opp PTS/G: 105.4 (7th of 23)

SRS: -0.18 (16th of 23) Pace: 98.0 (16th of 23)

Off Rtg: 106.6 (17th of 23) Def Rtg: 107.4 (11th of 23) Net Rtg: -0.8 (16th of 23)

Expected W-L: 39-43 (16th of 23)

Preseason Odds: Championship +5000

Arena: Market Square Arena Attendance: 502,244 (14th of 23)

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Regular Season

Regular Season Table
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
1	Fri, Nov 6, 1987	Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	L		95	108	0	1	L 1	12,287
2	Sat, Nov 7, 1987	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		108	95	1	1	W 1	14,801
3	Tue, Nov 10, 1987	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	W		121	118	2	1	W 2	11,885
4	Wed, Nov 11, 1987	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		106	120	2	2	L 1	14,890	1:59
5	Sat, Nov 14, 1987	Box Score	@	Chicago Bulls	W		111	110	3	2	W 1	18,676
6	Sun, Nov 15, 1987	Box Score		Boston Celtics	L		98	103	3	3	L 1	16,912	1:50
7	Tue, Nov 17, 1987	Box Score	@	Sacramento Kings	W		126	111	4	3	W 1	10,333
8	Wed, Nov 18, 1987	Box Score	@	Denver Nuggets	W		117	106	5	3	W 2	11,120
9	Fri, Nov 20, 1987	Box Score	@	Utah Jazz	L		81	112	5	4	L 1	12,212
10	Sun, Nov 22, 1987	Box Score	@	Portland Trail Blazers	L		110	120	5	5	L 2	12,666
11	Wed, Nov 25, 1987	Box Score		San Antonio Spurs	W		133	102	6	5	W 1	10,655
12	Fri, Nov 27, 1987	Box Score		Atlanta Hawks	W		88	86	7	5	W 2	16,912
13	Sat, Nov 28, 1987	Box Score		Seattle SuperSonics	W		131	115	8	5	W 3	11,538
14	Mon, Nov 30, 1987	Box Score	@	Milwaukee Bucks	L		94	104	8	6	L 1	10,779
15	Wed, Dec 2, 1987	Box Score		Washington Bullets	W		108	102	9	6	W 1	8,220
16	Fri, Dec 4, 1987	Box Score		Cleveland Cavaliers	L		90	108	9	7	L 1	11,151
17	Tue, Dec 8, 1987	Box Score		Milwaukee Bucks	W		103	101	10	7	W 1	8,535
18	Thu, Dec 10, 1987	Box Score	@	New Jersey Nets	W		108	91	11	7	W 2	7,846
19	Sat, Dec 12, 1987	Box Score		Portland Trail Blazers	L		101	108	11	8	L 1	11,485
20	Tue, Dec 15, 1987	Box Score	@	Atlanta Hawks	L		91	93	11	9	L 2	13,118
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
21	Thu, Dec 17, 1987	Box Score	@	Washington Bullets	L	OT	111	115	11	10	L 3	5,433
22	Fri, Dec 18, 1987	Box Score		Utah Jazz	W		121	97	12	10	W 1	10,613
23	Sun, Dec 20, 1987	Box Score	@	Cleveland Cavaliers	L		116	127	12	11	L 1	8,115
24	Wed, Dec 23, 1987	Box Score		Dallas Mavericks	L		109	110	12	12	L 2	14,572
25	Sat, Dec 26, 1987	Box Score		Chicago Bulls	W		106	92	13	12	W 1	16,041
26	Wed, Dec 30, 1987	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	L		95	105	13	13	L 1	12,945
27	Sat, Jan 2, 1988	Box Score	@	Milwaukee Bucks	W		99	97	14	13	W 1	11,052
28	Tue, Jan 5, 1988	Box Score	@	Chicago Bulls	L		77	93	14	14	L 1	17,691
29	Thu, Jan 7, 1988	Box Score		Milwaukee Bucks	W		114	108	15	14	W 1	10,263
30	Sat, Jan 9, 1988	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	L		98	101	15	15	L 1	16,912
31	Mon, Jan 11, 1988	Box Score		Los Angeles Clippers	W		111	90	16	15	W 1	7,230
32	Wed, Jan 13, 1988	Box Score	@	Dallas Mavericks	L		108	110	16	16	L 1	17,007
33	Fri, Jan 15, 1988	Box Score	@	San Antonio Spurs	W		112	108	17	16	W 1	6,841
34	Sat, Jan 16, 1988	Box Score	@	Houston Rockets	L		102	132	17	17	L 1	16,611
35	Mon, Jan 18, 1988	Box Score	@	Seattle SuperSonics	L		105	115	17	18	L 2	10,151
36	Wed, Jan 20, 1988	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Clippers	L		97	104	17	19	L 3	6,773
37	Fri, Jan 22, 1988	Box Score		New Jersey Nets	W		113	104	18	19	W 1	9,318
38	Sun, Jan 24, 1988	Box Score		Phoenix Suns	W		128	109	19	19	W 2	10,842
39	Tue, Jan 26, 1988	Box Score		Chicago Bulls	W		97	93	20	19	W 3	14,916
40	Wed, Jan 27, 1988	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	L		86	103	20	20	L 1	19,801
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
41	Fri, Jan 29, 1988	Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	L		89	94	20	21	L 2	10,150
42	Mon, Feb 1, 1988	Box Score		Golden State Warriors	W		90	88	21	21	W 1	10,626
43	Wed, Feb 3, 1988	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		103	118	21	22	L 1	14,890	1:54
44	Thu, Feb 4, 1988	Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	W		109	95	22	22	W 1	14,054
45	Tue, Feb 9, 1988	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	W		110	108	23	22	W 2	17,505
46	Thu, Feb 11, 1988	Box Score	@	Golden State Warriors	W		108	107	24	22	W 3	9,532
47	Fri, Feb 12, 1988	Box Score	@	Phoenix Suns	W		107	102	25	22	W 4	11,719
48	Tue, Feb 16, 1988	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		117	104	26	22	W 5	9,775
49	Thu, Feb 18, 1988	Box Score		Cleveland Cavaliers	W		88	83	27	22	W 6	10,053
50	Sun, Feb 21, 1988	Box Score		Sacramento Kings	W		130	112	28	22	W 7	13,201
51	Tue, Feb 23, 1988	Box Score	@	Atlanta Hawks	L		111	131	28	23	L 1	15,559
52	Wed, Feb 24, 1988	Box Score		Milwaukee Bucks	L		94	97	28	24	L 2	8,364
53	Fri, Feb 26, 1988	Box Score		Atlanta Hawks	L		101	116	28	25	L 3	16,001
54	Sat, Feb 27, 1988	Box Score	@	New Jersey Nets	W		106	98	29	25	W 1	9,969
55	Tue, Mar 1, 1988	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		96	98	29	26	L 1	10,172
56	Wed, Mar 2, 1988	Box Score	@	Washington Bullets	L		102	111	29	27	L 2	6,129
57	Fri, Mar 4, 1988	Box Score		Washington Bullets	L		88	95	29	28	L 3	10,429
58	Sun, Mar 6, 1988	Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	L		100	105	29	29	L 4	10,742
59	Tue, Mar 8, 1988	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	W		117	104	30	29	W 1	13,220
60	Fri, Mar 11, 1988	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		112	122	30	30	L 1	15,134	1:59	at Hartford, CT
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
61	Sun, Mar 13, 1988	Box Score		Denver Nuggets	L		100	108	30	31	L 2	11,250
62	Tue, Mar 15, 1988	Box Score		Boston Celtics	L		113	119	30	32	L 3	16,912	2:05
63	Thu, Mar 17, 1988	Box Score		Washington Bullets	W		99	95	31	32	W 1	10,445
64	Fri, Mar 18, 1988	Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	L		109	129	31	33	L 1	10,141
65	Sun, Mar 20, 1988	Box Score	@	New Jersey Nets	W		102	96	32	33	W 1	10,902
66	Tue, Mar 22, 1988	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	L		104	123	32	34	L 1	18,645
67	Fri, Mar 25, 1988	Box Score		New Jersey Nets	W		101	100	33	34	W 1	11,034
68	Sat, Mar 26, 1988	Box Score	@	Chicago Bulls	L		100	109	33	35	L 1	18,676
69	Thu, Mar 31, 1988	Box Score		Houston Rockets	L		100	102	33	36	L 2	12,206
70	Sat, Apr 2, 1988	Box Score	@	Cleveland Cavaliers	L		94	108	33	37	L 3	14,347
71	Sun, Apr 3, 1988	Box Score		Atlanta Hawks	L		100	102	33	38	L 4	8,920
72	Tue, Apr 5, 1988	Box Score		Cleveland Cavaliers	W		106	105	34	38	W 1	12,580
73	Fri, Apr 8, 1988	Box Score	@	Washington Bullets	L		100	107	34	39	L 1	12,236
74	Sat, Apr 9, 1988	Box Score	@	Milwaukee Bucks	L		100	105	34	40	L 2	11,052
75	Mon, Apr 11, 1988	Box Score		New Jersey Nets	W		95	93	35	40	W 1	12,520
76	Wed, Apr 13, 1988	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		107	127	35	41	L 1	11,587
77	Thu, Apr 14, 1988	Box Score		Chicago Bulls	L		110	116	35	42	L 2	14,750
78	Sat, Apr 16, 1988	Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	W		126	92	36	42	W 1	13,454
79	Mon, Apr 18, 1988	Box Score	@	Cleveland Cavaliers	L		107	112	36	43	L 1	10,180
80	Wed, Apr 20, 1988	Box Score	@	Atlanta Hawks	W		116	98	37	43	W 1	11,784
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
81	Fri, Apr 22, 1988	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	W		103	98	38	43	W 2	27,881
82	Sat, Apr 23, 1988	Box Score		New York Knicks	L		86	88	38	44	L 1	15,962

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