1985-86 Milwaukee Bucks Game Log

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Record: 57-25, Finished 1st in NBA Central Division

Coach: Don Nelson (57-25)

Executive: Don Nelson

PTS/G: 114.5 (5th of 23) Opp PTS/G: 105.5 (5th of 23)

SRS: 8.69 (2nd of 23) Pace: 102.1 (13th of 23)

Off Rtg: 111.4 (4th of 23) Def Rtg: 102.7 (2nd of 23) Net Rtg: +8.8 (2nd of 23)

Expected W-L: 62-20 (2nd of 23)

Preseason Odds: Championship +400

Arena: MECCA Arena Attendance: 443,064 (15th of 23)

NBA 1986 Playoffs:
Won NBA Eastern Conference First Round (3-0) versus New Jersey Nets (Series Stats)
Won NBA Eastern Conference Semifinals (4-3) versus Philadelphia 76ers (Series Stats)
Lost NBA Eastern Conference Finals (0-4) versus Boston Celtics (Series Stats)

Central Div Champs

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Regular Season

Turnovers may not include team turnovers in seasons before 1993-94

Regular Season Table
								Team																Opponent
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
1	1	1985-10-25	@	DET	L	116	118	42	88	.477	2	5	.400	30	45	.667	13	41	27	10	7	20	32	39	88	.443	0	1	.000	40	49	.816	17	57	23	11	0	22	32
2	2	1985-10-26		ATL	W	117	91	44	85	.518	2	5	.400	27	30	.900	12	42	28	11	3	22	40	27	70	.386	0	2	.000	37	52	.712	12	36	14	9	7	27	34
3	3	1985-10-29		PHI	W	119	117	51	86	.593	3	6	.500	14	20	.700	9	31	32	8	5	18	29	46	93	.495	1	5	.200	24	36	.667	20	49	26	10	4	18	20
4	4	1985-10-30	@	BOS	L	106	117	40	92	.435	2	7	.286	24	33	.727	15	39	21	13	3	20	33	42	84	.500	0	2	.000	33	41	.805	15	48	27	8	9	22	30
5	5	1985-11-02		NJN	W	136	113	51	96	.531	1	2	.500	33	47	.702	20	59	31	8	7	22	28	41	103	.398	1	1	1.000	30	40	.750	17	45	27	10	5	18	32
6	6	1985-11-03	@	CLE	W	120	110	46	92	.500	0	5	.000	28	37	.757	13	44	26	10	7	15	34	39	90	.433	1	1	1.000	31	42	.738	16	47	25	7	7	20	32
7	7	1985-11-05		SAS	W	126	97	51	94	.543	2	6	.333	22	31	.710	11	46	36	12	5	27	29	37	95	.389	1	6	.167	22	31	.710	16	48	20	14	3	33	30
8	8	1985-11-07	@	NYK	W	92	88	38	87	.437	2	6	.333	14	19	.737	14	46	22	15	3	19	23	39	85	.459	1	2	.500	9	18	.500	14	46	23	7	5	24	22
9	9	1985-11-09	@	NJN	L	123	126	42	89	.472	2	7	.286	37	42	.881	10	32	16	13	4	18	32	48	83	.578	1	2	.500	29	40	.725	13	46	22	7	11	30	36
10	10	1985-11-10	@	PHI	L	97	105	37	91	.407	2	7	.286	21	26	.808	22	52	23	8	2	29	33	39	89	.438	0	1	.000	27	37	.730	19	49	28	16	5	23	21
11	11	1985-11-12	@	CHI	W	132	103	52	97	.536	1	3	.333	27	32	.844	15	44	23	8	5	8	29	37	88	.420	1	5	.200	28	36	.778	19	46	24	2	6	18	27
12	12	1985-11-13		DET	W	137	118	56	99	.566	1	4	.250	24	33	.727	15	51	35	14	8	16	25	44	100	.440	1	1	1.000	29	37	.784	14	38	26	11	3	18	26
13	13	1985-11-15		CHI	W	118	103	47	97	.485	1	1	1.000	23	27	.852	22	46	32	12	3	11	24	40	83	.482	2	6	.333	21	27	.778	18	41	26	4	3	22	23
14	14	1985-11-17	@	POR	W	117	104	45	88	.511	3	5	.600	24	30	.800	16	44	27	10	5	21	31	36	82	.439	1	7	.143	31	39	.795	12	37	19	10	3	17	29
15	15	1985-11-20	@	SEA	W	116	106	44	89	.494	1	3	.333	27	32	.844	18	51	32	4	2	18	29	40	96	.417	3	8	.375	23	36	.639	20	38	26	6	2	13	26
16	16	1985-11-21	@	SAC	W	131	97	57	95	.600	1	2	.500	16	21	.762	8	41	37	10	8	15	26	37	81	.457	2	2	1.000	21	33	.636	11	41	24	5	9	23	22
17	17	1985-11-23	@	LAC	L	112	116	44	90	.489	3	6	.500	21	29	.724	12	36	27	12	6	20	40	36	80	.450	0	1	.000	44	53	.830	23	56	22	10	6	27	27
18	18	1985-11-24	@	PHO	W	140	138	48	98	.490	2	6	.333	42	53	.792	12	41	26	13	9	17	43	46	89	.517	1	5	.200	45	55	.818	7	42	40	7	5	25	38
19	19	1985-11-27		ATL	W	114	96	47	80	.588	2	2	1.000	18	27	.667	9	39	34	12	6	22	20	37	85	.435	2	8	.250	20	31	.645	12	33	22	10	3	17	24
20	20	1985-11-29	@	DET	L	102	111	36	94	.383	4	12	.333	26	34	.765	14	44	20	8	12	14	28	40	91	.440	0	3	.000	31	37	.838	15	53	25	8	4	21	31
								Team																Opponent
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
21	21	1985-11-30		IND	W	111	94	42	82	.512	3	4	.750	24	30	.800	10	41	29	5	6	14	21	38	81	.469	0	1	.000	18	21	.857	11	41	27	6	5	18	26
22	22	1985-12-03		BOS	L	109	112	43	83	.518	3	7	.429	20	28	.714	6	36	25	11	7	20	21	48	85	.565	0	1	.000	16	19	.842	6	34	31	8	7	16	24
23	23	1985-12-05	@	NYK	W	105	95	36	76	.474	1	3	.333	32	43	.744	10	38	26	9	5	19	27	40	87	.460	4	6	.667	11	22	.500	20	50	22	6	7	25	30
24	24	1985-12-06	@	ATL	L	93	94	38	78	.487	2	4	.500	15	20	.750	14	40	18	10	3	25	22	40	78	.513	1	3	.333	13	22	.591	11	38	25	10	4	24	18
25	25	1985-12-10		SEA	W	117	98	47	88	.534	1	4	.250	22	28	.786	13	48	30	13	11	19	28	37	97	.381	2	8	.250	22	33	.667	23	54	17	8	3	21	28
26	26	1985-12-12	@	WSB	L	108	110	44	118	.373	4	6	.667	16	24	.667	28	58	35	10	6	13	36	36	83	.434	0	2	.000	38	51	.745	13	52	27	7	17	17	19
27	27	1985-12-13		CLE	L	124	128	45	100	.450	2	11	.182	32	42	.762	17	43	23	12	6	16	31	45	92	.489	4	7	.571	34	44	.773	19	52	26	8	4	27	35
28	28	1985-12-15		SAC	W	140	82	54	81	.667	2	3	.667	30	36	.833	9	38	34	13	2	19	22	31	83	.373	0	1	.000	20	24	.833	16	31	19	11	1	29	30
29	29	1985-12-18		LAL	L	105	107	42	101	.416	2	7	.286	19	24	.792	17	39	26	9	4	11	22	43	80	.538	1	1	1.000	20	24	.833	12	48	25	4	5	22	24
30	30	1985-12-20	@	IND	L	102	114	40	90	.444	2	8	.250	20	32	.625	11	41	21	12	8	17	28	42	84	.500	0	1	.000	30	38	.789	8	48	28	9	2	20	26
31	31	1985-12-21		DAL	W	132	107	52	109	.477	2	6	.333	26	33	.788	21	54	31	14	5	9	30	38	94	.404	1	8	.125	30	40	.750	21	54	12	4	4	20	25
32	32	1985-12-26		IND	W	105	87	37	84	.440	1	2	.500	30	40	.750	15	48	23	12	9	19	30	32	87	.368	0	4	.000	23	34	.676	19	47	21	7	4	21	30
33	33	1985-12-28	@	CLE	W	114	112	43	97	.443	0	5	.000	28	37	.757	12	38	21	6	3	14	31	46	89	.517	0	3	.000	20	31	.645	17	51	26	4	5	20	30
34	34	1985-12-30		DET	W	121	110	47	90	.522	0	6	.000	27	37	.730	17	44	24	15	4	22	33	39	81	.481	0	2	.000	32	45	.711	15	37	23	12	1	25	30
35	35	1986-01-03	@	WSB	W	107	100	45	93	.484	0	1	.000	17	26	.654	17	48	28	8	3	10	25	37	86	.430	3	6	.500	23	33	.697	12	45	11	5	8	13	21
36	36	1986-01-04		NYK	W	119	86	44	83	.530	0	5	.000	31	40	.775	14	42	33	12	5	17	19	37	79	.468	1	5	.200	11	16	.688	10	29	23	4	4	24	30
37	37	1986-01-07		CLE	W	110	101	35	88	.398	1	2	.500	39	44	.886	26	61	17	12	6	20	20	38	98	.388	3	8	.375	22	26	.846	17	44	19	10	9	15	26
38	38	1986-01-08	@	NJN	L	99	106	38	92	.413	2	3	.667	21	31	.677	13	36	20	15	3	21	26	41	84	.488	0	0		24	32	.750	15	51	21	10	2	28	30
39	39	1986-01-10		POR	W	95	89	36	84	.429	1	2	.500	22	30	.733	12	46	18	8	6	25	29	34	81	.420	0	3	.000	21	35	.600	15	47	22	14	8	25	29
40	40	1986-01-13		DEN	L	115	119	42	97	.433	0	4	.000	31	42	.738	13	46	22	10	5	16	31	46	91	.505	0	0		27	31	.871	7	41	32	8	5	20	31
								Team																Opponent
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
41	41	1986-01-16		WSB	W	114	98	48	94	.511	0	3	.000	18	28	.643	20	48	32	13	4	15	21	37	79	.468	4	14	.286	20	27	.741	10	33	16	4	5	19	24
42	42	1986-01-19		GSW	W	122	109	48	99	.485	0	1	.000	26	35	.743	19	52	33	10	5	12	23	45	98	.459	0	1	.000	19	23	.826	15	45	24	5	4	15	29
43	43	1986-01-20	@	ATL	L	98	101	33	79	.418	2	6	.333	30	40	.750	17	49	21	6	3	15	21	40	86	.465	0	1	.000	21	29	.724	18	50	24	8	4	13	29
44	44	1986-01-24	@	IND	W	117	92	46	82	.561	0	0		25	33	.758	17	50	31	8	8	16	23	37	83	.446	0	2	.000	18	28	.643	13	38	24	10	2	15	28
45	45	1986-01-25	@	NYK	W	104	88	44	89	.494	1	2	.500	15	20	.750	13	40	27	10	2	11	23	33	76	.434	1	4	.250	21	25	.840	10	38	21	4	4	20	20
46	46	1986-01-27	@	UTA	W	127	103	45	95	.474	1	4	.250	36	44	.818	21	53	25	10	9	15	34	36	77	.468	1	2	.500	30	42	.714	11	41	22	6	9	21	33
47	47	1986-01-28	@	LAL	L	115	125	47	88	.534	1	7	.143	20	32	.625	11	33	24	12	2	20	28	51	80	.638	4	8	.500	19	27	.704	9	32	33	12	3	22	27
48	48	1986-01-30	@	GSW	W	120	108	47	89	.528	0	1	.000	26	40	.650	10	45	28	6	4	13	30	40	93	.430	0	2	.000	28	37	.757	13	47	22	8	6	16	30
49	49	1986-02-01	@	DEN	L	113	116	43	80	.538	0	1	.000	27	33	.818	12	43	28	6	4	21	30	45	83	.542	0	0		26	33	.788	10	34	29	11	6	15	19
50	50	1986-02-04		BOS	L	93	112	39	87	.448	0	6	.000	15	23	.652	10	38	19	5	0	17	24	45	74	.608	1	5	.200	21	33	.636	6	40	33	7	5	18	22
51	51	1986-02-06		CHI	W	117	97	43	73	.589	0	1	.000	31	39	.795	8	31	26	14	8	19	27	40	87	.460	0	4	.000	17	32	.531	22	42	23	7	6	29	27
52	52	1986-02-12	@	IND	W	103	97	38	74	.514	2	3	.667	25	34	.735	9	38	25	14	9	19	28	38	82	.463	1	3	.333	20	31	.645	16	45	29	8	3	23	29
53	53	1986-02-13		UTA	W	113	106	40	90	.444	1	1	1.000	32	38	.842	17	42	19	8	8	10	29	35	81	.432	1	3	.333	35	46	.761	14	43	23	6	11	13	26
54	54	1986-02-15		NJN	W	112	94	40	76	.526	0	3	.000	32	46	.696	11	48	24	14	12	23	23	36	103	.350	1	6	.167	21	27	.778	23	51	22	13	3	20	31
55	55	1986-02-17	@	PHI	W	111	106	40	97	.412	2	6	.333	29	36	.806	26	52	18	9	7	20	34	38	79	.481	0	2	.000	30	43	.698	14	39	23	13	6	19	31
56	56	1986-02-19	@	DAL	W	124	107	49	95	.516	2	9	.222	24	29	.828	15	54	31	6	3	11	29	39	86	.453	2	9	.222	27	36	.750	8	38	22	5	2	9	20
57	57	1986-02-20	@	HOU	W	120	113	49	91	.538	2	2	1.000	20	22	.909	16	54	27	6	9	23	30	41	93	.441	0	6	.000	31	38	.816	12	35	26	10	9	10	27
58	58	1986-02-22	@	SAS	W	120	115	49	87	.563	2	3	.667	20	22	.909	7	38	30	13	9	19	29	45	91	.495	3	5	.600	22	30	.733	11	40	29	12	5	22	21
59	59	1986-02-25		LAC	W	114	99	47	89	.528	0	1	.000	20	29	.690	18	38	33	11	5	13	25	36	82	.439	2	5	.400	25	30	.833	18	39	17	5	4	18	21
60	60	1986-02-28		WSB	W	102	84	44	84	.524	0	3	.000	14	20	.700	16	52	24	5	4	18	16	30	83	.361	6	15	.400	18	22	.818	16	41	14	8	7	15	14
								Team																Opponent
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
61	61	1986-03-02	@	WSB	L	104	125	39	92	.424	2	11	.182	24	33	.727	11	44	15	5	2	12	26	48	97	.495	5	9	.556	24	29	.828	15	49	22	4	5	10	22
62	62	1986-03-03		NYK	W	115	108	42	81	.519	2	5	.400	29	37	.784	13	39	26	7	6	15	24	45	83	.542	0	3	.000	18	21	.857	10	31	24	8	1	16	29
63	63	1986-03-05	@	NJN	W	119	106	46	79	.582	2	3	.667	25	34	.735	12	36	25	14	5	24	24	40	78	.513	1	6	.167	25	29	.862	10	30	23	14	7	25	27
64	64	1986-03-07		PHI	W	125	95	52	104	.500	2	3	.667	19	23	.826	21	51	33	7	8	8	28	36	84	.429	1	3	.333	22	32	.688	13	38	21	3	5	19	24
65	65	1986-03-08	@	ATL	L	109	111	40	86	.465	3	6	.500	26	37	.703	14	41	19	8	6	12	26	42	84	.500	1	1	1.000	26	33	.788	16	50	25	5	2	18	28
66	66	1986-03-12		PHO	L	126	127	48	97	.495	4	9	.444	26	33	.788	16	47	31	6	2	13	34	50	92	.543	0	2	.000	27	40	.675	13	41	31	6	4	17	21
67	67	1986-03-14		IND	L	104	114	38	81	.469	2	9	.222	26	37	.703	12	36	19	9	4	15	24	49	86	.570	0	0		16	21	.762	13	42	34	8	1	18	25
68	68	1986-03-15	@	CHI	W	125	116	51	86	.593	2	6	.333	21	27	.778	8	39	38	7	11	13	29	43	98	.439	3	3	1.000	27	36	.750	26	45	28	7	2	17	22
69	69	1986-03-18		WSB	W	116	87	50	84	.595	2	3	.667	14	18	.778	7	44	35	8	5	14	23	34	78	.436	1	8	.125	18	31	.581	12	39	12	5	4	16	18
70	70	1986-03-20		HOU	W	116	106	40	89	.449	2	5	.400	34	42	.810	12	49	24	8	2	11	28	38	81	.469	2	7	.286	28	42	.667	8	41	24	7	5	13	27
71	71	1986-03-22		ATL	W	113	98	44	91	.484	2	3	.667	23	28	.821	17	44	28	12	5	8	26	33	68	.485	2	2	1.000	30	39	.769	8	40	21	4	0	18	20
72	72	1986-03-25		NJN	W	118	105	42	82	.512	3	9	.333	31	43	.721	10	39	32	11	6	11	25	43	84	.512	0	4	.000	19	32	.594	15	39	27	6	1	20	29
73	73	1986-03-26	@	BOS	L	115	121	43	98	.439	1	6	.167	28	34	.824	21	41	20	9	2	10	28	45	92	.489	3	5	.600	28	33	.848	19	48	26	3	8	13	24
74	74	1986-03-28	@	PHI	W	116	94	47	87	.540	1	5	.200	21	29	.724	11	43	35	16	14	16	19	39	84	.464	1	5	.200	15	21	.714	13	41	24	8	9	22	20
75	75	1986-03-29		DET	W	130	121	52	88	.591	0	2	.000	26	29	.897	13	39	27	5	3	16	22	48	89	.539	1	3	.333	24	25	.960	11	33	30	6	6	13	23
76	76	1986-04-01		CHI	W	116	107	39	82	.476	2	5	.400	36	50	.720	13	40	23	9	9	9	28	44	85	.518	1	7	.143	18	27	.667	16	47	23	4	4	20	29
77	77	1986-04-03		CLE	W	114	93	43	86	.500	1	4	.250	27	39	.692	19	53	24	7	4	14	18	40	88	.455	1	6	.167	12	20	.600	18	43	18	7	2	16	25
78	78	1986-04-04	@	DET	W	115	108	45	91	.495	3	4	.750	22	24	.917	12	44	18	10	7	16	20	45	88	.511	3	3	1.000	15	23	.652	12	40	28	9	7	19	19
79	79	1986-04-07	@	CHI	L	101	107	39	98	.398	0	7	.000	23	31	.742	24	49	27	13	8	14	26	39	79	.494	1	5	.200	28	35	.800	14	44	25	7	6	17	21
80	80	1986-04-08		BOS	L	114	126	38	93	.409	1	8	.125	37	43	.860	21	42	22	5	6	9	26	52	88	.591	0	1	.000	22	27	.815	13	45	29	4	3	15	23
								Team																Opponent
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
81	81	1986-04-10	@	CLE	W	102	101	36	79	.456	2	3	.667	28	34	.824	15	43	26	8	10	15	22	36	85	.424	3	7	.429	26	29	.897	16	40	16	6	3	12	22
82	82	1986-04-12		NYK	W	116	78	40	77	.519	4	7	.571	32	38	.842	19	54	26	8	5	26	18	32	81	.395	1	3	.333	13	19	.684	11	27	19	13	3	21	29

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