1986-87 Milwaukee Bucks Game Log

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Record: 50-32, Finished 3rd in NBA Central Division

Coach: Don Nelson (50-32)

Executive: Don Nelson

PTS/G: 110.4 (11th of 23) Opp PTS/G: 106.5 (5th of 23)

SRS: 4.04 (5th of 23) Pace: 100.3 (15th of 23)

Off Rtg: 109.5 (7th of 23) Def Rtg: 105.6 (4th of 23) Net Rtg: +3.9 (5th of 23)

Expected W-L: 51-31 (5th of 23)

Preseason Odds: Championship +700

Arena: MECCA Arena Attendance: 451,797 (17th of 23)

NBA 1987 Playoffs:
Won NBA Eastern Conference First Round (3-2) versus Philadelphia 76ers (Series Stats)
Lost NBA Eastern Conference Semifinals (3-4) versus Boston Celtics (Series Stats)

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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	1986-10-31	@	DET	W	120	104	40	80	.500	6	7	.857	34	36	.944	9	43	24	12	12	15	31	33	88	.375	0	3	.000	38	45	.844	19	49	15	8	3	18	29
2	2	1986-11-01		BOS	W	111	105	46	93	.495	3	7	.429	16	23	.696	11	41	27	12	2	11	24	41	85	.482	0	4	.000	23	28	.821	12	45	23	4	7	19	20
3	3	1986-11-04	@	ATL	L	98	107	33	85	.388	3	12	.250	29	36	.806	14	38	14	4	2	11	26	42	89	.472	0	4	.000	23	29	.793	21	55	25	7	6	15	28
4	4	1986-11-05	@	PHI	L	101	107	41	92	.446	2	7	.286	17	25	.680	21	54	27	8	5	18	28	36	76	.474	0	1	.000	35	43	.814	9	43	27	13	14	12	21
5	5	1986-11-07	@	NJN	W	115	94	39	75	.520	5	8	.625	32	44	.727	9	35	18	11	5	18	35	25	71	.352	0	2	.000	44	55	.800	16	45	8	11	4	26	31
6	6	1986-11-08		DET	W	103	89	31	76	.408	3	6	.500	38	50	.760	14	40	25	12	2	15	22	35	76	.461	1	4	.250	18	22	.818	10	37	18	10	4	25	32
7	7	1986-11-11		IND	W	102	94	36	74	.486	0	7	.000	30	39	.769	9	47	27	3	1	23	28	36	92	.391	1	9	.111	21	24	.875	14	42	20	4	2	15	32
8	8	1986-11-12	@	BOS	L	116	124	45	101	.446	7	14	.500	19	26	.731	17	40	29	11	1	16	33	42	81	.519	1	3	.333	39	48	.813	10	49	24	11	5	21	18
9	9	1986-11-14		NYK	W	106	103	38	81	.469	1	8	.125	29	37	.784	13	41	26	8	4	12	30	39	83	.470	1	3	.333	24	39	.615	13	36	20	3	7	9	28
10	10	1986-11-15	@	IND	L	103	104	45	98	.459	1	5	.200	12	18	.667	23	47	23	7	5	11	27	43	84	.512	1	3	.333	17	24	.708	15	47	27	1	3	12	19
11	11	1986-11-18		GSW	W	111	85	43	81	.531	3	6	.500	22	32	.688	10	42	26	10	5	15	28	27	71	.380	0	1	.000	31	38	.816	8	37	16	9	3	21	22
12	12	1986-11-20	@	SEA	W	116	105	44	91	.484	3	6	.500	25	38	.658	18	49	29	10	6	20	28	36	87	.414	1	8	.125	32	43	.744	17	46	16	12	8	22	31
13	13	1986-11-22	@	SAC	W	107	99	38	90	.422	1	5	.200	30	37	.811	14	39	20	14	7	13	25	41	91	.451	0	2	.000	17	22	.773	19	50	23	5	11	24	29
14	14	1986-11-23	@	LAL	L	117	127	47	92	.511	6	11	.545	17	23	.739	17	37	24	8	2	20	29	47	79	.595	3	6	.500	30	36	.833	10	36	36	10	1	14	25
15	15	1986-11-26		WSB	W	122	103	46	80	.575	0	4	.000	30	35	.857	10	42	26	7	7	19	28	38	81	.469	0	4	.000	27	38	.711	14	32	25	6	3	18	25
16	16	1986-11-28	@	DET	L	99	120	39	103	.379	5	17	.294	16	22	.727	21	49	19	11	1	21	23	49	85	.576	0	2	.000	22	33	.667	14	56	33	8	5	18	22
17	17	1986-11-29		DEN	W	131	99	51	93	.548	1	6	.167	28	33	.848	12	38	30	11	2	10	22	41	87	.471	0	2	.000	17	25	.680	17	43	23	5	3	21	27
18	18	1986-12-02		IND	W	95	88	36	83	.434	2	6	.333	21	29	.724	8	32	19	10	6	14	22	32	75	.427	2	3	.667	22	28	.786	14	50	22	4	1	29	28
19	19	1986-12-03	@	PHI	L	110	115	46	100	.460	5	10	.500	13	18	.722	18	39	22	16	5	21	27	44	89	.494	0	2	.000	27	38	.711	21	55	31	17	5	23	20
20	20	1986-12-05	@	WSB	W	91	87	35	101	.347	0	6	.000	21	28	.750	27	59	23	10	14	16	25	28	92	.304	0	3	.000	31	40	.775	23	55	10	8	12	18	20
								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	1986-12-10		LAL	W	116	93	43	88	.489	4	10	.400	26	30	.867	20	47	26	13	3	16	25	38	80	.475	4	8	.500	13	22	.591	12	33	25	11	5	23	26
22	22	1986-12-12		CHI	L	93	106	38	87	.437	4	8	.500	13	18	.722	10	29	22	7	1	11	24	39	72	.542	0	0		28	37	.757	9	42	24	7	2	14	19
23	23	1986-12-13	@	CHI	W	113	90	43	82	.524	3	5	.600	24	28	.857	12	46	28	5	9	14	29	29	92	.315	1	2	.500	31	41	.756	26	51	14	7	4	13	27
24	24	1986-12-16		PHI	W	103	91	43	87	.494	1	6	.167	16	21	.762	12	45	28	9	3	15	26	32	77	.416	3	5	.600	24	36	.667	12	42	18	7	5	19	21
25	25	1986-12-18		ATL	W	104	95	35	80	.438	0	2	.000	34	40	.850	18	43	20	6	7	13	23	38	80	.475	1	6	.167	18	25	.720	13	31	20	8	6	14	32
26	26	1986-12-20		BOS	W	120	100	48	101	.475	2	4	.500	22	23	.957	23	53	35	10	6	11	25	37	79	.468	1	5	.200	25	34	.735	10	37	16	7	7	20	19
27	27	1986-12-23		SAS	W	110	108	42	76	.553	1	7	.143	25	37	.676	8	36	27	13	8	16	19	41	88	.466	2	6	.333	24	27	.889	13	39	29	11	0	18	24
28	28	1986-12-27	@	NYK	L	100	114	37	82	.451	3	8	.375	23	32	.719	9	30	19	12	3	16	31	39	77	.506	0	3	.000	36	45	.800	15	45	28	5	5	21	21
29	29	1986-12-29	@	NJN	L	117	122	41	89	.461	2	8	.250	33	46	.717	16	43	19	7	12	12	29	41	89	.461	2	7	.286	38	45	.844	17	50	18	7	4	14	33
30	30	1986-12-30		DET	L	99	103	41	83	.494	1	7	.143	16	29	.552	8	38	27	7	7	13	31	40	83	.482	0	2	.000	23	32	.719	15	47	24	7	3	17	22
31	31	1987-01-02	@	CLE	W	91	84	36	86	.419	1	4	.250	18	25	.720	18	56	20	10	4	19	22	32	87	.368	2	13	.154	18	34	.529	17	47	19	9	4	16	21
32	32	1987-01-03		CLE	W	104	95	40	90	.444	0	5	.000	24	37	.649	16	47	20	16	6	15	32	32	83	.386	0	3	.000	31	41	.756	19	50	18	10	8	24	29
33	33	1987-01-06		NJN	W	124	112	44	86	.512	2	6	.333	34	42	.810	14	40	30	9	6	12	30	39	78	.500	2	9	.222	32	45	.711	10	35	27	7	2	16	28
34	34	1987-01-07	@	BOS	L	92	119	36	90	.400	2	7	.286	18	25	.720	14	39	24	10	4	9	25	45	84	.536	5	9	.556	24	27	.889	13	52	28	2	6	17	21
35	35	1987-01-09		WSB	L	92	100	40	98	.408	0	2	.000	12	14	.857	22	59	26	7	12	24	24	38	96	.396	1	4	.250	23	33	.697	20	44	20	12	16	12	15
36	36	1987-01-11		POR	L	91	103	38	99	.384	1	3	.333	14	19	.737	11	34	20	16	2	18	22	36	70	.514	2	2	1.000	29	37	.784	11	52	26	11	7	29	27
37	37	1987-01-13		SAC	W	113	89	51	95	.537	1	2	.500	10	12	.833	10	40	31	15	9	12	23	37	91	.407	0	6	.000	15	21	.714	18	45	26	4	4	19	13
38	38	1987-01-15	@	ATL	L	91	130	34	88	.386	2	8	.250	21	30	.700	14	40	25	7	4	15	26	48	89	.539	7	17	.412	27	32	.844	15	57	34	9	9	15	21
39	39	1987-01-16		DAL	L	122	124	48	114	.421	0	4	.000	26	42	.619	27	56	27	17	2	17	39	39	82	.476	0	5	.000	46	54	.852	11	48	22	12	11	27	32
40	40	1987-01-18		ATL	W	100	91	41	87	.471	2	6	.333	16	20	.800	15	44	24	8	9	18	19	33	89	.371	6	12	.500	19	22	.864	16	43	23	7	5	22	18
								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	1987-01-20	@	CHI	L	90	103	33	85	.388	0	5	.000	24	28	.857	11	39	21	9	7	13	22	40	85	.471	0	6	.000	23	28	.821	10	45	28	6	4	13	19
42	42	1987-01-21	@	CLE	W	111	107	41	90	.456	2	8	.250	27	31	.871	15	44	25	6	7	9	30	37	79	.468	1	3	.333	32	44	.727	13	38	18	4	9	13	23
43	43	1987-01-24	@	DEN	L	122	132	50	98	.510	4	9	.444	18	23	.783	9	38	32	1	4	10	29	49	95	.516	1	3	.333	33	40	.825	14	46	42	3	7	7	21
44	44	1987-01-26	@	LAC	W	114	94	44	86	.512	0	2	.000	26	36	.722	11	44	24	12	8	24	22	37	85	.435	1	3	.333	19	26	.731	12	38	22	10	8	27	27
45	45	1987-01-27	@	GSW	W	119	115	47	99	.475	2	6	.333	23	35	.657	20	49	22	12	2	14	24	43	90	.478	3	6	.500	26	31	.839	17	51	26	6	7	21	27
46	46	1987-01-29	@	HOU	W	99	93	39	89	.438	0	5	.000	21	28	.750	11	36	22	11	2	8	26	32	71	.451	1	4	.250	28	38	.737	12	47	27	3	8	21	19
47	47	1987-01-30	@	DAL	L	117	133	45	98	.459	7	12	.583	20	28	.714	9	30	27	9	5	7	34	45	86	.523	9	15	.600	34	48	.708	21	64	31	4	7	19	23
48	48	1987-02-01	@	SAS	L	116	120	49	93	.527	3	13	.231	15	25	.600	10	28	26	14	3	14	31	47	85	.553	1	3	.333	25	30	.833	17	50	31	8	5	20	20
49	49	1987-02-03		NYK	L	109	110	37	88	.420	2	8	.250	33	46	.717	15	43	17	3	2	8	27	41	81	.506	1	5	.200	27	35	.771	10	44	26	3	7	11	26
50	50	1987-02-05		CHI	W	120	105	43	77	.558	1	2	.500	33	43	.767	13	41	26	12	5	15	24	38	73	.521	2	6	.333	27	34	.794	8	32	26	10	2	18	29
51	51	1987-02-11	@	NYK	W	127	104	46	90	.511	3	6	.500	32	39	.821	10	44	28	14	5	13	21	45	93	.484	0	4	.000	14	23	.609	13	41	33	6	5	20	27
52	52	1987-02-12		SEA	W	106	104	33	78	.423	0	5	.000	40	48	.833	12	42	18	7	6	12	26	42	94	.447	2	7	.286	18	26	.692	16	50	34	8	6	16	34
53	53	1987-02-14		HOU	W	116	101	46	83	.554	3	6	.500	21	28	.750	9	40	37	17	2	25	29	38	87	.437	0	1	.000	25	36	.694	18	44	28	14	6	26	21
54	54	1987-02-16		NJN	W	128	124	43	82	.524	0	4	.000	42	51	.824	16	33	24	10	4	18	32	46	78	.590	2	7	.286	30	36	.833	12	31	32	7	3	22	34
55	55	1987-02-18	@	UTA	W	113	109	46	90	.511	1	8	.125	20	24	.833	11	36	29	14	0	18	23	41	77	.532	7	11	.636	20	28	.714	9	38	31	10	6	26	26
56	56	1987-02-21	@	PHO	W	115	107	44	89	.494	4	10	.400	23	29	.793	14	40	31	16	3	23	27	40	79	.506	1	7	.143	26	29	.897	12	37	30	14	4	26	24
57	57	1987-02-22	@	POR	L	120	124	48	91	.527	3	10	.300	21	27	.778	16	46	25	7	4	20	34	47	84	.560	2	4	.500	28	45	.622	13	36	36	16	4	14	24
58	58	1987-02-24		IND	W	120	114	45	96	.469	3	9	.333	27	29	.931	10	40	23	12	3	14	22	46	91	.505	1	5	.200	21	27	.778	15	50	26	8	2	23	22
59	59	1987-02-28	@	CHI	L	104	107	42	81	.519	4	9	.444	16	18	.889	9	42	20	7	5	19	21	41	96	.427	0	3	.000	25	36	.694	23	50	25	8	3	9	19
60	60	1987-03-04		LAC	W	110	100	46	101	.455	0	5	.000	18	28	.643	29	52	22	15	3	20	24	41	72	.569	1	4	.250	17	25	.680	9	32	26	9	4	27	27
								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	1987-03-06		UTA	L	123	124	52	107	.486	2	7	.286	17	25	.680	29	60	27	11	4	25	29	45	93	.484	0	4	.000	34	42	.810	16	38	20	18	11	18	26
62	62	1987-03-07	@	IND	W	124	120	46	76	.605	0	3	.000	32	39	.821	7	37	18	5	2	7	19	47	88	.534	6	10	.600	20	21	.952	12	35	24	4	2	9	29
63	63	1987-03-09		PHO	W	118	110	46	83	.554	2	4	.500	24	32	.750	7	33	33	8	5	11	31	42	79	.532	0	4	.000	26	34	.765	10	40	27	4	4	13	23
64	64	1987-03-11	@	WSB	W	115	107	47	94	.500	1	6	.167	20	26	.769	7	43	33	9	7	13	21	42	96	.438	0	5	.000	23	28	.821	14	54	28	7	7	15	24
65	65	1987-03-12	@	NJN	L	106	123	40	90	.444	3	11	.273	23	31	.742	11	34	26	16	5	24	32	42	81	.519	2	5	.400	37	40	.925	13	49	31	10	9	26	24
66	66	1987-03-14		CLE	W	111	104	50	96	.521	0	3	.000	11	20	.550	12	39	35	15	4	12	25	43	75	.573	0	2	.000	18	31	.581	8	36	28	7	9	22	20
67	67	1987-03-17		BOS	W	123	115	46	83	.554	3	5	.600	28	36	.778	11	41	33	7	1	10	25	48	93	.516	3	8	.375	16	21	.762	14	37	26	4	5	12	28
68	68	1987-03-18	@	BOS	L	102	120	35	90	.389	2	8	.250	30	41	.732	13	44	20	13	3	11	34	41	83	.494	2	4	.500	36	46	.783	16	58	23	7	6	15	28
69	69	1987-03-20	@	ATL	L	97	114	36	92	.391	5	12	.417	20	25	.800	15	38	21	9	1	15	31	39	79	.494	2	5	.400	34	47	.723	18	52	27	12	8	16	26
70	70	1987-03-21		PHI	L	102	105	37	81	.457	1	3	.333	27	30	.900	13	40	18	8	8	16	22	39	84	.464	2	9	.222	25	32	.781	18	50	23	10	6	16	22
71	71	1987-03-24		NYK	W	135	96	51	94	.543	4	8	.500	29	36	.806	14	49	32	10	9	11	30	37	98	.378	3	8	.375	19	37	.514	25	55	14	7	2	16	29
72	72	1987-03-25	@	IND	L	108	125	40	86	.465	3	9	.333	25	35	.714	13	40	23	9	2	18	21	49	90	.544	1	5	.200	26	30	.867	14	52	35	15	4	16	24
73	73	1987-03-27	@	CLE	L	113	116	46	94	.489	2	8	.250	19	26	.731	15	44	24	8	2	15	36	41	78	.526	0	2	.000	34	55	.618	16	48	27	11	9	16	19
74	74	1987-04-01		ATL	W	104	92	36	79	.456	1	5	.200	31	37	.838	10	42	23	11	6	10	23	34	91	.374	1	5	.200	23	29	.793	20	49	18	4	3	20	26
75	75	1987-04-04		NJN	W	112	102	32	80	.400	4	8	.500	44	49	.898	16	51	22	12	6	21	28	38	90	.422	6	14	.429	20	27	.741	15	41	23	10	2	22	39
76	76	1987-04-05	@	DET	L	107	125	36	81	.444	3	12	.250	32	41	.780	8	32	16	14	1	15	30	45	87	.517	0	0		35	42	.833	18	55	31	4	9	16	30
77	77	1987-04-07	@	WSB	W	95	94	37	85	.435	0	5	.000	21	25	.840	13	45	22	6	11	18	22	34	86	.395	1	6	.167	25	29	.862	12	43	16	9	7	16	19
78	78	1987-04-10	@	NYK	W	132	93	56	93	.602	1	7	.143	19	26	.731	8	43	35	14	6	16	29	32	78	.410	2	9	.222	27	44	.614	13	41	18	7	5	27	21
79	79	1987-04-11		CLE	W	121	93	46	94	.489	2	6	.333	27	32	.844	16	46	27	18	2	19	20	38	85	.447	0	0		17	23	.739	13	40	25	12	9	27	26
80	80	1987-04-13		CHI	L	107	114	43	85	.506	5	9	.556	16	23	.696	10	35	27	5	4	9	22	47	94	.500	0	2	.000	20	27	.741	16	49	32	7	10	9	20
								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	1987-04-15		PHI	W	128	95	50	91	.549	4	8	.500	24	33	.727	10	41	25	18	7	16	22	37	83	.446	3	5	.600	18	27	.667	15	42	15	11	3	26	23
82	82	1987-04-18		DET	W	124	110	44	87	.506	6	10	.600	30	40	.750	12	40	29	12	6	14	30	43	87	.494	0	2	.000	24	30	.800	13	42	24	6	2	19	28

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