1986-87 Milwaukee Bucks Game Log (Advanced)

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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
								Advanced										Offensive Four Factors				Defensive Four Factors
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	ORtg	DRtg	Pace	FTr	3PAr	TS%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	eFG%	TOV%	ORB%	FT/FGA	eFG%	TOV%	DRB%	FT/FGA
1	1	1986-10-31	@	DET	W	120	104	118.6	102.8	101.2	.450	.088	.626	46.7	60.0	11.9	14.1	.538	13.5	23.1	.425	.375	14.3	64.2	.432
2	2	1986-11-01		BOS	W	111	105	109.7	103.8	101.2	.247	.075	.538	47.7	58.7	11.9	2.5	.511	9.6	25.0	.172	.482	16.3	71.4	.271
3	3	1986-11-04	@	ATL	L	98	107	105.2	114.9	93.2	.424	.141	.486	40.9	42.4	4.3	2.4	.406	9.8	29.2	.341	.472	12.8	53.3	.258
4	4	1986-11-05	@	PHI	L	101	107	103.5	109.6	97.6	.272	.076	.490	55.7	65.9	8.2	6.7	.457	14.9	38.2	.185	.474	11.2	78.6	.461
5	5	1986-11-07	@	NJN	W	115	94	114.0	93.2	100.9	.587	.107	.609	43.8	46.2	10.9	7.2	.553	16.0	23.7	.427	.352	21.5	61.9	.620
6	6	1986-11-08		DET	W	103	89	107.2	92.6	96.1	.658	.079	.526	51.9	80.6	12.5	2.8	.428	13.3	34.1	.500	.467	22.6	72.2	.237
7	7	1986-11-11		IND	W	102	94	100.4	92.5	101.6	.527	.095	.559	52.8	75.0	3.0	1.2	.486	20.1	24.3	.405	.397	12.8	73.1	.228
8	8	1986-11-12	@	BOS	L	116	124	106.5	113.9	108.9	.257	.139	.516	44.9	64.4	10.1	1.3	.480	12.5	30.4	.188	.525	17.1	69.7	.481
9	9	1986-11-14		NYK	W	106	103	115.3	112.0	91.9	.457	.099	.545	53.2	68.4	8.7	5.0	.475	11.0	36.1	.358	.476	8.2	68.3	.289
10	10	1986-11-15	@	IND	L	103	104	113.7	114.8	90.6	.184	.051	.486	50.0	51.1	7.7	6.2	.464	9.4	41.8	.122	.518	11.3	61.5	.202
11	11	1986-11-18		GSW	W	111	85	113.2	86.7	98.1	.395	.074	.584	53.2	60.5	10.2	7.1	.549	13.6	25.6	.272	.380	19.3	80.0	.437
12	12	1986-11-20	@	SEA	W	116	105	108.5	98.2	106.9	.418	.066	.538	51.6	65.9	9.4	7.6	.500	15.7	38.3	.275	.420	17.2	64.6	.368
13	13	1986-11-22	@	SAC	W	107	99	106.4	98.4	100.6	.411	.056	.503	43.8	52.6	13.9	7.9	.428	10.9	31.1	.333	.451	19.2	56.8	.187
14	14	1986-11-23	@	LAL	L	117	127	118.1	128.2	99.1	.250	.120	.573	50.7	51.1	8.1	2.7	.543	16.4	39.5	.185	.614	12.9	66.7	.380
15	15	1986-11-26		WSB	W	122	103	121.9	102.9	100.1	.438	.050	.639	56.8	56.5	7.0	9.1	.575	16.6	35.7	.375	.469	15.6	69.6	.333
16	16	1986-11-28	@	DET	L	99	120	92.8	112.5	106.7	.214	.165	.439	46.7	48.7	10.3	1.2	.403	15.7	33.3	.155	.576	15.3	66.7	.259
17	17	1986-11-29		DEN	W	131	99	130.6	98.7	100.3	.355	.065	.609	46.9	58.8	11.0	2.4	.554	8.5	31.6	.301	.471	17.6	60.5	.195
18	18	1986-12-02		IND	W	95	88	96.1	89.0	98.9	.349	.072	.496	39.0	52.8	10.1	8.3	.446	12.8	18.2	.253	.440	24.9	63.2	.293
19	19	1986-12-03	@	PHI	L	110	115	104.1	108.8	95.7	.180	.100	.510	41.5	47.8	15.1	5.7	.485	16.3	34.6	.130	.494	17.9	50.0	.303
20	20	1986-12-05	@	WSB	W	91	87	94.2	90.0	96.6	.277	.059	.402	51.8	65.7	10.3	15.7	.347	12.4	45.8	.208	.304	14.1	58.2	.337
								Advanced										Offensive Four Factors				Defensive Four Factors
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	ORtg	DRtg	Pace	FTr	3PAr	TS%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	eFG%	TOV%	ORB%	FT/FGA	eFG%	TOV%	DRB%	FT/FGA
21	21	1986-12-10		LAL	W	116	93	121.8	97.6	95.2	.341	.114	.573	58.8	60.5	13.6	4.2	.511	13.7	48.8	.295	.500	20.4	69.2	.163
22	22	1986-12-12		CHI	L	93	106	101.9	116.2	91.2	.207	.092	.490	40.8	57.9	7.7	1.4	.460	10.4	23.3	.149	.542	13.7	67.9	.389
23	23	1986-12-13	@	CHI	W	113	90	121.6	96.8	92.9	.341	.061	.599	47.4	65.1	5.4	10.0	.543	12.9	32.4	.293	.321	10.6	56.7	.337
24	24	1986-12-16		PHI	W	103	91	105.9	93.6	97.3	.241	.069	.535	51.7	65.1	9.3	4.2	.500	13.5	28.6	.184	.435	17.0	73.3	.312
25	25	1986-12-18		ATL	W	104	95	119.8	109.5	86.8	.500	.025	.533	58.1	57.1	6.9	9.5	.438	11.8	50.0	.425	.481	13.3	65.8	.225
26	26	1986-12-20		BOS	W	120	100	122.2	101.8	98.2	.228	.040	.540	58.9	72.9	10.2	8.1	.485	9.0	46.0	.218	.475	17.6	75.0	.316
27	27	1986-12-23		SAS	W	110	108	110.5	108.5	99.5	.487	.092	.596	48.0	64.3	13.1	9.8	.559	14.8	23.5	.329	.477	15.3	68.3	.273
28	28	1986-12-27	@	NYK	L	100	114	100.6	114.7	99.4	.390	.098	.520	40.0	51.4	12.1	4.1	.470	14.3	23.1	.280	.506	17.8	58.3	.468
29	29	1986-12-29	@	NJN	L	117	122	114.8	119.7	101.9	.517	.090	.536	46.2	46.3	6.9	14.6	.472	9.9	32.7	.371	.472	11.4	61.4	.427
30	30	1986-12-30		DET	L	99	103	101.0	105.1	98.0	.349	.084	.517	44.7	65.9	7.1	8.6	.500	12.0	20.0	.193	.482	14.9	66.7	.277
31	31	1987-01-02	@	CLE	W	91	84	94.1	86.9	96.7	.291	.047	.469	54.4	55.6	10.3	5.4	.424	16.4	37.5	.209	.379	13.6	69.1	.207
32	32	1987-01-03		CLE	W	104	95	101.8	93.0	102.1	.411	.056	.489	48.5	50.0	15.7	7.5	.444	12.4	34.0	.267	.386	19.2	62.0	.373
33	33	1987-01-06		NJN	W	124	112	124.6	112.5	99.5	.488	.070	.593	53.3	68.2	9.0	8.7	.523	10.3	35.9	.395	.513	14.1	72.2	.410
34	34	1987-01-07	@	BOS	L	92	119	96.2	124.4	95.6	.278	.078	.455	42.9	66.7	10.5	5.3	.411	8.2	26.4	.200	.565	15.1	65.8	.286
35	35	1987-01-09		WSB	L	92	100	93.2	101.3	98.7	.143	.020	.442	57.3	65.0	7.1	13.0	.408	18.7	47.8	.122	.401	9.8	64.9	.240
36	36	1987-01-11		POR	L	91	103	85.5	96.8	106.4	.192	.030	.424	39.5	52.6	15.0	2.9	.389	14.4	21.2	.141	.529	25.2	67.6	.414
37	37	1987-01-13		SAC	W	113	89	115.4	90.9	97.9	.126	.021	.563	47.1	60.8	15.3	10.6	.542	10.7	27.0	.105	.407	15.9	62.5	.165
38	38	1987-01-15	@	ATL	L	91	130	90.4	129.2	100.7	.341	.091	.450	41.2	73.5	7.0	5.6	.398	12.9	25.0	.239	.579	12.7	63.4	.303
39	39	1987-01-16		DAL	L	122	124	103.4	105.1	106.8	.368	.035	.460	53.8	56.3	14.4	2.6	.421	11.4	42.2	.228	.476	20.3	72.5	.561
40	40	1987-01-18		ATL	W	100	91	103.1	93.9	97.0	.230	.069	.522	50.6	58.5	8.3	11.7	.483	15.8	35.7	.184	.404	18.2	64.4	.213
								Advanced										Offensive Four Factors				Defensive Four Factors
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	ORtg	DRtg	Pace	FTr	3PAr	TS%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	eFG%	TOV%	ORB%	FT/FGA	eFG%	TOV%	DRB%	FT/FGA
41	41	1987-01-20	@	CHI	L	90	103	93.5	107.1	96.2	.329	.059	.462	46.4	63.6	9.4	8.9	.388	11.8	23.9	.282	.471	11.8	73.7	.271
42	42	1987-01-21	@	CLE	W	111	107	118.4	114.2	93.7	.344	.089	.536	53.7	61.0	6.4	9.2	.467	8.0	37.5	.300	.475	11.7	69.0	.405
43	43	1987-01-24	@	DEN	L	122	132	117.4	127.0	104.0	.235	.092	.564	45.2	64.0	1.0	4.3	.531	8.5	22.0	.184	.521	5.9	67.4	.347
44	44	1987-01-26	@	LAC	W	114	94	103.8	85.6	109.9	.419	.023	.560	53.7	54.5	10.9	9.8	.512	19.1	29.7	.302	.441	21.9	73.3	.224
45	45	1987-01-27	@	GSW	W	119	115	112.7	108.9	105.6	.354	.061	.520	49.0	46.8	11.4	2.4	.485	10.9	37.0	.232	.494	16.8	63.0	.289
46	46	1987-01-29	@	HOU	W	99	93	104.7	98.4	94.5	.315	.056	.489	43.4	56.4	11.6	3.0	.438	7.3	23.9	.236	.458	19.3	67.6	.394
47	47	1987-01-30	@	DAL	L	117	133	112.1	127.5	104.3	.286	.122	.530	31.9	60.0	8.6	7.0	.495	6.0	17.3	.204	.576	15.1	50.0	.395
48	48	1987-02-01	@	SAS	L	116	120	114.1	118.1	101.7	.269	.140	.558	35.9	53.1	13.8	3.7	.543	11.9	23.3	.161	.559	16.9	51.4	.294
49	49	1987-02-03		NYK	L	109	110	113.3	114.3	96.2	.523	.091	.504	49.4	45.9	3.1	2.6	.432	6.9	30.6	.375	.512	10.2	73.7	.333
50	50	1987-02-05		CHI	W	120	105	124.5	109.0	96.3	.558	.026	.626	56.2	60.5	12.5	7.5	.565	13.5	35.1	.429	.534	17.0	77.8	.370
51	51	1987-02-11	@	NYK	W	127	104	118.6	97.1	107.1	.433	.067	.593	51.8	60.9	13.1	5.6	.528	10.8	26.3	.356	.484	16.2	72.3	.151
52	52	1987-02-12		SEA	W	106	104	107.2	105.2	98.8	.615	.064	.535	45.7	54.5	7.1	6.9	.423	10.8	26.1	.513	.457	13.2	65.2	.191
53	53	1987-02-14		HOU	W	116	101	106.8	93.0	108.6	.337	.072	.608	47.6	80.4	15.7	2.3	.572	20.8	25.7	.253	.437	20.2	63.3	.287
54	54	1987-02-16		NJN	W	128	124	127.0	123.0	100.8	.622	.049	.613	51.6	55.8	9.9	5.6	.524	14.7	45.7	.512	.603	19.0	58.6	.385
55	55	1987-02-18	@	UTA	W	113	109	108.3	104.5	104.3	.267	.089	.562	48.6	63.0	13.4	0.0	.517	15.2	27.5	.222	.578	22.5	73.5	.260
56	56	1987-02-21	@	PHO	W	115	107	109.7	102.0	104.9	.326	.112	.565	51.9	70.5	15.3	4.2	.517	18.4	35.9	.258	.513	22.1	68.4	.329
57	57	1987-02-22	@	POR	L	120	124	116.0	119.8	103.5	.297	.110	.583	56.1	52.1	6.8	5.0	.544	16.3	41.0	.231	.571	11.9	69.8	.333
58	58	1987-02-24		IND	W	120	114	110.0	104.5	90.3	.302	.094	.552	44.4	51.1	11.0	3.5	.484	11.4	22.2	.281	.511	18.3	66.7	.231
59	59	1987-02-28	@	CHI	L	104	107	108.3	111.5	96.0	.222	.111	.585	45.7	47.6	7.3	5.4	.543	17.6	25.0	.198	.427	7.4	58.9	.260
60	60	1987-03-04		LAC	W	110	100	110.5	100.5	99.5	.277	.050	.485	61.9	47.8	15.1	4.4	.455	15.0	55.8	.178	.576	24.5	71.9	.236
								Advanced										Offensive Four Factors				Defensive Four Factors
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	ORtg	DRtg	Pace	FTr	3PAr	TS%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	eFG%	TOV%	ORB%	FT/FGA	eFG%	TOV%	DRB%	FT/FGA
61	61	1987-03-06		UTA	L	123	124	112.4	113.3	109.4	.234	.065	.521	61.2	51.9	10.1	4.5	.495	17.5	56.9	.159	.484	13.9	66.0	.366
62	62	1987-03-07	@	IND	W	124	120	134.8	130.5	92.0	.513	.039	.666	51.4	39.1	5.4	2.6	.605	7.0	23.3	.421	.568	8.5	71.4	.227
63	63	1987-03-09		PHO	W	118	110	121.7	113.5	97.0	.386	.048	.608	45.2	71.7	8.3	6.7	.566	10.2	18.9	.289	.532	12.2	72.2	.329
64	64	1987-03-11	@	WSB	W	115	107	106.5	99.1	108.0	.277	.064	.545	44.3	70.2	8.3	7.7	.505	11.0	14.9	.213	.438	12.2	72.0	.240
65	65	1987-03-12	@	NJN	L	106	123	95.6	110.9	110.9	.344	.122	.511	41.0	65.0	14.4	6.6	.461	18.8	23.4	.256	.531	20.9	63.9	.457
66	66	1987-03-14		CLE	W	111	104	109.5	102.6	101.4	.208	.031	.530	52.0	70.0	14.8	5.5	.521	10.3	30.0	.115	.573	19.9	77.1	.240
67	67	1987-03-17		BOS	W	123	115	127.7	119.4	96.3	.434	.060	.622	52.6	71.7	7.3	1.2	.572	9.2	32.4	.337	.532	10.5	68.2	.172
68	68	1987-03-18	@	BOS	L	102	120	99.7	117.3	102.3	.456	.089	.472	43.1	57.1	12.7	3.8	.400	9.2	23.6	.333	.506	12.7	66.0	.434
69	69	1987-03-20	@	ATL	L	97	114	100.2	117.7	96.8	.272	.130	.471	42.2	58.3	9.3	1.4	.418	12.7	30.6	.217	.506	13.8	56.1	.430
70	70	1987-03-21		PHI	L	102	105	108.0	111.1	94.5	.370	.037	.541	44.4	48.6	8.5	10.7	.463	14.5	28.9	.333	.476	14.0	60.0	.298
71	71	1987-03-24		NYK	W	135	96	130.8	93.0	103.2	.383	.085	.615	47.1	62.7	9.7	10.0	.564	9.1	31.8	.309	.393	12.3	58.3	.194
72	72	1987-03-25	@	IND	L	108	125	103.6	119.9	104.2	.407	.105	.533	43.5	57.5	8.6	2.4	.483	15.1	25.5	.291	.550	13.4	65.9	.289
73	73	1987-03-27	@	CLE	L	113	116	110.3	113.2	102.5	.277	.085	.536	47.8	52.2	7.8	2.6	.500	12.5	31.9	.202	.526	13.5	64.4	.436
74	74	1987-04-01		ATL	W	104	92	108.8	96.3	95.6	.468	.063	.546	46.2	63.9	11.5	7.0	.462	9.5	25.6	.392	.379	16.2	61.5	.253
75	75	1987-04-04		NJN	W	112	102	108.1	98.5	103.6	.613	.100	.551	55.4	68.8	11.6	7.9	.425	17.1	38.1	.550	.456	17.8	70.0	.222
76	76	1987-04-05	@	DET	L	107	125	104.7	122.3	102.2	.506	.148	.540	36.8	44.4	13.7	1.1	.463	13.2	17.8	.395	.517	13.2	57.1	.402
77	77	1987-04-07	@	WSB	W	95	94	96.8	95.8	98.1	.294	.059	.495	51.1	59.5	6.1	13.8	.435	15.8	29.5	.247	.401	13.9	72.7	.291
78	78	1987-04-10	@	NYK	W	132	93	120.1	84.6	109.9	.280	.075	.632	51.2	62.5	12.7	8.7	.608	13.3	22.2	.204	.423	21.7	72.9	.346
79	79	1987-04-11		CLE	W	121	93	113.8	87.5	106.3	.340	.064	.560	53.5	58.7	16.9	2.4	.500	15.0	37.2	.287	.447	22.1	69.8	.200
80	80	1987-04-13		CHI	L	107	114	114.5	122.0	93.5	.271	.106	.562	41.7	62.8	5.3	4.3	.535	8.6	23.3	.188	.500	7.8	61.0	.213
								Advanced										Offensive Four Factors				Defensive Four Factors
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	ORtg	DRtg	Pace	FTr	3PAr	TS%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	eFG%	TOV%	ORB%	FT/FGA	eFG%	TOV%	DRB%	FT/FGA
81	81	1987-04-15		PHI	W	128	95	120.7	89.6	106.0	.363	.088	.607	49.4	50.0	17.0	9.0	.571	13.2	27.0	.264	.464	21.5	67.4	.217
82	82	1987-04-18		DET	W	124	110	120.0	106.5	103.3	.460	.115	.593	48.8	65.9	11.6	7.1	.540	11.8	29.3	.345	.494	15.9	68.3	.276

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