1986-87 Milwaukee Bucks Schedule and Results

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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 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	@	Detroit Pistons	W		120	104	1	0	W 1	20,541
2	Sat, Nov 1, 1986		Box Score		Boston Celtics	W		111	105	2	0	W 2	11,052
3	Tue, Nov 4, 1986		Box Score	@	Atlanta Hawks	L		98	107	2	1	L 1	10,762
4	Wed, Nov 5, 1986		Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	L		101	107	2	2	L 2	14,712
5	Fri, Nov 7, 1986	7:42p	Box Score	@	New Jersey Nets	W		115	94	3	2	W 1	8,286	2:21
6	Sat, Nov 8, 1986		Box Score		Detroit Pistons	W		103	89	4	2	W 2	11,052
7	Tue, Nov 11, 1986		Box Score		Indiana Pacers	W		102	94	5	2	W 3	10,765
8	Wed, Nov 12, 1986		Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		116	124	5	3	L 1	14,890
9	Fri, Nov 14, 1986		Box Score		New York Knicks	W		106	103	6	3	W 1	11,052
10	Sat, Nov 15, 1986		Box Score	@	Indiana Pacers	L		103	104	6	4	L 1	16,255
11	Tue, Nov 18, 1986		Box Score		Golden State Warriors	W		111	85	7	4	W 1	10,585
12	Thu, Nov 20, 1986		Box Score	@	Seattle SuperSonics	W		116	105	8	4	W 2	8,790
13	Sat, Nov 22, 1986		Box Score	@	Sacramento Kings	W		107	99	9	4	W 3	10,333
14	Sun, Nov 23, 1986		Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	L		117	127	9	5	L 1	16,251
15	Wed, Nov 26, 1986		Box Score		Washington Bullets	W		122	103	10	5	W 1	11,052
16	Fri, Nov 28, 1986		Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	L		99	120	10	6	L 1	25,603
17	Sat, Nov 29, 1986		Box Score		Denver Nuggets	W		131	99	11	6	W 1	11,052
18	Tue, Dec 2, 1986		Box Score		Indiana Pacers	W		95	88	12	6	W 2	10,032
19	Wed, Dec 3, 1986		Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	L	OT	110	115	12	7	L 1	11,127
20	Fri, Dec 5, 1986		Box Score	@	Washington Bullets	W		91	87	13	7	W 1	9,728
G	Date	Start (ET)			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
21	Wed, Dec 10, 1986		Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	W		116	93	14	7	W 2	11,052
22	Fri, Dec 12, 1986		Box Score		Chicago Bulls	L		93	106	14	8	L 1	11,052
23	Sat, Dec 13, 1986		Box Score	@	Chicago Bulls	W		113	90	15	8	W 1	17,335
24	Tue, Dec 16, 1986		Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	W		103	91	16	8	W 2	11,052
25	Thu, Dec 18, 1986		Box Score		Atlanta Hawks	W		104	95	17	8	W 3	11,052
26	Sat, Dec 20, 1986		Box Score		Boston Celtics	W		120	100	18	8	W 4	11,052
27	Tue, Dec 23, 1986		Box Score		San Antonio Spurs	W		110	108	19	8	W 5	11,052
28	Sat, Dec 27, 1986		Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		100	114	19	9	L 1	12,726
29	Mon, Dec 29, 1986	7:42p	Box Score	@	New Jersey Nets	L		117	122	19	10	L 2	10,050	2:25
30	Tue, Dec 30, 1986		Box Score		Detroit Pistons	L		99	103	19	11	L 3	11,052
31	Fri, Jan 2, 1987		Box Score	@	Cleveland Cavaliers	W		91	84	20	11	W 1	9,043
32	Sat, Jan 3, 1987		Box Score		Cleveland Cavaliers	W		104	95	21	11	W 2	11,057
33	Tue, Jan 6, 1987		Box Score		New Jersey Nets	W		124	112	22	11	W 3	10,968
34	Wed, Jan 7, 1987		Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		92	119	22	12	L 1	14,890
35	Fri, Jan 9, 1987		Box Score		Washington Bullets	L		92	100	22	13	L 2	11,052
36	Sun, Jan 11, 1987		Box Score		Portland Trail Blazers	L		91	103	22	14	L 3	11,052
37	Tue, Jan 13, 1987		Box Score		Sacramento Kings	W		113	89	23	14	W 1	10,765
38	Thu, Jan 15, 1987		Box Score	@	Atlanta Hawks	L		91	130	23	15	L 1	11,925
39	Fri, Jan 16, 1987		Box Score		Dallas Mavericks	L	OT	122	124	23	16	L 2	11,052
40	Sun, Jan 18, 1987		Box Score		Atlanta Hawks	W		100	91	24	16	W 1	11,052
G	Date	Start (ET)			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
41	Tue, Jan 20, 1987		Box Score	@	Chicago Bulls	L		90	103	24	17	L 1	13,674
42	Wed, Jan 21, 1987		Box Score	@	Cleveland Cavaliers	W		111	107	25	17	W 1	7,013
43	Sat, Jan 24, 1987		Box Score	@	Denver Nuggets	L		122	132	25	18	L 1	16,170
44	Mon, Jan 26, 1987		Box Score	@	Los Angeles Clippers	W		114	94	26	18	W 1	6,792
45	Tue, Jan 27, 1987		Box Score	@	Golden State Warriors	W		119	115	27	18	W 2	12,215
46	Thu, Jan 29, 1987		Box Score	@	Houston Rockets	W		99	93	28	18	W 3	16,016
47	Fri, Jan 30, 1987		Box Score	@	Dallas Mavericks	L		117	133	28	19	L 1	17,007
48	Sun, Feb 1, 1987		Box Score	@	San Antonio Spurs	L		116	120	28	20	L 2	7,301
49	Tue, Feb 3, 1987		Box Score		New York Knicks	L		109	110	28	21	L 3	11,052
50	Thu, Feb 5, 1987		Box Score		Chicago Bulls	W		120	105	29	21	W 1	11,052
51	Wed, Feb 11, 1987		Box Score	@	New York Knicks	W		127	104	30	21	W 2	10,869
52	Thu, Feb 12, 1987		Box Score		Seattle SuperSonics	W		106	104	31	21	W 3	11,052
53	Sat, Feb 14, 1987		Box Score		Houston Rockets	W		116	101	32	21	W 4	11,057
54	Mon, Feb 16, 1987		Box Score		New Jersey Nets	W		128	124	33	21	W 5	11,052
55	Wed, Feb 18, 1987		Box Score	@	Utah Jazz	W		113	109	34	21	W 6	12,212
56	Sat, Feb 21, 1987		Box Score	@	Phoenix Suns	W		115	107	35	21	W 7	14,471
57	Sun, Feb 22, 1987		Box Score	@	Portland Trail Blazers	L		120	124	35	22	L 1	12,666
58	Tue, Feb 24, 1987		Box Score		Indiana Pacers	W	2OT	120	114	36	22	W 1	11,052
59	Sat, Feb 28, 1987		Box Score	@	Chicago Bulls	L		104	107	36	23	L 1	18,122
60	Wed, Mar 4, 1987		Box Score		Los Angeles Clippers	W		110	100	37	23	W 1	11,052
G	Date	Start (ET)			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
61	Fri, Mar 6, 1987		Box Score		Utah Jazz	L		123	124	37	24	L 1	11,052
62	Sat, Mar 7, 1987		Box Score	@	Indiana Pacers	W		124	120	38	24	W 1	14,345
63	Mon, Mar 9, 1987		Box Score		Phoenix Suns	W		118	110	39	24	W 2	11,052
64	Wed, Mar 11, 1987		Box Score	@	Washington Bullets	W		115	107	40	24	W 3	7,834
65	Thu, Mar 12, 1987	7:41p	Box Score	@	New Jersey Nets	L		106	123	40	25	L 1	8,032
66	Sat, Mar 14, 1987		Box Score		Cleveland Cavaliers	W		111	104	41	25	W 1	11,052
67	Tue, Mar 17, 1987		Box Score		Boston Celtics	W		123	115	42	25	W 2	11,052
68	Wed, Mar 18, 1987		Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		102	120	42	26	L 1	14,890
69	Fri, Mar 20, 1987		Box Score	@	Atlanta Hawks	L		97	114	42	27	L 2	15,964
70	Sat, Mar 21, 1987		Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	L		102	105	42	28	L 3	11,052
71	Tue, Mar 24, 1987		Box Score		New York Knicks	W		135	96	43	28	W 1	11,052
72	Wed, Mar 25, 1987		Box Score	@	Indiana Pacers	L		108	125	43	29	L 1	10,015
73	Fri, Mar 27, 1987		Box Score	@	Cleveland Cavaliers	L		113	116	43	30	L 2	9,945
74	Wed, Apr 1, 1987		Box Score		Atlanta Hawks	W		104	92	44	30	W 1	11,852
75	Sat, Apr 4, 1987		Box Score		New Jersey Nets	W		112	102	45	30	W 2	11,052
76	Sun, Apr 5, 1987		Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	L		107	125	45	31	L 1	37,712
77	Tue, Apr 7, 1987		Box Score	@	Washington Bullets	W		95	94	46	31	W 1	7,866
78	Fri, Apr 10, 1987		Box Score	@	New York Knicks	W		132	93	47	31	W 2	15,852
79	Sat, Apr 11, 1987		Box Score		Cleveland Cavaliers	W		121	93	48	31	W 3	11,052
80	Mon, Apr 13, 1987		Box Score		Chicago Bulls	L		107	114	48	32	L 1	11,052
G	Date	Start (ET)			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
81	Wed, Apr 15, 1987		Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	W		128	95	49	32	W 1	11,052
82	Sat, Apr 18, 1987		Box Score		Detroit Pistons	W		124	110	50	32	W 2	11,052

Playoffs

Playoffs Table
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
1	Fri, Apr 24, 1987	Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	W		107	104	1	0	W 1	11,052	2:12
2	Sun, Apr 26, 1987	Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	L	OT	122	125	1	1	L 1	11,052	2:54
3	Wed, Apr 29, 1987	Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	W		121	120	2	1	W 1	14,361	2:19
4	Fri, May 1, 1987	Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	L		118	124	2	2	L 1	15,464	2:12
5	Sun, May 3, 1987	Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	W		102	89	3	2	W 1	11,052	2:02
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
6	Tue, May 5, 1987	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		98	111	3	3	L 1	14,890	2:11
7	Wed, May 6, 1987	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		124	126	3	4	L 2	14,890	2:22
8	Fri, May 8, 1987	Box Score		Boston Celtics	W	OT	126	121	4	4	W 1	11,052	2:36
9	Sun, May 10, 1987	Box Score		Boston Celtics	L	2OT	137	138	4	5	L 1	11,052	3:07
10	Wed, May 13, 1987	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	W		129	124	5	5	W 1	14,890	2:15
11	Fri, May 15, 1987	Box Score		Boston Celtics	W		121	111	6	5	W 2	11,052	2:16
12	Sun, May 17, 1987	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		113	119	6	6	L 1	14,890	2:32

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