1985-86 New Jersey Nets Schedule and Results

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Record: 39-43, Finished 4th in NBA Atlantic Division

Coach: Dave Wohl (39-43)

Executive: Lewis Schaffel

PTS/G: 109.1 (14th of 23) Opp PTS/G: 111.1 (12th of 23)

SRS: -1.39 (14th of 23) Pace: 103.3 (8th of 23)

Off Rtg: 105.0 (18th of 23) Def Rtg: 106.9 (12th of 23) Net Rtg: -1.9 (15th of 23)

Expected W-L: 36-46 (15th of 23)

Preseason Odds: Championship +1500

Arena: Brendan Byrne Arena Attendance: 482,854 (10th of 23)

NBA 1986 Playoffs:
Lost NBA Eastern Conference First Round (0-3) versus Milwaukee Bucks (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	Notes
1	Fri, Oct 25, 1985	8:15p	Box Score		Boston Celtics	W	OT	113	109	1	0	W 1
2	Sat, Oct 26, 1985		Box Score	@	Indiana Pacers	L		92	119	1	1	L 1
3	Tue, Oct 29, 1985		Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	L		107	124	1	2	L 2
4	Wed, Oct 30, 1985	7:40p	Box Score		Indiana Pacers	W	3OT	147	138	2	2	W 1
5	Fri, Nov 1, 1985	7:44p	Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	W		106	102	3	2	W 2
6	Sat, Nov 2, 1985		Box Score	@	Milwaukee Bucks	L		113	136	3	3	L 1
7	Tue, Nov 5, 1985	7:42p	Box Score		Washington Bullets	W		112	106	4	3	W 1
8	Thu, Nov 7, 1985	7:43p	Box Score		Chicago Bulls	W		106	97	5	3	W 2
9	Sat, Nov 9, 1985	7:43p	Box Score		Milwaukee Bucks	W		126	123	6	3	W 3
10	Mon, Nov 11, 1985		Box Score	@	San Antonio Spurs	L		104	111	6	4	L 1
11	Thu, Nov 14, 1985		Box Score	@	Houston Rockets	L		107	112	6	5	L 2
12	Fri, Nov 15, 1985		Box Score	@	Dallas Mavericks	L		98	110	6	6	L 3
13	Sun, Nov 17, 1985		Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	L		119	138	6	7	L 4
14	Tue, Nov 19, 1985		Box Score	@	Portland Trail Blazers	W		108	102	7	7	W 1
15	Fri, Nov 22, 1985		Box Score	@	Phoenix Suns	W		104	96	8	7	W 2
16	Sun, Nov 24, 1985		Box Score	@	Sacramento Kings	W		118	103	9	7	W 3
17	Wed, Nov 27, 1985	7:42p	Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	L		100	111	9	8	L 1
18	Fri, Nov 29, 1985	7:42p	Box Score		Atlanta Hawks	W		107	97	10	8	W 1
19	Sat, Nov 30, 1985		Box Score	@	Cleveland Cavaliers	L		90	119	10	9	L 1
20	Wed, Dec 4, 1985	7:42p	Box Score		Boston Celtics	L		111	130	10	10	L 2
G	Date	Start (ET)			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
21	Thu, Dec 5, 1985		Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	L		111	113	10	11	L 3
22	Sat, Dec 7, 1985	7:41p	Box Score		Portland Trail Blazers	W		118	106	11	11	W 1
23	Tue, Dec 10, 1985	7:40p	Box Score		Sacramento Kings	W		106	100	12	11	W 2
24	Thu, Dec 12, 1985		Box Score	@	New York Knicks	W		108	85	13	11	W 3
25	Sat, Dec 14, 1985	7:39p	Box Score		Indiana Pacers	W		105	99	14	11	W 4
26	Tue, Dec 17, 1985		Box Score	@	Atlanta Hawks	L		103	104	14	12	L 1
27	Wed, Dec 18, 1985	7:40p	Box Score		Utah Jazz	W		113	98	15	12	W 1
28	Fri, Dec 20, 1985	7:40p	Box Score		Houston Rockets	W		122	112	16	12	W 2
29	Sat, Dec 21, 1985		Box Score	@	Indiana Pacers	W		102	98	17	12	W 3
30	Mon, Dec 23, 1985	7:41p	Box Score		Cleveland Cavaliers	W		108	101	18	12	W 4
31	Thu, Dec 26, 1985	7:42p	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	W		124	116	19	12	W 5
32	Sat, Dec 28, 1985	9:40p	Box Score		Washington Bullets	L		93	98	19	13	L 1
33	Mon, Dec 30, 1985	7:40p	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		123	111	20	13	W 1
34	Fri, Jan 3, 1986		Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		117	129	20	14	L 1
35	Sat, Jan 4, 1986	7:42p	Box Score		Cleveland Cavaliers	W		125	106	21	14	W 1
36	Tue, Jan 7, 1986		Box Score	@	Chicago Bulls	W		110	105	22	14	W 2
37	Wed, Jan 8, 1986	7:40p	Box Score		Milwaukee Bucks	W		106	99	23	14	W 3
38	Fri, Jan 10, 1986	7:42p	Box Score		Los Angeles Clippers	L		120	125	23	15	L 1
39	Tue, Jan 14, 1986	7:42p	Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	L		105	123	23	16	L 2
40	Wed, Jan 15, 1986		Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	W		123	89	24	16	W 1
G	Date	Start (ET)			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
41	Fri, Jan 17, 1986		Box Score	@	Washington Bullets	L		96	116	24	17	L 1
42	Sat, Jan 18, 1986	7:39p	Box Score		Denver Nuggets	W		124	113	25	17	W 1
43	Wed, Jan 22, 1986		Box Score	@	Denver Nuggets	L		124	137	25	18	L 1
44	Thu, Jan 23, 1986		Box Score	@	Utah Jazz	W		106	105	26	18	W 1
45	Sat, Jan 25, 1986		Box Score	@	Seattle SuperSonics	L		99	106	26	19	L 1
46	Mon, Jan 27, 1986		Box Score	@	Los Angeles Clippers	L		98	103	26	20	L 2
47	Tue, Jan 28, 1986		Box Score	@	Golden State Warriors	W		117	113	27	20	W 1
48	Thu, Jan 30, 1986	7:41p	Box Score		Seattle SuperSonics	L		82	89	27	21	L 1
49	Sat, Feb 1, 1986	7:42p	Box Score		Atlanta Hawks	W		108	100	28	21	W 1
50	Tue, Feb 4, 1986		Box Score	@	Indiana Pacers	L		101	117	28	22	L 1
51	Wed, Feb 5, 1986		Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	L		107	142	28	23	L 2
52	Tue, Feb 11, 1986	7:40p	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	W		130	122	29	23	W 1
53	Thu, Feb 13, 1986		Box Score	@	Cleveland Cavaliers	L		117	135	29	24	L 1
54	Sat, Feb 15, 1986		Box Score	@	Milwaukee Bucks	L		94	112	29	25	L 2
55	Mon, Feb 17, 1986	1:09p	Box Score		Dallas Mavericks	L		124	126	29	26	L 3
56	Wed, Feb 19, 1986	7:39p	Box Score		Chicago Bulls	L		96	99	29	27	L 4
57	Fri, Feb 21, 1986	7:42p	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	W		121	106	30	27	W 1
58	Sat, Feb 22, 1986		Box Score	@	Atlanta Hawks	L		83	112	30	28	L 1
59	Mon, Feb 24, 1986		Box Score	@	Washington Bullets	L		89	99	30	29	L 2
60	Tue, Feb 25, 1986	7:40p	Box Score		Golden State Warriors	L		109	116	30	30	L 3
G	Date	Start (ET)			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
61	Fri, Feb 28, 1986	7:41p	Box Score		San Antonio Spurs	W		113	110	31	30	W 1
62	Sat, Mar 1, 1986		Box Score	@	New York Knicks	W		102	100	32	30	W 2
63	Tue, Mar 4, 1986		Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	L		103	120	32	31	L 1
64	Wed, Mar 5, 1986	7:40p	Box Score		Milwaukee Bucks	L		106	119	32	32	L 2
65	Fri, Mar 7, 1986	7:39p	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	L		102	104	32	33	L 3
66	Sun, Mar 9, 1986	1:09p	Box Score		Phoenix Suns	W		115	111	33	33	W 1
67	Tue, Mar 11, 1986		Box Score	@	Chicago Bulls	L		100	113	33	34	L 1
68	Wed, Mar 12, 1986	7:41p	Box Score		Atlanta Hawks	L		97	113	33	35	L 2
69	Sat, Mar 15, 1986		Box Score	@	Cleveland Cavaliers	W		102	100	34	35	W 1
70	Mon, Mar 17, 1986		Box Score	@	Washington Bullets	W		130	102	35	35	W 2
71	Tue, Mar 18, 1986	7:37p	Box Score		New York Knicks	L	OT	103	107	35	36	L 1
72	Sat, Mar 22, 1986		Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	L		115	123	35	37	L 2
73	Tue, Mar 25, 1986		Box Score	@	Milwaukee Bucks	L		105	118	35	38	L 3
74	Wed, Mar 26, 1986	7:42p	Box Score		Cleveland Cavaliers	L		108	110	35	39	L 4
75	Fri, Mar 28, 1986	7:42p	Box Score		Chicago Bulls	W		118	107	36	39	W 1
76	Sun, Mar 30, 1986		Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		117	122	36	40	L 1
77	Tue, Apr 1, 1986		Box Score	@	New York Knicks	W		111	93	37	40	W 1
78	Thu, Apr 3, 1986	7:42p	Box Score		Washington Bullets	L		108	120	37	41	L 1
79	Sat, Apr 5, 1986	7:42p	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		107	93	38	41	W 1
80	Wed, Apr 9, 1986	7:41p	Box Score		Boston Celtics	W		108	98	39	41	W 2
G	Date	Start (ET)			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
81	Thu, Apr 10, 1986		Box Score	@	Atlanta Hawks	L		117	126	39	42	L 1
82	Sun, Apr 13, 1986		Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		107	135	39	43	L 2

Playoffs

Playoffs Table
G	Date	Start (ET)			Opponent		Tm	Opp	L	Streak
1	Fri, Apr 18, 1986		Box Score	@	Milwaukee Bucks	L	107	119	1	L 1
2	Sun, Apr 20, 1986		Box Score	@	Milwaukee Bucks	L	97	111	2	L 2
3	Tue, Apr 22, 1986	7:45p	Box Score		Milwaukee Bucks	L	113	118	3	L 3

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