1986-87 Philadelphia 76ers Schedule and Results

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Record: 45-37, Finished 2nd in NBA Atlantic Division

Coach: Matt Guokas (45-37)

Executive: John Nash

PTS/G: 106.5 (17th of 23) Opp PTS/G: 106.6 (6th of 23)

SRS: 0.11 (10th of 23) Pace: 97.3 (22nd of 23)

Off Rtg: 108.3 (13th of 23) Def Rtg: 108.5 (12th of 23) Net Rtg: -0.2 (12th of 23)

Expected W-L: 40-42 (12th of 23)

Preseason Odds: Championship +1500

Arena: The Spectrum Attendance: 587,748 (7th of 23)

NBA 1987 Playoffs:
Lost NBA Eastern Conference First Round (2-3) 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	Attend.	LOG	Notes
1	Fri, Oct 31, 1986		Box Score		Indiana Pacers	W		108	104	1	0	W 1	10,247
2	Sun, Nov 2, 1986		Box Score		Atlanta Hawks	L		113	122	1	1	L 1	11,468
3	Tue, Nov 4, 1986		Box Score	@	Indiana Pacers	L	2OT	121	125	1	2	L 2	13,887
4	Wed, Nov 5, 1986		Box Score		Milwaukee Bucks	W		107	101	2	2	W 1	14,712
5	Fri, Nov 7, 1986		Box Score		San Antonio Spurs	W		114	97	3	2	W 2	12,564
6	Sun, Nov 9, 1986		Box Score	@	Portland Trail Blazers	W		125	119	4	2	W 3	12,666
7	Tue, Nov 11, 1986		Box Score	@	Seattle SuperSonics	W		121	114	5	2	W 4	12,600
8	Thu, Nov 13, 1986		Box Score	@	Golden State Warriors	L		104	112	5	3	L 1	15,025
9	Fri, Nov 14, 1986		Box Score	@	Phoenix Suns	L		97	127	5	4	L 2	14,519
10	Sun, Nov 16, 1986		Box Score	@	Los Angeles Clippers	W		103	90	6	4	W 1	9,287
11	Wed, Nov 19, 1986		Box Score		New York Knicks	W		98	94	7	4	W 2	12,468
12	Fri, Nov 21, 1986		Box Score		Detroit Pistons	L		110	120	7	5	L 1	12,750
13	Sun, Nov 23, 1986		Box Score		Houston Rockets	W		114	104	8	5	W 1	13,169
14	Tue, Nov 25, 1986		Box Score		Boston Celtics	W		102	100	9	5	W 2	17,967	2:08
15	Fri, Nov 28, 1986		Box Score		Portland Trail Blazers	W		116	112	10	5	W 3	17,121
16	Wed, Dec 3, 1986		Box Score		Milwaukee Bucks	W	OT	115	110	11	5	W 4	11,127
17	Fri, Dec 5, 1986		Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		106	108	11	6	L 1	14,890	2:14
18	Sat, Dec 6, 1986		Box Score		New Jersey Nets	W		105	100	12	6	W 1	14,387
19	Wed, Dec 10, 1986		Box Score		Indiana Pacers	W		122	112	13	6	W 2	10,049
20	Fri, Dec 12, 1986	7:44p	Box Score	@	New Jersey Nets	L		90	123	13	7	L 1	15,086	2:14
G	Date	Start (ET)			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
21	Sat, Dec 13, 1986		Box Score	@	Cleveland Cavaliers	L		120	123	13	8	L 2	16,096
22	Tue, Dec 16, 1986		Box Score	@	Milwaukee Bucks	L		91	103	13	9	L 3	11,052
23	Wed, Dec 17, 1986		Box Score		Cleveland Cavaliers	L		107	110	13	10	L 4	9,531
24	Fri, Dec 19, 1986		Box Score		Boston Celtics	W		122	100	14	10	W 1	17,967	2:08
25	Sat, Dec 20, 1986		Box Score		Detroit Pistons	L		88	98	14	11	L 1	13,253
26	Mon, Dec 22, 1986		Box Score		Utah Jazz	L		111	114	14	12	L 2	10,127
27	Thu, Dec 25, 1986		Box Score		Washington Bullets	L		97	102	14	13	L 3	16,655
28	Sat, Dec 27, 1986		Box Score	@	Sacramento Kings	W		99	95	15	13	W 1	10,333
29	Sun, Dec 28, 1986		Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	L		85	111	15	14	L 1	17,505
30	Tue, Dec 30, 1986		Box Score	@	Denver Nuggets	W		111	108	16	14	W 1	17,022
31	Fri, Jan 2, 1987		Box Score	@	Utah Jazz	W		104	99	17	14	W 2	12,212
32	Mon, Jan 5, 1987		Box Score		Los Angeles Clippers	W		108	102	18	14	W 3	10,111
33	Wed, Jan 7, 1987		Box Score	@	Atlanta Hawks	W		109	102	19	14	W 4	13,716
34	Fri, Jan 9, 1987		Box Score		New York Knicks	L		84	94	19	15	L 1	17,967
35	Sat, Jan 10, 1987		Box Score	@	Washington Bullets	L		111	117	19	16	L 2	19,411
36	Tue, Jan 13, 1987		Box Score	@	Indiana Pacers	W		101	94	20	16	W 1	13,428
37	Wed, Jan 14, 1987		Box Score		Atlanta Hawks	W		96	93	21	16	W 2	16,355
38	Sat, Jan 17, 1987		Box Score	@	Chicago Bulls	L		89	105	21	17	L 1	18,222
39	Mon, Jan 19, 1987		Box Score		Phoenix Suns	W		107	104	22	17	W 1	13,525
40	Wed, Jan 21, 1987		Box Score		Seattle SuperSonics	W	OT	129	123	23	17	W 2	11,891
G	Date	Start (ET)			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
41	Sun, Jan 25, 1987		Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		96	111	23	18	L 1	14,890	2:10
42	Tue, Jan 27, 1987		Box Score	@	New York Knicks	W		108	103	24	18	W 1	15,556
43	Wed, Jan 28, 1987		Box Score		Cleveland Cavaliers	W		109	107	25	18	W 2	9,228
44	Fri, Jan 30, 1987		Box Score		Chicago Bulls	W		121	112	26	18	W 3	17,967
45	Sat, Jan 31, 1987		Box Score	@	Washington Bullets	L		105	106	26	19	L 1	19,411
46	Tue, Feb 3, 1987		Box Score	@	Indiana Pacers	W		99	94	27	19	W 1	14,044
47	Wed, Feb 4, 1987	7:41p	Box Score	@	New Jersey Nets	W		121	95	28	19	W 2	12,131	2:03
48	Tue, Feb 10, 1987		Box Score	@	Chicago Bulls	L		99	104	28	20	L 1	17,234
49	Wed, Feb 11, 1987		Box Score		Detroit Pistons	L	OT	113	123	28	21	L 2	11,206
50	Sat, Feb 14, 1987		Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	L		107	125	28	22	L 3	52,745
51	Mon, Feb 16, 1987		Box Score	@	New York Knicks	W		111	101	29	22	W 1	14,620
52	Wed, Feb 18, 1987		Box Score		Golden State Warriors	W		114	103	30	22	W 2	16,111
53	Fri, Feb 20, 1987		Box Score		Sacramento Kings	W		123	91	31	22	W 3	15,344
54	Sun, Feb 22, 1987		Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	L	OT	110	112	31	23	L 1	17,967
55	Mon, Feb 23, 1987		Box Score	@	Atlanta Hawks	L		103	112	31	24	L 2	13,632
56	Thu, Feb 26, 1987		Box Score	@	San Antonio Spurs	L		94	96	31	25	L 3	11,947
57	Fri, Feb 27, 1987		Box Score	@	Dallas Mavericks	L		110	123	31	26	L 4	17,007
58	Sun, Mar 1, 1987		Box Score	@	Houston Rockets	W		102	97	32	26	W 1	16,279
59	Wed, Mar 4, 1987		Box Score		New York Knicks	L		99	102	32	27	L 1	12,286
60	Fri, Mar 6, 1987		Box Score		Washington Bullets	W		123	113	33	27	W 1	17,277
G	Date	Start (ET)			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
61	Sat, Mar 7, 1987		Box Score		New Jersey Nets	L		102	114	33	28	L 1	16,694
62	Tue, Mar 10, 1987		Box Score	@	Cleveland Cavaliers	W		100	91	34	28	W 1	15,516
63	Wed, Mar 11, 1987		Box Score		Chicago Bulls	W		117	108	35	28	W 2	15,308
64	Sat, Mar 14, 1987		Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	L		95	98	35	29	L 1	41,311
65	Wed, Mar 18, 1987		Box Score		Atlanta Hawks	W		109	107	36	29	W 1	15,189
66	Fri, Mar 20, 1987		Box Score		Denver Nuggets	W		116	106	37	29	W 2	15,977
67	Sat, Mar 21, 1987		Box Score	@	Milwaukee Bucks	W		105	102	38	29	W 3	11,052
68	Mon, Mar 23, 1987		Box Score		Dallas Mavericks	L		100	103	38	30	L 1	17,201
69	Tue, Mar 24, 1987		Box Score	@	Chicago Bulls	L		91	93	38	31	L 2	18,122
70	Fri, Mar 27, 1987		Box Score		New Jersey Nets	W		110	99	39	31	W 1	13,743
71	Sun, Mar 29, 1987		Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		100	118	39	32	L 1	14,890	1:57
72	Tue, Mar 31, 1987		Box Score	@	Cleveland Cavaliers	W		116	105	40	32	W 1	17,641
73	Wed, Apr 1, 1987		Box Score		Cleveland Cavaliers	W		108	99	41	32	W 2	13,081
74	Fri, Apr 3, 1987	8:09p	Box Score	@	New Jersey Nets	L		109	113	41	33	L 1	20,149	2:23
75	Sun, Apr 5, 1987		Box Score		Boston Celtics	W	OT	106	104	42	33	W 1	17,967	2:36
76	Mon, Apr 6, 1987		Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		101	108	42	34	L 1	17,146
77	Wed, Apr 8, 1987		Box Score	@	Atlanta Hawks	L		92	110	42	35	L 2	16,522
78	Fri, Apr 10, 1987		Box Score		Chicago Bulls	W	OT	98	96	43	35	W 1	17,967
79	Mon, Apr 13, 1987		Box Score		Washington Bullets	W		113	105	44	35	W 2	13,857
80	Wed, Apr 15, 1987		Box Score	@	Milwaukee Bucks	L		95	128	44	36	L 1	11,052
G	Date	Start (ET)			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
81	Fri, Apr 17, 1987		Box Score		Indiana Pacers	L		111	115	44	37	L 2	17,967
82	Sun, Apr 19, 1987		Box Score	@	Washington Bullets	W		108	102	45	37	W 1	19,411

Playoffs

Playoffs Table
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG
1	Fri, Apr 24, 1987	Box Score	@	Milwaukee Bucks	L		104	107	0	1	L 1	11,052	2:12
2	Sun, Apr 26, 1987	Box Score	@	Milwaukee Bucks	W	OT	125	122	1	1	W 1	11,052	2:54
3	Wed, Apr 29, 1987	Box Score		Milwaukee Bucks	L		120	121	1	2	L 1	14,361	2:19
4	Fri, May 1, 1987	Box Score		Milwaukee Bucks	W		124	118	2	2	W 1	15,464	2:12
5	Sun, May 3, 1987	Box Score	@	Milwaukee Bucks	L		89	102	2	3	L 1	11,052	2:02

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