1987-88 Phoenix Suns Schedule and Results

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Record: 28-54, Finished 4th in NBA Pacific Division

Coach: John Wetzel (28-54)

PTS/G: 108.5 (10th of 23) Opp PTS/G: 113.0 (20th of 23)

SRS: -4.80 (18th of 23) Pace: 101.2 (7th of 23)

Off Rtg: 107.0 (14th of 23) Def Rtg: 111.4 (20th of 23) Net Rtg: -4.4 (18th of 23)

Expected W-L: 30-52 (18th of 23)

Preseason Odds: Championship +7500

Arena: Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum Attendance: 452,354 (17th of 23)

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Regular Season

Regular Season Table
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
1	Fri, Nov 6, 1987	Box Score	@	Portland Trail Blazers	L		104	118	0	1	L 1	12,666
2	Sat, Nov 7, 1987	Box Score	@	Seattle SuperSonics	L		96	112	0	2	L 2	14,252
3	Tue, Nov 10, 1987	Box Score		Golden State Warriors	W		123	109	1	2	W 1	9,470
4	Wed, Nov 11, 1987	Box Score	@	Golden State Warriors	L		115	130	1	3	L 1	8,560
5	Fri, Nov 13, 1987	Box Score	@	Utah Jazz	L		92	109	1	4	L 2	12,212
6	Sat, Nov 14, 1987	Box Score		San Antonio Spurs	W		124	113	2	4	W 1	9,686
7	Wed, Nov 18, 1987	Box Score		Utah Jazz	W		90	80	3	4	W 2	8,908
8	Fri, Nov 20, 1987	Box Score		Los Angeles Clippers	L		96	112	3	5	L 1	9,464
9	Wed, Nov 25, 1987	Box Score		Houston Rockets	L		103	109	3	6	L 2	11,112
10	Fri, Nov 27, 1987	Box Score		New Jersey Nets	W		113	107	4	6	W 1	9,749
11	Tue, Dec 1, 1987	Box Score	@	Portland Trail Blazers	L		100	102	4	7	L 1	12,666
12	Thu, Dec 3, 1987	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		120	114	5	7	W 1	9,678
13	Sat, Dec 5, 1987	Box Score		Portland Trail Blazers	L		115	133	5	8	L 1	11,411
14	Sun, Dec 6, 1987	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Clippers	W		97	96	6	8	W 1	5,467
15	Wed, Dec 9, 1987	Box Score		Atlanta Hawks	W		117	105	7	8	W 2	10,795
16	Fri, Dec 11, 1987	Box Score	@	Dallas Mavericks	L	OT	104	108	7	9	L 1	17,007
17	Sat, Dec 12, 1987	Box Score	@	San Antonio Spurs	L		110	129	7	10	L 2	7,262
18	Tue, Dec 15, 1987	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	L		97	122	7	11	L 3	17,371
19	Fri, Dec 18, 1987	Box Score		Portland Trail Blazers	L		114	129	7	12	L 4	9,971
20	Sun, Dec 20, 1987	Box Score	@	Sacramento Kings	W		120	109	8	12	W 1	10,333
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
21	Tue, Dec 22, 1987	Box Score	@	Denver Nuggets	L		104	119	8	13	L 1	8,823
22	Wed, Dec 23, 1987	Box Score		Seattle SuperSonics	L		102	103	8	14	L 2	10,351
23	Sat, Dec 26, 1987	Box Score		Sacramento Kings	L		110	112	8	15	L 3	10,328
24	Mon, Dec 28, 1987	Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	W		117	101	9	15	W 1	13,041
25	Wed, Dec 30, 1987	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Clippers	W		121	102	10	15	W 2	7,420
26	Sat, Jan 2, 1988	Box Score	@	Cleveland Cavaliers	L		107	120	10	16	L 1	9,106
27	Mon, Jan 4, 1988	Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	L		114	122	10	17	L 2	7,851
28	Tue, Jan 5, 1988	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	W		100	95	11	17	W 1	11,003
29	Thu, Jan 7, 1988	Box Score		Dallas Mavericks	L		91	105	11	18	L 1	11,473
30	Sat, Jan 9, 1988	Box Score	@	Houston Rockets	L		98	104	11	19	L 2	16,611
31	Mon, Jan 11, 1988	Box Score		Denver Nuggets	W		127	115	12	19	W 1	9,802
32	Wed, Jan 13, 1988	Box Score		Houston Rockets	W		117	106	13	19	W 2	10,114
33	Sat, Jan 16, 1988	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	L		96	107	13	20	L 1	14,471
34	Mon, Jan 18, 1988	Box Score	@	New Jersey Nets	L		113	117	13	21	L 2	8,074
35	Wed, Jan 20, 1988	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		115	131	13	22	L 3	14,890	2:00
36	Fri, Jan 22, 1988	Box Score	@	Chicago Bulls	L		108	118	13	23	L 4	17,725
37	Sun, Jan 24, 1988	Box Score	@	Indiana Pacers	L		109	128	13	24	L 5	10,842
38	Wed, Jan 27, 1988	Box Score		Dallas Mavericks	L		102	121	13	25	L 6	10,592
39	Fri, Jan 29, 1988	Box Score	@	Portland Trail Blazers	L		119	128	13	26	L 7	12,666
40	Sat, Jan 30, 1988	Box Score		Sacramento Kings	L		120	126	13	27	L 8	14,471
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
41	Tue, Feb 2, 1988	Box Score	@	Houston Rockets	L		99	109	13	28	L 9	16,611
42	Thu, Feb 4, 1988	Box Score		Chicago Bulls	L		101	113	13	29	L 10	14,471
43	Tue, Feb 9, 1988	Box Score		Los Angeles Clippers	W		106	100	14	29	W 1	8,756
44	Wed, Feb 10, 1988	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Clippers	L		95	101	14	30	L 1	5,670
45	Fri, Feb 12, 1988	Box Score		Indiana Pacers	L		102	107	14	31	L 2	11,719
46	Sat, Feb 13, 1988	Box Score	@	Sacramento Kings	W		116	114	15	31	W 1	10,333
47	Mon, Feb 15, 1988	Box Score		Boston Celtics	L		106	107	15	32	L 1	14,471	2:09
48	Wed, Feb 17, 1988	Box Score	@	Utah Jazz	L		103	108	15	33	L 2	12,444
49	Thu, Feb 18, 1988	Box Score		San Antonio Spurs	L		114	122	15	34	L 3	10,086
50	Sat, Feb 20, 1988	Box Score		Denver Nuggets	W		128	108	16	34	W 1	14,269
51	Mon, Feb 22, 1988	Box Score	@	Dallas Mavericks	L		107	114	16	35	L 1	17,007
52	Thu, Feb 25, 1988	Box Score		Cleveland Cavaliers	W		109	103	17	35	W 1	10,357
53	Sat, Feb 27, 1988	Box Score		Washington Bullets	L		106	116	17	36	L 1	14,296
54	Sun, Feb 28, 1988	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	L		97	111	17	37	L 2	17,505
55	Tue, Mar 1, 1988	Box Score	@	San Antonio Spurs	L		109	114	17	38	L 3	5,151
56	Thu, Mar 3, 1988	Box Score		Portland Trail Blazers	L		112	135	17	39	L 4	10,435
57	Fri, Mar 4, 1988	Box Score	@	Denver Nuggets	L		108	116	17	40	L 5	13,212
58	Tue, Mar 8, 1988	Box Score	@	Atlanta Hawks	L		113	143	17	41	L 6	10,507
59	Wed, Mar 9, 1988	Box Score	@	Washington Bullets	L		111	115	17	42	L 7	8,122
60	Fri, Mar 11, 1988	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	L		88	116	17	43	L 8	21,613
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
61	Sun, Mar 13, 1988	Box Score	@	Milwaukee Bucks	L		107	117	17	44	L 9	11,052
62	Tue, Mar 15, 1988	Box Score		Seattle SuperSonics	W		111	90	18	44	W 1	11,159
63	Wed, Mar 16, 1988	Box Score	@	Golden State Warriors	W		118	112	19	44	W 2	7,820
64	Sat, Mar 19, 1988	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	W		102	95	20	44	W 3	14,471
65	Mon, Mar 21, 1988	Box Score		Los Angeles Clippers	W		107	99	21	44	W 4	10,602
66	Tue, Mar 22, 1988	Box Score	@	Utah Jazz	L		96	103	21	45	L 1	12,444
67	Thu, Mar 24, 1988	Box Score		Milwaukee Bucks	W		119	114	22	45	W 1	11,271
68	Sat, Mar 26, 1988	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	L		103	108	22	46	L 1	14,025
69	Wed, Mar 30, 1988	Box Score		Golden State Warriors	W		123	105	23	46	W 1	10,662
70	Sat, Apr 2, 1988	Box Score	@	Seattle SuperSonics	L		107	151	23	47	L 1	9,790
71	Tue, Apr 5, 1988	Box Score		Utah Jazz	W		111	106	24	47	W 1	9,829
72	Wed, Apr 6, 1988	Box Score	@	Dallas Mavericks	L		93	119	24	48	L 1	16,452
73	Fri, Apr 8, 1988	Box Score	@	Golden State Warriors	L		111	112	24	49	L 2	8,317
74	Sat, Apr 9, 1988	Box Score		Sacramento Kings	W		95	92	25	49	W 1	10,575
75	Mon, Apr 11, 1988	Box Score		Denver Nuggets	L		119	123	25	50	L 1	9,708
76	Wed, Apr 13, 1988	Box Score		San Antonio Spurs	W		123	116	26	50	W 1	10,822
77	Fri, Apr 15, 1988	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	L		114	117	26	51	L 1	17,505
78	Sat, Apr 16, 1988	Box Score		Seattle SuperSonics	W	OT	121	119	27	51	W 1	11,406
79	Tue, Apr 19, 1988	Box Score		Golden State Warriors	W		122	107	28	51	W 2
80	Wed, Apr 20, 1988	Box Score	@	Seattle SuperSonics	L		98	121	28	52	L 1
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
81	Fri, Apr 22, 1988	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	L		112	117	28	53	L 2	14,077
82	Sun, Apr 24, 1988	Box Score	@	Houston Rockets	L		119	127	28	54	L 3	16,611

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