1986-87 Washington Bullets Schedule and Results

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Record: 42-40, Finished 3rd in NBA Atlantic Division

Coach: Kevin Loughery (42-40)

Executive: Bob Ferry

PTS/G: 106.0 (19th of 23) Opp PTS/G: 107.3 (8th of 23)

SRS: -1.02 (14th of 23) Pace: 100.2 (16th of 23)

Off Rtg: 105.7 (18th of 23) Def Rtg: 107.0 (10th of 23) Net Rtg: -1.4 (15th of 23)

Expected W-L: 37-45 (15th of 23)

Preseason Odds: Championship +1300

Arena: Capital Centre Attendance: 485,316 (14th of 23)

NBA 1987 Playoffs:
Lost NBA Eastern Conference First Round (0-3) versus Detroit Pistons (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 31, 1986		Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		102	120	0	1	L 1
2	Sat, Nov 1, 1986		Box Score	@	Cleveland Cavaliers	L		106	113	0	2	L 2
3	Tue, Nov 4, 1986		Box Score		New Jersey Nets	W		102	101	1	2	W 1
4	Wed, Nov 5, 1986		Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	L		85	109	1	3	L 1
5	Fri, Nov 7, 1986		Box Score		Boston Celtics	L		86	88	1	4	L 2
6	Sat, Nov 8, 1986		Box Score	@	Atlanta Hawks	L		91	110	1	5	L 3
7	Wed, Nov 12, 1986		Box Score		Chicago Bulls	W		101	99	2	5	W 1
8	Sat, Nov 15, 1986		Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		97	104	2	6	L 1
9	Sun, Nov 16, 1986		Box Score		Indiana Pacers	W		124	111	3	6	W 1
10	Wed, Nov 19, 1986		Box Score		Detroit Pistons	W		119	105	4	6	W 2
11	Fri, Nov 21, 1986		Box Score		Houston Rockets	W		115	99	5	6	W 3
12	Sat, Nov 22, 1986		Box Score	@	Chicago Bulls	L		84	93	5	7	L 1
13	Tue, Nov 25, 1986		Box Score		Portland Trail Blazers	W		111	99	6	7	W 1
14	Wed, Nov 26, 1986		Box Score	@	Milwaukee Bucks	L		103	122	6	8	L 1
15	Sat, Nov 29, 1986		Box Score		San Antonio Spurs	W		116	103	7	8	W 1
16	Tue, Dec 2, 1986		Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	W		117	109	8	8	W 2	at Hartford, CT
17	Wed, Dec 3, 1986		Box Score	@	Indiana Pacers	L		103	116	8	9	L 1
18	Fri, Dec 5, 1986		Box Score		Milwaukee Bucks	L		87	91	8	10	L 2
19	Wed, Dec 10, 1986		Box Score		New York Knicks	W		106	105	9	10	W 1
20	Fri, Dec 12, 1986		Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	W		116	115	10	10	W 2
G	Date	Start (ET)			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
21	Sat, Dec 13, 1986		Box Score		Boston Celtics	L		98	105	10	11	L 1
22	Tue, Dec 16, 1986		Box Score		Utah Jazz	L		106	109	10	12	L 2
23	Thu, Dec 18, 1986		Box Score	@	Golden State Warriors	W		128	110	11	12	W 1
24	Sat, Dec 20, 1986		Box Score	@	Los Angeles Clippers	W		113	101	12	12	W 2
25	Sun, Dec 21, 1986		Box Score	@	Portland Trail Blazers	L		101	128	12	13	L 1
26	Thu, Dec 25, 1986		Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	W		102	97	13	13	W 1
27	Sat, Dec 27, 1986		Box Score		Detroit Pistons	L		105	107	13	14	L 1
28	Mon, Dec 29, 1986		Box Score		Golden State Warriors	W		125	105	14	14	W 1
29	Tue, Dec 30, 1986		Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		97	103	14	15	L 1
30	Fri, Jan 2, 1987		Box Score		Atlanta Hawks	L		101	118	14	16	L 2
31	Tue, Jan 6, 1987		Box Score		Los Angeles Clippers	W		112	97	15	16	W 1
32	Wed, Jan 7, 1987	7:42p	Box Score	@	New Jersey Nets	L		96	118	15	17	L 1
33	Fri, Jan 9, 1987		Box Score	@	Milwaukee Bucks	W		100	92	16	17	W 1
34	Sat, Jan 10, 1987		Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	W		117	111	17	17	W 2
35	Mon, Jan 12, 1987		Box Score		Sacramento Kings	W		113	109	18	17	W 3
36	Wed, Jan 14, 1987		Box Score		New Jersey Nets	W		118	100	19	17	W 4
37	Thu, Jan 15, 1987		Box Score	@	Indiana Pacers	L		105	113	19	18	L 1
38	Sun, Jan 18, 1987		Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	L		101	115	19	19	L 2
39	Fri, Jan 23, 1987		Box Score		Phoenix Suns	W		109	90	20	19	W 1
40	Sat, Jan 24, 1987		Box Score	@	Houston Rockets	L		92	115	20	20	L 1
G	Date	Start (ET)			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
41	Tue, Jan 27, 1987		Box Score	@	Dallas Mavericks	W		118	113	21	20	W 1
42	Thu, Jan 29, 1987		Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	L		101	112	21	21	L 1
43	Sat, Jan 31, 1987		Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	W		106	105	22	21	W 1
44	Mon, Feb 2, 1987		Box Score		New York Knicks	W		104	98	23	21	W 2
45	Tue, Feb 3, 1987		Box Score	@	Chicago Bulls	L		91	98	23	22	L 1
46	Thu, Feb 5, 1987		Box Score		Cleveland Cavaliers	W		94	85	24	22	W 1
47	Wed, Feb 11, 1987		Box Score	@	San Antonio Spurs	W		133	108	25	22	W 2
48	Thu, Feb 12, 1987		Box Score	@	Denver Nuggets	W		121	115	26	22	W 3
49	Sat, Feb 14, 1987		Box Score	@	Sacramento Kings	L		111	136	26	23	L 1
50	Mon, Feb 16, 1987		Box Score	@	Phoenix Suns	W		124	110	27	23	W 1
51	Tue, Feb 17, 1987		Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	W		114	99	28	23	W 2
52	Fri, Feb 20, 1987		Box Score	@	Utah Jazz	W		118	113	29	23	W 3
53	Sat, Feb 21, 1987		Box Score	@	Seattle SuperSonics	L		93	110	29	24	L 1
54	Mon, Feb 23, 1987		Box Score	@	Cleveland Cavaliers	L		105	109	29	25	L 2
55	Thu, Feb 26, 1987		Box Score		Indiana Pacers	W		100	94	30	25	W 1
56	Sat, Feb 28, 1987		Box Score		New York Knicks	W		137	117	31	25	W 2
57	Mon, Mar 2, 1987		Box Score	@	Atlanta Hawks	L		99	121	31	26	L 1
58	Wed, Mar 4, 1987		Box Score		New Jersey Nets	W		117	114	32	26	W 1
59	Fri, Mar 6, 1987		Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	L		113	123	32	27	L 1
60	Tue, Mar 10, 1987	7:41p	Box Score	@	New Jersey Nets	L		79	121	32	28	L 2
G	Date	Start (ET)			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
61	Wed, Mar 11, 1987		Box Score		Milwaukee Bucks	L		107	115	32	29	L 3
62	Sat, Mar 14, 1987		Box Score		Chicago Bulls	W	OT	106	105	33	29	W 1
63	Sun, Mar 15, 1987		Box Score		Cleveland Cavaliers	W		97	89	34	29	W 2
64	Tue, Mar 17, 1987		Box Score	@	Atlanta Hawks	L		98	118	34	30	L 1
65	Thu, Mar 19, 1987		Box Score		Seattle SuperSonics	W		110	106	35	30	W 1
66	Sat, Mar 21, 1987		Box Score		Denver Nuggets	L		107	117	35	31	L 1
67	Mon, Mar 23, 1987		Box Score	@	Indiana Pacers	L		92	101	35	32	L 2
68	Tue, Mar 24, 1987		Box Score		Atlanta Hawks	L		87	96	35	33	L 3
69	Thu, Mar 26, 1987		Box Score		Boston Celtics	W		106	103	36	33	W 1
70	Sat, Mar 28, 1987		Box Score		Dallas Mavericks	L		107	114	36	34	L 1
71	Tue, Mar 31, 1987		Box Score	@	Chicago Bulls	L		75	101	36	35	L 2
72	Wed, Apr 1, 1987		Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		86	103	36	36	L 3
73	Fri, Apr 3, 1987		Box Score		Chicago Bulls	W		122	118	37	36	W 1
74	Sat, Apr 4, 1987		Box Score	@	Cleveland Cavaliers	W		127	111	38	36	W 2
75	Tue, Apr 7, 1987		Box Score		Milwaukee Bucks	L		94	95	38	37	L 1
76	Wed, Apr 8, 1987	7:40p	Box Score	@	New Jersey Nets	W		118	109	39	37	W 1
77	Fri, Apr 10, 1987		Box Score		Indiana Pacers	L		101	115	39	38	L 1
78	Sun, Apr 12, 1987		Box Score		Detroit Pistons	W		103	98	40	38	W 1
79	Mon, Apr 13, 1987		Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	L		105	113	40	39	L 1
80	Wed, Apr 15, 1987		Box Score		Cleveland Cavaliers	W		110	101	41	39	W 1
G	Date	Start (ET)			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
81	Fri, Apr 17, 1987		Box Score	@	New York Knicks	W		142	110	42	39	W 2
82	Sun, Apr 19, 1987		Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	L		102	108	42	40	L 1

Playoffs

Playoffs Table
G	Date			Opponent		Tm	Opp	L	Streak
1	Fri, Apr 24, 1987	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	L	92	106	1	L 1
2	Sun, Apr 26, 1987	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	L	85	128	2	L 2
3	Wed, Apr 29, 1987	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	L	96	97	3	L 3

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