Isiah Thomas 1986-87 Advanced Game Log

Pronunciation: \eye-ZAY-uh\

Isiah Lord Thomas III ▪ Twitter: IsiahThomas

(Zeke, The Baby-Faced Assassin, Tuss, Pocket Magic)

Position: Point Guard ▪ Shoots: Right

6-1, 180lb (185cm, 81kg)

Born: April 30, 1961 in Chicago, Illinois us

College: Indiana

High School: St. Joseph in Westchester, Illinois

Draft: Detroit Pistons, 1st round (2nd pick, 2nd overall), 1981 NBA Draft

NBA Debut: October 30, 1981

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 2000 (Full List)

Career Length: 13 years

Hall of Fame
12x All Star
1984-85 AST Champ
2x NBA Champ
5x All-NBA
1981-82 All-Rookie
2x AS MVP
1989-90 Finals MVP
NBA 75th Anniv. Team

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SUMMARY

Career

979

PTS

19.2

TRB

3.6

AST

9.3

FG%

45.2

FG3%

29.0

FT%

75.9

eFG%

46.5

PER

18.1

80.7

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1986-87 Regular Season

1986-87 Regular Season Table
Rk	G	Date	Age	Tm		Opp		GS	MP	TS%	eFG%	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%	ORtg	DRtg	GmSc	BPM
1	1	1986-10-31	25-184	DET		MIL	L (-16)	1	33:00	.459	.400	2.7	7.5	4.7	40.9	5.7	2.0	14.3	32.3	95	110	13.8	6.1
2	2	1986-11-01	25-185	DET	@	IND	L (-3)	1	44:00	.420	.333	0.0	7.0	3.5	37.8	1.1	1.4	29.6	19.9	77	96	7.2	-3.4
3	3	1986-11-05	25-189	DET		WSB	W (+24)	1	31:00	.425	.400	0.0	13.2	6.7	16.4	3.2	0.0	20.3	18.7	86	86	5.6	-4.0
4	4	1986-11-07	25-191	DET		CHI	W (+6)	1	41:00	.527	.479	2.2	10.0	5.8	46.5	7.0	0.0	15.4	31.1	105	100	23.1	9.2
5	5	1986-11-08	25-192	DET	@	MIL	L (-14)	1	26:00	.719	.667	0.0	9.0	4.8	67.0	7.7	0.0	14.2	35.2	132	98	22.9	22.8
6	6	1986-11-12	25-196	DET		PHO	W (+8)	1	39:00	.630	.556	2.4	6.7	4.2	17.8	4.7	0.0	16.9	27.6	118	95	22.3	9.0
7	7	1986-11-14	25-198	DET		ATL	L (-5)	1	33:00	.493	.313	2.7	0.0	1.5	21.0	3.1	0.0	15.8	30.8	104	115	10.5	1.7
8	8	1986-11-15	25-199	DET		BOS	L (-7)	1	45:00	.516	.446	0.0	5.3	2.4	26.5	4.4	0.0	8.6	30.7	115	118	23.4	7.0
9	9	1986-11-19	25-203	DET	@	WSB	L (-14)	1	23:00	.402	.313	4.3	6.0	5.0	31.4	0.0	0.0	21.2	38.4	80	119	2.2	-12.2
10	10	1986-11-21	25-205	DET	@	PHI	W (+10)	1	39:00	.687	.647	3.2	6.5	5.1	41.6	2.4	0.0	23.4	27.1	118	108	23.9	4.8
11	11	1986-11-22	25-206	DET		CLE	W (+9)	1	38:00	.467	.438	2.8	12.0	8.2	40.5	2.7	0.0	18.0	24.3	103	86	14.1	4.9
12	12	1986-11-28	25-212	DET		MIL	W (+21)	1	37:00	.526	.143	0.0	22.7	13.6	40.8	1.2	0.0	8.1	13.7	142	88	20.5	5.6
13	13	1986-12-03	25-217	DET	@	NJN	W (+1)	1	39:00	.456	.375	3.1	6.5	4.7	26.4	4.9	5.3	30.0	29.8	74	91	9.8	0.3
14	14	1986-12-04	25-218	DET	@	CLE	L (-8)	1	40:00	.358	.333	5.0	2.4	3.7	40.0	2.3	1.4	26.4	23.0	77	109	8.0	-3.1
15	15	1986-12-06	25-220	DET		DEN	W (+15)	1	37:00	.538	.524	4.1	6.3	5.5	61.9	0.0	0.0	15.2	28.0	123	110	23.1	4.5
16	16	1986-12-10	25-224	DET		SAC	W (+7)	1	42:00	.417	.417	0.0	2.5	1.2	50.4	2.3	0.0	20.0	14.4	98	105	12.9	1.5
17	17	1986-12-12	25-226	DET		WSB	L (-1)	1	28:00	.416	.308	0.0	4.5	2.1	27.0	3.3	2.0	27.7	29.9	80	109	4.3	-8.7
18	18	1986-12-13	25-227	DET		LAL	W (+5)	1	41:00	.459	.432	2.8	8.4	6.0	38.6	3.3	0.0	10.7	27.2	106	106	20.1	3.8
19	19	1986-12-16	25-230	DET	@	ATL	W (+11)	1	30:00	.571	.571	0.0	5.9	3.1	40.3	1.7	0.0	11.3	24.3	114	107	12.7	3.8
20	20	1986-12-17	25-231	DET		UTA	W (+15)	1	42:00	.605	.500	12.0	7.5	9.5	53.9	3.3	0.0	26.6	20.8	125	103	25.8	8.9
Rk	G	Date	Age	Tm		Opp		GS	MP	TS%	eFG%	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%	ORtg	DRtg	GmSc	BPM
21	21	1986-12-19	25-233	DET		SAS	W (+30)	1	29:00	.651	.556	10.6	9.7	10.1	38.5	3.3	0.0	35.8	22.1	107	83	14.6	7.1
22	22	1986-12-20	25-234	DET	@	PHI	W (+10)	1	42:00	.426	.438	0.0	12.9	6.7	33.5	4.6	0.0	23.3	21.5	85	86	11.0	1.7
23	23	1986-12-23	25-237	DET	@	IND	L (-13)	1	39:00	.440	.396	5.6	10.9	8.3	28.8	6.2	1.5	17.4	36.4	89	103	15.8	5.0
24	24	1986-12-26	25-240	DET		GSW	W (+15)	1	41:00	.540	.467	3.1	9.6	6.7	44.1	4.5	0.0	27.4	24.7	104	97	19.7	4.0
25	25	1986-12-27	25-241	DET	@	WSB	W (+2)	1	39:00	.449	.400	2.3	8.6	5.1	31.2	2.4	0.0	0.0	30.2	106	105	17.5	3.4
26	26	1986-12-30	25-244	DET	@	MIL	W (+4)	1	37:00	.376	.375	0.0	3.2	1.5	40.3	4.0	0.0	17.7	25.7	83	99	9.1	-0.5
27	27	1987-01-02	25-247	DET		NJN	W (+1)	1	39:00	.426	.353	2.7	6.0	4.3	43.2	0.0	0.0	17.6	22.9	106	127	13.4	-6.3
28	28	1987-01-03	25-248	DET	@	CHI	L (-5)	1	44:00	.682	.659	2.9	7.8	5.5	39.7	1.1	0.0	15.9	31.1	124	124	29.7	5.2
29	29	1987-01-07	25-252	DET		NYK	W (+11)	1	35:00	.722	.611	0.0	9.1	5.1	74.6	2.7	0.0	18.0	30.8	140	107	35.5	18.2
30	30	1987-01-09	25-254	DET		LAC	W (+8)	1	36:00	.559	.529	0.0	3.3	1.8	50.8	6.4	0.0	28.1	28.8	103	113	20.4	1.4
31	31	1987-01-10	25-255	DET		BOS	W (+17)	1	30:00	.526	.500	3.9	11.2	8.2	29.3	1.6	0.0	13.1	29.1	119	104	15.8	2.6
32	32	1987-01-13	25-258	DET	@	CLE	W (+2)	1	37:00	.454	.423	6.8	14.7	10.3	45.4	1.3	1.7	11.5	34.1	99	99	18.2	7.3
33	33	1987-01-14	25-259	DET		CLE	W (+17)	1	40:00	.563	.563	3.1	4.6	4.0	44.7	6.7	0.0	22.0	23.3	103	78	21.1	10.7
34	34	1987-01-16	25-261	DET		HOU	L (-6)	1	27:00	.316	.125	0.0	13.0	6.5	35.3	0.0	0.0	31.1	25.9	65	114	-0.6	-15.2
35	35	1987-01-17	25-262	DET	@	NJN	W (+10)	1	41:00	.495	.391	3.8	16.3	11.1	28.0	3.4	0.0	17.5	34.0	101	107	18.6	-0.9
36	36	1987-01-19	25-264	DET		ATL	W (+10)	1	37:00	.448	.364	3.6	5.0	4.4	30.7	2.7	0.0	29.2	24.0	85	102	8.2	-3.6
37	37	1987-01-21	25-266	DET	@	UTA	L (-4)	1	38:00	.635	.619	2.8	10.1	6.6	28.2	4.6	0.0	14.5	28.0	119	98	23.4	10.2
38	38	1987-01-23	25-268	DET	@	LAC	W (+3)	1	34:00	.518	.400	9.2	4.6	6.6	44.8	1.4	0.0	19.8	27.5	108	99	16.6	4.9
39	39	1987-01-24	25-269	DET	@	SAC	L (-25)	1	33:00	.636	.538	0.0	3.3	1.7	28.4	1.4	0.0	15.4	22.7	127	137	16.3	1.0
40	40	1987-01-26	25-271	DET	@	PHO	L (-2)	1	43:00	.418	.368	2.3	0.0	1.2	48.2	0.0	0.0	19.7	23.5	96	117	10.7	-3.3
Rk	G	Date	Age	Tm		Opp		GS	MP	TS%	eFG%	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%	ORtg	DRtg	GmSc	BPM
41	41	1987-01-27	25-272	DET	@	SAS	L (-11)	1	38:00	.518	.450	3.2	0.0	1.8	33.0	0.0	0.0	11.9	25.8	110	114	15.1	0.3
42	42	1987-01-29	25-274	DET		WSB	W (+11)	1	38:00	.444	.357	3.2	4.3	3.8	28.6	2.4	0.0	33.7	25.4	75	100	6.6	-8.2
43	43	1987-01-31	25-276	DET	@	NYK	W (+1)	1	34:00	.603	.538	0.0	22.0	13.4	27.2	1.5	0.0	14.7	26.5	121	115	15.8	-1.9
44	44	1987-02-01	25-277	DET		CHI	W (+2)	1	40:00	.451	.333	5.9	20.4	14.0	51.7	1.2	1.3	20.5	21.6	102	92	16.1	4.0
45	45	1987-02-05	25-281	DET		IND	L (-5)	1	39:00	.607	.580	4.6	2.9	3.8	58.6	3.7	0.0	15.5	33.5	116	100	25.0	15.5
46	46	1987-02-11	25-287	DET	@	PHI	W (+10)	1	47:00	.586	.587	5.1	0.0	2.4	31.0	5.0	1.2	16.8	24.8	116	100	24.8	7.7
47	47	1987-02-12	25-288	DET	@	CLE	W (+4)	1	38:00	.551	.524	9.7	2.4	5.6	59.0	2.4	0.0	16.9	32.1	111	106	24.6	7.0
48	48	1987-02-14	25-290	DET		PHI	W (+18)	1	30:00	.527	.500	0.0	12.0	6.2	52.1	3.1	0.0	32.4	20.6	105	104	13.3	2.8
49	49	1987-02-17	25-293	DET	@	ATL	L (-4)	1	31:00	.504	.333	6.7	3.1	4.8	52.2	3.1	0.0	18.0	36.9	103	109	15.8	5.0
50	50	1987-02-19	25-295	DET		SEA	W (+12)	1	40:00	.704	.711	0.0	6.2	2.9	52.3	0.0	0.0	16.8	25.4	128	110	25.8	9.5
51	51	1987-02-21	25-297	DET		ATL	W (+5)	1	34:00	.515	.417	7.8	6.3	7.0	23.6	3.1	2.0	20.5	27.4	99	105	11.8	1.1
52	52	1987-02-22	25-298	DET		NYK	W (+12)	1	39:00	.640	.632	6.5	18.0	12.5	23.6	0.0	0.0	12.9	22.1	131	110	19.9	3.4
53	53	1987-02-24	25-300	DET	@	NJN	W (+8)	1	37:00	.537	.500	0.0	5.5	3.2	46.2	3.8	1.4	6.7	17.6	128	109	20.0	7.0
54	54	1987-02-25	25-301	DET		CLE	W (+1)	1	37:00	.508	.462	0.0	0.0	0.0	37.4	3.9	0.0	28.9	24.2	93	104	10.4	-1.7
55	55	1987-02-27	25-303	DET		POR	L (-12)	1	39:00	.512	.468	1.8	18.3	8.6	17.0	1.1	1.5	5.7	30.8	115	112	20.9	8.0
56	56	1987-03-01	25-305	DET	@	BOS	L (-10)	1	40:00	.487	.412	2.6	9.5	5.7	34.2	0.0	0.0	12.8	25.4	102	119	13.4	-0.6
57	57	1987-03-04	25-308	DET		CHI	L (-5)	1	45:00	.602	.583	2.4	10.0	6.1	58.1	2.1	0.0	21.4	30.3	113	112	28.1	7.3
58	58	1987-03-06	25-310	DET		DAL	W (+10)	1	43:00	.594	.467	4.4	10.0	7.3	37.0	2.1	1.3	24.5	20.9	113	109	21.5	6.7
59	59	1987-03-08	25-312	DET		BOS	W (+3)	1	46:00	.444	.413	2.0	12.8	6.6	49.4	1.1	0.0	10.8	24.5	108	115	20.4	3.1
60	60	1987-03-10	25-314	DET	@	NYK	W (+23)	1	33:00	.750	.750	0.0	10.6	7.1	25.9	1.4	0.0	42.9	18.3	95	93	8.7	-2.0
Rk	G	Date	Age	Tm		Opp		GS	MP	TS%	eFG%	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%	ORtg	DRtg	GmSc	BPM
61	61	1987-03-11	25-315	DET	@	IND	W (+9)	1	44:00	.611	.609	7.6	13.6	10.8	41.8	0.0	1.3	6.7	27.5	132	99	31.4	14.5
62	62	1987-03-13	25-317	DET	@	CHI	W (+1)	1	41:00	.647	.619	5.6	13.9	9.8	56.7	0.0	1.5	11.5	28.4	128	107	27.9	11.1
63	63	1987-03-14	25-318	DET		PHI	W (+3)	1	42:00	.462	.368	0.0	7.5	4.0	11.4	0.0	0.0	8.5	25.2	101	105	8.5	-5.4
64	64	1987-03-16	25-320	DET		IND	W (+20)	1	30:00	.680	.600	3.3	7.8	5.3	19.0	1.7	0.0	40.5	13.4	97	100	7.1	-3.3
65	65	1987-03-18	25-322	DET		NJN	L (-1)	1	36:00	.555	.500	0.0	14.4	6.1	44.9	2.7	1.8	16.4	20.5	114	114	17.1	4.5
66	66	1987-03-21	25-325	DET	@	DAL	L (-4)	1	43:00	.566	.526	0.0	10.9	6.1	38.4	0.0	1.2	19.1	24.1	116	126	19.0	2.9
67	67	1987-03-23	25-327	DET	@	HOU	W (+4)	1	39:00	.526	.375	2.6	3.2	2.8	40.3	1.3	0.0	13.1	23.9	122	117	19.2	4.3
68	68	1987-03-25	25-329	DET	@	GSW	L (-12)	1	31:00	.525	.429	3.1	10.1	6.5	40.1	3.0	0.0	5.8	21.3	126	121	16.9	4.9
69	69	1987-03-26	25-330	DET	@	LAL	L (-17)	1	42:00	.428	.364	6.2	0.0	3.6	25.5	2.2	0.0	18.3	28.8	91	127	11.7	-3.6
70	70	1987-03-28	25-332	DET	@	DEN	W (+12)	1	39:00	.337	.273	5.5	2.3	3.8	48.9	1.2	0.0	0.0	12.3	130	112	16.4	4.1
71	71	1987-03-29	25-333	DET	@	SEA	W (+1)	1	43:00	.503	.381	0.0	11.4	6.0	13.9	2.3	0.0	10.4	27.9	108	109	16.7	1.8
72	72	1987-03-31	25-335	DET	@	POR	L (-2)	1	33:00	.724	.643	4.0	7.7	5.9	43.8	0.0	0.0	21.8	29.0	126	118	19.6	4.9
73	73	1987-04-02	25-337	DET		IND	W (+46)	1	28:00	.347	.167	11.7	8.4	9.8	42.6	1.8	0.0	18.8	15.7	110	79	10.4	3.2
74	74	1987-04-03	25-338	DET	@	BOS	L (-4)	1	44:00	.593	.500	6.3	6.9	6.6	31.7	2.4	0.0	12.5	25.1	126	118	20.9	4.9
75	75	1987-04-05	25-340	DET		MIL	W (+18)	1	31:00	.753	.625	3.7	6.9	5.3	58.2	1.5	0.0	20.1	19.1	145	107	21.9	12.7
76	76	1987-04-07	25-342	DET	@	CHI	L (-30)	1	26:00	.307	.250	0.0	4.7	2.2	50.8	0.0	0.0	21.5	30.4	65	124	0.2	-14.2
77	77	1987-04-10	25-345	DET	@	ATL	L (-2)	1	46:00	.626	.593	3.0	6.3	4.9	47.2	2.1	1.4	25.8	38.8	98	105	25.1	6.2
78	78	1987-04-12	25-347	DET	@	WSB	L (-5)	1	40:00	.348	.320	2.1	6.7	3.9	23.7	3.8	0.0	13.4	28.4	85	106	6.6	-3.6
79	79	1987-04-13	25-348	DET	@	NYK	W (+20)	1	37:00	.631	.571	0.0	2.9	1.5	47.3	1.3	0.0	19.4	22.8	121	105	19.6	4.3
80	80	1987-04-15	25-350	DET		NYK	W (+4)	1	29:00	.450	.429	0.0	10.3	6.2	39.1	1.7	0.0	17.2	26.2	106	117	10.4	-3.1
Rk	G	Date	Age	Tm		Opp		GS	MP	TS%	eFG%	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%	ORtg	DRtg	GmSc	BPM
81	81	1987-04-17	25-352	DET		NJN	W (+13)	1	32:00	.603	.571	0.0	10.5	5.4	60.0	2.9	1.7	16.0	23.6	124	112	22.0	8.2

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