1986-87 Boston Celtics Game Log (Advanced)

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Record: 59-23, Finished 1st in NBA Atlantic Division

Coach: K.C. Jones (59-23)

Executive: Jan Volk

PTS/G: 112.6 (6th of 23) Opp PTS/G: 106.0 (4th of 23)

SRS: 6.57 (3rd of 23) Pace: 98.6 (19th of 23)

Off Rtg: 113.5 (3rd of 23) Def Rtg: 106.8 (9th of 23) Net Rtg: +6.7 (3rd of 23)

Expected W-L: 57-25 (3rd of 23)

Preseason Odds: Championship +160

Arena: Boston Garden Attendance: 611,222 (6th of 23)

NBA 1987 Playoffs:
Won NBA Eastern Conference First Round (3-0) versus Chicago Bulls (Series Stats)
Won NBA Eastern Conference Semifinals (4-3) versus Milwaukee Bucks (Series Stats)
Won NBA Eastern Conference Finals (4-3) versus Detroit Pistons (Series Stats)
Lost NBA Finals (2-4) versus Los Angeles Lakers (Series Stats)

Eastern Conference Champions
Atlantic Div Champs

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Regular Season

Turnovers do not include team turnovers

Regular Season Table
								Advanced										Offensive Four Factors				Defensive Four Factors
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	ORtg	DRtg	Pace	FTr	3PAr	TS%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	eFG%	TOV%	ORB%	FT/FGA	eFG%	TOV%	DRB%	FT/FGA
1	1	1986-10-31		WSB	W	120	102	122.7	104.3	97.8	.298	.048	.632	53.7	66.0	5.1	7.1	.565	15.9	43.8	.298	.435	17.9	60.0	.329
2	2	1986-11-01	@	MIL	L	105	111	103.8	109.7	101.2	.329	.047	.539	52.3	56.1	4.0	8.1	.482	16.3	28.6	.271	.511	9.6	75.0	.172
3	3	1986-11-05		IND	W	133	102	121.4	93.1	109.6	.371	.034	.642	53.6	63.5	9.1	6.9	.596	17.5	36.4	.303	.422	16.4	62.5	.146
4	4	1986-11-07	@	WSB	W	88	86	97.9	95.6	89.9	.241	.063	.504	47.1	65.8	8.9	14.9	.487	14.7	24.3	.139	.379	10.9	64.6	.230
5	5	1986-11-11	@	NJN	L	110	114	102.9	106.7	106.9	.333	.071	.484	51.5	48.8	9.4	9.9	.419	14.3	36.4	.273	.512	16.6	69.6	.333
6	6	1986-11-12		MIL	W	124	116	113.9	106.5	108.9	.593	.037	.607	55.1	57.1	10.1	5.7	.525	17.1	30.3	.481	.480	12.5	69.6	.188
7	7	1986-11-14	@	CHI	W	110	98	117.0	104.3	94.0	.342	.063	.605	47.6	65.1	5.3	5.8	.544	17.3	34.3	.304	.433	13.7	57.1	.236
8	8	1986-11-15	@	DET	W	118	111	120.4	113.2	98.0	.369	.060	.604	45.6	73.9	4.1	10.3	.560	10.9	25.0	.286	.450	8.2	62.0	.198
9	9	1986-11-19		ATL	W	111	107	113.0	108.9	98.3	.400	.050	.590	56.2	58.5	7.1	4.0	.519	13.8	25.7	.350	.512	13.0	84.2	.296
10	10	1986-11-21		GSW	W	135	120	129.1	114.8	104.6	.458	.096	.677	58.2	62.0	7.7	10.8	.633	17.4	43.3	.361	.475	9.5	67.3	.225
11	11	1986-11-22	@	ATL	L	96	97	101.8	102.8	94.3	.392	.095	.553	42.7	77.1	7.4	3.8	.486	19.5	23.8	.324	.411	12.2	59.6	.333
12	12	1986-11-25	@	PHI	L	100	102	105.9	108.0	94.4	.310	.046	.506	52.8	70.0	4.2	7.1	.466	13.2	31.8	.218	.465	7.5	73.3	.256
13	13	1986-11-26		NYK	W	101	90	104.9	93.5	96.3	.143	.061	.485	58.3	48.9	5.2	7.0	.469	12.6	40.4	.092	.439	11.7	75.5	.122
14	14	1986-11-28		SAS	W	111	96	100.5	86.9	110.5	.222	.100	.562	51.6	69.6	8.1	7.7	.528	16.8	19.4	.178	.376	10.4	71.9	.097
15	15	1986-12-02		WSB	L	109	117	115.2	123.7	94.6	.188	.059	.592	45.5	69.6	5.3	12.1	.553	14.0	27.3	.176	.543	9.7	59.1	.160
16	16	1986-12-03		DEN	W	119	113	118.5	112.6	100.4	.506	.091	.632	43.2	63.4	8.0	4.9	.565	12.9	16.7	.416	.456	12.2	61.5	.330
17	17	1986-12-05		PHI	W	108	106	117.9	115.7	91.6	.390	.065	.599	39.4	69.8	8.7	7.0	.565	8.1	18.2	.273	.573	17.6	60.6	.267
18	18	1986-12-06	@	CLE	L	86	88	93.7	95.9	91.8	.293	.073	.465	47.3	45.5	3.3	9.9	.409	14.7	30.4	.232	.446	12.5	63.8	.065
19	19	1986-12-10		NJN	W	108	98	111.7	101.3	96.7	.250	.087	.529	53.8	61.9	7.2	6.0	.473	13.5	40.9	.228	.466	14.6	66.0	.195
20	20	1986-12-12		LAL	L	110	117	112.0	119.1	98.2	.179	.048	.607	45.7	60.4	3.1	9.8	.577	13.4	15.2	.155	.525	5.3	73.0	.131
								Advanced										Offensive Four Factors				Defensive Four Factors
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	ORtg	DRtg	Pace	FTr	3PAr	TS%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	eFG%	TOV%	ORB%	FT/FGA	eFG%	TOV%	DRB%	FT/FGA
21	21	1986-12-13	@	WSB	W	105	98	106.0	98.9	99.1	.250	.023	.537	56.0	72.1	3.0	9.8	.500	15.6	28.9	.193	.388	9.0	78.3	.376
22	22	1986-12-16	@	NYK	W	107	96	116.0	104.1	92.2	.291	.063	.600	54.4	72.7	7.6	8.3	.576	15.2	34.2	.203	.414	13.0	73.2	.434
23	23	1986-12-17		IND	W	113	101	111.4	99.6	101.4	.309	.082	.513	52.2	72.7	14.8	4.5	.469	9.1	35.3	.227	.483	16.3	74.4	.156
24	24	1986-12-19	@	PHI	L	100	122	107.0	130.5	93.5	.188	.073	.481	49.4	77.3	4.3	5.7	.464	11.1	40.4	.115	.657	16.5	68.0	.429
25	25	1986-12-20	@	MIL	L	100	120	101.8	122.2	98.2	.430	.063	.532	41.1	43.2	7.1	7.2	.475	17.6	25.0	.316	.485	9.0	54.0	.218
26	26	1986-12-26	@	PHO	W	122	112	116.5	107.0	104.7	.233	.105	.643	51.9	73.1	6.7	5.4	.634	20.2	35.3	.151	.479	12.8	63.8	.208
27	27	1986-12-27	@	LAC	W	114	101	116.1	102.9	98.2	.271	.106	.599	52.6	84.8	5.1	9.6	.559	16.6	34.3	.224	.439	10.2	67.4	.141
28	28	1986-12-29	@	SAC	W	119	102	130.1	111.5	91.5	.298	.048	.626	49.5	53.1	2.2	7.0	.595	10.4	34.3	.226	.412	5.1	58.9	.176
29	29	1986-12-30	@	SEA	W	104	102	104.5	102.5	99.5	.423	.077	.562	41.9	62.2	4.0	6.3	.500	17.0	22.7	.333	.426	11.2	59.2	.158
30	30	1987-01-02		CHI	W	113	99	121.0	106.0	93.4	.360	.080	.650	46.3	81.0	5.4	10.1	.587	15.6	21.4	.333	.424	10.3	59.3	.228
31	31	1987-01-07		MIL	W	119	92	124.4	96.2	95.6	.321	.107	.621	57.1	62.2	2.1	7.2	.565	15.1	34.2	.286	.411	8.2	73.6	.200
32	32	1987-01-09		SAC	W	109	99	114.1	103.7	95.5	.317	.073	.583	52.3	52.4	7.3	12.1	.518	15.4	32.4	.293	.464	10.5	67.3	.104
33	33	1987-01-10	@	DET	L	101	118	101.9	119.1	99.1	.242	.051	.461	38.8	68.3	11.1	10.3	.419	11.3	35.1	.182	.526	12.7	43.9	.165
34	34	1987-01-13	@	NJN	W	123	117	121.1	115.2	101.6	.413	.043	.566	44.6	64.4	7.9	9.8	.495	7.6	24.4	.348	.506	12.7	64.3	.303
35	35	1987-01-14		DAL	W	117	108	116.3	107.3	100.6	.299	.103	.594	55.7	66.7	4.0	9.6	.540	15.5	28.9	.264	.451	7.9	76.0	.272
36	36	1987-01-16		CLE	W	133	128	123.7	119.0	97.4	.464	.024	.657	42.7	68.1	6.5	10.0	.565	13.7	25.0	.452	.477	10.9	56.5	.198
37	37	1987-01-18		HOU	W	122	99	115.4	93.6	105.8	.376	.075	.563	54.3	68.2	15.1	2.6	.489	11.4	28.2	.333	.469	18.9	78.6	.284
38	38	1987-01-19	@	NYK	L	109	111	113.1	115.1	96.4	.376	.118	.550	51.9	69.2	8.3	2.5	.482	14.6	40.0	.318	.530	16.0	66.7	.293
39	39	1987-01-21		IND	W	130	100	119.2	91.7	109.1	.429	.131	.651	57.1	71.4	10.1	11.5	.613	13.8	15.8	.321	.445	13.0	91.3	.209
40	40	1987-01-23		ATL	W	126	106	125.0	105.1	100.8	.306	.133	.567	59.8	70.2	8.9	8.8	.510	11.2	41.0	.265	.488	12.5	76.7	.271
								Advanced										Offensive Four Factors				Defensive Four Factors
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	ORtg	DRtg	Pace	FTr	3PAr	TS%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	eFG%	TOV%	ORB%	FT/FGA	eFG%	TOV%	DRB%	FT/FGA
41	41	1987-01-25		PHI	W	111	96	112.5	97.3	98.6	.436	.077	.597	51.1	70.0	13.2	10.0	.532	15.5	30.8	.359	.449	16.7	67.3	.180
42	42	1987-01-27	@	CHI	W	105	97	110.7	102.3	94.8	.241	.046	.546	42.1	62.8	8.4	8.9	.500	7.7	19.0	.207	.444	11.7	60.4	.091
43	43	1987-01-28		CHI	W	132	103	128.9	100.6	102.4	.349	.084	.689	47.0	71.2	7.8	12.4	.651	15.1	22.2	.289	.417	10.9	58.9	.165
44	44	1987-01-30	@	IND	W	100	94	103.5	97.3	96.6	.294	.106	.521	53.2	59.0	6.2	10.7	.471	15.0	34.0	.235	.419	14.0	72.3	.256
45	45	1987-02-03	@	ATL	L	123	126	112.4	115.2	99.1	.304	.127	.532	45.5	61.7	6.4	3.8	.480	8.7	26.9	.245	.477	9.0	61.7	.224
46	46	1987-02-04		CLE	W	104	102	105.5	103.5	98.5	.303	.112	.515	56.7	66.7	7.1	5.9	.455	15.1	38.6	.258	.489	12.3	73.9	.182
47	47	1987-02-10	@	DEN	W	119	105	114.1	100.7	104.3	.278	.033	.589	53.5	54.0	5.8	5.0	.556	17.2	33.3	.211	.389	7.1	66.1	.231
48	48	1987-02-12	@	GSW	W	134	112	121.6	101.6	110.2	.400	.111	.633	53.8	65.3	7.3	7.7	.567	12.4	22.0	.356	.468	12.2	80.0	.242
49	49	1987-02-13	@	POR	W	131	116	123.7	109.5	105.9	.175	.113	.627	39.8	57.1	9.4	7.2	.598	9.5	19.5	.155	.431	13.2	53.2	.287
50	50	1987-02-15	@	LAL	L	103	106	114.3	117.6	90.1	.342	.089	.567	48.7	72.5	5.5	5.2	.525	12.5	31.6	.253	.500	13.0	65.0	.293
51	51	1987-02-16	@	UTA	L	89	109	92.3	113.1	96.4	.312	.117	.508	45.3	56.3	4.2	5.7	.442	17.8	17.1	.273	.500	6.9	66.7	.058
52	52	1987-02-18	@	DAL	W	113	96	111.5	94.8	101.3	.237	.108	.550	57.8	72.3	5.9	11.4	.527	14.9	37.5	.161	.429	11.2	75.9	.198
53	53	1987-02-19	@	HOU	W	99	92	106.0	98.5	93.4	.268	.024	.540	53.4	68.3	6.4	3.3	.500	15.6	35.1	.207	.399	8.6	66.7	.131
54	54	1987-02-21	@	SAS	W	121	113	118.4	110.6	102.2	.221	.151	.641	46.2	74.0	5.9	6.3	.622	16.8	25.0	.163	.490	10.6	62.3	.162
55	55	1987-02-23		NJN	W	116	103	111.5	99.0	104.0	.353	.106	.591	52.4	68.2	9.6	3.4	.535	14.0	21.2	.294	.478	15.2	73.5	.163
56	56	1987-02-25		POR	W	122	116	124.3	118.2	98.1	.352	.080	.600	60.8	63.0	6.1	12.2	.528	12.1	43.6	.330	.555	9.0	80.0	.165
57	57	1987-02-27	@	ATL	L	105	115	106.8	116.9	98.4	.259	.148	.582	42.7	75.6	3.1	3.5	.525	15.9	13.9	.247	.489	9.6	65.2	.330
58	58	1987-03-01		DET	W	112	102	114.6	104.4	97.7	.393	.071	.568	51.2	76.7	4.1	8.6	.518	8.4	21.1	.298	.471	11.7	76.1	.259
59	59	1987-03-04		UTA	W	123	105	123.8	105.6	99.4	.544	.076	.628	51.2	77.3	9.1	6.3	.563	14.0	30.0	.430	.456	10.0	63.0	.118
60	60	1987-03-06		LAC	W	132	111	124.4	104.6	106.1	.308	.066	.639	50.0	80.0	11.3	11.7	.621	14.1	34.3	.209	.469	16.4	62.2	.206
								Advanced										Offensive Four Factors				Defensive Four Factors
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	ORtg	DRtg	Pace	FTr	3PAr	TS%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	eFG%	TOV%	ORB%	FT/FGA	eFG%	TOV%	DRB%	FT/FGA
61	61	1987-03-08	@	DET	L	119	122	112.6	115.5	95.7	.275	.132	.583	47.1	65.2	3.8	7.5	.533	12.8	24.4	.242	.468	7.7	64.4	.194
62	62	1987-03-11		PHO	W	118	109	113.1	104.5	104.3	.294	.082	.615	49.4	75.0	11.5	1.0	.576	15.8	26.3	.235	.485	14.4	68.1	.109
63	63	1987-03-13	@	IND	L	109	116	112.5	119.7	96.9	.222	.049	.613	51.8	53.2	5.2	6.6	.580	17.6	28.6	.185	.500	7.0	68.0	.221
64	64	1987-03-15		NYK	W	113	104	111.4	102.5	101.5	.238	.150	.639	47.6	65.2	3.0	5.6	.606	19.9	21.2	.200	.443	13.0	64.7	.186
65	65	1987-03-17	@	MIL	L	115	123	119.4	127.7	96.3	.226	.086	.562	47.4	54.2	4.2	6.4	.532	10.5	31.8	.172	.572	9.2	67.6	.337
66	66	1987-03-18		MIL	W	120	102	117.3	99.7	102.3	.554	.048	.581	56.9	56.1	6.8	7.3	.506	12.7	34.0	.434	.400	9.2	76.4	.333
67	67	1987-03-20		SEA	W	112	108	117.2	113.0	95.6	.156	.094	.546	48.3	61.7	8.4	9.1	.505	8.9	32.6	.156	.464	11.0	63.0	.186
68	68	1987-03-22		NJN	W	116	104	119.6	107.2	97.0	.207	.080	.611	52.5	79.2	5.2	6.3	.569	13.6	27.8	.195	.494	12.6	72.7	.207
69	69	1987-03-24		CLE	W	111	88	125.5	99.5	88.4	.212	.071	.597	54.9	63.8	9.0	11.0	.571	13.1	41.9	.165	.387	8.1	62.7	.172
70	70	1987-03-26	@	WSB	L	103	106	106.9	110.0	96.4	.268	.093	.475	51.6	64.3	7.3	6.4	.448	10.7	37.3	.165	.481	10.0	69.0	.363
71	71	1987-03-27	@	CHI	W	111	106	117.8	112.5	94.3	.247	.039	.650	39.2	83.0	8.5	9.9	.623	14.9	13.3	.195	.506	13.9	56.8	.193
72	72	1987-03-29		PHI	W	118	100	124.2	105.2	95.0	.253	.190	.672	51.3	73.5	6.3	6.2	.671	13.8	21.9	.152	.471	10.8	72.7	.207
73	73	1987-03-31	@	NYK	L	120	128	120.1	128.1	99.9	.349	.133	.627	40.5	75.0	6.0	4.5	.560	11.1	16.2	.325	.560	9.4	64.9	.272
74	74	1987-04-01		WSB	W	103	86	110.9	92.6	92.8	.224	.066	.617	56.4	77.8	7.5	4.9	.592	17.7	23.3	.171	.429	11.4	77.1	.167
75	75	1987-04-03		DET	W	119	115	118.9	114.9	90.7	.402	.061	.616	43.8	68.9	1.0	8.2	.561	13.5	20.0	.329	.506	12.1	65.8	.267
76	76	1987-04-05	@	PHI	L	104	106	102.5	104.4	91.9	.186	.082	.496	42.0	72.1	6.9	5.4	.454	13.2	23.9	.165	.520	18.8	65.7	.355
77	77	1987-04-07	@	CLE	L	83	107	87.9	113.4	94.4	.163	.050	.484	44.0	54.1	2.1	5.7	.463	16.5	15.0	.113	.522	6.5	70.5	.120
78	78	1987-04-10	@	NJN	L	108	117	103.4	112.0	104.5	.261	.136	.550	45.3	59.5	8.6	6.8	.494	16.9	25.6	.239	.580	19.9	71.9	.400
79	79	1987-04-12		NYK	W	119	107	119.2	107.1	99.9	.181	.043	.586	48.0	72.7	14.0	2.7	.585	10.6	27.0	.096	.548	17.8	68.4	.193
80	80	1987-04-15	@	IND	W	108	85	116.0	91.3	93.1	.212	.012	.581	57.0	54.3	8.6	3.8	.541	14.7	34.2	.188	.414	14.1	75.0	.222
								Advanced										Offensive Four Factors				Defensive Four Factors
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	ORtg	DRtg	Pace	FTr	3PAr	TS%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	eFG%	TOV%	ORB%	FT/FGA	eFG%	TOV%	DRB%	FT/FGA
81	81	1987-04-17		CHI	W	108	105	113.2	110.1	95.4	.103	.072	.533	57.0	57.1	7.3	6.3	.521	8.2	30.2	.072	.529	10.5	83.7	.176
82	82	1987-04-19		ATL	W	118	107	126.9	115.1	93.0	.482	.071	.573	51.3	69.8	7.5	4.9	.529	8.0	38.1	.329	.537	14.0	66.7	.232

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