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1986-87 Boston Celtics Schedule and Results

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59-23, Finished 1st in NBA Atlantic Division (Schedule and Results)
Coached by: K.C. Jones (59-23)

Points Per Game: 112.6 (6th of 23) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 106.0 (4th of 23)
Pythagorean W-L: 57-25 (3rd of 23)

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

SRS: 6.58 (3rd of 23) ▪ Pace Factor: 98.6 (19th of 23)
Offensive Rating: 113.5 (3rd of 23) ▪ Defensive Rating: 106.8 (9th of 23)

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

1986-87 Boston Celtics:

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Regular Season

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G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
1 Fri, Oct 31, 1986 Washington Bullets W 120 102 1 0 W 1
2 Sat, Nov 1, 1986 @ Milwaukee Bucks L 105 111 1 1 L 1
3 Wed, Nov 5, 1986 Indiana Pacers W 133 102 2 1 W 1
4 Fri, Nov 7, 1986 @ Washington Bullets W 88 86 3 1 W 2
5 Tue, Nov 11, 1986 @ New Jersey Nets L 110 114 3 2 L 1
6 Wed, Nov 12, 1986 Milwaukee Bucks W 124 116 4 2 W 1
7 Fri, Nov 14, 1986 @ Chicago Bulls W 110 98 5 2 W 2
8 Sat, Nov 15, 1986 @ Detroit Pistons W 118 111 6 2 W 3
9 Wed, Nov 19, 1986 Atlanta Hawks W 111 107 7 2 W 4
10 Fri, Nov 21, 1986 Golden State Warriors W 135 120 8 2 W 5
11 Sat, Nov 22, 1986 @ Atlanta Hawks L 96 97 8 3 L 1
12 Tue, Nov 25, 1986 @ Philadelphia 76ers L 100 102 8 4 L 2
13 Wed, Nov 26, 1986 New York Knickerbockers W 101 90 9 4 W 1
14 Fri, Nov 28, 1986 San Antonio Spurs W 111 96 10 4 W 2
15 Tue, Dec 2, 1986 Washington Bullets L 109 117 10 5 L 1
16 Wed, Dec 3, 1986 Denver Nuggets W 119 113 11 5 W 1
17 Fri, Dec 5, 1986 Philadelphia 76ers W 108 106 12 5 W 2
18 Sat, Dec 6, 1986 @ Cleveland Cavaliers L 86 88 12 6 L 1
19 Wed, Dec 10, 1986 New Jersey Nets W 108 98 13 6 W 1
20 Fri, Dec 12, 1986 Los Angeles Lakers L 110 117 13 7 L 1
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
21 Sat, Dec 13, 1986 @ Washington Bullets W 105 98 14 7 W 1
22 Tue, Dec 16, 1986 @ New York Knickerbockers W 107 96 15 7 W 2
23 Wed, Dec 17, 1986 Indiana Pacers W 113 101 16 7 W 3
24 Fri, Dec 19, 1986 @ Philadelphia 76ers L 100 122 16 8 L 1
25 Sat, Dec 20, 1986 @ Milwaukee Bucks L 100 120 16 9 L 2
26 Fri, Dec 26, 1986 @ Phoenix Suns W 122 112 17 9 W 1
27 Sat, Dec 27, 1986 @ Los Angeles Clippers W 114 101 18 9 W 2
28 Mon, Dec 29, 1986 @ Sacramento Kings W 119 102 19 9 W 3
29 Tue, Dec 30, 1986 @ Seattle Supersonics W 104 102 20 9 W 4
30 Fri, Jan 2, 1987 Chicago Bulls W 113 99 21 9 W 5
31 Wed, Jan 7, 1987 Milwaukee Bucks W 119 92 22 9 W 6
32 Fri, Jan 9, 1987 Sacramento Kings W 109 99 23 9 W 7
33 Sat, Jan 10, 1987 @ Detroit Pistons L 101 118 23 10 L 1
34 Tue, Jan 13, 1987 @ New Jersey Nets W 123 117 24 10 W 1
35 Wed, Jan 14, 1987 Dallas Mavericks W 117 108 25 10 W 2
36 Fri, Jan 16, 1987 Cleveland Cavaliers W OT 133 128 26 10 W 3
37 Sun, Jan 18, 1987 Houston Rockets W 122 99 27 10 W 4
38 Mon, Jan 19, 1987 @ New York Knickerbockers L 109 111 27 11 L 1
39 Wed, Jan 21, 1987 Indiana Pacers W 130 100 28 11 W 1
40 Fri, Jan 23, 1987 Atlanta Hawks W 126 106 29 11 W 2
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
41 Sun, Jan 25, 1987 Philadelphia 76ers W 111 96 30 11 W 3
42 Tue, Jan 27, 1987 @ Chicago Bulls W 105 97 31 11 W 4
43 Wed, Jan 28, 1987 Chicago Bulls W 132 103 32 11 W 5
44 Fri, Jan 30, 1987 @ Indiana Pacers W 100 94 33 11 W 6
45 Tue, Feb 3, 1987 @ Atlanta Hawks L OT 123 126 33 12 L 1
46 Wed, Feb 4, 1987 Cleveland Cavaliers W 104 102 34 12 W 1
47 Tue, Feb 10, 1987 @ Denver Nuggets W 119 105 35 12 W 2
48 Thu, Feb 12, 1987 @ Golden State Warriors W 134 112 36 12 W 3
49 Fri, Feb 13, 1987 @ Portland Trail Blazers W 131 116 37 12 W 4
50 Sun, Feb 15, 1987 @ Los Angeles Lakers L 103 106 37 13 L 1
51 Mon, Feb 16, 1987 @ Utah Jazz L 89 109 37 14 L 2
52 Wed, Feb 18, 1987 @ Dallas Mavericks W 113 96 38 14 W 1
53 Thu, Feb 19, 1987 @ Houston Rockets W 99 92 39 14 W 2
54 Sat, Feb 21, 1987 @ San Antonio Spurs W 121 113 40 14 W 3
55 Mon, Feb 23, 1987 New Jersey Nets W 116 103 41 14 W 4
56 Wed, Feb 25, 1987 Portland Trail Blazers W 122 116 42 14 W 5
57 Fri, Feb 27, 1987 @ Atlanta Hawks L 105 115 42 15 L 1
58 Sun, Mar 1, 1987 Detroit Pistons W 112 102 43 15 W 1
59 Wed, Mar 4, 1987 Utah Jazz W 123 105 44 15 W 2
60 Fri, Mar 6, 1987 Los Angeles Clippers W 132 111 45 15 W 3
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
61 Sun, Mar 8, 1987 @ Detroit Pistons L OT 119 122 45 16 L 1
62 Wed, Mar 11, 1987 Phoenix Suns W 118 109 46 16 W 1
63 Fri, Mar 13, 1987 @ Indiana Pacers L 109 116 46 17 L 1
64 Sun, Mar 15, 1987 New York Knickerbockers W 113 104 47 17 W 1
65 Tue, Mar 17, 1987 @ Milwaukee Bucks L 115 123 47 18 L 1
66 Wed, Mar 18, 1987 Milwaukee Bucks W 120 102 48 18 W 1
67 Fri, Mar 20, 1987 Seattle Supersonics W 112 108 49 18 W 2
68 Sun, Mar 22, 1987 New Jersey Nets W 116 104 50 18 W 3
69 Tue, Mar 24, 1987 Cleveland Cavaliers W 111 88 51 18 W 4
70 Thu, Mar 26, 1987 @ Washington Bullets L 103 106 51 19 L 1
71 Fri, Mar 27, 1987 @ Chicago Bulls W 111 106 52 19 W 1
72 Sun, Mar 29, 1987 Philadelphia 76ers W 118 100 53 19 W 2
73 Tue, Mar 31, 1987 @ New York Knickerbockers L 120 128 53 20 L 1
74 Wed, Apr 1, 1987 Washington Bullets W 103 86 54 20 W 1
75 Fri, Apr 3, 1987 Detroit Pistons W OT 119 115 55 20 W 2
76 Sun, Apr 5, 1987 @ Philadelphia 76ers L OT 104 106 55 21 L 1
77 Tue, Apr 7, 1987 @ Cleveland Cavaliers L 83 107 55 22 L 2
78 Fri, Apr 10, 1987 @ New Jersey Nets L 108 117 55 23 L 3
79 Sun, Apr 12, 1987 New York Knickerbockers W 119 107 56 23 W 1
80 Wed, Apr 15, 1987 @ Indiana Pacers W 108 85 57 23 W 2
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
81 Fri, Apr 17, 1987 Chicago Bulls W 108 105 58 23 W 3
82 Sun, Apr 19, 1987 Atlanta Hawks W 118 107 59 23 W 4

Playoffs

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G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
1 Thu, Apr 23, 1987 Chicago Bulls W 108 104 1 0 W 1
2 Sun, Apr 26, 1987 Chicago Bulls W 105 96 2 0 W 2
3 Tue, Apr 28, 1987 @ Chicago Bulls W 105 94 3 0 W 3
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
4 Tue, May 5, 1987 Milwaukee Bucks W 111 98 4 0 W 4
5 Wed, May 6, 1987 Milwaukee Bucks W 126 124 5 0 W 5
6 Fri, May 8, 1987 @ Milwaukee Bucks L OT 121 126 5 1 L 1
7 Sun, May 10, 1987 @ Milwaukee Bucks W 2OT 138 137 6 1 W 1
8 Wed, May 13, 1987 Milwaukee Bucks L 124 129 6 2 L 1
9 Fri, May 15, 1987 @ Milwaukee Bucks L 111 121 6 3 L 2
10 Sun, May 17, 1987 Milwaukee Bucks W 119 113 7 3 W 1
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
11 Tue, May 19, 1987 Detroit Pistons W 104 91 8 3 W 2
12 Thu, May 21, 1987 Detroit Pistons W 110 101 9 3 W 3
13 Sat, May 23, 1987 @ Detroit Pistons L 104 122 9 4 L 1
14 Sun, May 24, 1987 @ Detroit Pistons L 119 145 9 5 L 2
15 Tue, May 26, 1987 Detroit Pistons W 108 107 10 5 W 1
16 Thu, May 28, 1987 @ Detroit Pistons L 105 113 10 6 L 1
17 Sat, May 30, 1987 Detroit Pistons W 117 114 11 6 W 1
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
18 Tue, Jun 2, 1987 @ Los Angeles Lakers L 113 126 11 7 L 1
19 Thu, Jun 4, 1987 @ Los Angeles Lakers L 122 141 11 8 L 2
20 Sun, Jun 7, 1987 Los Angeles Lakers W 109 103 12 8 W 1
21 Tue, Jun 9, 1987 Los Angeles Lakers L 106 107 12 9 L 1
22 Thu, Jun 11, 1987 Los Angeles Lakers W 123 108 13 9 W 1
23 Sun, Jun 14, 1987 @ Los Angeles Lakers L 93 106 13 10 L 1