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1986-87 Chicago Bulls Schedule and Results

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Record: 40-42, Finished 5th in NBA Central Division (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Doug Collins (40-42)

PTS/G: 104.8 (20th of 23) ▪ Opp PTS/G: 103.9 (2nd of 23)
SRS: 1.27 (8th of 23) ▪ Pace: 95.8 (23rd of 23)
Off Rtg: 108.6 (12th of 23) ▪ Def Rtg: 107.6 (11th of 23)
Expected W-L: 43-39 (9th of 23)

Arena: Chicago Stadium ▪ Attendance: 650,718 (5th of 23)

Playoffs:
Lost NBA Eastern Conference First Round (3-0) versus Boston Celtics

Regular Season

G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
1 Sat, Nov 1, 1986 Box Score @ New York Knicks W 108 103 1 0 W 1
2 Sun, Nov 2, 1986 Box Score @ Cleveland Cavaliers W 94 89 2 0 W 2
3 Tue, Nov 4, 1986 Box Score San Antonio Spurs W 111 104 3 0 W 3
4 Fri, Nov 7, 1986 Box Score @ Detroit Pistons L 109 115 3 1 L 1
5 Sat, Nov 8, 1986 Box Score Phoenix Suns W 101 96 4 1 W 1
6 Tue, Nov 11, 1986 Box Score Atlanta Hawks W 112 110 5 1 W 2
7 Wed, Nov 12, 1986 Box Score @ Washington Bullets L 99 101 5 2 L 1
8 Fri, Nov 14, 1986 Box Score Boston Celtics L 98 110 5 3 L 2
9 Fri, Nov 21, 1986 Box Score New York Knicks W 101 99 6 3 W 1
10 Sat, Nov 22, 1986 Box Score Washington Bullets W 93 84 7 3 W 2
11 Wed, Nov 26, 1986 Box Score @ Denver Nuggets L 107 109 7 4 L 1
12 Fri, Nov 28, 1986 Box Score @ Los Angeles Lakers L 103 110 7 5 L 2
13 Sat, Nov 29, 1986 Box Score @ Golden State Warriors L 106 113 7 6 L 3
14 Tue, Dec 2, 1986 Box Score @ Seattle SuperSonics W OT 115 109 8 6 W 1
15 Wed, Dec 3, 1986 Box Score @ Utah Jazz L 94 99 8 7 L 1
16 Fri, Dec 5, 1986 Box Score @ Phoenix Suns L 112 114 8 8 L 2
17 Sat, Dec 6, 1986 Box Score @ San Antonio Spurs L 97 106 8 9 L 3
18 Tue, Dec 9, 1986 Box Score Denver Nuggets W 106 100 9 9 W 1
19 Wed, Dec 10, 1986 Box Score @ Atlanta Hawks L 95 123 9 10 L 1
20 Fri, Dec 12, 1986 Box Score @ Milwaukee Bucks W 106 93 10 10 W 1
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
21 Sat, Dec 13, 1986 Box Score Milwaukee Bucks L 90 113 10 11 L 1
22 Tue, Dec 16, 1986 Box Score New Jersey Nets W 99 98 11 11 W 1
23 Thu, Dec 18, 1986 Box Score @ Indiana Pacers W 97 88 12 11 W 2
24 Sat, Dec 20, 1986 Box Score Utah Jazz L 89 91 12 12 L 1
25 Tue, Dec 23, 1986 Box Score Cleveland Cavaliers W 108 92 13 12 W 1
26 Thu, Dec 25, 1986 Box Score @ New York Knicks L 85 86 13 13 L 1
27 Sat, Dec 27, 1986 Box Score Indiana Pacers W 105 93 14 13 W 1
28 Tue, Dec 30, 1986 Box Score Golden State Warriors L 99 102 14 14 L 1
29 Fri, Jan 2, 1987 Box Score @ Boston Celtics L 99 113 14 15 L 2
30 Sat, Jan 3, 1987 Box Score Detroit Pistons W 124 119 15 15 W 1
31 Tue, Jan 6, 1987 Box Score @ Cleveland Cavaliers W 99 95 16 15 W 2
32 Thu, Jan 8, 1987 Box Score Portland Trail Blazers W 121 117 17 15 W 3
33 Sat, Jan 10, 1987 Box Score New Jersey Nets W 119 109 18 15 W 4
34 Thu, Jan 15, 1987 Box Score Houston Rockets L 96 107 18 16 L 1
35 Sat, Jan 17, 1987 Box Score Philadelphia 76ers W 105 89 19 16 W 1
36 Mon, Jan 19, 1987 Box Score @ Indiana Pacers L 95 109 19 17 L 1
37 Tue, Jan 20, 1987 Box Score Milwaukee Bucks W 103 90 20 17 W 1
38 Fri, Jan 23, 1987 Box Score Cleveland Cavaliers W 117 96 21 17 W 2
39 Sat, Jan 24, 1987 Box Score @ Cleveland Cavaliers L 84 114 21 18 L 1
40 Tue, Jan 27, 1987 Box Score Boston Celtics L 97 105 21 19 L 2
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
41 Wed, Jan 28, 1987 Box Score @ Boston Celtics L 103 132 21 20 L 3
42 Fri, Jan 30, 1987 Box Score @ Philadelphia 76ers L 112 121 21 21 L 4
43 Sun, Feb 1, 1987 Box Score @ Detroit Pistons L 92 94 21 22 L 5
44 Tue, Feb 3, 1987 Box Score Washington Bullets W 98 91 22 22 W 1
45 Thu, Feb 5, 1987 Box Score @ Milwaukee Bucks L 105 120 22 23 L 1
46 Tue, Feb 10, 1987 Box Score Philadelphia 76ers W 104 99 23 23 W 1
47 Fri, Feb 13, 1987 Box Score Seattle SuperSonics W 106 98 24 23 W 2
48 Sat, Feb 14, 1987 Box Score @ New York Knicks W 112 108 25 23 W 3
49 Mon, Feb 16, 1987 Box Score Sacramento Kings L OT 120 124 25 24 L 1
50 Fri, Feb 20, 1987 Box Score Los Angeles Lakers L 100 110 25 25 L 2
51 Sun, Feb 22, 1987 Box Score Cleveland Cavaliers W 102 98 26 25 W 1
52 Tue, Feb 24, 1987 Box Score Atlanta Hawks W 113 103 27 25 W 2
53 Thu, Feb 26, 1987 Box Score New Jersey Nets W 128 113 28 25 W 3
54 Sat, Feb 28, 1987 Box Score Milwaukee Bucks W 107 104 29 25 W 4
55 Sun, Mar 1, 1987 Box Score @ New Jersey Nets L 95 105 29 26 L 1
56 Tue, Mar 3, 1987 Box Score Los Angeles Clippers W 114 80 30 26 W 1
57 Wed, Mar 4, 1987 Box Score @ Detroit Pistons W OT 125 120 31 26 W 2
58 Fri, Mar 6, 1987 Box Score New York Knicks L 109 110 31 27 L 1
59 Sun, Mar 8, 1987 Box Score Dallas Mavericks W OT 115 105 32 27 W 1
60 Mon, Mar 9, 1987 Box Score @ Atlanta Hawks L 103 108 32 28 L 1
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
61 Wed, Mar 11, 1987 Box Score @ Philadelphia 76ers L 108 117 32 29 L 2
62 Fri, Mar 13, 1987 Box Score Detroit Pistons L 99 100 32 30 L 3
63 Sat, Mar 14, 1987 Box Score @ Washington Bullets L OT 105 106 32 31 L 4
64 Mon, Mar 16, 1987 Box Score @ Houston Rockets L 96 97 32 32 L 5
65 Tue, Mar 17, 1987 Box Score @ Dallas Mavericks L 96 114 32 33 L 6
66 Thu, Mar 19, 1987 Box Score @ Los Angeles Clippers W 114 97 33 33 W 1
67 Sat, Mar 21, 1987 Box Score @ Sacramento Kings W 112 97 34 33 W 2
68 Sun, Mar 22, 1987 Box Score @ Portland Trail Blazers L 113 115 34 34 L 1
69 Tue, Mar 24, 1987 Box Score Philadelphia 76ers W 93 91 35 34 W 1
70 Thu, Mar 26, 1987 Box Score @ New Jersey Nets L 107 109 35 35 L 1
71 Fri, Mar 27, 1987 Box Score Boston Celtics L 106 111 35 36 L 2
72 Sun, Mar 29, 1987 Box Score New York Knicks W 115 96 36 36 W 1
73 Tue, Mar 31, 1987 Box Score Washington Bullets W 101 75 37 36 W 2
74 Wed, Apr 1, 1987 Box Score @ Indiana Pacers L 94 99 37 37 L 1
75 Fri, Apr 3, 1987 Box Score @ Washington Bullets L 118 122 37 38 L 2
76 Sat, Apr 4, 1987 Box Score @ Atlanta Hawks L 97 110 37 39 L 3
77 Tue, Apr 7, 1987 Box Score Detroit Pistons W 116 86 38 39 W 1
78 Fri, Apr 10, 1987 Box Score @ Philadelphia 76ers L OT 96 98 38 40 L 1
79 Sun, Apr 12, 1987 Box Score Indiana Pacers W 116 95 39 40 W 1
80 Mon, Apr 13, 1987 Box Score @ Milwaukee Bucks W 114 107 40 40 W 2
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
81 Thu, Apr 16, 1987 Box Score Atlanta Hawks L 114 117 40 41 L 1
82 Fri, Apr 17, 1987 Box Score @ Boston Celtics L 105 108 40 42 L 2

Playoffs

G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
1 Thu, Apr 23, 1987 Box Score @ Boston Celtics L 104 108 0 1 L 1
2 Sun, Apr 26, 1987 Box Score @ Boston Celtics L 96 105 0 2 L 2
3 Tue, Apr 28, 1987 Box Score Boston Celtics L 94 105 0 3 L 3