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46-36, Finished 3rd in NBA Central Division (Game Results)
NBA Season Summary
Scored 114.2 points per game, Allowed 113.0 points per game (Pythagorean W-L: 44-38)
Coached by Chuck Daly (46-36)
Arena: Pontiac Silverdome / Attendance: 695,239 (1st of 23 available)
SRS: 1.44 (7th of 23) / Pace Factor: 104.2 (4th of 23)
Offensive Rating: 109.0 (7th of 23) / Defensive Rating: 107.9 (15th of 23)
Playoffs:
Lost NBA Eastern Conference First Round (3-1) versus Atlanta Hawks
1985-86 Statistics / Schedule
Click on the Date for game box score, if available.
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fri, Oct 25, 1985 | Milwaukee Bucks | W | 118 | 116 | 1 | 0 | W 1 | |||
| 2 | Sat, Oct 26, 1985 | @ | Chicago Bulls | L | 118 | 121 | 1 | 1 | L 1 | ||
| 3 | Tue, Oct 29, 1985 | New Jersey Nets | W | 124 | 107 | 2 | 1 | W 1 | |||
| 4 | Wed, Oct 30, 1985 | @ | Philadelphia 76ers | L | OT | 125 | 132 | 2 | 2 | L 1 | |
| 5 | Fri, Nov 1, 1985 | Indiana Pacers | W | 124 | 116 | 3 | 2 | W 1 | |||
| 6 | Sat, Nov 2, 1985 | @ | Indiana Pacers | W | 128 | 117 | 4 | 2 | W 2 | ||
| 7 | Wed, Nov 6, 1985 | Chicago Bulls | W | 122 | 105 | 5 | 2 | W 3 | |||
| 8 | Fri, Nov 8, 1985 | @ | Washington Bullets | W | 117 | 110 | 6 | 2 | W 4 | ||
| 9 | Sat, Nov 9, 1985 | Boston Celtics | L | 105 | 124 | 6 | 3 | L 1 | |||
| 10 | Tue, Nov 12, 1985 | Washington Bullets | W | OT | 124 | 122 | 7 | 3 | W 1 | ||
| 11 | Wed, Nov 13, 1985 | @ | Milwaukee Bucks | L | 118 | 137 | 7 | 4 | L 1 | ||
| 12 | Fri, Nov 15, 1985 | @ | Atlanta Hawks | L | 118 | 122 | 7 | 5 | L 2 | ||
| 13 | Wed, Nov 20, 1985 | New York Knickerbockers | W | 109 | 98 | 8 | 5 | W 1 | |||
| 14 | Fri, Nov 22, 1985 | Golden State Warriors | W | 115 | 96 | 9 | 5 | W 2 | |||
| 15 | Sat, Nov 23, 1985 | @ | Philadelphia 76ers | W | 119 | 114 | 10 | 5 | W 3 | ||
| 16 | Tue, Nov 26, 1985 | Cleveland Cavaliers | W | 113 | 98 | 11 | 5 | W 4 | |||
| 17 | Wed, Nov 27, 1985 | @ | Boston Celtics | L | 124 | 132 | 11 | 6 | L 1 | ||
| 18 | Fri, Nov 29, 1985 | Milwaukee Bucks | W | 111 | 102 | 12 | 6 | W 1 | |||
| 19 | Sat, Nov 30, 1985 | @ | Washington Bullets | L | 119 | 133 | 12 | 7 | L 1 | ||
| 20 | Tue, Dec 3, 1985 | Philadelphia 76ers | L | 107 | 127 | 12 | 8 | L 2 | |||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 21 | Thu, Dec 5, 1985 | New Jersey Nets | W | 113 | 111 | 13 | 8 | W 1 | |||
| 22 | Sat, Dec 7, 1985 | Sacramento Kings | L | 112 | 122 | 13 | 9 | L 1 | |||
| 23 | Tue, Dec 10, 1985 | @ | Cleveland Cavaliers | W | 130 | 120 | 14 | 9 | W 1 | ||
| 24 | Wed, Dec 11, 1985 | Washington Bullets | L | 100 | 108 | 14 | 10 | L 1 | |||
| 25 | Fri, Dec 13, 1985 | San Antonio Spurs | L | 113 | 119 | 14 | 11 | L 2 | |||
| 26 | Sun, Dec 15, 1985 | @ | Los Angeles Lakers | L | 119 | 132 | 14 | 12 | L 3 | ||
| 27 | Tue, Dec 17, 1985 | @ | Sacramento Kings | L | 121 | 132 | 14 | 13 | L 4 | ||
| 28 | Thu, Dec 19, 1985 | @ | Seattle Supersonics | W | 99 | 97 | 15 | 13 | W 1 | ||
| 29 | Sat, Dec 21, 1985 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | L | 110 | 112 | 15 | 14 | L 1 | ||
| 30 | Thu, Dec 26, 1985 | @ | New Jersey Nets | L | 116 | 124 | 15 | 15 | L 2 | ||
| 31 | Fri, Dec 27, 1985 | Cleveland Cavaliers | L | 105 | 119 | 15 | 16 | L 3 | |||
| 32 | Mon, Dec 30, 1985 | @ | Milwaukee Bucks | L | 110 | 121 | 15 | 17 | L 4 | ||
| 33 | Thu, Jan 2, 1986 | @ | Chicago Bulls | L | 122 | 131 | 15 | 18 | L 5 | ||
| 34 | Fri, Jan 3, 1986 | @ | Atlanta Hawks | L | 101 | 111 | 15 | 19 | L 6 | ||
| 35 | Tue, Jan 7, 1986 | Boston Celtics | W | 113 | 109 | 16 | 19 | W 1 | |||
| 36 | Thu, Jan 9, 1986 | Atlanta Hawks | L | 99 | 110 | 16 | 20 | L 1 | |||
| 37 | Sat, Jan 11, 1986 | Philadelphia 76ers | L | 101 | 102 | 16 | 21 | L 2 | |||
| 38 | Wed, Jan 15, 1986 | Chicago Bulls | W | 123 | 115 | 17 | 21 | W 1 | |||
| 39 | Fri, Jan 17, 1986 | Denver Nuggets | W | 129 | 113 | 18 | 21 | W 2 | |||
| 40 | Sun, Jan 19, 1986 | Los Angeles Lakers | W | 118 | 115 | 19 | 21 | W 3 | |||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 41 | Mon, Jan 20, 1986 | @ | Indiana Pacers | L | 99 | 105 | 19 | 22 | L 1 | ||
| 42 | Wed, Jan 22, 1986 | @ | Cleveland Cavaliers | W | 107 | 104 | 20 | 22 | W 1 | ||
| 43 | Fri, Jan 24, 1986 | @ | Dallas Mavericks | W | 129 | 120 | 21 | 22 | W 2 | ||
| 44 | Sat, Jan 25, 1986 | @ | Houston Rockets | L | 112 | 117 | 21 | 23 | L 1 | ||
| 45 | Mon, Jan 27, 1986 | @ | San Antonio Spurs | W | 118 | 117 | 22 | 23 | W 1 | ||
| 46 | Wed, Jan 29, 1986 | Atlanta Hawks | W | 107 | 94 | 23 | 23 | W 2 | |||
| 47 | Fri, Jan 31, 1986 | @ | Atlanta Hawks | L | 103 | 116 | 23 | 24 | L 1 | ||
| 48 | Sat, Feb 1, 1986 | Washington Bullets | W | 116 | 101 | 24 | 24 | W 1 | |||
| 49 | Tue, Feb 4, 1986 | @ | Chicago Bulls | W | 117 | 115 | 25 | 24 | W 2 | ||
| 50 | Thu, Feb 6, 1986 | @ | Washington Bullets | W | OT | 111 | 109 | 26 | 24 | W 3 | |
| 51 | Tue, Feb 11, 1986 | @ | New Jersey Nets | L | 122 | 130 | 26 | 25 | L 1 | ||
| 52 | Wed, Feb 12, 1986 | New York Knickerbockers | W | 113 | 99 | 27 | 25 | W 1 | |||
| 53 | Fri, Feb 14, 1986 | Dallas Mavericks | W | 119 | 110 | 28 | 25 | W 2 | |||
| 54 | Sat, Feb 15, 1986 | Philadelphia 76ers | W | OT | 134 | 133 | 29 | 25 | W 3 | ||
| 55 | Mon, Feb 17, 1986 | Utah Jazz | W | 117 | 96 | 30 | 25 | W 4 | |||
| 56 | Wed, Feb 19, 1986 | Seattle Supersonics | W | 118 | 113 | 31 | 25 | W 5 | |||
| 57 | Thu, Feb 20, 1986 | @ | Cleveland Cavaliers | W | 109 | 107 | 32 | 25 | W 6 | ||
| 58 | Sat, Feb 22, 1986 | Portland Trail Blazers | W | 113 | 106 | 33 | 25 | W 7 | |||
| 59 | Mon, Feb 24, 1986 | Chicago Bulls | W | 110 | 100 | 34 | 25 | W 8 | |||
| 60 | Wed, Feb 26, 1986 | Los Angeles Clippers | W | 111 | 104 | 35 | 25 | W 9 | |||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 61 | Fri, Feb 28, 1986 | Atlanta Hawks | W | 115 | 103 | 36 | 25 | W 10 | |||
| 62 | Sun, Mar 2, 1986 | @ | Boston Celtics | L | 109 | 129 | 36 | 26 | L 1 | ||
| 63 | Tue, Mar 4, 1986 | New Jersey Nets | W | 120 | 103 | 37 | 26 | W 1 | |||
| 64 | Fri, Mar 7, 1986 | @ | New Jersey Nets | W | 104 | 102 | 38 | 26 | W 2 | ||
| 65 | Mon, Mar 10, 1986 | Phoenix Suns | L | 109 | 120 | 38 | 27 | L 1 | |||
| 66 | Wed, Mar 12, 1986 | Indiana Pacers | W | 111 | 101 | 39 | 27 | W 1 | |||
| 67 | Fri, Mar 14, 1986 | New York Knickerbockers | W | 112 | 89 | 40 | 27 | W 2 | |||
| 68 | Sun, Mar 16, 1986 | @ | Portland Trail Blazers | L | 109 | 119 | 40 | 28 | L 1 | ||
| 69 | Mon, Mar 17, 1986 | @ | Utah Jazz | L | 106 | 107 | 40 | 29 | L 2 | ||
| 70 | Wed, Mar 19, 1986 | @ | Denver Nuggets | L | 98 | 114 | 40 | 30 | L 3 | ||
| 71 | Fri, Mar 21, 1986 | @ | Phoenix Suns | L | 103 | 105 | 40 | 31 | L 4 | ||
| 72 | Sat, Mar 22, 1986 | @ | Los Angeles Clippers | W | 119 | 99 | 41 | 31 | W 1 | ||
| 73 | Tue, Mar 25, 1986 | @ | Golden State Warriors | L | 121 | 125 | 41 | 32 | L 1 | ||
| 74 | Fri, Mar 28, 1986 | Houston Rockets | W | 116 | 107 | 42 | 32 | W 1 | |||
| 75 | Sat, Mar 29, 1986 | @ | Milwaukee Bucks | L | 121 | 130 | 42 | 33 | L 1 | ||
| 76 | Tue, Apr 1, 1986 | Indiana Pacers | W | 116 | 108 | 43 | 33 | W 1 | |||
| 77 | Wed, Apr 2, 1986 | @ | Boston Celtics | L | 106 | 122 | 43 | 34 | L 1 | ||
| 78 | Fri, Apr 4, 1986 | Milwaukee Bucks | L | 108 | 115 | 43 | 35 | L 2 | |||
| 79 | Sat, Apr 5, 1986 | @ | Indiana Pacers | W | 115 | 106 | 44 | 35 | W 1 | ||
| 80 | Mon, Apr 7, 1986 | Cleveland Cavaliers | W | 128 | 104 | 45 | 35 | W 2 | |||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 81 | Tue, Apr 8, 1986 | @ | Philadelphia 76ers | L | 112 | 116 | 45 | 36 | L 1 | ||
| 82 | Fri, Apr 11, 1986 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | W | 108 | 95 | 46 | 36 | W 1 |
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thu, Apr 17, 1986 | @ | Atlanta Hawks | L | 122 | 140 | 0 | 1 | L 1 | ||
| 2 | Sat, Apr 19, 1986 | @ | Atlanta Hawks | L | 125 | 137 | 0 | 2 | L 2 | ||
| 3 | Tue, Apr 22, 1986 | Atlanta Hawks | W | 106 | 97 | 1 | 2 | W 1 | |||
| 4 | Fri, Apr 25, 1986 | Atlanta Hawks | L | 2OT | 113 | 114 | 1 | 3 | L 1 |