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1986-87 Golden State Warriors Roster and Statistics

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42-40, Finished 3rd in NBA Pacific Division (Schedule and Results)
Coached by: George Karl (42-40)

Points Per Game: 112.0 (7th of 23) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 114.4 (20th of 23)
Pythagorean W-L: 35-47 (16th of 23)

Arena: Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena ▪ Attendance: 423,997 (19th of 23)

SRS: -2.53 (16th of 23) ▪ Pace Factor: 101.7 (8th of 23)
Offensive Rating: 108.9 (10th of 23) ▪ Defensive Rating: 111.2 (21st of 23)

Playoffs:
Lost NBA Western Conference Semifinals (4-1) versus Los Angeles Lakers
Won NBA Western Conference First Round (3-2) versus Utah Jazz

1986-87 Golden State Warriors:

Roster

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No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
5 Greg Ballard F 6-7 215 January 29, 1955 9 University of Oregon
2 Joe Barry Carroll C-F 7-0 225 July 24, 1958 5 Purdue University
21 Sleepy Floyd G 6-3 170 March 6, 1960 4 Georgetown University
31 Kevin Henderson G 6-4 195 March 22, 1964 R California State University, Fullerton
22 Rod Higgins F-C 6-7 200 January 31, 1960 4 California State University, Fresno
30 Ben McDonald F 6-8 210 July 20, 1962 1 University of California, Irvine
10 Perry Moss G 6-2 185 November 11, 1958 1 Northeastern University
17 Chris Mullin F-G 6-6 200 July 30, 1963 1 St. John's University
45 Purvis Short F-G 6-7 210 July 2, 1957 8 Jackson State University
11 Clinton Smith F 6-6 210 January 19, 1964 R Cleveland State University
13 Larry Smith F-C 6-8 215 January 18, 1958 6 Alcorn State University
20 Terry Teagle F-G 6-5 195 April 10, 1960 4 Baylor University
8 Chris Washburn C 6-11 225 May 13, 1965 R North Carolina State University
33 Jerome Whitehead C-F 6-10 220 September 30, 1956 8 Marquette University

Team and Opponent Statistics

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G MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS PTS
Team 82 19905 3551 7412 .479 116 364 .319 1970 2526 .780 1193 2351 3544 2083 715 321 1354 2138 9188 112.0
Opponent 82 19905 3615 7339 .493 155 460 .337 1995 2665 .749 1249 2481 3730 2174 688 450 1412 2052 9380 114.4

Player Statistics

Totals

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Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 Joe Barry Carroll 28 81 81 2724 690 1461 .472 0 0 340 432 .787 173 416 589 214 92 123 226 255 1720
2 Sleepy Floyd 26 82 82 3064 503 1030 .488 73 190 .384 462 537 .860 56 212 268 848 146 18 280 199 1541
3 Chris Mullin 23 82 82 2377 477 928 .514 19 63 .302 269 326 .825 39 142 181 261 98 36 154 217 1242
4 Terry Teagle 26 82 0 1650 370 808 .458 0 10 .000 182 234 .778 68 107 175 105 68 13 117 190 922
5 Larry Smith 29 80 78 2374 297 544 .546 0 1 .000 113 197 .574 366 551 917 95 71 56 135 295 707
6 Rod Higgins 27 73 28 1497 214 412 .519 3 17 .176 200 240 .833 72 165 237 96 40 21 76 145 631
7 Purvis Short 29 34 15 950 240 501 .479 4 17 .235 137 160 .856 55 82 137 86 45 7 68 103 621
8 Greg Ballard 32 82 7 1579 248 564 .440 15 40 .375 68 91 .747 99 241 340 108 50 15 70 167 579
9 Jerome Whitehead 30 73 1 937 147 327 .450 0 1 .000 79 113 .699 110 152 262 24 16 12 50 175 373
10 Ben McDonald 24 63 34 1284 164 360 .456 1 8 .125 24 38 .632 63 120 183 84 27 8 43 200 353
11 Perry Moss 28 64 0 698 91 207 .440 1 14 .071 49 69 .710 29 66 95 90 42 3 57 96 232
12 Chris Washburn 21 35 2 385 57 145 .393 0 1 .000 18 51 .353 36 65 101 16 6 8 39 51 132
13 Clinton Smith 23 41 0 341 50 117 .427 0 2 .000 27 36 .750 26 30 56 45 13 1 26 36 127
14 Kevin Henderson 22 5 0 45 3 8 .375 0 0 2 2 1.000 1 2 3 11 1 0 4 9 8

Per Game

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Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 Joe Barry Carroll 28 81 81 33.6 8.5 18.0 .472 0.0 0.0 4.2 5.3 .787 2.1 5.1 7.3 2.6 1.1 1.5 2.8 3.1 21.2
2 Sleepy Floyd 26 82 82 37.4 6.1 12.6 .488 0.9 2.3 .384 5.6 6.5 .860 0.7 2.6 3.3 10.3 1.8 0.2 3.4 2.4 18.8
3 Purvis Short 29 34 15 27.9 7.1 14.7 .479 0.1 0.5 .235 4.0 4.7 .856 1.6 2.4 4.0 2.5 1.3 0.2 2.0 3.0 18.3
4 Chris Mullin 23 82 82 29.0 5.8 11.3 .514 0.2 0.8 .302 3.3 4.0 .825 0.5 1.7 2.2 3.2 1.2 0.4 1.9 2.6 15.1
5 Terry Teagle 26 82 0 20.1 4.5 9.9 .458 0.0 0.1 .000 2.2 2.9 .778 0.8 1.3 2.1 1.3 0.8 0.2 1.4 2.3 11.2
6 Larry Smith 29 80 78 29.7 3.7 6.8 .546 0.0 0.0 .000 1.4 2.5 .574 4.6 6.9 11.5 1.2 0.9 0.7 1.7 3.7 8.8
7 Rod Higgins 27 73 28 20.5 2.9 5.6 .519 0.0 0.2 .176 2.7 3.3 .833 1.0 2.3 3.2 1.3 0.5 0.3 1.0 2.0 8.6
8 Greg Ballard 32 82 7 19.3 3.0 6.9 .440 0.2 0.5 .375 0.8 1.1 .747 1.2 2.9 4.1 1.3 0.6 0.2 0.9 2.0 7.1
9 Ben McDonald 24 63 34 20.4 2.6 5.7 .456 0.0 0.1 .125 0.4 0.6 .632 1.0 1.9 2.9 1.3 0.4 0.1 0.7 3.2 5.6
10 Jerome Whitehead 30 73 1 12.8 2.0 4.5 .450 0.0 0.0 .000 1.1 1.5 .699 1.5 2.1 3.6 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.7 2.4 5.1
11 Chris Washburn 21 35 2 11.0 1.6 4.1 .393 0.0 0.0 .000 0.5 1.5 .353 1.0 1.9 2.9 0.5 0.2 0.2 1.1 1.5 3.8
12 Perry Moss 28 64 0 10.9 1.4 3.2 .440 0.0 0.2 .071 0.8 1.1 .710 0.5 1.0 1.5 1.4 0.7 0.0 0.9 1.5 3.6
13 Clinton Smith 23 41 0 8.3 1.2 2.9 .427 0.0 0.0 .000 0.7 0.9 .750 0.6 0.7 1.4 1.1 0.3 0.0 0.6 0.9 3.1
14 Kevin Henderson 22 5 0 9.0 0.6 1.6 .375 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.4 1.000 0.2 0.4 0.6 2.2 0.2 0.0 0.8 1.8 1.6

Per 36 Minutes

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Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 Purvis Short 29 34 15 950 9.1 19.0 .479 0.2 0.6 .235 5.2 6.1 .856 2.1 3.1 5.2 3.3 1.7 0.3 2.6 3.9 23.5
2 Joe Barry Carroll 28 81 81 2724 9.1 19.3 .472 0.0 0.0 4.5 5.7 .787 2.3 5.5 7.8 2.8 1.2 1.6 3.0 3.4 22.7
3 Terry Teagle 26 82 0 1650 8.1 17.6 .458 0.0 0.2 .000 4.0 5.1 .778 1.5 2.3 3.8 2.3 1.5 0.3 2.6 4.1 20.1
4 Chris Mullin 23 82 82 2377 7.2 14.1 .514 0.3 1.0 .302 4.1 4.9 .825 0.6 2.2 2.7 4.0 1.5 0.5 2.3 3.3 18.8
5 Sleepy Floyd 26 82 82 3064 5.9 12.1 .488 0.9 2.2 .384 5.4 6.3 .860 0.7 2.5 3.1 10.0 1.7 0.2 3.3 2.3 18.1
6 Rod Higgins 27 73 28 1497 5.1 9.9 .519 0.1 0.4 .176 4.8 5.8 .833 1.7 4.0 5.7 2.3 1.0 0.5 1.8 3.5 15.2
7 Jerome Whitehead 30 73 1 937 5.6 12.6 .450 0.0 0.0 .000 3.0 4.3 .699 4.2 5.8 10.1 0.9 0.6 0.5 1.9 6.7 14.3
8 Clinton Smith 23 41 0 341 5.3 12.4 .427 0.0 0.2 .000 2.9 3.8 .750 2.7 3.2 5.9 4.8 1.4 0.1 2.7 3.8 13.4
9 Greg Ballard 32 82 7 1579 5.7 12.9 .440 0.3 0.9 .375 1.6 2.1 .747 2.3 5.5 7.8 2.5 1.1 0.3 1.6 3.8 13.2
10 Chris Washburn 21 35 2 385 5.3 13.6 .393 0.0 0.1 .000 1.7 4.8 .353 3.4 6.1 9.4 1.5 0.6 0.7 3.6 4.8 12.3
11 Perry Moss 28 64 0 698 4.7 10.7 .440 0.1 0.7 .071 2.5 3.6 .710 1.5 3.4 4.9 4.6 2.2 0.2 2.9 5.0 12.0
12 Larry Smith 29 80 78 2374 4.5 8.2 .546 0.0 0.0 .000 1.7 3.0 .574 5.6 8.4 13.9 1.4 1.1 0.8 2.0 4.5 10.7
13 Ben McDonald 24 63 34 1284 4.6 10.1 .456 0.0 0.2 .125 0.7 1.1 .632 1.8 3.4 5.1 2.4 0.8 0.2 1.2 5.6 9.9
14 Kevin Henderson 22 5 0 45 2.4 6.4 .375 0.0 0.0 1.6 1.6 1.000 0.8 1.6 2.4 8.8 0.8 0.0 3.2 7.2 6.4

Advanced

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Rk Player Age G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS
1 Sleepy Floyd 26 82 3064 20.2 .608 .524 2.0 7.7 4.8 38.0 2.2 0.3 18.1 20.3 120 112 8.3 1.7 10.0
2 Larry Smith 29 80 2374 14.2 .561 .546 16.7 25.7 21.1 5.2 1.4 1.4 17.6 13.0 113 108 2.7 2.7 5.4
3 Chris Mullin 23 82 2377 15.8 .580 .524 1.8 6.6 4.2 15.9 1.9 0.9 12.6 20.8 114 113 4.0 1.2 5.2
4 Joe Barry Carroll 28 81 2724 18.4 .521 .472 6.9 16.9 11.8 12.3 1.6 2.6 12.0 27.8 105 109 2.1 2.6 4.6
5 Rod Higgins 27 73 1497 14.1 .610 .523 5.2 12.2 8.7 8.6 1.3 0.8 12.8 16.0 120 112 2.9 0.8 3.7
6 Purvis Short 29 34 950 18.6 .543 .483 6.3 9.5 7.9 14.2 2.2 0.4 10.6 27.1 110 112 1.6 0.6 2.2
7 Greg Ballard 32 82 1579 11.5 .479 .453 6.8 16.9 11.8 9.3 1.5 0.5 10.4 17.2 103 111 0.5 1.2 1.7
8 Terry Teagle 26 82 1650 13.2 .506 .458 4.5 7.2 5.8 9.5 1.9 0.5 11.4 25.1 102 113 0.4 0.8 1.3
9 Jerome Whitehead 30 73 937 10.8 .495 .450 12.7 17.9 15.3 3.5 0.8 0.7 11.7 18.4 105 111 0.5 0.6 1.2
10 Ben McDonald 24 63 1284 7.2 .469 .457 5.3 10.3 7.8 8.6 1.0 0.4 10.2 13.2 102 114 0.2 0.5 0.7
11 Perry Moss 28 64 698 10.2 .489 .442 4.5 10.5 7.4 16.9 2.8 0.2 19.4 17.0 97 110 -0.2 0.6 0.4
12 Clinton Smith 23 41 341 11.5 .478 .427 8.3 9.7 9.0 17.7 1.8 0.2 16.4 18.8 101 113 0.0 0.2 0.2
13 Kevin Henderson 22 5 45 5.4 .450 .375 2.4 4.9 3.6 29.6 1.0 0.0 31.1 11.5 95 115 0.0 0.0 0.0
14 Chris Washburn 21 35 385 5.4 .394 .393 10.1 18.7 14.4 5.6 0.7 1.2 18.9 21.6 78 111 -1.1 0.3 -0.8

Playoffs

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Totals Shooting Per Game
Rk Player Age G MP FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA ORB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST
1 Sleepy Floyd 26 10 414 77 152 13 28 47 51 9 30 102 18 2 35 24 214 .507 .464 .922 41.4 21.4 3.0 10.2
2 Joe Barry Carroll 28 10 334 74 163 0 1 41 51 16 65 19 14 25 31 42 189 .454 .000 .804 33.4 18.9 6.5 1.9
3 Purvis Short 29 10 253 57 123 0 2 32 36 12 33 27 12 2 21 34 146 .463 .000 .889 25.3 14.6 3.3 2.7
4 Terry Teagle 26 10 233 57 124 0 2 30 38 13 20 13 8 1 14 27 144 .460 .000 .789 23.3 14.4 2.0 1.3
5 Chris Mullin 23 10 262 49 98 3 4 12 16 2 15 23 9 2 16 31 113 .500 .750 .750 26.2 11.3 1.5 2.3
6 Larry Smith 29 10 329 43 81 0 0 17 24 61 137 17 12 6 14 39 103 .531 .708 32.9 10.3 13.7 1.7
7 Greg Ballard 32 10 179 26 48 4 10 3 4 18 40 19 8 0 9 16 59 .542 .400 .750 17.9 5.9 4.0 1.9
8 Rod Higgins 27 10 177 18 46 1 1 6 9 5 21 12 11 6 2 20 43 .391 1.000 .667 17.7 4.3 2.1 1.2
9 Perry Moss 28 8 45 8 14 1 1 8 9 2 5 5 6 0 3 5 25 .571 1.000 .889 5.6 3.1 0.6 0.6
10 Jerome Whitehead 30 10 100 9 27 0 0 4 10 5 14 3 2 2 1 22 22 .333 .400 10.0 2.2 1.4 0.3
11 Chris Washburn 21 5 29 3 7 0 0 5 6 0 1 2 0 0 4 2 11 .429 .833 5.8 2.2 0.2 0.4
12 Ben McDonald 24 5 45 1 11 0 2 0 0 2 6 9 2 0 0 7 2 .091 .000 9.0 0.4 1.2 1.8

Playoffs Advanced

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Rk Player Age G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS
1 Sleepy Floyd 26 10 414 19.3 .613 .549 2.3 6.2 4.1 35.5 2.1 0.3 16.7 20.9 121 116 0.9 0.2 1.2
2 Larry Smith 29 10 329 16.9 .562 .531 19.8 28.3 23.7 6.9 1.8 1.1 13.3 13.3 123 109 0.6 0.5 1.0
3 Greg Ballard 32 10 179 14.7 .593 .583 10.7 15.0 12.7 14.5 2.2 0.0 15.3 13.6 120 113 0.2 0.2 0.4
4 Purvis Short 29 10 253 15.0 .526 .463 5.1 10.2 7.4 16.3 2.3 0.5 13.1 26.1 105 114 0.1 0.2 0.3
5 Rod Higgins 27 10 177 9.6 .430 .402 3.0 11.1 6.8 8.7 3.0 2.1 3.8 12.1 104 111 0.0 0.2 0.2
6 Joe Barry Carroll 28 10 334 15.3 .510 .454 5.1 18.0 11.1 8.7 2.0 4.7 14.3 26.8 98 110 -0.2 0.4 0.2
7 Perry Moss 28 8 45 23.4 .696 .607 4.7 8.2 6.3 15.8 6.5 0.0 14.3 19.2 132 106 0.1 0.1 0.2
8 Terry Teagle 26 10 233 14.0 .512 .460 6.0 3.7 4.9 8.8 1.7 0.3 9.0 27.4 106 117 0.1 0.1 0.2
9 Chris Mullin 23 10 262 10.3 .538 .515 0.8 6.1 3.3 12.7 1.7 0.5 13.2 19.1 103 117 0.0 0.1 0.1
10 Chris Washburn 21 5 29 4.2 .571 .429 0.0 4.2 2.0 8.9 0.0 0.0 29.3 19.4 88 121 0.0 0.0 0.0
11 Ben McDonald 24 5 45 2.7 .091 .091 4.7 10.9 7.6 23.3 2.2 0.0 0.0 10.1 71 114 -0.1 0.0 -0.1
12 Jerome Whitehead 30 10 100 2.8 .350 .333 5.3 11.0 8.0 3.8 1.0 1.3 3.1 13.4 87 116 -0.1 0.1 -0.1

Salaries

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Rk Player Salary
1 Joe Barry Carroll *$1,062,500
2 Chris Mullin *$650,000
3 Larry Smith *$562,500
4 Purvis Short *$485,000
5 Sleepy Floyd *$437,500
6 Jerome Whitehead *$402,500
7 Greg Ballard *$380,555
8 Terry Teagle *$250,000
9 Rod Higgins *$170,000
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*)