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1986-87 Los Angeles Lakers Schedule and Results

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65-17, Finished 1st in NBA Pacific Division (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Pat Riley (65-17)

1986-87 NBA Champions

PTS/G: 117.8 (2nd of 23) ▪ Opp PTS/G: 108.5 (12th of 23)
SRS: 8.32 (1st of 23) ▪ Pace: 101.6 (10th of 23)
Off Rtg: 115.6 (1st of 23) ▪ Def Rtg: 106.5 (7th of 23)
Expected W-L: 62-20 (1st of 23)

Arena: The Forum ▪ Attendance: 681,707 (3rd of 23)

Playoffs:
Won NBA Finals (4-2) versus Boston Celtics
Won NBA Western Conference Finals (4-0) versus Seattle SuperSonics
Won NBA Western Conference Semifinals (4-1) versus Golden State Warriors
Won NBA Western Conference First Round (3-0) versus Denver Nuggets


NBA Champions

Regular Season

G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
1 Sat, Nov 1, 1986 @ Houston Rockets L 102 112 0 1 L 1
2 Tue, Nov 4, 1986 @ Seattle SuperSonics W 110 96 1 1 W 1
3 Fri, Nov 7, 1986 Denver Nuggets W 138 116 2 1 W 2
4 Sun, Nov 9, 1986 New York Knicks W 111 88 3 1 W 3
5 Wed, Nov 12, 1986 Seattle SuperSonics W 122 97 4 1 W 4
6 Sun, Nov 16, 1986 Sacramento Kings W 113 111 5 1 W 5
7 Tue, Nov 18, 1986 @ Dallas Mavericks W 114 110 6 1 W 6
8 Wed, Nov 19, 1986 @ San Antonio Spurs W 117 108 7 1 W 7
9 Fri, Nov 21, 1986 New Jersey Nets W 111 95 8 1 W 8
10 Sun, Nov 23, 1986 Milwaukee Bucks W 127 117 9 1 W 9
11 Tue, Nov 25, 1986 Atlanta Hawks L 107 113 9 2 L 1
12 Wed, Nov 26, 1986 @ Los Angeles Clippers W 126 92 10 2 W 1
13 Fri, Nov 28, 1986 Chicago Bulls W 110 103 11 2 W 2
14 Sun, Nov 30, 1986 Los Angeles Clippers W 137 115 12 2 W 3
15 Thu, Dec 4, 1986 @ Golden State Warriors L 106 116 12 3 L 1
16 Fri, Dec 5, 1986 Dallas Mavericks W 112 104 13 3 W 1
17 Sun, Dec 7, 1986 Golden State Warriors W 132 100 14 3 W 2
18 Tue, Dec 9, 1986 @ New York Knicks W 113 87 15 3 W 3
19 Wed, Dec 10, 1986 @ Milwaukee Bucks L 93 116 15 4 L 1
20 Fri, Dec 12, 1986 @ Boston Celtics W 117 110 16 4 W 1
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
21 Sat, Dec 13, 1986 @ Detroit Pistons L 114 119 16 5 L 1
22 Tue, Dec 16, 1986 @ Cleveland Cavaliers W 121 116 17 5 W 1
23 Thu, Dec 18, 1986 Portland Trail Blazers W 131 115 18 5 W 2
24 Sat, Dec 20, 1986 @ Dallas Mavericks L 119 130 18 6 L 1
25 Sun, Dec 21, 1986 @ Houston Rockets W 103 96 19 6 W 1
26 Tue, Dec 23, 1986 @ Sacramento Kings W OT 127 117 20 6 W 2
27 Fri, Dec 26, 1986 Houston Rockets W 134 111 21 6 W 3
28 Sun, Dec 28, 1986 Philadelphia 76ers W 111 85 22 6 W 4
29 Thu, Jan 1, 1987 @ Portland Trail Blazers W 140 104 23 6 W 5
30 Fri, Jan 2, 1987 Phoenix Suns W 155 118 24 6 W 6
31 Sun, Jan 4, 1987 Utah Jazz W 121 113 25 6 W 7
32 Wed, Jan 7, 1987 Denver Nuggets W 147 109 26 6 W 8
33 Thu, Jan 8, 1987 @ Utah Jazz L 101 107 26 7 L 1
34 Sat, Jan 10, 1987 @ Golden State Warriors L 109 124 26 8 L 2
35 Sun, Jan 11, 1987 San Antonio Spurs W 111 109 27 8 W 1
36 Thu, Jan 15, 1987 Golden State Warriors W 129 109 28 8 W 2
37 Sun, Jan 18, 1987 @ Washington Bullets W 115 101 29 8 W 3
38 Mon, Jan 19, 1987 @ New Jersey Nets W 126 115 30 8 W 4
39 Wed, Jan 21, 1987 @ Atlanta Hawks W 112 109 31 8 W 5
40 Thu, Jan 22, 1987 @ Indiana Pacers W 118 108 32 8 W 6
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
41 Sat, Jan 24, 1987 @ Dallas Mavericks L 117 132 32 9 L 1
42 Tue, Jan 27, 1987 Portland Trail Blazers W 107 100 33 9 W 1
43 Wed, Jan 28, 1987 @ Seattle SuperSonics L 101 125 33 10 L 1
44 Fri, Jan 30, 1987 @ Phoenix Suns W 114 102 34 10 W 1
45 Mon, Feb 2, 1987 Dallas Mavericks L 99 103 34 11 L 1
46 Wed, Feb 4, 1987 Sacramento Kings W 128 92 35 11 W 1
47 Thu, Feb 5, 1987 @ Portland Trail Blazers L 104 105 35 12 L 1
48 Tue, Feb 10, 1987 @ Sacramento Kings W 114 98 36 12 W 1
49 Fri, Feb 13, 1987 Indiana Pacers W 113 108 37 12 W 2
50 Sun, Feb 15, 1987 Boston Celtics W 106 103 38 12 W 3
51 Tue, Feb 17, 1987 Washington Bullets L 99 114 38 13 L 1
52 Wed, Feb 18, 1987 @ Denver Nuggets W 128 122 39 13 W 1
53 Fri, Feb 20, 1987 @ Chicago Bulls W 110 100 40 13 W 2
54 Sun, Feb 22, 1987 @ Philadelphia 76ers W OT 112 110 41 13 W 3
55 Tue, Feb 24, 1987 @ Phoenix Suns W 97 93 42 13 W 4
56 Wed, Feb 25, 1987 Phoenix Suns W 99 91 43 13 W 5
57 Fri, Feb 27, 1987 Golden State Warriors W 121 109 44 13 W 6
58 Sat, Feb 28, 1987 @ Utah Jazz L 100 107 44 14 L 1
59 Tue, Mar 3, 1987 @ Golden State Warriors W 114 109 45 14 W 1
60 Wed, Mar 4, 1987 Seattle SuperSonics W 138 124 46 14 W 2
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
61 Sat, Mar 7, 1987 Cleveland Cavaliers W 122 118 47 14 W 3
62 Mon, Mar 9, 1987 @ Los Angeles Clippers W 136 114 48 14 W 4
63 Tue, Mar 10, 1987 Denver Nuggets W 143 107 49 14 W 5
64 Thu, Mar 12, 1987 Portland Trail Blazers W 125 116 50 14 W 6
65 Sun, Mar 15, 1987 Los Angeles Clippers W 115 101 51 14 W 7
66 Wed, Mar 18, 1987 Utah Jazz W 111 97 52 14 W 8
67 Fri, Mar 20, 1987 San Antonio Spurs W 147 115 53 14 W 9
68 Sun, Mar 22, 1987 Sacramento Kings W 129 121 54 14 W 10
69 Tue, Mar 24, 1987 @ Phoenix Suns L 93 108 54 15 L 1
70 Thu, Mar 26, 1987 Detroit Pistons W 128 111 55 15 W 1
71 Sat, Mar 28, 1987 @ Houston Rockets W 123 109 56 15 W 2
72 Tue, Mar 31, 1987 Houston Rockets W 111 96 57 15 W 3
73 Thu, Apr 2, 1987 @ Seattle SuperSonics W 117 114 58 15 W 4
74 Fri, Apr 3, 1987 @ Portland Trail Blazers W 127 121 59 15 W 5
75 Sun, Apr 5, 1987 @ Denver Nuggets W 126 118 60 15 W 6
76 Mon, Apr 6, 1987 Los Angeles Clippers W 135 112 61 15 W 7
77 Thu, Apr 9, 1987 @ Los Angeles Clippers W 118 100 62 15 W 8
78 Fri, Apr 10, 1987 San Antonio Spurs W 131 121 63 15 W 9
79 Sun, Apr 12, 1987 Phoenix Suns W 119 104 64 15 W 10
80 Thu, Apr 16, 1987 @ Utah Jazz W 110 97 65 15 W 11
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
81 Fri, Apr 17, 1987 @ San Antonio Spurs L 103 115 65 16 L 1
82 Sun, Apr 19, 1987 Seattle SuperSonics L 104 110 65 17 L 2

Playoffs

G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
1 Thu, Apr 23, 1987 Denver Nuggets W 128 95 1 0 W 1
2 Sat, Apr 25, 1987 Denver Nuggets W 139 127 2 0 W 2
3 Wed, Apr 29, 1987 @ Denver Nuggets W 140 103 3 0 W 3
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
4 Tue, May 5, 1987 Golden State Warriors W 125 116 4 0 W 4
5 Thu, May 7, 1987 Golden State Warriors W 116 101 5 0 W 5
6 Sat, May 9, 1987 @ Golden State Warriors W 133 108 6 0 W 6
7 Sun, May 10, 1987 @ Golden State Warriors L 121 129 6 1 L 1
8 Tue, May 12, 1987 Golden State Warriors W 118 106 7 1 W 1
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
9 Sat, May 16, 1987 Seattle SuperSonics W 92 87 8 1 W 2
10 Tue, May 19, 1987 Seattle SuperSonics W 112 104 9 1 W 3
11 Sat, May 23, 1987 @ Seattle SuperSonics W 122 121 10 1 W 4
12 Mon, May 25, 1987 @ Seattle SuperSonics W 133 102 11 1 W 5
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
13 Tue, Jun 2, 1987 Boston Celtics W 126 113 12 1 W 6
14 Thu, Jun 4, 1987 Boston Celtics W 141 122 13 1 W 7
15 Sun, Jun 7, 1987 @ Boston Celtics L 103 109 13 2 L 1
16 Tue, Jun 9, 1987 @ Boston Celtics W 107 106 14 2 W 1
17 Thu, Jun 11, 1987 @ Boston Celtics L 108 123 14 3 L 1
18 Sun, Jun 14, 1987 Boston Celtics W 106 93 15 3 W 1