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1985-86 Philadelphia 76ers

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54-28, Finished 2nd in NBA Atlantic Division (Game Results)
NBA Season Summary

Scored 110.4 points per game, Allowed 108.0 points per game (Pythagorean W-L: 47-35)
Coached by Matt Guokas (54-28)

Arena: The Spectrum / Attendance: 513,459 (9th of 23 available)

SRS: 2.49 (5th of 23) / Pace Factor: 100.5 (18th of 23)
Offensive Rating: 108.6 (8th of 23) / Defensive Rating: 106.3 (11th of 23)

Playoffs:
Lost NBA Eastern Conference Semifinals (4-3) versus Milwaukee Bucks
Won NBA Eastern Conference First Round (3-2) versus Washington Bullets

1985-86 Statistics / Schedule

Click on the Date for game box score, if available.

Regular Season

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G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
1 Sat, Oct 26, 1985 @ New York Knickerbockers W 99 89 1 0 W 1
2 Tue, Oct 29, 1985 @ Milwaukee Bucks L 117 119 1 1 L 1
3 Wed, Oct 30, 1985 Detroit Pistons W OT 132 125 2 1 W 1
4 Fri, Nov 1, 1985 @ New Jersey Nets L 102 106 2 2 L 1
5 Sat, Nov 2, 1985 @ Atlanta Hawks L OT 113 114 2 3 L 2
6 Wed, Nov 6, 1985 Indiana Pacers W 105 97 3 3 W 1
7 Fri, Nov 8, 1985 San Antonio Spurs L 95 107 3 4 L 1
8 Sun, Nov 10, 1985 Milwaukee Bucks W 105 95 4 4 W 1
9 Wed, Nov 13, 1985 Chicago Bulls W 110 106 5 4 W 2
10 Sat, Nov 16, 1985 @ Washington Bullets L 97 118 5 5 L 1
11 Wed, Nov 20, 1985 Golden State Warriors W 117 113 6 5 W 1
12 Fri, Nov 22, 1985 @ Boston Celtics L 103 110 6 6 L 1
13 Sat, Nov 23, 1985 Detroit Pistons L 114 119 6 7 L 2
14 Tue, Nov 26, 1985 Boston Celtics L 91 98 6 8 L 3
15 Wed, Nov 27, 1985 @ New Jersey Nets W 111 100 7 8 W 1
16 Fri, Nov 29, 1985 @ Indiana Pacers W 110 100 8 8 W 2
17 Sat, Nov 30, 1985 @ New York Knickerbockers W 115 95 9 8 W 3
18 Tue, Dec 3, 1985 @ Detroit Pistons W 127 107 10 8 W 4
19 Wed, Dec 4, 1985 Washington Bullets W OT 115 110 11 8 W 5
20 Fri, Dec 6, 1985 Denver Nuggets L 121 123 11 9 L 1
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
21 Sun, Dec 8, 1985 Seattle Supersonics L 100 105 11 10 L 2
22 Wed, Dec 11, 1985 Cleveland Cavaliers W 125 110 12 10 W 1
23 Thu, Dec 12, 1985 @ Chicago Bulls L 102 106 12 11 L 1
24 Sat, Dec 14, 1985 @ Atlanta Hawks L 103 107 12 12 L 2
25 Tue, Dec 17, 1985 @ Indiana Pacers W 102 96 13 12 W 1
26 Wed, Dec 18, 1985 Houston Rockets W 126 108 14 12 W 2
27 Fri, Dec 20, 1985 Utah Jazz W 112 105 15 12 W 3
28 Sat, Dec 21, 1985 Boston Celtics W 108 102 16 12 W 4
29 Thu, Dec 26, 1985 @ Los Angeles Clippers W 117 108 17 12 W 5
30 Sat, Dec 28, 1985 @ Phoenix Suns W 100 98 18 12 W 6
31 Mon, Dec 30, 1985 @ Sacramento Kings W 87 84 19 12 W 7
32 Wed, Jan 1, 1986 @ Portland Trail Blazers W OT 121 119 20 12 W 8
33 Sat, Jan 4, 1986 @ Houston Rockets L 100 115 20 13 L 1
34 Mon, Jan 6, 1986 @ San Antonio Spurs W 108 102 21 13 W 1
35 Wed, Jan 8, 1986 Los Angeles Clippers W 116 114 22 13 W 2
36 Fri, Jan 10, 1986 Sacramento Kings W 113 102 23 13 W 3
37 Sat, Jan 11, 1986 @ Detroit Pistons W 102 101 24 13 W 4
38 Tue, Jan 14, 1986 @ New Jersey Nets W 123 105 25 13 W 5
39 Wed, Jan 15, 1986 New Jersey Nets L 89 123 25 14 L 1
40 Fri, Jan 17, 1986 @ Chicago Bulls W OT 120 118 26 14 W 1
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
41 Mon, Jan 20, 1986 New York Knickerbockers W 103 93 27 14 W 2
42 Wed, Jan 22, 1986 Phoenix Suns W 118 111 28 14 W 3
43 Fri, Jan 24, 1986 @ Cleveland Cavaliers W 121 114 29 14 W 4
44 Sun, Jan 26, 1986 @ Boston Celtics L 103 105 29 15 L 1
45 Tue, Jan 28, 1986 @ Seattle Supersonics W 106 99 30 15 W 1
46 Wed, Jan 29, 1986 @ Utah Jazz L 86 107 30 16 L 1
47 Fri, Jan 31, 1986 @ Los Angeles Lakers L 100 134 30 17 L 2
48 Sat, Feb 1, 1986 @ Golden State Warriors L 121 125 30 18 L 3
49 Wed, Feb 5, 1986 New Jersey Nets W 142 107 31 18 W 1
50 Thu, Feb 6, 1986 @ Cleveland Cavaliers W 111 103 32 18 W 2
51 Wed, Feb 12, 1986 Chicago Bulls W 106 98 33 18 W 3
52 Thu, Feb 13, 1986 @ New York Knickerbockers W 95 92 34 18 W 4
53 Sat, Feb 15, 1986 @ Detroit Pistons L OT 133 134 34 19 L 1
54 Mon, Feb 17, 1986 Milwaukee Bucks L 106 111 34 20 L 2
55 Wed, Feb 19, 1986 Portland Trail Blazers W 153 133 35 20 W 1
56 Fri, Feb 21, 1986 Washington Bullets W 97 87 36 20 W 2
57 Sun, Feb 23, 1986 Los Angeles Lakers L OT 111 117 36 21 L 1
58 Tue, Feb 25, 1986 @ Chicago Bulls W 122 108 37 21 W 1
59 Fri, Feb 28, 1986 @ Dallas Mavericks W 123 120 38 21 W 2
60 Sat, Mar 1, 1986 @ Denver Nuggets W 118 107 39 21 W 3
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
61 Tue, Mar 4, 1986 @ Atlanta Hawks L 121 128 39 22 L 1
62 Wed, Mar 5, 1986 Atlanta Hawks L 114 122 39 23 L 2
63 Fri, Mar 7, 1986 @ Milwaukee Bucks L 95 125 39 24 L 3
64 Sun, Mar 9, 1986 Indiana Pacers W 120 102 40 24 W 1
65 Tue, Mar 11, 1986 @ Indiana Pacers W 101 91 41 24 W 2
66 Wed, Mar 12, 1986 New York Knickerbockers W 105 95 42 24 W 3
67 Fri, Mar 14, 1986 Cleveland Cavaliers W 109 100 43 24 W 4
68 Sun, Mar 16, 1986 @ Boston Celtics L 101 118 43 25 L 1
69 Mon, Mar 17, 1986 @ Cleveland Cavaliers W OT 118 112 44 25 W 1
70 Wed, Mar 19, 1986 Chicago Bulls W 118 112 45 25 W 2
71 Fri, Mar 21, 1986 Washington Bullets W 112 105 46 25 W 3
72 Sat, Mar 22, 1986 New Jersey Nets W 123 115 47 25 W 4
73 Mon, Mar 24, 1986 @ Washington Bullets L 93 100 47 26 L 1
74 Wed, Mar 26, 1986 Atlanta Hawks W 112 103 48 26 W 1
75 Fri, Mar 28, 1986 Milwaukee Bucks L 94 116 48 27 L 1
76 Sun, Mar 30, 1986 Dallas Mavericks W 114 113 49 27 W 1
77 Wed, Apr 2, 1986 New York Knickerbockers W 93 87 50 27 W 2
78 Fri, Apr 4, 1986 Cleveland Cavaliers W 122 102 51 27 W 3
79 Sun, Apr 6, 1986 Boston Celtics W 95 94 52 27 W 4
80 Tue, Apr 8, 1986 Detroit Pistons W 116 112 53 27 W 5
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
81 Fri, Apr 11, 1986 Indiana Pacers W 130 122 54 27 W 6
82 Sun, Apr 13, 1986 @ Washington Bullets L 97 98 54 28 L 1

Playoffs

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G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
1 Fri, Apr 18, 1986 Washington Bullets L 94 95 0 1 L 1
2 Sun, Apr 20, 1986 Washington Bullets W 102 97 1 1 W 1
3 Tue, Apr 22, 1986 @ Washington Bullets W 91 86 2 1 W 2
4 Thu, Apr 24, 1986 @ Washington Bullets L 111 116 2 2 L 1
5 Sun, Apr 27, 1986 Washington Bullets W 134 109 3 2 W 1
6 Tue, Apr 29, 1986 @ Milwaukee Bucks W 118 112 4 2 W 2
7 Thu, May 1, 1986 @ Milwaukee Bucks L 107 119 4 3 L 1
8 Sat, May 3, 1986 Milwaukee Bucks W 107 103 5 3 W 1
9 Mon, May 5, 1986 Milwaukee Bucks L 104 109 5 4 L 1
10 Wed, May 7, 1986 @ Milwaukee Bucks L 108 113 5 5 L 2
11 Fri, May 9, 1986 Milwaukee Bucks W 126 108 6 5 W 1
12 Sun, May 11, 1986 @ Milwaukee Bucks L 112 113 6 6 L 1