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37-45, Finished 5th in NBA Midwest Division (Game Results)
NBA Season Summary
Scored 108.8 points per game, Allowed 111.9 points per game (Pythagorean W-L: 33-49)
Coached by Phil Johnson (37-45)
Arena: ARCO Arena (I) / Attendance: 423,653 (16th of 23 available)
SRS: -3.30 (20th of 23) / Pace Factor: 102.0 (14th of 23)
Offensive Rating: 106.2 (14th of 23) / Defensive Rating: 109.2 (19th of 23)
Playoffs:
Lost NBA Western Conference First Round (3-0) versus Houston Rockets
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 | Los Angeles Clippers | L | 104 | 108 | 0 | 1 | L 1 | |||
| 2 | Sat, Oct 26, 1985 | @ | Denver Nuggets | L | 112 | 123 | 0 | 2 | L 2 | ||
| 3 | Thu, Oct 31, 1985 | Houston Rockets | W | 122 | 116 | 1 | 2 | W 1 | |||
| 4 | Sat, Nov 2, 1985 | @ | Dallas Mavericks | L | 113 | 119 | 1 | 3 | L 1 | ||
| 5 | Thu, Nov 7, 1985 | Cleveland Cavaliers | L | 94 | 95 | 1 | 4 | L 2 | |||
| 6 | Sat, Nov 9, 1985 | Seattle Supersonics | W | 98 | 93 | 2 | 4 | W 1 | |||
| 7 | Sun, Nov 10, 1985 | @ | Golden State Warriors | L | 111 | 117 | 2 | 5 | L 1 | ||
| 8 | Tue, Nov 12, 1985 | @ | Portland Trail Blazers | L | 115 | 126 | 2 | 6 | L 2 | ||
| 9 | Thu, Nov 14, 1985 | Golden State Warriors | W | 112 | 103 | 3 | 6 | W 1 | |||
| 10 | Sat, Nov 16, 1985 | Utah Jazz | L | 96 | 100 | 3 | 7 | L 1 | |||
| 11 | Tue, Nov 19, 1985 | @ | San Antonio Spurs | W | 103 | 99 | 4 | 7 | W 1 | ||
| 12 | Thu, Nov 21, 1985 | Milwaukee Bucks | L | 97 | 131 | 4 | 8 | L 1 | |||
| 13 | Sat, Nov 23, 1985 | @ | Denver Nuggets | L | 118 | 122 | 4 | 9 | L 2 | ||
| 14 | Sun, Nov 24, 1985 | New Jersey Nets | L | 103 | 118 | 4 | 10 | L 3 | |||
| 15 | Tue, Nov 26, 1985 | Phoenix Suns | W | 111 | 107 | 5 | 10 | W 1 | |||
| 16 | Fri, Nov 29, 1985 | @ | Dallas Mavericks | L | 111 | 133 | 5 | 11 | L 1 | ||
| 17 | Sat, Nov 30, 1985 | @ | Houston Rockets | L | 114 | 131 | 5 | 12 | L 2 | ||
| 18 | Tue, Dec 3, 1985 | Chicago Bulls | W | 131 | 118 | 6 | 12 | W 1 | |||
| 19 | Wed, Dec 4, 1985 | @ | Los Angeles Clippers | L | 103 | 128 | 6 | 13 | L 1 | ||
| 20 | Sat, Dec 7, 1985 | @ | Detroit Pistons | W | 122 | 112 | 7 | 13 | W 1 | ||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 21 | Sun, Dec 8, 1985 | @ | Washington Bullets | L | 89 | 111 | 7 | 14 | L 1 | ||
| 22 | Tue, Dec 10, 1985 | @ | New Jersey Nets | L | 100 | 106 | 7 | 15 | L 2 | ||
| 23 | Wed, Dec 11, 1985 | @ | Boston Celtics | L | 101 | 118 | 7 | 16 | L 3 | ||
| 24 | Sat, Dec 14, 1985 | @ | Chicago Bulls | W | 108 | 103 | 8 | 16 | W 1 | ||
| 25 | Sun, Dec 15, 1985 | @ | Milwaukee Bucks | L | 82 | 140 | 8 | 17 | L 1 | ||
| 26 | Tue, Dec 17, 1985 | Detroit Pistons | W | 132 | 121 | 9 | 17 | W 1 | |||
| 27 | Thu, Dec 19, 1985 | @ | Phoenix Suns | L | 106 | 107 | 9 | 18 | L 1 | ||
| 28 | Sat, Dec 21, 1985 | Los Angeles Clippers | L | 116 | 117 | 9 | 19 | L 2 | |||
| 29 | Thu, Dec 26, 1985 | @ | Golden State Warriors | L | 121 | 131 | 9 | 20 | L 3 | ||
| 30 | Sat, Dec 28, 1985 | Los Angeles Lakers | L | 111 | 133 | 9 | 21 | L 4 | |||
| 31 | Mon, Dec 30, 1985 | Philadelphia 76ers | L | 84 | 87 | 9 | 22 | L 5 | |||
| 32 | Thu, Jan 2, 1986 | San Antonio Spurs | W | 114 | 106 | 10 | 22 | W 1 | |||
| 33 | Sat, Jan 4, 1986 | Denver Nuggets | W | 112 | 107 | 11 | 22 | W 2 | |||
| 34 | Mon, Jan 6, 1986 | Washington Bullets | W | 106 | 87 | 12 | 22 | W 3 | |||
| 35 | Wed, Jan 8, 1986 | @ | Indiana Pacers | W | 88 | 87 | 13 | 22 | W 4 | ||
| 36 | Fri, Jan 10, 1986 | @ | Philadelphia 76ers | L | 102 | 113 | 13 | 23 | L 1 | ||
| 37 | Sat, Jan 11, 1986 | @ | Cleveland Cavaliers | L | 101 | 105 | 13 | 24 | L 2 | ||
| 38 | Mon, Jan 13, 1986 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | L | 97 | 115 | 13 | 25 | L 3 | ||
| 39 | Tue, Jan 14, 1986 | @ | Atlanta Hawks | L | 104 | 115 | 13 | 26 | L 4 | ||
| 40 | Fri, Jan 17, 1986 | @ | Golden State Warriors | W | 125 | 111 | 14 | 26 | W 1 | ||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 41 | Sat, Jan 18, 1986 | Seattle Supersonics | W | OT | 98 | 96 | 15 | 26 | W 2 | ||
| 42 | Tue, Jan 21, 1986 | Dallas Mavericks | W | 119 | 110 | 16 | 26 | W 3 | |||
| 43 | Thu, Jan 23, 1986 | @ | Houston Rockets | L | 107 | 124 | 16 | 27 | L 1 | ||
| 44 | Sat, Jan 25, 1986 | Portland Trail Blazers | L | 125 | 129 | 16 | 28 | L 2 | |||
| 45 | Sun, Jan 26, 1986 | @ | Portland Trail Blazers | W | 121 | 116 | 17 | 28 | W 1 | ||
| 46 | Tue, Jan 28, 1986 | Denver Nuggets | W | 125 | 120 | 18 | 28 | W 2 | |||
| 47 | Thu, Jan 30, 1986 | Houston Rockets | L | 109 | 111 | 18 | 29 | L 1 | |||
| 48 | Fri, Jan 31, 1986 | @ | Utah Jazz | L | 101 | 113 | 18 | 30 | L 2 | ||
| 49 | Mon, Feb 3, 1986 | New York Knickerbockers | W | 94 | 90 | 19 | 30 | W 1 | |||
| 50 | Thu, Feb 6, 1986 | Seattle Supersonics | W | 115 | 106 | 20 | 30 | W 2 | |||
| 51 | Tue, Feb 11, 1986 | Boston Celtics | W | 105 | 100 | 21 | 30 | W 3 | |||
| 52 | Thu, Feb 13, 1986 | Atlanta Hawks | L | 114 | 123 | 21 | 31 | L 1 | |||
| 53 | Sun, Feb 16, 1986 | @ | San Antonio Spurs | L | 94 | 113 | 21 | 32 | L 2 | ||
| 54 | Tue, Feb 18, 1986 | Houston Rockets | W | 115 | 105 | 22 | 32 | W 1 | |||
| 55 | Thu, Feb 20, 1986 | San Antonio Spurs | W | 107 | 105 | 23 | 32 | W 2 | |||
| 56 | Fri, Feb 21, 1986 | @ | Phoenix Suns | W | 118 | 110 | 24 | 32 | W 3 | ||
| 57 | Sun, Feb 23, 1986 | Golden State Warriors | W | 127 | 124 | 25 | 32 | W 4 | |||
| 58 | Tue, Feb 25, 1986 | @ | Seattle Supersonics | W | 102 | 100 | 26 | 32 | W 5 | ||
| 59 | Fri, Feb 28, 1986 | Indiana Pacers | W | 121 | 100 | 27 | 32 | W 6 | |||
| 60 | Sat, Mar 1, 1986 | @ | Utah Jazz | L | 94 | 110 | 27 | 33 | L 1 | ||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 61 | Tue, Mar 4, 1986 | Utah Jazz | W | 94 | 92 | 28 | 33 | W 1 | |||
| 62 | Thu, Mar 6, 1986 | @ | Houston Rockets | L | 105 | 116 | 28 | 34 | L 1 | ||
| 63 | Sat, Mar 8, 1986 | @ | Los Angeles Lakers | L | 2OT | 121 | 122 | 28 | 35 | L 2 | |
| 64 | Sun, Mar 9, 1986 | Dallas Mavericks | L | 102 | 117 | 28 | 36 | L 3 | |||
| 65 | Tue, Mar 11, 1986 | San Antonio Spurs | W | 132 | 120 | 29 | 36 | W 1 | |||
| 66 | Wed, Mar 12, 1986 | @ | Dallas Mavericks | W | OT | 127 | 120 | 30 | 36 | W 2 | |
| 67 | Fri, Mar 14, 1986 | @ | Los Angeles Clippers | L | 104 | 105 | 30 | 37 | L 1 | ||
| 68 | Sun, Mar 16, 1986 | @ | Denver Nuggets | L | 113 | 119 | 30 | 38 | L 2 | ||
| 69 | Tue, Mar 18, 1986 | Denver Nuggets | W | 117 | 113 | 31 | 38 | W 1 | |||
| 70 | Wed, Mar 19, 1986 | @ | Phoenix Suns | L | 104 | 108 | 31 | 39 | L 1 | ||
| 71 | Sat, Mar 22, 1986 | Los Angeles Lakers | L | 113 | 115 | 31 | 40 | L 2 | |||
| 72 | Sun, Mar 23, 1986 | @ | Portland Trail Blazers | L | 102 | 112 | 31 | 41 | L 3 | ||
| 73 | Tue, Mar 25, 1986 | Portland Trail Blazers | W | 116 | 99 | 32 | 41 | W 1 | |||
| 74 | Thu, Mar 27, 1986 | @ | Seattle Supersonics | W | 103 | 101 | 33 | 41 | W 2 | ||
| 75 | Sat, Mar 29, 1986 | Los Angeles Clippers | L | 103 | 112 | 33 | 42 | L 1 | |||
| 76 | Tue, Apr 1, 1986 | @ | San Antonio Spurs | W | 109 | 99 | 34 | 42 | W 1 | ||
| 77 | Thu, Apr 3, 1986 | @ | Los Angeles Lakers | L | 105 | 135 | 34 | 43 | L 1 | ||
| 78 | Sat, Apr 5, 1986 | Phoenix Suns | W | 119 | 110 | 35 | 43 | W 1 | |||
| 79 | Mon, Apr 7, 1986 | Dallas Mavericks | W | 122 | 115 | 36 | 43 | W 2 | |||
| 80 | Wed, Apr 9, 1986 | @ | Utah Jazz | W | 113 | 108 | 37 | 43 | W 3 | ||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 81 | Thu, Apr 10, 1986 | Utah Jazz | L | 108 | 119 | 37 | 44 | L 1 | |||
| 82 | Sat, Apr 12, 1986 | Los Angeles Lakers | L | 92 | 105 | 37 | 45 | L 2 |
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thu, Apr 17, 1986 | @ | Houston Rockets | L | 87 | 107 | 0 | 1 | L 1 | ||
| 2 | Sat, Apr 19, 1986 | @ | Houston Rockets | L | 103 | 111 | 0 | 2 | L 2 | ||
| 3 | Tue, Apr 22, 1986 | Houston Rockets | L | 98 | 113 | 0 | 3 | L 3 |