Isiah Thomas 1987-88 Advanced Game Log

Pronunciation: \eye-ZAY-uh\

Isiah Lord Thomas III ▪ Twitter: IsiahThomas

(Zeke, The Baby-Faced Assassin, Tuss, Pocket Magic)

Position: Point Guard ▪ Shoots: Right

6-1, 180lb (185cm, 81kg)

Born: April 30, 1961 in Chicago, Illinois us

College: Indiana

High School: St. Joseph in Westchester, Illinois

Draft: Detroit Pistons, 1st round (2nd pick, 2nd overall), 1981 NBA Draft

NBA Debut: October 30, 1981

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 2000 (Full List)

Career Length: 13 years

Hall of Fame
12x All Star
1984-85 AST Champ
2x NBA Champ
5x All-NBA
1981-82 All-Rookie
2x AS MVP
1989-90 Finals MVP
NBA 75th Anniv. Team

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SUMMARY

Career

979

PTS

19.2

TRB

3.6

AST

9.3

FG%

45.2

FG3%

29.0

FT%

75.9

eFG%

46.5

PER

18.1

80.7

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1987-88 Regular Season

1987-88 Regular Season Table
Rk	G	Date	Age	Tm		Opp		GS	MP	TS%	eFG%	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%	ORtg	DRtg	GmSc	BPM
1	1	1987-11-06	26-190	DET		NYK	W (+11)	1	37:00	.515	.406	0.0	8.6	4.6	10.7	2.4	0.0	30.6	31.6	77	91	4.7	-8.8
2	2	1987-11-07	26-191	DET	@	MIL	L (-14)	1	35:00	.345	.231	3.0	8.2	5.8	36.7	3.9	1.5	22.3	25.9	72	108	8.0	-0.9
3	3	1987-11-10	26-194	DET	@	IND	L (-3)	1	39:00	.402	.385	10.0	14.0	11.9	26.4	2.5	0.0	6.5	31.3	102	122	15.6	-0.7
4	4	1987-11-13	26-197	DET	@	PHI	W (+19)	1	35:00	.450	.375	3.3	7.2	5.5	19.6	2.8	0.0	18.4	12.6	107	97	9.0	-0.3
5	5	1987-11-14	26-198	DET	@	CLE	W (+15)	1	38:00	.717	.690	5.1	0.0	2.0	35.2	2.4	0.0	11.8	28.4	137	108	28.5	8.9
6	6	1987-11-18	26-202	DET		PHI	L (-4)	1	40:00	.527	.478	4.5	13.3	8.6	40.3	2.4	0.0	3.8	25.9	124	111	23.8	9.9
7	7	1987-11-20	26-204	DET		GSW	W (+23)	1	28:00	.620	.571	0.0	31.6	15.0	26.9	1.6	1.9	16.4	25.7	117	99	17.0	4.8
8	8	1987-11-21	26-205	DET	@	CHI	W (+12)	1	40:00	.571	.548	3.9	18.9	12.2	37.4	1.1	1.4	11.3	26.7	118	109	22.1	5.3
9	9	1987-11-24	26-208	DET	@	HOU	W (+14)	1	11:00	.600	.600	0.0	23.8	13.8	18.3	4.7	0.0	16.7	23.7	103	77	4.9	6.6
10	10	1987-11-25	26-209	DET	@	DAL	L (-6)	1	39:00	.385	.316	0.0	5.9	2.6	49.1	1.2	0.0	4.6	20.8	108	114	14.6	1.3
11	11	1987-11-27	26-211	DET		SAS	W (+32)	1	27:00	.581	.500	3.7	3.6	3.6	30.5	3.3	0.0	12.7	10.6	142	106	12.2	4.4
12	12	1987-11-28	26-212	DET	@	WSB	L (-22)	1	31:00	.536	.471	3.3	0.0	1.9	32.8	3.0	1.8	19.6	32.0	97	121	14.0	3.9
13	13	1987-12-01	26-215	DET	@	NJN	W (+9)	1	43:00	.407	.364	0.0	5.0	2.5	22.3	3.3	3.8	11.4	25.4	89	104	13.9	-1.0
14	14	1987-12-02	26-216	DET		MIL	W (+10)	1	41:00	.733	.636	3.4	5.4	4.6	43.7	3.9	0.0	18.0	17.9	144	115	24.7	11.9
15	15	1987-12-04	26-218	DET		BOS	W (+23)	1	31:00	.594	.538	0.0	9.7	4.8	47.4	5.9	0.0	17.3	21.0	123	94	20.2	12.3
16	16	1987-12-08	26-222	DET		POR	W (+10)	1	45:00	.539	.500	0.0	11.6	5.5	47.6	2.0	0.0	11.5	22.3	121	107	25.8	6.7
17	17	1987-12-11	26-225	DET		WSB	W (+6)	1	40:00	.440	.450	0.0	14.0	7.2	31.6	1.3	0.0	12.8	25.1	96	115	12.6	-2.9
18	18	1987-12-12	26-226	DET		NYK	W (+28)	1	16:00	.507	.500	0.0	0.0	0.0	35.3	3.1	0.0	25.3	29.4	97	102	4.6	-5.2
19	19	1987-12-15	26-229	DET		CHI	W (+4)	1	34:00	.464	.391	0.0	15.6	8.0	22.3	1.5	0.0	15.6	39.4	93	113	10.0	-7.6
20	20	1987-12-18	26-232	DET		DAL	W (+5)	1	37:00	.640	.676	5.1	8.5	6.7	24.8	0.0	1.6	9.6	22.9	130	120	18.1	7.9
Rk	G	Date	Age	Tm		Opp		GS	MP	TS%	eFG%	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%	ORtg	DRtg	GmSc	BPM
21	21	1987-12-25	26-239	DET	@	NYK	W (+4)	1	37:00	.440	.413	0.0	9.5	4.4	39.4	2.7	0.0	14.3	30.6	94	90	11.8	3.5
22	22	1987-12-29	26-243	DET		HOU	L (-10)	1	41:00	.261	.286	0.0	2.3	1.1	34.8	2.5	0.0	6.1	17.0	74	111	4.6	-4.2
23	23	1987-12-30	26-244	DET	@	IND	W (+10)	1	30:00	.346	.294	7.0	16.3	11.8	22.2	0.0	1.9	9.6	27.7	91	97	6.2	-4.1
24	24	1988-01-02	26-247	DET		DEN	L (-9)	1	43:00	.742	.739	2.9	2.9	2.9	47.3	2.0	0.0	10.0	26.1	149	134	39.8	12.4
25	25	1988-01-05	26-250	DET	@	ATL	L (-10)	1	36:00	.364	.289	2.4	5.3	3.8	32.9	1.4	0.0	13.9	34.7	77	92	5.2	1.1
26	26	1988-01-06	26-251	DET		ATL	W (+3)	1	37:00	.381	.333	5.1	5.6	5.3	41.4	1.4	0.0	14.5	30.3	89	96	7.2	-0.4
27	27	1988-01-08	26-253	DET		LAL	L (-2)	1	33:00	.400	.400	3.5	6.8	5.2	45.1	6.1	0.0	16.7	23.5	95	106	12.0	4.1
28	28	1988-01-13	26-258	DET	@	BOS	L (-38)	1	32:00	.437	.412	0.0	17.9	8.6	24.6	1.4	0.0	17.9	26.6	82	129	7.7	-6.2
29	29	1988-01-15	26-260	DET		CLE	W (+4)	1	41:00	.436	.389	2.9	5.1	4.0	46.3	2.4	1.3	27.9	29.9	81	98	11.1	-0.5
30	30	1988-01-16	26-261	DET	@	CHI	L (-16)	1	36:00	.425	.333	3.1	6.3	4.7	44.0	1.4	0.0	22.1	27.0	88	120	9.9	-2.6
31	31	1988-01-18	26-263	DET	@	DEN	W (+7)	1	37:00	.483	.450	3.2	7.8	5.8	35.7	4.5	0.0	24.3	28.6	92	99	14.2	0.7
32	32	1988-01-20	26-265	DET	@	UTA	W (+3)	1	36:00	.722	.633	0.0	0.0	0.0	57.1	2.6	0.0	20.5	27.2	128	118	24.1	9.1
33	33	1988-01-22	26-267	DET	@	SEA	L (-3)	1	41:00	.440	.385	11.5	11.1	11.3	42.7	1.2	0.0	16.9	17.7	112	110	17.9	5.1
34	34	1988-01-24	26-269	DET	@	POR	L (-8)	1	43:00	.452	.452	2.9	9.3	6.4	35.1	1.1	0.0	19.2	24.3	98	117	12.3	-1.4
35	35	1988-01-27	26-272	DET		IND	W (+17)	1	35:00	.541	.464	3.3	5.4	4.5	33.5	3.9	0.0	19.4	24.5	105	82	14.9	4.5
36	36	1988-01-29	26-274	DET		BOS	W (+17)	1	38:00	.396	.385	3.3	9.7	6.6	33.9	2.5	0.0	30.2	22.4	86	108	7.9	-5.6
37	37	1988-01-30	26-275	DET	@	NJN	L (-12)	1	33:00	.435	.308	0.0	7.9	3.6	26.3	4.3	1.7	23.7	25.3	83	110	8.0	-2.5
38	38	1988-02-01	26-277	DET	@	CLE	L (-11)	1	43:00	.233	.222	0.0	5.0	2.4	44.6	1.2	0.0	4.9	20.5	70	103	4.3	-3.5
39	39	1988-02-02	26-278	DET	@	MIL	W (+2)	1	33:00	.693	.667	0.0	13.9	7.2	28.1	7.4	0.0	23.9	27.2	107	89	17.8	10.5
40	40	1988-02-04	26-280	DET	@	NYK	L (-7)	1	44:00	.553	.542	6.7	6.6	6.7	15.7	2.2	0.0	25.6	31.9	90	102	13.2	1.5
Rk	G	Date	Age	Tm		Opp		GS	MP	TS%	eFG%	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%	ORtg	DRtg	GmSc	BPM
41	41	1988-02-09	26-285	DET	@	CHI	W (+15)	1	27:00	.447	.412	0.0	0.0	0.0	20.1	0.0	0.0	5.3	32.6	98	94	7.2	-1.6
42	42	1988-02-10	26-286	DET		NYK	W (+11)	1	32:00	.444	.444	0.0	10.5	5.8	17.6	3.2	0.0	25.0	17.3	79	93	5.2	-3.0
43	43	1988-02-12	26-288	DET		ATL	W (+16)	1	32:00	.722	.688	4.3	5.7	5.1	34.0	0.0	0.0	14.8	26.3	129	98	19.9	7.7
44	44	1988-02-13	26-289	DET		CHI	W (+9)	1	32:00	.254	.143	0.0	3.7	1.7	32.8	4.8	0.0	20.2	25.4	64	77	2.8	-2.1
45	45	1988-02-15	26-291	DET		PHI	W (+7)	1	34:00	.494	.368	0.0	9.4	3.8	48.5	6.2	0.0	17.1	37.0	105	98	18.1	6.7
46	46	1988-02-18	26-294	DET		SEA	W (+13)	1	36:00	.593	.550	3.4	3.9	3.7	46.6	1.4	0.0	7.3	16.9	142	102	17.8	8.8
47	47	1988-02-19	26-295	DET	@	MIL	L (-11)	1	37:00	.552	.480	2.4	9.3	5.4	44.2	5.0	0.0	17.2	37.4	106	111	23.6	7.7
48	48	1988-02-21	26-297	DET	@	LAL	L (-7)	1	41:00	.651	.556	0.0	7.3	4.3	49.9	1.2	1.3	8.5	37.4	131	121	34.1	10.3
49	49	1988-02-23	26-299	DET	@	SAC	W (+16)	1	39:00	.705	.694	0.0	11.0	7.3	37.4	1.3	1.3	17.8	24.3	135	111	23.5	7.4
50	50	1988-02-24	26-300	DET	@	GSW	W (+14)	1	35:00	.491	.441	8.8	2.6	5.5	49.6	2.8	0.0	9.8	24.2	120	100	18.2	7.1
51	51	1988-02-26	26-302	DET		NJN	W (+28)	1	29:00	.651	.556	0.0	9.2	4.5	18.9	3.2	0.0	15.7	17.9	128	107	13.0	0.0
52	52	1988-02-28	26-304	DET		BOS	W (+5)	1	37:00	.539	.500	0.0	6.5	3.5	35.5	1.4	1.7	20.2	24.4	105	110	12.2	0.9
53	53	1988-03-01	26-306	DET	@	ATL	W (+13)	1	28:00	.349	.333	0.0	14.9	8.3	30.7	3.5	0.0	13.4	22.8	88	103	5.9	-5.6
54	54	1988-03-02	26-307	DET		LAC	W (+13)	1	35:00	.638	.643	7.2	0.0	3.2	56.6	1.4	0.0	0.0	18.2	150	101	22.5	14.1
55	55	1988-03-05	26-310	DET	@	WSB	L (-4)	1	44:00	.494	.400	0.0	4.6	2.3	27.7	4.5	0.0	28.9	23.0	85	104	11.3	-0.3
56	56	1988-03-06	26-311	DET		MIL	W (+10)	1	41:00	.598	.567	5.4	10.9	8.2	38.2	3.7	0.0	23.9	21.4	112	101	18.1	5.8
57	57	1988-03-08	26-313	DET	@	IND	L (-13)	1	36:00	.612	.542	3.0	0.0	1.6	16.7	4.1	0.0	0.0	18.3	143	120	17.1	6.2
58	58	1988-03-09	26-314	DET		UTA	W (+5)	1	36:00	.597	.600	0.0	8.3	4.3	35.6	0.0	0.0	15.2	23.0	112	107	14.2	2.2
59	59	1988-03-11	26-316	DET		PHO	W (+28)	1	30:00	.658	.667	0.0	11.2	6.9	38.3	1.6	1.8	23.3	18.6	116	88	13.4	5.7
60	60	1988-03-12	26-317	DET		CLE	W (+4)	1	41:00	.531	.417	6.2	9.5	7.8	43.3	2.4	0.0	21.0	20.0	108	101	18.2	5.7
Rk	G	Date	Age	Tm		Opp		GS	MP	TS%	eFG%	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%	ORtg	DRtg	GmSc	BPM
61	61	1988-03-14	26-319	DET		SAC	W (+12)	1	34:00	.392	.364	6.6	0.0	2.8	26.1	5.9	0.0	13.6	18.2	103	100	12.1	3.4
62	62	1988-03-17	26-322	DET	@	CLE	W (+3)	1	42:00	.368	.300	5.6	16.3	10.5	32.5	1.3	0.0	4.4	24.0	103	111	12.5	-0.7
63	63	1988-03-20	26-325	DET		WSB	W (+8)	1	38:00	.470	.389	0.0	9.5	5.2	22.9	1.4	0.0	12.9	26.2	113	122	11.1	-6.6
64	64	1988-03-22	26-327	DET		IND	W (+19)	1	38:00	.644	.633	3.2	9.0	6.2	37.9	3.8	0.0	20.5	26.8	120	105	22.6	7.0
65	65	1988-03-25	26-330	DET	@	SAS	L (-1)	1	42:00	.610	.593	4.7	12.4	8.0	48.2	1.1	0.0	9.7	27.0	130	105	28.3	12.0
66	66	1988-03-26	26-331	DET	@	PHO	W (+5)	1	42:00	.738	.675	0.0	8.2	4.5	31.0	1.2	0.0	3.9	27.5	152	109	31.5	11.6
67	67	1988-03-28	26-333	DET	@	LAC	L (-2)	1	34:00	.460	.389	0.0	6.6	3.1	22.7	1.4	0.0	16.2	29.0	91	105	7.9	-4.7
68	68	1988-03-30	26-335	DET		ATL	L (-1)	1	37:00	.686	.659	6.3	9.5	7.9	39.2	0.0	0.0	10.5	34.4	136	122	26.3	11.8
69	69	1988-04-01	26-337	DET	@	BOS	L (-11)	1	39:00	.441	.441	2.8	3.7	3.2	36.9	0.0	0.0	5.6	20.7	107	134	11.3	-2.7
70	70	1988-04-03	26-339	DET		CHI	L (-2)	1	40:00	.466	.458	2.9	9.0	5.9	31.2	1.3	1.5	13.4	29.3	97	117	14.9	2.9
71	71	1988-04-05	26-341	DET	@	NJN	W (+12)	1	44:00	.607	.471	2.9	8.2	5.7	41.9	3.1	0.0	12.3	23.2	122	92	27.3	9.9
72	72	1988-04-08	26-344	DET	@	PHI	W (+10)	1	38:00	.535	.471	3.2	4.9	4.2	31.7	2.7	0.0	20.3	29.0	101	95	14.7	3.1
73	73	1988-04-09	26-345	DET	@	ATL	W (+13)	1	28:00	.567	.500	0.0	4.0	2.3	27.6	1.9	0.0	5.4	31.1	127	119	14.1	2.0
74	74	1988-04-11	26-347	DET	@	NYK	L (-3)	1	45:00	.668	.619	0.0	12.0	7.1	45.2	1.2	0.0	20.5	29.6	119	113	24.1	6.8
75	75	1988-04-13	26-349	DET		CLE	W (+17)	1	35:00	.528	.553	3.6	15.9	10.2	22.6	0.0	0.0	20.1	29.6	93	102	9.6	-3.7
76	76	1988-04-15	26-351	DET		MIL	W (+1)	1	36:00	.444	.300	0.0	8.7	4.9	33.3	0.0	0.0	22.8	22.3	97	110	6.7	-3.8
77	77	1988-04-16	26-352	DET		NJN	W (+18)	1	35:00	.592	.594	0.0	6.0	3.6	35.8	1.5	0.0	5.6	24.6	126	111	18.2	3.2
78	78	1988-04-19	26-355	DET	@	BOS	L (-11)	1	37:00	.550	.500	0.0	5.0	1.9	31.8	1.4	0.0	20.8	28.1	102	131	13.7	-0.9
79	79	1988-04-21	26-357	DET	@	WSB	W (+12)	1	43:00	.509	.444	0.0	9.1	5.6	29.7	2.4	0.0	12.7	25.0	105	93	16.2	4.0
80	80	1988-04-22	26-358	DET		IND	L (-5)	1	23:00	.298	.308	3.8	0.0	2.1	35.2	6.5	0.0	13.0	28.2	68	101	5.3	0.6
Rk	G	Date	Age	Tm		Opp		GS	MP	TS%	eFG%	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%	ORtg	DRtg	GmSc	BPM
81	81	1988-04-24	26-360	DET		PHI	W (+10)	1	39:00	.640	.563	0.0	5.1	2.9	42.1	1.3	1.4	0.0	21.4	153	126	28.7	9.6

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