1987-88 Dallas Mavericks Schedule and Results

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Record: 53-29, Finished 2nd in NBA Midwest Division

Coach: John MacLeod (53-29)

Executive: Norm Sonju

PTS/G: 109.3 (7th of 23) Opp PTS/G: 104.9 (6th of 23)

SRS: 3.59 (6th of 23) Pace: 97.0 (20th of 23)

Off Rtg: 112.2 (3rd of 23) Def Rtg: 107.7 (15th of 23) Net Rtg: +4.5 (4th of 23)

Expected W-L: 52-30 (4th of 23)

Preseason Odds: Championship +700

Arena: Reunion Arena Attendance: 695,592 (4th of 23)

NBA 1988 Playoffs:
Won NBA Western Conference First Round (3-1) versus Houston Rockets (Series Stats)
Won NBA Western Conference Semifinals (4-2) versus Denver Nuggets (Series Stats)
Lost NBA Western Conference Finals (3-4) versus Los Angeles Lakers (Series Stats)

Regular Season Schedule

Playoffs Schedule

Regular Season

Regular Season Table
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
1	Fri, Nov 6, 1987	Box Score		Utah Jazz	W		95	93	1	0	W 1
2	Sat, Nov 7, 1987	Box Score	@	San Antonio Spurs	L		106	130	1	1	L 1
3	Tue, Nov 10, 1987	Box Score	@	Seattle SuperSonics	W		117	101	2	1	W 1
4	Wed, Nov 11, 1987	Box Score	@	Utah Jazz	L		92	121	2	2	L 1
5	Fri, Nov 13, 1987	Box Score		Seattle SuperSonics	L		95	103	2	3	L 2
6	Sat, Nov 14, 1987	Box Score		Portland Trail Blazers	W		127	116	3	3	W 1
7	Wed, Nov 18, 1987	Box Score		Los Angeles Clippers	W		97	87	4	3	W 2
8	Fri, Nov 20, 1987	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	L		116	119	4	4	L 1
9	Sat, Nov 21, 1987	Box Score	@	Sacramento Kings	W		103	96	5	4	W 1
10	Wed, Nov 25, 1987	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	W		113	107	6	4	W 2
11	Fri, Nov 27, 1987	Box Score		Chicago Bulls	W		94	93	7	4	W 3
12	Sat, Nov 28, 1987	Box Score	@	Denver Nuggets	L		98	106	7	5	L 1
13	Fri, Dec 4, 1987	Box Score		Golden State Warriors	W		116	95	8	5	W 1
14	Sat, Dec 5, 1987	Box Score		Denver Nuggets	W		109	96	9	5	W 2
15	Wed, Dec 9, 1987	Box Score		Sacramento Kings	W		125	98	10	5	W 3
16	Fri, Dec 11, 1987	Box Score		Phoenix Suns	W	OT	108	104	11	5	W 4
17	Sun, Dec 13, 1987	Box Score	@	Milwaukee Bucks	W		113	99	12	5	W 5
18	Tue, Dec 15, 1987	Box Score	@	Cleveland Cavaliers	L		93	106	12	6	L 1
19	Wed, Dec 16, 1987	Box Score	@	New Jersey Nets	W	OT	109	105	13	6	W 1
20	Fri, Dec 18, 1987	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	L		112	117	13	7	L 1
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
21	Sat, Dec 19, 1987	Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	L		90	95	13	8	L 2
22	Tue, Dec 22, 1987	Box Score	@	Chicago Bulls	W		111	100	14	8	W 1
23	Wed, Dec 23, 1987	Box Score	@	Indiana Pacers	W		110	109	15	8	W 2
24	Sat, Dec 26, 1987	Box Score		Houston Rockets	W		105	100	16	8	W 3
25	Tue, Dec 29, 1987	Box Score		Sacramento Kings	W		126	117	17	8	W 4
26	Sat, Jan 2, 1988	Box Score	@	San Antonio Spurs	W		116	109	18	8	W 5
27	Mon, Jan 4, 1988	Box Score	@	Houston Rockets	L		107	117	18	9	L 1
28	Wed, Jan 6, 1988	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	L		89	103	18	10	L 2
29	Thu, Jan 7, 1988	Box Score	@	Phoenix Suns	W		105	91	19	10	W 1
30	Sat, Jan 9, 1988	Box Score	@	Golden State Warriors	W		115	99	20	10	W 2
31	Wed, Jan 13, 1988	Box Score		Indiana Pacers	W		110	108	21	10	W 3
32	Sat, Jan 16, 1988	Box Score		Atlanta Hawks	L		98	101	21	11	L 1
33	Mon, Jan 18, 1988	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Clippers	W		99	87	22	11	W 1
34	Tue, Jan 19, 1988	Box Score	@	Portland Trail Blazers	W		120	116	23	11	W 2
35	Fri, Jan 22, 1988	Box Score		Los Angeles Clippers	W		110	87	24	11	W 3
36	Sat, Jan 23, 1988	Box Score		Milwaukee Bucks	W		113	97	25	11	W 4
37	Tue, Jan 26, 1988	Box Score		San Antonio Spurs	W		128	111	26	11	W 5
38	Wed, Jan 27, 1988	Box Score	@	Phoenix Suns	W		121	102	27	11	W 6
39	Fri, Jan 29, 1988	Box Score		Seattle SuperSonics	W		117	109	28	11	W 7
40	Sat, Jan 30, 1988	Box Score		Houston Rockets	L		92	108	28	12	L 1
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
41	Mon, Feb 1, 1988	Box Score		New Jersey Nets	L		103	108	28	13	L 2
42	Wed, Feb 3, 1988	Box Score	@	Denver Nuggets	L		105	115	28	14	L 3
43	Thu, Feb 4, 1988	Box Score	@	Sacramento Kings	L		101	118	28	15	L 4
44	Tue, Feb 9, 1988	Box Score		Utah Jazz	W		124	93	29	15	W 1
45	Wed, Feb 10, 1988	Box Score	@	Utah Jazz	L		80	93	29	16	L 1
46	Fri, Feb 12, 1988	Box Score		Boston Celtics	L		104	105	29	17	L 2
47	Sun, Feb 14, 1988	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Clippers	W		110	100	30	17	W 1
48	Mon, Feb 15, 1988	Box Score	@	Seattle SuperSonics	W	OT	128	122	31	17	W 2
49	Wed, Feb 17, 1988	Box Score		Washington Bullets	W		123	108	32	17	W 3
50	Fri, Feb 19, 1988	Box Score		Golden State Warriors	W		113	100	33	17	W 4
51	Mon, Feb 22, 1988	Box Score		Phoenix Suns	W		114	107	34	17	W 5
52	Wed, Feb 24, 1988	Box Score		Cleveland Cavaliers	W		93	89	35	17	W 6
53	Thu, Feb 25, 1988	Box Score	@	Houston Rockets	W		108	106	36	17	W 7
54	Sat, Feb 27, 1988	Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	W		100	91	37	17	W 8
55	Mon, Feb 29, 1988	Box Score		Denver Nuggets	W		123	96	38	17	W 9
56	Wed, Mar 2, 1988	Box Score		Sacramento Kings	W		115	90	39	17	W 10
57	Fri, Mar 4, 1988	Box Score		Houston Rockets	W		118	110	40	17	W 11
58	Sun, Mar 6, 1988	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	L		97	108	40	18	L 1
59	Tue, Mar 8, 1988	Box Score		Portland Trail Blazers	L		110	112	40	19	L 2
60	Sat, Mar 12, 1988	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	W		110	101	41	19	W 1
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
61	Mon, Mar 14, 1988	Box Score		Golden State Warriors	W		121	101	42	19	W 2
62	Wed, Mar 16, 1988	Box Score	@	Utah Jazz	L		105	120	42	20	L 1
63	Fri, Mar 18, 1988	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Clippers	W		106	98	43	20	W 1
64	Sun, Mar 20, 1988	Box Score	@	Portland Trail Blazers	L		99	105	43	21	L 1
65	Tue, Mar 22, 1988	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		124	105	44	21	W 1
66	Fri, Mar 25, 1988	Box Score		Portland Trail Blazers	W		106	101	45	21	W 2
67	Sat, Mar 26, 1988	Box Score		San Antonio Spurs	W		131	112	46	21	W 3
68	Mon, Mar 28, 1988	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		106	114	46	22	L 1
69	Tue, Mar 29, 1988	Box Score	@	Atlanta Hawks	L		106	120	46	23	L 2
70	Fri, Apr 1, 1988	Box Score	@	Washington Bullets	L		103	118	46	24	L 3
71	Sun, Apr 3, 1988	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		101	110	46	25	L 4
72	Wed, Apr 6, 1988	Box Score		Phoenix Suns	W		119	93	47	25	W 1
73	Fri, Apr 8, 1988	Box Score		Utah Jazz	W		118	95	48	25	W 2
74	Sat, Apr 9, 1988	Box Score		Denver Nuggets	W		135	109	49	25	W 3
75	Tue, Apr 12, 1988	Box Score	@	Sacramento Kings	W		104	96	50	25	W 4
76	Wed, Apr 13, 1988	Box Score	@	Golden State Warriors	L		110	112	50	26	L 1
77	Fri, Apr 15, 1988	Box Score	@	Seattle SuperSonics	L		88	115	50	27	L 2
78	Sun, Apr 17, 1988	Box Score	@	Denver Nuggets	L		122	133	50	28	L 3
79	Tue, Apr 19, 1988	Box Score	@	Houston Rockets	W		104	96	51	28	W 1
80	Wed, Apr 20, 1988	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	L		107	114	51	29	L 1
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
81	Fri, Apr 22, 1988	Box Score		San Antonio Spurs	W		127	96	52	29	W 1
82	Sun, Apr 24, 1988	Box Score	@	San Antonio Spurs	W		119	109	53	29	W 2

Playoffs

Playoffs Table
G	Date			Opponent		Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
1	Thu, Apr 28, 1988	Box Score		Houston Rockets	W	120	110	1	0	W 1
2	Sat, Apr 30, 1988	Box Score		Houston Rockets	L	108	119	1	1	L 1
3	Tue, May 3, 1988	Box Score	@	Houston Rockets	W	93	92	2	1	W 1
4	Thu, May 5, 1988	Box Score	@	Houston Rockets	W	107	97	3	1	W 2
G	Date			Opponent		Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
5	Tue, May 10, 1988	Box Score	@	Denver Nuggets	L	115	126	3	2	L 1
6	Thu, May 12, 1988	Box Score	@	Denver Nuggets	W	112	108	4	2	W 1
7	Sat, May 14, 1988	Box Score		Denver Nuggets	L	105	107	4	3	L 1
8	Sun, May 15, 1988	Box Score		Denver Nuggets	W	124	103	5	3	W 1
9	Tue, May 17, 1988	Box Score	@	Denver Nuggets	W	110	106	6	3	W 2
10	Thu, May 19, 1988	Box Score		Denver Nuggets	W	108	95	7	3	W 3
G	Date			Opponent		Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
11	Mon, May 23, 1988	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	L	98	113	7	4	L 1
12	Wed, May 25, 1988	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	L	101	123	7	5	L 2
13	Fri, May 27, 1988	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	W	106	94	8	5	W 1
14	Sun, May 29, 1988	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	W	118	104	9	5	W 2
15	Tue, May 31, 1988	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	L	102	119	9	6	L 1
16	Thu, Jun 2, 1988	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	W	105	103	10	6	W 1
17	Sat, Jun 4, 1988	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	L	102	117	10	7	L 1

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