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1985-86 Milwaukee Bucks Schedule and Results

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Record: 57-25, Finished 1st in NBA Central Division

Coach: Don Nelson (57-25)

PTS/G: 114.5 (5th of 23) Opp PTS/G: 105.5 (5th of 23)

SRS: 8.69 (2nd of 23) Pace: 102.1 (13th of 23)

Off Rtg: 111.4 (4th of 23) Def Rtg: 102.7 (2nd of 23) Net Rtg: +8.8 (2nd of 23)

Expected W-L: 62-20 (2nd of 23)

Preseason Odds: Championship +400

Arena: MECCA Arena Attendance: 443,064 (15th of 23)

NBA 1986 Playoffs:
Won NBA Eastern Conference First Round (3-0) versus New Jersey Nets (Series Stats)
Won NBA Eastern Conference Semifinals (4-3) versus Philadelphia 76ers (Series Stats)
Lost NBA Eastern Conference Finals (0-4) versus Boston Celtics (Series Stats)

Central Div Champs

Regular Season Schedule

Playoffs Schedule

Regular Season

Regular Season Table
G	Date	Start (ET)			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
1	Fri, Oct 25, 1985		Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	L		116	118	0	1	L 1
2	Sat, Oct 26, 1985		Box Score		Atlanta Hawks	W		117	91	1	1	W 1
3	Tue, Oct 29, 1985		Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	W		119	117	2	1	W 2
4	Wed, Oct 30, 1985		Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		106	117	2	2	L 1
5	Sat, Nov 2, 1985		Box Score		New Jersey Nets	W		136	113	3	2	W 1
6	Sun, Nov 3, 1985		Box Score	@	Cleveland Cavaliers	W		120	110	4	2	W 2
7	Tue, Nov 5, 1985		Box Score		San Antonio Spurs	W		126	97	5	2	W 3
8	Thu, Nov 7, 1985		Box Score	@	New York Knicks	W		92	88	6	2	W 4
9	Sat, Nov 9, 1985	7:43p	Box Score	@	New Jersey Nets	L		123	126	6	3	L 1
10	Sun, Nov 10, 1985		Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	L		97	105	6	4	L 2
11	Tue, Nov 12, 1985		Box Score	@	Chicago Bulls	W		132	103	7	4	W 1
12	Wed, Nov 13, 1985		Box Score		Detroit Pistons	W		137	118	8	4	W 2
13	Fri, Nov 15, 1985		Box Score		Chicago Bulls	W		118	103	9	4	W 3
14	Sun, Nov 17, 1985		Box Score	@	Portland Trail Blazers	W		117	104	10	4	W 4
15	Wed, Nov 20, 1985		Box Score	@	Seattle SuperSonics	W		116	106	11	4	W 5
16	Thu, Nov 21, 1985		Box Score	@	Sacramento Kings	W		131	97	12	4	W 6
17	Sat, Nov 23, 1985		Box Score	@	Los Angeles Clippers	L		112	116	12	5	L 1
18	Sun, Nov 24, 1985		Box Score	@	Phoenix Suns	W	OT	140	138	13	5	W 1
19	Wed, Nov 27, 1985		Box Score		Atlanta Hawks	W		114	96	14	5	W 2
20	Fri, Nov 29, 1985		Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	L		102	111	14	6	L 1
G	Date	Start (ET)			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
21	Sat, Nov 30, 1985		Box Score		Indiana Pacers	W		111	94	15	6	W 1
22	Tue, Dec 3, 1985		Box Score		Boston Celtics	L		109	112	15	7	L 1
23	Thu, Dec 5, 1985		Box Score	@	New York Knicks	W		105	95	16	7	W 1
24	Fri, Dec 6, 1985		Box Score	@	Atlanta Hawks	L		93	94	16	8	L 1
25	Tue, Dec 10, 1985		Box Score		Seattle SuperSonics	W		117	98	17	8	W 1
26	Thu, Dec 12, 1985		Box Score	@	Washington Bullets	L	OT	108	110	17	9	L 1
27	Fri, Dec 13, 1985		Box Score		Cleveland Cavaliers	L		124	128	17	10	L 2
28	Sun, Dec 15, 1985		Box Score		Sacramento Kings	W		140	82	18	10	W 1
29	Wed, Dec 18, 1985		Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	L		105	107	18	11	L 1
30	Fri, Dec 20, 1985		Box Score	@	Indiana Pacers	L		102	114	18	12	L 2
31	Sat, Dec 21, 1985		Box Score		Dallas Mavericks	W		132	107	19	12	W 1
32	Thu, Dec 26, 1985		Box Score		Indiana Pacers	W		105	87	20	12	W 2
33	Sat, Dec 28, 1985		Box Score	@	Cleveland Cavaliers	W	OT	114	112	21	12	W 3
34	Mon, Dec 30, 1985		Box Score		Detroit Pistons	W		121	110	22	12	W 4
35	Fri, Jan 3, 1986		Box Score	@	Washington Bullets	W		107	100	23	12	W 5
36	Sat, Jan 4, 1986		Box Score		New York Knicks	W		119	86	24	12	W 6
37	Tue, Jan 7, 1986		Box Score		Cleveland Cavaliers	W		110	101	25	12	W 7
38	Wed, Jan 8, 1986	7:40p	Box Score	@	New Jersey Nets	L		99	106	25	13	L 1
39	Fri, Jan 10, 1986		Box Score		Portland Trail Blazers	W		95	89	26	13	W 1
40	Mon, Jan 13, 1986		Box Score		Denver Nuggets	L		115	119	26	14	L 1
G	Date	Start (ET)			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
41	Thu, Jan 16, 1986		Box Score		Washington Bullets	W		114	98	27	14	W 1
42	Sun, Jan 19, 1986		Box Score		Golden State Warriors	W		122	109	28	14	W 2
43	Mon, Jan 20, 1986		Box Score	@	Atlanta Hawks	L		98	101	28	15	L 1
44	Fri, Jan 24, 1986		Box Score	@	Indiana Pacers	W		117	92	29	15	W 1
45	Sat, Jan 25, 1986		Box Score	@	New York Knicks	W		104	88	30	15	W 2
46	Mon, Jan 27, 1986		Box Score	@	Utah Jazz	W		127	103	31	15	W 3
47	Tue, Jan 28, 1986		Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	L		115	125	31	16	L 1
48	Thu, Jan 30, 1986		Box Score	@	Golden State Warriors	W		120	108	32	16	W 1
49	Sat, Feb 1, 1986		Box Score	@	Denver Nuggets	L		113	116	32	17	L 1
50	Tue, Feb 4, 1986		Box Score		Boston Celtics	L		93	112	32	18	L 2
51	Thu, Feb 6, 1986		Box Score		Chicago Bulls	W		117	97	33	18	W 1
52	Wed, Feb 12, 1986		Box Score	@	Indiana Pacers	W		103	97	34	18	W 2
53	Thu, Feb 13, 1986		Box Score		Utah Jazz	W		113	106	35	18	W 3
54	Sat, Feb 15, 1986		Box Score		New Jersey Nets	W		112	94	36	18	W 4
55	Mon, Feb 17, 1986		Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	W		111	106	37	18	W 5
56	Wed, Feb 19, 1986		Box Score	@	Dallas Mavericks	W		124	107	38	18	W 6
57	Thu, Feb 20, 1986		Box Score	@	Houston Rockets	W		120	113	39	18	W 7
58	Sat, Feb 22, 1986		Box Score	@	San Antonio Spurs	W		120	115	40	18	W 8
59	Tue, Feb 25, 1986		Box Score		Los Angeles Clippers	W		114	99	41	18	W 9
60	Fri, Feb 28, 1986		Box Score		Washington Bullets	W		102	84	42	18	W 10
G	Date	Start (ET)			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
61	Sun, Mar 2, 1986		Box Score	@	Washington Bullets	L		104	125	42	19	L 1
62	Mon, Mar 3, 1986		Box Score		New York Knicks	W		115	108	43	19	W 1
63	Wed, Mar 5, 1986	7:40p	Box Score	@	New Jersey Nets	W		119	106	44	19	W 2
64	Fri, Mar 7, 1986		Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	W		125	95	45	19	W 3
65	Sat, Mar 8, 1986		Box Score	@	Atlanta Hawks	L		109	111	45	20	L 1
66	Wed, Mar 12, 1986		Box Score		Phoenix Suns	L	OT	126	127	45	21	L 2
67	Fri, Mar 14, 1986		Box Score		Indiana Pacers	L		104	114	45	22	L 3
68	Sat, Mar 15, 1986		Box Score	@	Chicago Bulls	W	OT	125	116	46	22	W 1
69	Tue, Mar 18, 1986		Box Score		Washington Bullets	W		116	87	47	22	W 2
70	Thu, Mar 20, 1986		Box Score		Houston Rockets	W		116	106	48	22	W 3
71	Sat, Mar 22, 1986		Box Score		Atlanta Hawks	W		113	98	49	22	W 4
72	Tue, Mar 25, 1986		Box Score		New Jersey Nets	W		118	105	50	22	W 5
73	Wed, Mar 26, 1986		Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		115	121	50	23	L 1
74	Fri, Mar 28, 1986		Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	W		116	94	51	23	W 1
75	Sat, Mar 29, 1986		Box Score		Detroit Pistons	W		130	121	52	23	W 2
76	Tue, Apr 1, 1986		Box Score		Chicago Bulls	W		116	107	53	23	W 3
77	Thu, Apr 3, 1986		Box Score		Cleveland Cavaliers	W		114	93	54	23	W 4
78	Fri, Apr 4, 1986		Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	W		115	108	55	23	W 5
79	Mon, Apr 7, 1986		Box Score	@	Chicago Bulls	L		101	107	55	24	L 1
80	Tue, Apr 8, 1986		Box Score		Boston Celtics	L		114	126	55	25	L 2
G	Date	Start (ET)			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
81	Thu, Apr 10, 1986		Box Score	@	Cleveland Cavaliers	W		102	101	56	25	W 1
82	Sat, Apr 12, 1986		Box Score		New York Knicks	W		116	78	57	25	W 2

Playoffs

Playoffs Table
G	Date	Start (ET)			Opponent		Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
1	Fri, Apr 18, 1986		Box Score		New Jersey Nets	W	119	107	1	0	W 1
2	Sun, Apr 20, 1986		Box Score		New Jersey Nets	W	111	97	2	0	W 2
3	Tue, Apr 22, 1986	7:45p	Box Score	@	New Jersey Nets	W	118	113	3	0	W 3
G	Date	Start (ET)			Opponent		Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
4	Tue, Apr 29, 1986		Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	L	112	118	3	1	L 1
5	Thu, May 1, 1986		Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	W	119	107	4	1	W 1
6	Sat, May 3, 1986		Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	L	103	107	4	2	L 1
7	Mon, May 5, 1986		Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	W	109	104	5	2	W 1
8	Wed, May 7, 1986		Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	W	113	108	6	2	W 2
9	Fri, May 9, 1986		Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	L	108	126	6	3	L 1
10	Sun, May 11, 1986		Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	W	113	112	7	3	W 1
G	Date	Start (ET)			Opponent		Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
11	Tue, May 13, 1986		Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L	96	128	7	4	L 1
12	Thu, May 15, 1986		Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L	111	122	7	5	L 2
13	Sat, May 17, 1986		Box Score		Boston Celtics	L	107	111	7	6	L 3
14	Sun, May 18, 1986		Box Score		Boston Celtics	L	98	111	7	7	L 4

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