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<div class="vector-body-before-content"> <div class="mw-indicators"> </div> <div id="siteSub" class="noprint">From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</div> </div> <div id="contentSub"><div id="mw-content-subtitle"></div></div> <div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">41st NBA season</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Sports season</div><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox" style="width: 25em"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size: 125%; background: #DDDDDD; color: #000000">1986–87 NBA season</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">League</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/National_Basketball_Association" title="National Basketball Association">National Basketball Association</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Sport</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Basketball" title="Basketball">Basketball</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Duration</th><td class="infobox-data">October 31, 1986 – April 19, 1987<br />April 23 – May 30, 1987 (Playoffs)<br />June 2–14, 1987 (Finals)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Number of teams</th><td class="infobox-data">23</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">TV partner(s)</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/NBA_on_CBS" title="NBA on CBS">CBS</a>, <a href="/wiki/NBA_on_TBS" title="NBA on TBS">TBS</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background:#DDDDDD"><a href="/wiki/1986_NBA_Draft" class="mw-redirect" title="1986 NBA Draft">Draft</a></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_first_overall_NBA_draft_picks" title="List of first overall NBA draft picks">Top draft pick</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Brad_Daugherty_(basketball)" title="Brad Daugherty (basketball)">Brad Daugherty</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Picked by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Cavaliers" title="Cleveland Cavaliers">Cleveland Cavaliers</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background:#DDDDDD">Regular season</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Top seed</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Lakers" title="Los Angeles Lakers">Los Angeles Lakers</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Season <a href="/wiki/NBA_MVP" class="mw-redirect" title="NBA MVP">MVP</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Magic_Johnson" title="Magic Johnson">Magic Johnson</a> (<a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Lakers" title="Los Angeles Lakers">L.A. Lakers</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Top scorer</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Michael_Jordan" title="Michael Jordan">Michael Jordan</a> (<a href="/wiki/Chicago_Bulls" title="Chicago Bulls">Chicago</a>)</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background:#DDDDDD"><a href="/wiki/1987_NBA_Playoffs" class="mw-redirect" title="1987 NBA Playoffs">Playoffs</a></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Conference_(NBA)" title="Eastern Conference (NBA)">Eastern</a> champions</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Boston_Celtics" title="Boston Celtics">Boston Celtics</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">  Eastern runners-up</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Detroit_Pistons" title="Detroit Pistons">Detroit Pistons</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Western_Conference_(NBA)" title="Western Conference (NBA)">Western</a> champions</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Lakers" title="Los Angeles Lakers">Los Angeles Lakers</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">  Western runners-up</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Seattle_SuperSonics" title="Seattle SuperSonics">Seattle SuperSonics</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background:#DDDDDD"><a href="/wiki/1987_NBA_Finals" title="1987 NBA Finals">Finals</a></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Champions</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Lakers" title="Los Angeles Lakers">Los Angeles Lakers</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">  Runners-up</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Boston_Celtics" title="Boston Celtics">Boston Celtics</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Finals <a href="/wiki/NBA_Finals_MVP" class="mw-redirect" title="NBA Finals MVP">MVP</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Magic_Johnson" title="Magic Johnson">Magic Johnson</a> (<a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Lakers" title="Los Angeles Lakers">L.A. Lakers</a>)</td></tr><tr class="noprint"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background:#DDDDDD"><a href="/wiki/List_of_NBA_seasons" title="List of NBA seasons"> NBA seasons</a></th></tr><tr class="noprint"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><div style="float: left;"><a href="/wiki/1985%E2%80%9386_NBA_season" title="1985–86 NBA season">← 1985–86</a></div><div style="float: right;"><a href="/wiki/1987%E2%80%9388_NBA_season" title="1987–88 NBA season">1987–88 →</a></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>1986–87 NBA season</b> was the 41st season of the <a href="/wiki/National_Basketball_Association" title="National Basketball Association">National Basketball Association</a>. The season ended with the <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Lakers" title="Los Angeles Lakers">Los Angeles Lakers</a> winning their fourth championship of the decade, beating the <a href="/wiki/Boston_Celtics" title="Boston Celtics">Boston Celtics</a> 4 games to 2 in the <a href="/wiki/1987_NBA_Finals" title="1987 NBA Finals">NBA Finals</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_occurrences">Notable occurrences</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1986%E2%80%9387_NBA_season&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Notable occurrences"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <caption>Coaching changes </caption> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="3">Offseason </th></tr> <tr> <th>Team </th> <th>1985–86 coach </th> <th>1986–87 coach </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/San_Antonio_Spurs" title="San Antonio Spurs">San Antonio Spurs</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Cotton_Fitzsimmons" title="Cotton Fitzsimmons">Cotton Fitzsimmons</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bob_Weiss" title="Bob Weiss">Bob Weiss</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Portland_Trail_Blazers" title="Portland Trail Blazers">Portland Trail Blazers</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jack_Ramsay" title="Jack Ramsay">Jack Ramsay</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mike_Schuler" title="Mike Schuler">Mike Schuler</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Chicago_Bulls" title="Chicago Bulls">Chicago Bulls</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Stan_Albeck" title="Stan Albeck">Stan Albeck</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Doug_Collins_(basketball)" title="Doug Collins (basketball)">Doug Collins</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Cavaliers" title="Cleveland Cavaliers">Cleveland Cavaliers</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gene_Littles" title="Gene Littles">Gene Littles</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lenny_Wilkens" title="Lenny Wilkens">Lenny Wilkens</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Indiana_Pacers" title="Indiana Pacers">Indiana Pacers</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/George_Irvine_(basketball)" title="George Irvine (basketball)">George Irvine</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jack_Ramsay" title="Jack Ramsay">Jack Ramsay</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Golden_State_Warriors" title="Golden State Warriors">Golden State Warriors</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Johnny_Bach" title="Johnny Bach">Johnny Bach</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/George_Karl" title="George Karl">George Karl</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3">In-season </th></tr> <tr> <th>Team </th> <th>Outgoing coach </th> <th>Incoming coach </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/New_York_Knicks" title="New York Knicks">New York Knicks</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hubie_Brown" title="Hubie Brown">Hubie Brown</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bob_Hill" title="Bob Hill">Bob Hill</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Phoenix_Suns" title="Phoenix Suns">Phoenix Suns</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_MacLeod_(basketball)" title="John MacLeod (basketball)">John MacLeod</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dick_Van_Arsdale" title="Dick Van Arsdale">Dick Van Arsdale</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Sacramento_Kings" title="Sacramento Kings">Sacramento Kings</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Phil_Johnson_(basketball,_born_1941)" title="Phil Johnson (basketball, born 1941)">Phil Johnson</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jerry_Reynolds_(basketball_coach)" class="mw-redirect" title="Jerry Reynolds (basketball coach)">Jerry Reynolds</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <ul><li>Boston Celtics' top draft pick <a href="/wiki/Len_Bias" title="Len Bias">Len Bias</a> died of a cocaine overdose barely two days after the draft. In the wake of <a href="/wiki/Micheal_Ray_Richardson" title="Micheal Ray Richardson">Micheal Ray Richardson</a>'s lifetime suspension, several NBA players were suspended for violations of the anti-drug policy; among them <a href="/wiki/Houston_Rockets" title="Houston Rockets">Houston Rockets</a> forward <a href="/wiki/Lewis_Lloyd" title="Lewis Lloyd">Lewis Lloyd</a> and guard <a href="/wiki/Mitchell_Wiggins" title="Mitchell Wiggins">Mitchell Wiggins</a>.</li> <li>On April 17, three <a href="/wiki/Phoenix_Suns" title="Phoenix Suns">Phoenix Suns</a> players (<a href="/wiki/James_Edwards_(basketball)" title="James Edwards (basketball)">James Edwards</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jay_Humphries" title="Jay Humphries">Jay Humphries</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Grant_Gondrezick" title="Grant Gondrezick">Grant Gondrezick</a>) and two former players (<a href="/wiki/Gar_Heard" title="Gar Heard">Gar Heard</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mike_Bratz" title="Mike Bratz">Mike Bratz</a>) were indicted for cocaine trafficking at a popular <a href="/wiki/Phoenix,_Arizona" title="Phoenix, Arizona">Phoenix</a> nightclub. Several other players were also involved in the scandal.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>When <a href="/wiki/Mychal_Thompson" title="Mychal Thompson">Mychal Thompson</a> joined the Lakers this season alongside the likes of <a href="/wiki/Kareem_Abdul-Jabbar" title="Kareem Abdul-Jabbar">Kareem Abdul-Jabbar</a>, <a href="/wiki/Magic_Johnson" title="Magic Johnson">Magic Johnson</a>, and <a href="/wiki/James_Worthy" title="James Worthy">James Worthy</a>, the Lakers became the first team to ever have four different #1 draft picks join the same team.</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/1987_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="1987 NBA All-Star Game">1987 NBA All-Star Game</a> was played at the <a href="/wiki/Kingdome" title="Kingdome">Kingdome</a> in <a href="/wiki/Seattle" title="Seattle">Seattle</a>, with the West defeating the East 154–149 in overtime. To the delight of the Seattle crowd, the SuperSonics' <a href="/wiki/Tom_Chambers_(basketball)" title="Tom Chambers (basketball)">Tom Chambers</a> won the game's MVP award. <a href="/wiki/Michael_Jordan" title="Michael Jordan">Michael Jordan</a> won his first <a href="/wiki/Slam_Dunk_Contest" title="Slam Dunk Contest">Slam Dunk Contest</a>.</li> <li>This was the final NBA season for Philadelphia's <a href="/wiki/Julius_Erving" title="Julius Erving">Julius Erving</a> who announced his retirement that year. NBA arenas paid tribute to Erving's retirement by staging special events for him. The <a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_Nets" class="mw-redirect" title="New Jersey Nets">New Jersey Nets</a>, in particular, retired Erving's No. 32 jersey for his contributions with the franchise. Thus Erving became the only player to have his number retired by a team while still an active player.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Jordan" title="Michael Jordan">Michael Jordan</a> joined <a href="/wiki/Wilt_Chamberlain" title="Wilt Chamberlain">Wilt Chamberlain</a> as only the second player in NBA history to score 3000 points in a season. With a 37.1 ppg, Jordan also began a seven-year reign as the <a href="/wiki/List_of_National_Basketball_Association_season_scoring_leaders" class="mw-redirect" title="List of National Basketball Association season scoring leaders">NBA's scoring champion</a>, tied with Chamberlain for the league record.</li> <li>This was the last season the <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Lakers" title="Los Angeles Lakers">Lakers</a> and <a href="/wiki/Boston_Celtics" title="Boston Celtics">Celtics</a> matched up in the <a href="/wiki/NBA_Finals" title="NBA Finals">NBA Finals</a> until 2008.</li> <li>The 1986–87 season was also known as the "Golden Era" of the <a href="/wiki/National_Basketball_Association" title="National Basketball Association">NBA</a>. The 1987 NBA season featured up to 24 Hall of Fame players such as <a href="/wiki/Magic_Johnson" title="Magic Johnson">Magic Johnson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kareem_Abdul-Jabbar" title="Kareem Abdul-Jabbar">Kareem Abdul-Jabbar</a>, <a href="/wiki/James_Worthy" title="James Worthy">James Worthy</a>, <a href="/wiki/Larry_Bird" title="Larry Bird">Larry Bird</a>, <a href="/wiki/Michael_Jordan" title="Michael Jordan">Michael Jordan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kevin_McHale_(basketball)" title="Kevin McHale (basketball)">Kevin McHale</a>, <a href="/wiki/Robert_Parish" title="Robert Parish">Robert Parish</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bill_Walton" title="Bill Walton">Bill Walton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Moses_Malone" title="Moses Malone">Moses Malone</a>, <a href="/wiki/Julius_Erving" title="Julius Erving">Julius Erving</a>, <a href="/wiki/Isiah_Thomas" title="Isiah Thomas">Isiah Thomas</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dominique_Wilkins" title="Dominique Wilkins">Dominique Wilkins</a>, <a href="/wiki/Charles_Barkley" title="Charles Barkley">Charles Barkley</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hakeem_Olajuwon" title="Hakeem Olajuwon">Akeem Olajuwon</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-SI_1986_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SI_1986-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-LAT_1987_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LAT_1987-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-NYT_1987_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYT_1987-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Clyde_Drexler" title="Clyde Drexler">Clyde Drexler</a>, <a href="/wiki/Karl_Malone" title="Karl Malone">Karl Malone</a>, <a href="/wiki/John_Stockton" title="John Stockton">John Stockton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Alex_English" title="Alex English">Alex English</a>, <a href="/wiki/Patrick_Ewing" title="Patrick Ewing">Patrick Ewing</a>, <a href="/wiki/Artis_Gilmore" title="Artis Gilmore">Artis Gilmore</a>, <a href="/wiki/Adrian_Dantley" title="Adrian Dantley">Adrian Dantley</a>, <a href="/wiki/Joe_Dumars" title="Joe Dumars">Joe Dumars</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dennis_Johnson" title="Dennis Johnson">Dennis Johnson</a> and <a href="/wiki/Dennis_Rodman" title="Dennis Rodman">Dennis Rodman</a>.</li> <li>Despite finishing with a sub-.500 record, the <a href="/wiki/Seattle_SuperSonics" title="Seattle SuperSonics">Seattle SuperSonics</a> were able to upset the <a href="/wiki/Dallas_Mavericks" title="Dallas Mavericks">Dallas Mavericks</a> and <a href="/wiki/Houston_Rockets" title="Houston Rockets">Houston Rockets</a> before bowing down to the <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Lakers" title="Los Angeles Lakers">Los Angeles Lakers</a> in the Western Conference Finals in a four-game sweep.</li> <li>In a game on February 4, 1987, the <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Lakers" title="Los Angeles Lakers">Los Angeles Lakers</a> set two NBA records by jumping out to a 29–0 lead over the <a href="/wiki/Sacramento_Kings" title="Sacramento Kings">Sacramento Kings</a> and leading by 36 points (40–4) at the end of the first quarter. The Lakers went on to win, 128–92.</li> <li>The NBA logo was prominently displayed on the uniforms for the first time (usually on the left side of the jersey; it was moved to the top rear in 2014), becoming the first sports league in North America to do so. The practice of placing the league logo on the jerseys eventually spreads to the NFL, NHL and MLB.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fernando_Mart%C3%ADn_Espina" class="mw-redirect" title="Fernando Martín Espina">Fernando Martín</a> became the first Spanish player to play in the NBA when he debuted for the <a href="/wiki/Portland_Trail_Blazers" title="Portland Trail Blazers">Portland Trail Blazers</a> in December 1986. He would pave the way for future Spanish players in the league, including five-time NBA All-Star <a href="/wiki/Pau_Gasol" title="Pau Gasol">Pau Gasol</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1986%E2%80%9387_Los_Angeles_Clippers_season" title="1986–87 Los Angeles Clippers season">Los Angeles Clippers</a> becoming the second team in NBA history to lose 70 or more games joining the <a href="/wiki/1972%E2%80%9373_Philadelphia_76ers_season" title="1972–73 Philadelphia 76ers season">1972–73 76ers</a>, the latter was (<a href="/wiki/1992%E2%80%9393_Dallas_Mavericks_season" title="1992–93 Dallas Mavericks season">1992–93 Mavericks</a>, <a href="/wiki/1997%E2%80%9398_Denver_Nuggets_season" title="1997–98 Denver Nuggets season">1997–98 Nuggets</a>, <a href="/wiki/2009%E2%80%9310_New_Jersey_Nets_season" title="2009–10 New Jersey Nets season">2009–10 Nets</a> (including losing 18 straight games to start the season), and the <a href="/wiki/2015%E2%80%9316_Philadelphia_76ers_season" title="2015–16 Philadelphia 76ers season">2015–16 76ers</a> (including a record–tying 26–game losing streak also including losing 18 straight games to start the season).</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Jordan" title="Michael Jordan">Michael Jordan</a> becomes the first player in NBA history to accumulate over 200 steals with over 100 blocks in a season.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Larry_Bird" title="Larry Bird">Larry Bird</a> becomes the first player in NBA history to enter the <a href="/wiki/50%E2%80%9340%E2%80%9390_club" title="50–40–90 club">50–40–90 club</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Teams">Teams</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1986%E2%80%9387_NBA_season&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Teams"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="width:auto"> <tbody><tr> <td bgcolor="#0047AB" align="center" colspan="5"><b><span style="color:white;">1986-87 National Basketball Association</span></b> </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="red" align="center" colspan="5"><b><span style="color;"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239334494">@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output div:not(.notheme)>.tmp-color,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output p>.tmp-color,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output table:not(.notheme) .tmp-color{color:inherit!important}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output div:not(.notheme)>.tmp-color,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output p>.tmp-color,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output table:not(.notheme) .tmp-color{color:inherit!important}}</style><span class="tmp-color" style="color:#FFFFFF">Eastern Conference</span></span></b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>Division</th> <th>Team</th> <th>City</th> <th>Arena</th> <th>Capacity </th></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="5">Atlantic </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Boston_Celtics" title="Boston Celtics">Boston Celtics</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Boston,_Massachusetts" class="mw-redirect" title="Boston, Massachusetts">Boston</a>, <a href="/wiki/Massachusetts" title="Massachusetts">Massachusetts</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Boston_Garden" title="Boston Garden">Boston Garden</a> </td> <td>14,890 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_Nets" class="mw-redirect" title="New Jersey Nets">New Jersey Nets</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/East_Rutherford,_New_Jersey" title="East Rutherford, New Jersey">East Rutherford</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_Jersey" title="New Jersey">New Jersey</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Brendan_Byrne_Arena" class="mw-redirect" title="Brendan Byrne Arena">Brendan Byrne Arena</a> </td> <td>20,049 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/New_York_Knicks" title="New York Knicks">New York Knicks</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_York_(state)" title="New York (state)">New York</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Madison_Square_Garden" title="Madison Square Garden">Madison Square Garden</a> </td> <td>19,812 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_76ers" title="Philadelphia 76ers">Philadelphia 76ers</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Philadelphia,_Pennsylvania" class="mw-redirect" title="Philadelphia, Pennsylvania">Philadelphia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania" title="Pennsylvania">Pennsylvania</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Spectrum_(arena)" title="Spectrum (arena)">The Spectrum</a> </td> <td>18,176 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Washington_Bullets" class="mw-redirect" title="Washington Bullets">Washington Bullets</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Landover,_Maryland" title="Landover, Maryland">Landover</a>, <a href="/wiki/Maryland" title="Maryland">Maryland</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Capital_Centre_(Landover,_Maryland)" title="Capital Centre (Landover, Maryland)">Capital Centre</a> </td> <td>18,756 </td></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="6">Central </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Atlanta_Hawks" title="Atlanta Hawks">Atlanta Hawks</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Atlanta,_Georgia" class="mw-redirect" title="Atlanta, Georgia">Atlanta</a>, <a href="/wiki/Georgia_(U.S._state)" title="Georgia (U.S. state)">Georgia</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Omni_Coliseum" title="Omni Coliseum">Omni Coliseum</a> </td> <td>16,378 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Chicago_Bulls" title="Chicago Bulls">Chicago Bulls</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chicago,_Illinois" class="mw-redirect" title="Chicago, Illinois">Chicago</a>, <a href="/wiki/Illinois" title="Illinois">Illinois</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chicago_Stadium" title="Chicago Stadium">Chicago Stadium</a> </td> <td>18,676 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Cavaliers" title="Cleveland Cavaliers">Cleveland Cavaliers</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Richfield_Township,_Summit_County,_Ohio" title="Richfield Township, Summit County, Ohio">Richfield</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ohio" title="Ohio">Ohio</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Richfield_Coliseum" title="Richfield Coliseum">Richfield Coliseum</a> </td> <td>20,900 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Detroit_Pistons" title="Detroit Pistons">Detroit Pistons</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pontiac,_Michigan" title="Pontiac, Michigan">Pontiac</a>, <a href="/wiki/Michigan" title="Michigan">Michigan</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pontiac_Silverdome" title="Pontiac Silverdome">Pontiac Silverdome</a> </td> <td>33,000 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Indiana_Pacers" title="Indiana Pacers">Indiana Pacers</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Indianapolis,_Indiana" class="mw-redirect" title="Indianapolis, Indiana">Indianapolis</a>, <a href="/wiki/Indiana" title="Indiana">Indiana</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Market_Square_Arena" title="Market Square Arena">Market Square Arena</a> </td> <td>17,171 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Milwaukee_Bucks" title="Milwaukee Bucks">Milwaukee Bucks</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Milwaukee,_Wisconsin" class="mw-redirect" title="Milwaukee, Wisconsin">Milwaukee</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wisconsin" title="Wisconsin">Wisconsin</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/MECCA_Arena" class="mw-redirect" title="MECCA Arena">MECCA Arena</a> </td> <td>10,783 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="red" align="center" colspan="5"><b><span style="color;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:#FFFFFF">Western Conference</span></span></b> </td></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="6">Midwest </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Dallas_Mavericks" title="Dallas Mavericks">Dallas Mavericks</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dallas,_Texas" class="mw-redirect" title="Dallas, Texas">Dallas</a>, <a href="/wiki/Texas" title="Texas">Texas</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Reunion_Arena" title="Reunion Arena">Reunion Arena</a> </td> <td>18,293 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Denver_Nuggets" title="Denver Nuggets">Denver Nuggets</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Denver,_Colorado" class="mw-redirect" title="Denver, Colorado">Denver</a>, <a href="/wiki/Colorado" title="Colorado">Colorado</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/McNichols_Sports_Arena" title="McNichols Sports Arena">McNichols Sports Arena</a> </td> <td>17,171 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Houston_Rockets" title="Houston Rockets">Houston Rockets</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Houston,_Texas" class="mw-redirect" title="Houston, Texas">Houston</a>, <a href="/wiki/Texas" title="Texas">Texas</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/The_Summit_(Houston)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Summit (Houston)">The Summit</a> </td> <td>16,285 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Sacramento_Kings" title="Sacramento Kings">Sacramento Kings</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sacramento,_California" title="Sacramento, California">Sacramento</a>, <a href="/wiki/California" title="California">California</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/ARCO_Arena_(1985)" title="ARCO Arena (1985)">ARCO Arena</a> </td> <td>10,333 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/San_Antonio_Spurs" title="San Antonio Spurs">San Antonio Spurs</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/San_Antonio,_Texas" class="mw-redirect" title="San Antonio, Texas">San Antonio</a>, <a href="/wiki/Texas" title="Texas">Texas</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/HemisFair_Arena" title="HemisFair Arena">HemisFair Arena</a> </td> <td>16,057 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Utah_Jazz" title="Utah Jazz">Utah Jazz</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Salt_Lake_City,_Utah" class="mw-redirect" title="Salt Lake City, Utah">Salt Lake City</a>, <a href="/wiki/Utah" title="Utah">Utah</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Salt_Palace_(arena)" title="Salt Palace (arena)">Salt Palace</a> </td> <td>12,686 </td></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="6">Pacific </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Golden_State_Warriors" title="Golden State Warriors">Golden State Warriors</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Oakland,_California" title="Oakland, California">Oakland</a>, <a href="/wiki/California" title="California">California</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Oakland-Alameda_County_Coliseum_Arena" class="mw-redirect" title="Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena">Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena</a> </td> <td>13,335 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Clippers" title="Los Angeles Clippers">Los Angeles Clippers</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles,_California" class="mw-redirect" title="Los Angeles, California">Los Angeles</a>, <a href="/wiki/California" title="California">California</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Memorial_Sports_Arena" title="Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena">Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena</a> </td> <td>16,161 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Lakers" title="Los Angeles Lakers">Los Angeles Lakers</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Inglewood,_California" title="Inglewood, California">Inglewood</a>, <a href="/wiki/California" title="California">California</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kia_Forum" title="Kia Forum">The Forum</a> </td> <td>17,505 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Phoenix_Suns" title="Phoenix Suns">Phoenix Suns</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Phoenix,_Arizona" title="Phoenix, Arizona">Phoenix</a>, <a href="/wiki/Arizona" title="Arizona">Arizona</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Arizona_Veterans_Memorial_Coliseum" title="Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum">Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum</a> </td> <td>14,870 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Portland_Trail_Blazers" title="Portland Trail Blazers">Portland Trail Blazers</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Portland,_Oregon" title="Portland, Oregon">Portland</a>, <a href="/wiki/Oregon" title="Oregon">Oregon</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Memorial_Coliseum_(Portland)" class="mw-redirect" title="Memorial Coliseum (Portland)">Memorial Coliseum</a> </td> <td>12,888 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Seattle_SuperSonics" title="Seattle SuperSonics">Seattle SuperSonics</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Seattle,_Washington" class="mw-redirect" title="Seattle, Washington">Seattle</a>, <a href="/wiki/Washington_(state)" title="Washington (state)">Washington</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Seattle_Center_Coliseum" class="mw-redirect" title="Seattle Center Coliseum">Seattle Center Coliseum</a> </td> <td>17,072 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Map_of_teams">Map of teams</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1986%E2%80%9387_NBA_season&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Map of teams"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="thumb tleft"> <div class="thumbinner" style="width: 552px;"> <div class="thumbimage" style="width: 550px; height: 350px; overflow: hidden;"> <div style="position: relative; top: -0px; left: -425px; width: 995px"><div class="noresize"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238443738">.mw-parser-output .locmap .od{position:absolute}.mw-parser-output .locmap .id{position:absolute;line-height:0}.mw-parser-output .locmap .l0{font-size:0;position:absolute}.mw-parser-output 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title="Games lost"> L </abbr> </th> <th width="5%"><abbr title="Winning percentage"> PCT </abbr> </th> <th width="7.5%"><abbr title="Games behind"> GB </abbr> </th> <th width="7.5%"><abbr title="Home record"> Home </abbr> </th> <th width="7.5%"><abbr title="Road record"> Road </abbr> </th> <th width="7.5%"><abbr title="Division record"> Div </abbr> </th></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><b>y</b>-<a href="/wiki/1986%E2%80%9387_Boston_Celtics_season" title="1986–87 Boston Celtics season">Boston Celtics</a> </td> <td>59</td> <td>23</td> <td>.720</td> <td>–</td> <td>39–2</td> <td>20–21</td> <td>15–9 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><b>x</b>-<a href="/wiki/1986%E2%80%9387_Philadelphia_76ers_season" title="1986–87 Philadelphia 76ers season">Philadelphia 76ers</a> </td> <td>45</td> <td>37</td> <td>.549</td> <td>14</td> <td>28–13</td> <td>17–24</td> <td>12–12 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><b>x</b>-<a href="/wiki/1986%E2%80%9387_Washington_Bullets_season" title="1986–87 Washington Bullets season">Washington Bullets</a> </td> <td>42</td> <td>40</td> <td>.512</td> <td>17</td> <td>27–14</td> <td>15–26</td> <td>13–11 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1986%E2%80%9387_New_Jersey_Nets_season" title="1986–87 New Jersey Nets season">New Jersey Nets</a> </td> <td>24</td> <td>58</td> <td>.293</td> <td>35</td> <td>19–22</td> <td>5–36</td> <td>12–12 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1986%E2%80%9387_New_York_Knicks_season" title="1986–87 New York Knicks season">New York Knicks</a> </td> <td>24</td> <td>58</td> <td>.293</td> <td>35</td> <td>18–23</td> <td>6–35</td> <td>8–16 </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="wikitable" style="width:50em;font-size:95%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <th width="30%"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1045256916"><div class="navbar-header"><a href="/wiki/Central_Division_(NBA)" title="Central Division (NBA)">Central 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<td>.610</td> <td>7</td> <td>32–9</td> <td>18–23</td> <td>17–13 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><b>x</b>-<a href="/wiki/1986%E2%80%9387_Indiana_Pacers_season" title="1986–87 Indiana Pacers season">Indiana Pacers</a> </td> <td>41</td> <td>41</td> <td>.500</td> <td>16</td> <td>28–13</td> <td>13–28</td> <td>13–16 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><b>x</b>-<a href="/wiki/1986%E2%80%9387_Chicago_Bulls_season" title="1986–87 Chicago Bulls season">Chicago Bulls</a> </td> <td>40</td> <td>42</td> <td>.488</td> <td>17</td> <td>29–12</td> <td>11–30</td> <td>17–12 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1986%E2%80%9387_Cleveland_Cavaliers_season" title="1986–87 Cleveland Cavaliers season">Cleveland Cavaliers </a> </td> <td>31</td> <td>51</td> <td>.378</td> <td>26</td> <td>25–16</td> <td>6–35</td> <td>8–22 </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="wikitable" style="width:50em;font-size:95%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <th width="30%"><link 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href="/wiki/1986%E2%80%9387_Portland_Trail_Blazers_season" title="1986–87 Portland Trail Blazers season">Portland Trail Blazers</a> </td> <td>49</td> <td>33</td> <td>.598</td> <td>16</td> <td>34–7</td> <td>15–26</td> <td>17–13 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><b>x</b>-<a href="/wiki/1986%E2%80%9387_Golden_State_Warriors_season" title="1986–87 Golden State Warriors season">Golden State Warriors</a> </td> <td>42</td> <td>40</td> <td>.512</td> <td>23</td> <td>25–16</td> <td>17–24</td> <td>17–13 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><b>x</b>-<a href="/wiki/1986%E2%80%9387_Seattle_SuperSonics_season" title="1986–87 Seattle SuperSonics season">Seattle SuperSonics</a> </td> <td>39</td> <td>43</td> <td>.476</td> <td>26</td> <td>25–16</td> <td>14–27</td> <td>15–15 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1986%E2%80%9387_Phoenix_Suns_season" title="1986–87 Phoenix Suns season">Phoenix Suns</a> </td> <td>36</td> <td>46</td> <td>.439</td> <td>29</td> 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<td>50</td> <td>32</td> <td>.610</td> <td>9 </td></tr> <tr> <th>5 </th> <td style="text-align:left;"><b>x</b>-<a href="/wiki/1986%E2%80%9387_Philadelphia_76ers_season" title="1986–87 Philadelphia 76ers season">Philadelphia 76ers</a></td> <td>45</td> <td>37</td> <td>.549</td> <td>14 </td></tr> <tr> <th>6 </th> <td style="text-align:left;"><b>x</b>-<a href="/wiki/1986%E2%80%9387_Washington_Bullets_season" title="1986–87 Washington Bullets season">Washington Bullets</a></td> <td>42</td> <td>40</td> <td>.512</td> <td>17 </td></tr> <tr> <th>7 </th> <td style="text-align:left;"><b>x</b>-<a href="/wiki/1986%E2%80%9387_Indiana_Pacers_season" title="1986–87 Indiana Pacers season">Indiana Pacers</a></td> <td>41</td> <td>41</td> <td>.500</td> <td>18 </td></tr> <tr> <th>8 </th> <td style="text-align:left;"><b>x</b>-<a href="/wiki/1986%E2%80%9387_Chicago_Bulls_season" title="1986–87 Chicago Bulls season">Chicago Bulls</a></td> <td>40</td> <td>42</td> <td>.488</td> <td>19 </td></tr> <tr 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width="35%">Team </th> <th width="5%"><abbr title="Games won"> W </abbr> </th> <th width="5%"><abbr title="Games lost"> L </abbr> </th> <th width="5%"><abbr title="Winning percentage"> PCT </abbr> </th> <th width="5%"><abbr title="Games behind"> GB </abbr> </th></tr> <tr> <th>1 </th> <td style="text-align:left;"><b>z</b>-<a href="/wiki/1986%E2%80%9387_Los_Angeles_Lakers_season" title="1986–87 Los Angeles Lakers season">Los Angeles Lakers</a></td> <td>65</td> <td>17</td> <td>.793</td> <td>– </td></tr> <tr> <th>2 </th> <td style="text-align:left;"><b>y</b>-<a href="/wiki/1986%E2%80%9387_Dallas_Mavericks_season" title="1986–87 Dallas Mavericks season">Dallas Mavericks</a></td> <td>55</td> <td>27</td> <td>.671</td> <td>10 </td></tr> <tr> <th>3 </th> <td style="text-align:left;"><b>x</b>-<a href="/wiki/1986%E2%80%9387_Portland_Trail_Blazers_season" title="1986–87 Portland Trail Blazers season">Portland Trail Blazers</a></td> <td>49</td> <td>33</td> <td>.598</td> <td>16 </td></tr> <tr> <th>4 </th> <td style="text-align:left;"><b>x</b>-<a href="/wiki/1986%E2%80%9387_Utah_Jazz_season" title="1986–87 Utah Jazz season">Utah Jazz</a></td> <td>44</td> <td>38</td> <td>.537</td> <td>21 </td></tr> <tr> <th>5 </th> <td style="text-align:left;"><b>x</b>-<a href="/wiki/1986%E2%80%9387_Golden_State_Warriors_season" title="1986–87 Golden State Warriors season">Golden State Warriors</a></td> <td>42</td> <td>40</td> <td>.512</td> <td>23 </td></tr> <tr> <th>6 </th> <td style="text-align:left;"><b>x</b>-<a href="/wiki/1986%E2%80%9387_Houston_Rockets_season" title="1986–87 Houston Rockets season">Houston Rockets</a></td> <td>42</td> <td>40</td> <td>.512</td> <td>23 </td></tr> <tr> <th>7 </th> <td style="text-align:left;"><b>x</b>-<a href="/wiki/1986%E2%80%9387_Seattle_SuperSonics_season" title="1986–87 Seattle SuperSonics season">Seattle SuperSonics</a></td> <td>39</td> <td>43</td> <td>.476</td> <td>26 </td></tr> <tr> <th>8 </th> <td style="text-align:left;"><b>x</b>-<a href="/wiki/1986%E2%80%9387_Denver_Nuggets_season" title="1986–87 Denver Nuggets season">Denver Nuggets</a></td> <td>37</td> <td>45</td> <td>.451</td> <td>28 </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:#cccccc"> <td colspan="6"> </td></tr> <tr> <th>9 </th> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1986%E2%80%9387_Phoenix_Suns_season" title="1986–87 Phoenix Suns season">Phoenix Suns</a></td> <td>36</td> <td>46</td> <td>.439</td> <td>29 </td></tr> <tr> <th>10 </th> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1986%E2%80%9387_Sacramento_Kings_season" title="1986–87 Sacramento Kings season">Sacramento Kings</a></td> <td>29</td> <td>53</td> <td>.354</td> <td>36 </td></tr> <tr> <th>11 </th> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1986%E2%80%9387_San_Antonio_Spurs_season" title="1986–87 San Antonio Spurs season">San Antonio Spurs</a></td> <td>28</td> <td>54</td> <td>.341</td> <td>37 </td></tr> <tr> <th>12 </th> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1986%E2%80%9387_Los_Angeles_Clippers_season" title="1986–87 Los Angeles Clippers season">Los Angeles Clippers</a></td> <td>12</td> <td>70</td> <td>.146</td> <td>53 </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Notes</b> </p> <ul><li><b>z</b> – Clinched home court advantage for the entire playoffs</li> <li><b>c</b> – Clinched home court advantage for the conference playoffs</li> <li><b>y</b> – Clinched division title</li> <li><b>x</b> – Clinched playoff spot</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Playoffs">Playoffs</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1986%E2%80%9387_NBA_season&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Playoffs"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote 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The numbers to the left of each team indicate the team's seeding in its conference, and the numbers to the right indicate the number of games the team won in that round. The division champions are marked by an asterisk. <a href="/wiki/Home_court_advantage" class="mw-redirect" title="Home court advantage">Home court advantage</a> does not necessarily belong to the higher-seeded team, but instead the team with the better regular season record; teams enjoying the home advantage are shown in italics. </p> <div class="excerpt-block"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1066933788">.mw-parser-output .excerpt-hat .mw-editsection-like{font-style:normal}</style><div class="excerpt"> <table cellpadding="0" style="border-style:none;font-size:90%;border-collapse:separate;border-spacing:0;margin:1em 2em 1em 1em"><tbody><tr><td></td><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0)">First Round </td><td></td><td></td><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0)">Conference Semifinals </td><td></td><td></td><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0)">Conference Finals </td><td></td><td></td><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0)"><a href="/wiki/1987_NBA_Finals" title="1987 NBA Finals">NBA Finals</a> </td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="width:1px"></td><td style="width:25px"> </td><td style="width:150px"> </td><td style="width:25px"> </td><td style="width:5px"></td><td style="width:5px"></td><td style="width:25px"> </td><td style="width:150px"> </td><td style="width:25px"> </td><td style="width:5px"></td><td style="width:5px"></td><td style="width:25px"> </td><td style="width:150px"> </td><td style="width:25px"> </td><td style="width:5px"></td><td style="width:5px"></td><td style="width:25px"> </td><td style="width:150px"> </td><td style="width:25px"> </td><td style="width:1px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><b>E1</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><i><b><a href="/wiki/1986%E2%80%9387_Boston_Celtics_season" title="1986–87 Boston Celtics season">Boston</a></b></i>* </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px"><b>3</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="3" colspan="5" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit"></td><td rowspan="9" colspan="5" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit"></td><td rowspan="21" colspan="5" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">E8 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><a href="/wiki/1986%E2%80%9387_Chicago_Bulls_season" title="1986–87 Chicago Bulls season">Chicago</a> </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">0 </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><b>E1</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><i><b><a href="/wiki/1986%E2%80%9387_Boston_Celtics_season" title="1986–87 Boston Celtics season">Boston</a></b></i>* </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px"><b>4</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="3" style="text-align:center"> </td><td style="border-color:inherit;border-width:0 2px 0 0;border-style:solid"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td style="border-color:inherit;border-width:0 2px 0 0;border-style:solid"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">E4 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><a href="/wiki/1986%E2%80%9387_Milwaukee_Bucks_season" title="1986–87 Milwaukee Bucks season">Milwaukee</a> </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">3 </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><b>E4</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><i><b><a href="/wiki/1986%E2%80%9387_Milwaukee_Bucks_season" title="1986–87 Milwaukee Bucks season">Milwaukee</a></b></i> </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px"><b>3</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="3" colspan="5" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">E5 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><a href="/wiki/1986%E2%80%9387_Philadelphia_76ers_season" title="1986–87 Philadelphia 76ers season">Philadelphia</a> </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">2 </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><b>E1</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><i><b><a href="/wiki/1986%E2%80%9387_Boston_Celtics_season" title="1986–87 Boston Celtics season">Boston</a></b></i>* </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px"><b>4</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="8" style="text-align:center"><b><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Conference_(NBA)" title="Eastern Conference (NBA)">Eastern Conference</a></b> </td><td style="border-color:inherit;border-width:0 2px 0 0;border-style:solid"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td style="border-color:inherit;border-width:0 2px 0 0;border-style:solid"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">E3 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><a href="/wiki/1986%E2%80%9387_Detroit_Pistons_season" title="1986–87 Detroit Pistons season">Detroit</a> </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">3 </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><b>E3</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><i><b><a href="/wiki/1986%E2%80%9387_Detroit_Pistons_season" title="1986–87 Detroit Pistons season">Detroit</a></b></i> </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px"><b>3</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="3" colspan="5" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="9" colspan="5" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">E6 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><a href="/wiki/1986%E2%80%9387_Washington_Bullets_season" title="1986–87 Washington Bullets season">Washington</a> </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">0 </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><b>E3</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><b><a href="/wiki/1986%E2%80%9387_Detroit_Pistons_season" title="1986–87 Detroit Pistons season">Detroit</a></b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px"><b>4</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="3" style="text-align:center"> </td><td style="border-color:inherit;border-width:0 2px 0 0;border-style:solid"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td style="border-color:inherit;border-width:0 2px 0 0;border-style:solid"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">E2 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><i><a href="/wiki/1986%E2%80%9387_Atlanta_Hawks_season" title="1986–87 Atlanta Hawks season">Atlanta</a></i>* </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">1 </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><b>E2</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><i><b><a href="/wiki/1986%E2%80%9387_Atlanta_Hawks_season" title="1986–87 Atlanta Hawks season">Atlanta</a></b></i>* </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px"><b>3</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="3" colspan="5" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">E7 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><a href="/wiki/1986%E2%80%9387_Indiana_Pacers_season" title="1986–87 Indiana Pacers season">Indiana</a> </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">1 </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">E1 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><a href="/wiki/1986%E2%80%9387_Boston_Celtics_season" title="1986–87 Boston Celtics season">Boston</a>* </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">2 </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="13" style="text-align:center"> </td><td style="border-color:inherit;border-width:0 2px 0 0;border-style:solid"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td style="border-color:inherit;border-width:0 2px 0 0;border-style:solid"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><b>W1</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><i><b><a href="/wiki/1986%E2%80%9387_Los_Angeles_Lakers_season" title="1986–87 Los Angeles Lakers season">LA Lakers</a></b></i>* </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px"><b>4</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><b>W1</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><i><b><a href="/wiki/1986%E2%80%9387_Los_Angeles_Lakers_season" title="1986–87 Los Angeles Lakers season">LA Lakers</a></b></i>* </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px"><b>3</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="3" colspan="5" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit"></td><td rowspan="9" colspan="5" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="20" colspan="5" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">W8 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><a href="/wiki/1986%E2%80%9387_Denver_Nuggets_season" title="1986–87 Denver Nuggets season">Denver</a> </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">0 </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><b>W1</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><i><b><a href="/wiki/1986%E2%80%9387_Los_Angeles_Lakers_season" title="1986–87 Los Angeles Lakers season">LA Lakers</a></b></i>* </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px"><b>4</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="3" style="text-align:center"> </td><td style="border-color:inherit;border-width:0 2px 0 0;border-style:solid"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td style="border-color:inherit;border-width:0 2px 0 0;border-style:solid"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">W5 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><a href="/wiki/1986%E2%80%9387_Golden_State_Warriors_season" title="1986–87 Golden State Warriors season">Golden State</a> </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">1 </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">W4 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><i><a href="/wiki/1986%E2%80%9387_Utah_Jazz_season" title="1986–87 Utah Jazz season">Utah</a></i> </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">2 </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="3" colspan="5" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><b>W5</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><b><a href="/wiki/1986%E2%80%9387_Golden_State_Warriors_season" title="1986–87 Golden State Warriors season">Golden State</a></b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px"><b>3</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><b>W1</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><i><b><a href="/wiki/1986%E2%80%9387_Los_Angeles_Lakers_season" title="1986–87 Los Angeles Lakers season">LA Lakers</a></b></i>* </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px"><b>4</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="8" style="text-align:center"><b><a href="/wiki/Western_Conference_(NBA)" title="Western Conference (NBA)">Western Conference</a></b> </td><td style="border-color:inherit;border-width:0 2px 0 0;border-style:solid"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td style="border-color:inherit;border-width:0 2px 0 0;border-style:solid"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">W7 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><a href="/wiki/1986%E2%80%9387_Seattle_SuperSonics_season" title="1986–87 Seattle SuperSonics season">Seattle</a> </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">0 </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">W3 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><i><a href="/wiki/1986%E2%80%9387_Portland_Trail_Blazers_season" title="1986–87 Portland Trail Blazers season">Portland</a></i> </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">1 </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="3" colspan="5" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="8" colspan="5" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><b>W6</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><b><a href="/wiki/1986%E2%80%9387_Houston_Rockets_season" title="1986–87 Houston Rockets season">Houston</a></b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px"><b>3</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">W6 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><i><a href="/wiki/1986%E2%80%9387_Houston_Rockets_season" title="1986–87 Houston Rockets season">Houston</a></i> </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">2 </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="3" style="text-align:center"> </td><td style="border-color:inherit;border-width:0 2px 0 0;border-style:solid"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td style="border-color:inherit;border-width:0 2px 0 0;border-style:solid"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><b>W7</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><b><a href="/wiki/1986%E2%80%9387_Seattle_SuperSonics_season" title="1986–87 Seattle SuperSonics season">Seattle</a></b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px"><b>4</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">W2 </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><i><a href="/wiki/1986%E2%80%9387_Dallas_Mavericks_season" title="1986–87 Dallas Mavericks season">Dallas</a></i>* </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">1 </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="5" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><b>W7</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><b><a href="/wiki/1986%E2%80%9387_Seattle_SuperSonics_season" title="1986–87 Seattle SuperSonics season">Seattle</a></b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px"><b>3</b> </td><td style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px"></td></tr></tbody></table><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li>* Division winner</li><li><b>Bold</b> Series winner</li><li><i>Italic</i> Team with home-court advantage</li></ul></div></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Statistics_leaders">Statistics leaders</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1986%E2%80%9387_NBA_season&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Statistics leaders"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"> <caption> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Category</th> <th>Player</th> <th>Team</th> <th>Stat </th></tr> <tr> <td>Points per game</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Michael_Jordan" title="Michael Jordan">Michael Jordan</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chicago_Bulls" title="Chicago Bulls">Chicago Bulls</a></td> <td>37.1 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Rebounds per game</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Charles_Barkley" title="Charles Barkley">Charles Barkley</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_76ers" title="Philadelphia 76ers">Philadelphia 76ers</a></td> <td>14.6 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Assists per game</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Magic_Johnson" title="Magic Johnson">Magic Johnson</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Lakers" title="Los Angeles Lakers">Los Angeles Lakers</a></td> <td>12.2 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Steals per game</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Alvin_Robertson" title="Alvin Robertson">Alvin Robertson</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/San_Antonio_Spurs" title="San Antonio Spurs">San Antonio Spurs</a></td> <td>3.21 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Blocks per game</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mark_Eaton" title="Mark Eaton">Mark Eaton</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Utah_Jazz" title="Utah Jazz">Utah Jazz</a></td> <td>4.06 </td></tr> <tr> <td>FG%</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kevin_McHale_(basketball)" title="Kevin McHale (basketball)">Kevin McHale</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Boston_Celtics" title="Boston Celtics">Boston Celtics</a></td> <td>.604 </td></tr> <tr> <td>FT%</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Larry_Bird" title="Larry Bird">Larry Bird</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Boston_Celtics" title="Boston Celtics">Boston Celtics</a></td> <td>.910 </td></tr> <tr> <td>3FG%</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kiki_Vandeweghe" class="mw-redirect" title="Kiki Vandeweghe">Kiki Vandeweghe</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Portland_Trail_Blazers" title="Portland Trail Blazers">Portland Trail Blazers</a></td> <td>.481 </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="NBA_awards">NBA awards</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1986%E2%80%9387_NBA_season&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: NBA awards"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Yearly_awards">Yearly awards</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1986%E2%80%9387_NBA_season&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Yearly awards"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><b>Most Valuable Player:</b> <a href="/wiki/Magic_Johnson" title="Magic Johnson">Magic Johnson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Lakers" title="Los Angeles Lakers">Los Angeles Lakers</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Rookie_of_the_Year_(award)" title="Rookie of the Year (award)">Rookie of the Year</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Chuck_Person" title="Chuck Person">Chuck Person</a>, <a href="/wiki/Indiana_Pacers" title="Indiana Pacers">Indiana Pacers</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/NBA_Defensive_Player_of_the_Year_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award">Defensive Player of the Year</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Michael_Cooper" title="Michael Cooper">Michael Cooper</a>, <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Lakers" title="Los Angeles Lakers">Los Angeles Lakers</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Sixth_Man_of_the_Year" class="mw-redirect" title="Sixth Man of the Year">Sixth Man of the Year</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Ricky_Pierce" title="Ricky Pierce">Ricky Pierce</a>, <a href="/wiki/Milwaukee_Bucks" title="Milwaukee Bucks">Milwaukee Bucks</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/NBA_Most_Improved_Player_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="NBA Most Improved Player Award">Most Improved Player</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Dale_Ellis" title="Dale Ellis">Dale Ellis</a>, <a href="/wiki/Seattle_SuperSonics" title="Seattle SuperSonics">Seattle SuperSonics</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/NBA_Coach_of_the_Year_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="NBA Coach of the Year Award">Coach of the Year</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Mike_Schuler" title="Mike Schuler">Mike Schuler</a>, <a href="/wiki/Portland_Trail_Blazers" title="Portland Trail Blazers">Portland Trail Blazers</a></li></ul> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1216972533">.mw-parser-output .col-begin{border-collapse:collapse;padding:0;color:inherit;width:100%;border:0;margin:0}.mw-parser-output .col-begin-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .col-break{vertical-align:top;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .col-break-2{width:50%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-3{width:33.3%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-4{width:25%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-5{width:20%}@media(max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .col-begin,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody>tr,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody>tr>td{display:block!important;width:100%!important}.mw-parser-output .col-break{padding-left:0!important}}</style><div> <table class="col-begin" role="presentation" style="width: 66%;"> <tbody><tr> <td class="col-break" style="width: 33%;"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/All-NBA_First_Team" class="mw-redirect" title="All-NBA First Team">All-NBA First Team</a>:</b> <ul><li>F – <a href="/wiki/Larry_Bird" title="Larry Bird">Larry Bird</a>, <a href="/wiki/Boston_Celtics" title="Boston Celtics">Boston Celtics</a></li> <li>F – <a href="/wiki/Kevin_McHale_(basketball)" title="Kevin McHale (basketball)">Kevin McHale</a>, <a href="/wiki/Boston_Celtics" title="Boston Celtics">Boston Celtics</a></li> <li>C – <a href="/wiki/Hakeem_Olajuwon" title="Hakeem Olajuwon">Akeem Olajuwon</a>, <a href="/wiki/Houston_Rockets" title="Houston Rockets">Houston Rockets</a></li> <li>G – <a href="/wiki/Michael_Jordan" title="Michael Jordan">Michael Jordan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Bulls" title="Chicago Bulls">Chicago Bulls</a></li> <li>G – <a href="/wiki/Magic_Johnson" title="Magic Johnson">Magic Johnson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Lakers" title="Los Angeles Lakers">Los Angeles Lakers</a></li></ul></li></ul> </td> <td class="col-break" style="width: 33%;"> <ul><li><b>All-NBA Second Team:</b> <ul><li>F – <a href="/wiki/Dominique_Wilkins" title="Dominique Wilkins">Dominique Wilkins</a>, <a href="/wiki/Atlanta_Hawks" title="Atlanta Hawks">Atlanta Hawks</a></li> <li>F – <a href="/wiki/Charles_Barkley" title="Charles Barkley">Charles Barkley</a>, <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_76ers" title="Philadelphia 76ers">Philadelphia 76ers</a></li> <li>C – <a href="/wiki/Moses_Malone" title="Moses Malone">Moses Malone</a>, <a href="/wiki/Washington_Bullets" class="mw-redirect" title="Washington Bullets">Washington Bullets</a></li> <li>G – <a href="/wiki/Isiah_Thomas" title="Isiah Thomas">Isiah Thomas</a>, <a href="/wiki/Detroit_Pistons" title="Detroit Pistons">Detroit Pistons</a></li> <li>G – <a href="/wiki/Fat_Lever" title="Fat Lever">Fat Lever</a>, <a href="/wiki/Denver_Nuggets" title="Denver Nuggets">Denver Nuggets</a></li></ul></li></ul> <p>  </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1216972533"><div> <table class="col-begin" role="presentation" style="width: 33%;"> <tbody><tr> <td class="col-break" style="width: 33%;"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/All-NBA_Rookie_Team" class="mw-redirect" title="All-NBA Rookie Team">All-NBA Rookie Team</a>:</b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/John_%22Hot_Rod%22_Williams" title="John "Hot Rod" Williams">John "Hot Rod" Williams</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Cavaliers" title="Cleveland Cavaliers">Cleveland Cavaliers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roy_Tarpley" title="Roy Tarpley">Roy Tarpley</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dallas_Mavericks" title="Dallas Mavericks">Dallas Mavericks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chuck_Person" title="Chuck Person">Chuck Person</a>, <a href="/wiki/Indiana_Pacers" title="Indiana Pacers">Indiana Pacers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brad_Daugherty_(basketball)" title="Brad Daugherty (basketball)">Brad Daugherty</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Cavaliers" title="Cleveland Cavaliers">Cleveland Cavaliers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ron_Harper" title="Ron Harper">Ron Harper</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Cavaliers" title="Cleveland Cavaliers">Cleveland Cavaliers</a></li></ul></li></ul> <p>  </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1216972533"><div> <table class="col-begin" role="presentation" style="width: 66%;"> <tbody><tr> <td class="col-break" style="width: 33%;"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/NBA_All-Defensive_First_Team" class="mw-redirect" title="NBA All-Defensive First Team">NBA All-Defensive First Team</a>:</b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kevin_McHale_(basketball)" title="Kevin McHale (basketball)">Kevin McHale</a>, <a href="/wiki/Boston_Celtics" title="Boston Celtics">Boston Celtics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Cooper" title="Michael Cooper">Michael Cooper</a>, <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Lakers" title="Los Angeles Lakers">Los Angeles Lakers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hakeem_Olajuwon" title="Hakeem Olajuwon">Akeem Olajuwon</a>, <a href="/wiki/Houston_Rockets" title="Houston Rockets">Houston Rockets</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alvin_Robertson" title="Alvin Robertson">Alvin Robertson</a>, <a href="/wiki/San_Antonio_Spurs" title="San Antonio Spurs">San Antonio Spurs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dennis_Johnson" title="Dennis Johnson">Dennis Johnson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Boston_Celtics" title="Boston Celtics">Boston Celtics</a></li></ul></li></ul> </td> <td class="col-break" style="width: 33%;"> <ul><li><b>NBA All-Defensive Second Team:</b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Pressey" title="Paul Pressey">Paul Pressey</a>, <a href="/wiki/Milwaukee_Bucks" title="Milwaukee Bucks">Milwaukee Bucks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rodney_McCray_(basketball)" title="Rodney McCray (basketball)">Rodney McCray</a>, <a href="/wiki/Houston_Rockets" title="Houston Rockets">Houston Rockets</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mark_Eaton" title="Mark Eaton">Mark Eaton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Utah_Jazz" title="Utah Jazz">Utah Jazz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maurice_Cheeks" title="Maurice Cheeks">Maurice Cheeks</a>, <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_76ers" title="Philadelphia 76ers">Philadelphia 76ers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Derek_Harper" title="Derek Harper">Derek Harper</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dallas_Mavericks" title="Dallas Mavericks">Dallas Mavericks</a></li></ul></li></ul> <p>  </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Player_of_the_week">Player of the week</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1986%E2%80%9387_NBA_season&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Player of the week"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The following players were named NBA Player of the Week. </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Week </th> <th>Player </th></tr> <tr> <td align="center">October 31 – November 9 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Michael_Jordan" title="Michael Jordan">Michael Jordan</a> (<a href="/wiki/Chicago_Bulls" title="Chicago Bulls">Chicago Bulls</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">November 10 – November 16 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Robert_Parish" title="Robert Parish">Robert Parish</a> (<a href="/wiki/Boston_Celtics" title="Boston Celtics">Boston Celtics</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">November 17 – November 23 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Alvin_Robertson" title="Alvin Robertson">Alvin Robertson</a> (<a href="/wiki/San_Antonio_Spurs" title="San Antonio Spurs">San Antonio Spurs</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">November 24 – November 30 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hot_Rod_Williams" class="mw-redirect" title="Hot Rod Williams">Hot Rod Williams</a> (<a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Cavaliers" title="Cleveland Cavaliers">Cleveland Cavaliers</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">December 1 – December 7 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tom_Chambers_(basketball)" title="Tom Chambers (basketball)">Tom Chambers</a> (<a href="/wiki/Seattle_SuperSonics" title="Seattle SuperSonics">Seattle SuperSonics</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">December 8 – December 14 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dominique_Wilkins" title="Dominique Wilkins">Dominique Wilkins</a> (<a href="/wiki/Atlanta_Hawks" title="Atlanta Hawks">Atlanta Hawks</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">December 15 – December 21 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Magic_Johnson" title="Magic Johnson">Magic Johnson</a> (<a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Lakers" title="Los Angeles Lakers">Los Angeles Lakers</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">December 22 – December 28 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Patrick_Ewing" title="Patrick Ewing">Patrick Ewing</a> (<a href="/wiki/New_York_Knicks" title="New York Knicks">New York Knicks</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">December 29 – January 4 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Larry_Bird" title="Larry Bird">Larry Bird</a> (<a href="/wiki/Boston_Celtics" title="Boston Celtics">Boston Celtics</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">January 5 – January 11 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Isiah_Thomas" title="Isiah Thomas">Isiah Thomas</a> (<a href="/wiki/Detroit_Pistons" title="Detroit Pistons">Detroit Pistons</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">January 12 – January 19 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Otis_Thorpe" title="Otis Thorpe">Otis Thorpe</a> (<a href="/wiki/Sacramento_Kings" title="Sacramento Kings">Sacramento Kings</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">January 20 – January 26 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Alex_English" title="Alex English">Alex English</a> (<a href="/wiki/Denver_Nuggets" title="Denver Nuggets">Denver Nuggets</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">January 27 – February 1 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Fat_Lever" title="Fat Lever">Fat Lever</a> (<a href="/wiki/Denver_Nuggets" title="Denver Nuggets">Denver Nuggets</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">February 2 – February 15 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Magic_Johnson" title="Magic Johnson">Magic Johnson</a> (<a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Lakers" title="Los Angeles Lakers">Los Angeles Lakers</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">February 16 – February 22 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Moses_Malone" title="Moses Malone">Moses Malone</a> (<a href="/wiki/Washington_Bullets" class="mw-redirect" title="Washington Bullets">Washington Bullets</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">February 23 – March 1 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Michael_Jordan" title="Michael Jordan">Michael Jordan</a> (<a href="/wiki/Chicago_Bulls" title="Chicago Bulls">Chicago Bulls</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">March 2 – March 8 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Magic_Johnson" title="Magic Johnson">Magic Johnson</a> (<a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Lakers" title="Los Angeles Lakers">Los Angeles Lakers</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">March 9 – March 15 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Karl_Malone" title="Karl Malone">Karl Malone</a> (<a href="/wiki/Utah_Jazz" title="Utah Jazz">Utah Jazz</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">March 16 – March 22 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Magic_Johnson" title="Magic Johnson">Magic Johnson</a> (<a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Lakers" title="Los Angeles Lakers">Los Angeles Lakers</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">March 23 – March 29 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Larry_Smith_(basketball,_born_1958)" title="Larry Smith (basketball, born 1958)">Larry Smith</a> (<a href="/wiki/Golden_State_Warriors" title="Golden State Warriors">Golden State Warriors</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">March 30 – April 5 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Magic_Johnson" title="Magic Johnson">Magic Johnson</a> (<a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Lakers" title="Los Angeles Lakers">Los Angeles Lakers</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">April 6 – April 12 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Michael_Jordan" title="Michael Jordan">Michael Jordan</a> (<a href="/wiki/Chicago_Bulls" title="Chicago Bulls">Chicago Bulls</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">April 13 – April 15 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Julius_Erving" title="Julius Erving">Julius Erving</a> (<a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_76ers" title="Philadelphia 76ers">Philadelphia 76ers</a>) </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Player_of_the_month">Player of the month</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1986%E2%80%9387_NBA_season&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Player of the month"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The following players were named NBA Player of the Month. </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Month </th> <th>Player </th></tr> <tr> <td align="center">November </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Michael_Jordan" title="Michael Jordan">Michael Jordan</a> (<a href="/wiki/Chicago_Bulls" title="Chicago Bulls">Chicago Bulls</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">December </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Magic_Johnson" title="Magic Johnson">Magic Johnson</a> (<a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Lakers" title="Los Angeles Lakers">Los Angeles Lakers</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">January </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Charles_Barkley" title="Charles Barkley">Charles Barkley</a> (<a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_76ers" title="Philadelphia 76ers">Philadelphia 76ers</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">February </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Michael_Jordan" title="Michael Jordan">Michael Jordan</a> (<a href="/wiki/Chicago_Bulls" title="Chicago Bulls">Chicago Bulls</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">March </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Magic_Johnson" title="Magic Johnson">Magic Johnson</a> (<a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Lakers" title="Los Angeles Lakers">Los Angeles Lakers</a>) </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Rookie_of_the_month">Rookie of the month</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1986%E2%80%9387_NBA_season&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Rookie of the month"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The following players were named NBA Rookie of the Month. </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Month </th> <th>Rookie </th></tr> <tr> <td align="center">November </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chuck_Person" title="Chuck Person">Chuck Person</a> (<a href="/wiki/Indiana_Pacers" title="Indiana Pacers">Indiana Pacers</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">December </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ron_Harper" title="Ron Harper">Ron Harper</a> (<a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Cavaliers" title="Cleveland Cavaliers">Cleveland Cavaliers</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">January </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ron_Harper" title="Ron Harper">Ron Harper</a> (<a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Cavaliers" title="Cleveland Cavaliers">Cleveland Cavaliers</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">February </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chuck_Person" title="Chuck Person">Chuck Person</a> (<a href="/wiki/Indiana_Pacers" title="Indiana Pacers">Indiana Pacers</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">March </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Brad_Daugherty_(basketball)" title="Brad Daugherty (basketball)">Brad Daugherty</a> (<a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Cavaliers" title="Cleveland Cavaliers">Cleveland Cavaliers</a>) </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Coach_of_the_month">Coach of the month</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1986%E2%80%9387_NBA_season&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Coach of the month"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The following coaches were named NBA Coach of the Month. </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Month </th> <th>Coach </th></tr> <tr> <td align="center">November </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pat_Riley" title="Pat Riley">Pat Riley</a> (<a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Lakers" title="Los Angeles Lakers">Los Angeles Lakers</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">December </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Frank_Layden" title="Frank Layden">Frank Layden</a> (<a href="/wiki/Utah_Jazz" title="Utah Jazz">Utah Jazz</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">January </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bill_Fitch" title="Bill Fitch">Bill Fitch</a> (<a href="/wiki/Houston_Rockets" title="Houston Rockets">Houston Rockets</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">February </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mike_Schuler" title="Mike Schuler">Mike Schuler</a> (<a href="/wiki/Portland_Trail_Blazers" title="Portland Trail Blazers">Portland Trail Blazers</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">March </td> <td><a href="/wiki/George_Karl" title="George Karl">George Karl</a> (<a href="/wiki/Golden_State_Warriors" title="Golden State Warriors">Golden State Warriors</a>) </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1986%E2%80%9387_NBA_season&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_NBA_regular_season_records" title="List of NBA regular season records">List of NBA regular season records</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a 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style="width:1%">1940s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><table style="width:100%;padding:0"><tbody><tr> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1946%E2%80%9347_BAA_season" title="1946–47 BAA season">1946–47</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1947%E2%80%9348_BAA_season" title="1947–48 BAA season">1947–48</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1948%E2%80%9349_BAA_season" title="1948–49 BAA season">1948–49</a> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1950s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><table style="width:100%;padding:0"><tbody><tr> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1949%E2%80%9350_NBA_season" title="1949–50 NBA season">1949–50</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1950%E2%80%9351_NBA_season" title="1950–51 NBA season">1950–51</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1951%E2%80%9352_NBA_season" title="1951–52 NBA season">1951–52</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1952%E2%80%9353_NBA_season" title="1952–53 NBA season">1952–53</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1953%E2%80%9354_NBA_season" title="1953–54 NBA season">1953–54</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1954%E2%80%9355_NBA_season" title="1954–55 NBA season">1954–55</a> </td> <td 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title="1960–61 NBA season">1960–61</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1961%E2%80%9362_NBA_season" title="1961–62 NBA season">1961–62</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1962%E2%80%9363_NBA_season" title="1962–63 NBA season">1962–63</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1963%E2%80%9364_NBA_season" title="1963–64 NBA season">1963–64</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1964%E2%80%9365_NBA_season" title="1964–65 NBA season">1964–65</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1965%E2%80%9366_NBA_season" title="1965–66 NBA season">1965–66</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1966%E2%80%9367_NBA_season" title="1966–67 NBA season">1966–67</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a href="/wiki/1967%E2%80%9368_NBA_season" title="1967–68 NBA season">1967–68</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"> <a 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