| Record: | 59 - 23 Season Stats |
| Coach: | KC Jones |
| Finish: | 1st Atlantic Div |
| Playoffs: | Lost in NBA Finals 4-2 to the Los Angeles Lakers |
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| Total | Home | Away | OT | |
| 59 - 23 | 39 - 2 | 20 - 21 | 2 - 3 |
| Opponent | Score | W - L | Streak | ||||
| 10/31/1986 | Washington Bullets | 120 - 102 | 1 - 0 | W 1 | |||
| 11/1/1986 | @ | Milwaukee Bucks | 105 - 111 | 1 - 1 | L 1 | ||
| 11/5/1986 | Indiana Pacers | 133 - 102 | 2 - 1 | W 1 | |||
| 11/7/1986 | @ | Washington Bullets | 88 - 86 | 3 - 1 | W 2 | ||
| 11/11/1986 | @ | New Jersey Nets | 110 - 114 | 3 - 2 | L 1 | ||
| 11/12/1986 | Milwaukee Bucks | 124 - 116 | 4 - 2 | W 1 | |||
| 11/14/1986 | @ | Chicago Bulls | 110 - 98 | 5 - 2 | W 2 | ||
| 11/15/1986 | @ | Detroit Pistons | 118 - 111 | 6 - 2 | W 3 | ||
| 11/19/1986 | Atlanta Hawks | 111 - 107 | 7 - 2 | W 4 | |||
| 11/21/1986 | Golden State Warriors | 135 - 120 | 8 - 2 | W 5 | |||
| 11/22/1986 | @ | Atlanta Hawks | 96 - 97 | 8 - 3 | L 1 | ||
| 11/25/1986 | @ | Philadelphia 76ers | 100 - 102 | 8 - 4 | L 2 | ||
| 11/26/1986 | New York Knicks | 101 - 90 | 9 - 4 | W 1 | |||
| 11/28/1986 | San Antonio Spurs | 111 - 96 | 10 - 4 | W 2 | |||
| 12/2/1986 | Washington Bullets | 109 - 117 | 10 - 5 | L 1 | |||
| 12/3/1986 | Denver Nuggets | 119 - 113 | 11 - 5 | W 1 | |||
| 12/5/1986 | Philadelphia 76ers | 108 - 106 | 12 - 5 | W 2 | |||
| 12/6/1986 | @ | Cleveland Cavaliers | 86 - 88 | 12 - 6 | L 1 | ||
| 12/10/1986 | New Jersey Nets | 108 - 98 | 13 - 6 | W 1 | |||
| 12/12/1986 | Los Angeles Lakers | 110 - 117 | 13 - 7 | L 1 | |||
| 12/13/1986 | @ | Washington Bullets | 105 - 98 | 14 - 7 | W 1 | ||
| 12/16/1986 | @ | New York Knicks | 107 - 96 | 15 - 7 | W 2 | ||
| 12/17/1986 | Indiana Pacers | 113 - 101 | 16 - 7 | W 3 | |||
| 12/19/1986 | @ | Philadelphia 76ers | 100 - 122 | 16 - 8 | L 1 | ||
| 12/20/1986 | @ | Milwaukee Bucks | 100 - 120 | 16 - 9 | L 2 | ||
| 12/26/1986 | @ | Phoenix Suns | 122 - 112 | 17 - 9 | W 1 | ||
| 12/27/1986 | @ | Los Angeles Clippers | 114 - 101 | 18 - 9 | W 2 | ||
| 12/29/1986 | @ | Sacramento Kings | 119 - 102 | 19 - 9 | W 3 | ||
| 12/30/1986 | @ | Seattle Supersonics | 104 - 102 | 20 - 9 | W 4 | ||
| 1/2/1987 | Chicago Bulls | 113 - 99 | 21 - 9 | W 5 | |||
| 1/7/1987 | Milwaukee Bucks | 119 - 92 | 22 - 9 | W 6 | |||
| 1/9/1987 | Sacramento Kings | 109 - 99 | 23 - 9 | W 7 | |||
| 1/10/1987 | @ | Detroit Pistons | 101 - 118 | 23 - 10 | L 1 | ||
| 1/13/1987 | @ | New Jersey Nets | 123 - 117 | 24 - 10 | W 1 | ||
| 1/14/1987 | Dallas Mavericks | 117 - 108 | 25 - 10 | W 2 | |||
| 1/16/1987 | Cleveland Cavaliers | 133 - 128 | OT | 26 - 10 | W 3 | ||
| 1/18/1987 | Houston Rockets | 122 - 99 | 27 - 10 | W 4 | |||
| 1/19/1987 | @ | New York Knicks | 109 - 111 | 27 - 11 | L 1 | ||
| 1/21/1987 | Indiana Pacers | 130 - 100 | 28 - 11 | W 1 | |||
| 1/23/1987 | Atlanta Hawks | 126 - 106 | 29 - 11 | W 2 | |||
| 1/25/1987 | Philadelphia 76ers | 111 - 96 | 30 - 11 | W 3 | |||
| 1/27/1987 | @ | Chicago Bulls | 105 - 97 | 31 - 11 | W 4 | ||
| 1/28/1987 | Chicago Bulls | 132 - 103 | 32 - 11 | W 5 | |||
| 1/30/1987 | @ | Indiana Pacers | 100 - 94 | 33 - 11 | W 6 | ||
| 2/3/1987 | @ | Atlanta Hawks | 123 - 126 | OT | 33 - 12 | L 1 | |
| 2/4/1987 | Cleveland Cavaliers | 104 - 102 | 34 - 12 | W 1 | |||
| 2/10/1987 | @ | Denver Nuggets | 119 - 105 | 35 - 12 | W 2 | ||
| 2/12/1987 | @ | Golden State Warriors | 134 - 112 | 36 - 12 | W 3 | ||
| 2/13/1987 | @ | Portland Trailblazers | 131 - 116 | 37 - 12 | W 4 | ||
| 2/15/1987 | @ | Los Angeles Lakers | 103 - 106 | 37 - 13 | L 1 | ||
| 2/16/1987 | @ | Utah Jazz | 89 - 109 | 37 - 14 | L 2 | ||
| 2/18/1987 | @ | Dallas Mavericks | 113 - 96 | 38 - 14 | W 1 | ||
| 2/19/1987 | @ | Houston Rockets | 99 - 92 | 39 - 14 | W 2 | ||
| 2/21/1987 | @ | San Antonio Spurs | 121 - 113 | 40 - 14 | W 3 | ||
| 2/23/1987 | New Jersey Nets | 116 - 103 | 41 - 14 | W 4 | |||
| 2/25/1987 | Portland Trailblazers | 122 - 116 | 42 - 14 | W 5 | |||
| 2/27/1987 | @ | Atlanta Hawks | 105 - 115 | 42 - 15 | L 1 | ||
| 3/1/1987 | Detroit Pistons | 112 - 102 | 43 - 15 | W 1 | |||
| 3/4/1987 | Utah Jazz | 123 - 105 | 44 - 15 | W 2 | |||
| 3/6/1987 | Los Angeles Clippers | 132 - 111 | 45 - 15 | W 3 | |||
| 3/8/1987 | @ | Detroit Pistons | 119 - 122 | OT | 45 - 16 | L 1 | |
| 3/11/1987 | Phoenix Suns | 118 - 109 | 46 - 16 | W 1 | |||
| 3/13/1987 | @ | Indiana Pacers | 109 - 116 | 46 - 17 | L 1 | ||
| 3/15/1987 | New York Knicks | 113 - 104 | 47 - 17 | W 1 | |||
| 3/17/1987 | @ | Milwaukee Bucks | 115 - 123 | 47 - 18 | L 1 | ||
| 3/18/1987 | Milwaukee Bucks | 120 - 102 | 48 - 18 | W 1 | |||
| 3/20/1987 | Seattle Supersonics | 112 - 108 | 49 - 18 | W 2 | |||
| 3/22/1987 | New Jersey Nets | 116 - 104 | 50 - 18 | W 3 | |||
| 3/24/1987 | Cleveland Cavaliers | 111 - 88 | 51 - 18 | W 4 | |||
| 3/26/1987 | @ | Washington Bullets | 103 - 106 | 51 - 19 | L 1 | ||
| 3/27/1987 | @ | Chicago Bulls | 111 - 106 | 52 - 19 | W 1 | ||
| 3/29/1987 | Philadelphia 76ers | 118 - 100 | 53 - 19 | W 2 | |||
| 3/31/1987 | @ | New York Knicks | 120 - 128 | 53 - 20 | L 1 | ||
| 4/1/1987 | Washington Bullets | 103 - 86 | 54 - 20 | W 1 | |||
| 4/3/1987 | Detroit Pistons | 119 - 115 | OT | 55 - 20 | W 2 | ||
| 4/5/1987 | @ | Philadelphia 76ers | 104 - 106 | OT | 55 - 21 | L 1 | |
| 4/7/1987 | @ | Cleveland Cavaliers | 83 - 107 | 55 - 22 | L 2 | ||
| 4/10/1987 | @ | New Jersey Nets | 108 - 117 | 55 - 23 | L 3 | ||
| 4/12/1987 | New York Knicks | 119 - 107 | 56 - 23 | W 1 | |||
| 4/15/1987 | @ | Indiana Pacers | 108 - 85 | 57 - 23 | W 2 | ||
| 4/17/1987 | Chicago Bulls | 108 - 105 | 58 - 23 | W 3 | |||
| 4/19/1987 | Atlanta Hawks | 118 - 107 | 59 - 23 | W 4 |
| Opponent | Score | W - L | Streak | ||||
| 4/23/1987 | Chicago Bulls | 108 - 104 | 1 - 0 | W 1 | |||
| 4/26/1987 | Chicago Bulls | 105 - 96 | 2 - 0 | W 2 | |||
| 4/28/1987 | @ | Chicago Bulls | 105 - 94 | 3 - 0 | W 3 | ||
| 5/5/1987 | Milwaukee Bucks | 111 - 98 | 4 - 0 | W 4 | |||
| 5/6/1987 | Milwaukee Bucks | 126 - 124 | 5 - 0 | W 5 | |||
| 5/8/1987 | @ | Milwaukee Bucks | 121 - 126 | OT | 5 - 1 | L 1 | |
| 5/10/1987 | @ | Milwaukee Bucks | 138 - 137 | 2OT | 6 - 1 | W 1 | |
| 5/13/1987 | Milwaukee Bucks | 124 - 129 | 6 - 2 | L 1 | |||
| 5/15/1987 | @ | Milwaukee Bucks | 111 - 121 | 6 - 3 | L 2 | ||
| 5/17/1987 | Milwaukee Bucks | 119 - 113 | 7 - 3 | W 1 | |||
| 5/19/1987 | Detroit Pistons | 104 - 91 | 8 - 3 | W 2 | |||
| 5/21/1987 | Detroit Pistons | 110 - 101 | 9 - 3 | W 3 | |||
| 5/23/1987 | @ | Detroit Pistons | 104 - 122 | 9 - 4 | L 1 | ||
| 5/24/1987 | @ | Detroit Pistons | 119 - 145 | 9 - 5 | L 2 | ||
| 5/26/1987 | Detroit Pistons | 108 - 107 | 10 - 5 | W 1 | |||
| 5/28/1987 | @ | Detroit Pistons | 105 - 113 | 10 - 6 | L 1 | ||
| 5/30/1987 | Detroit Pistons | 117 - 114 | 11 - 6 | W 1 | |||
| 6/2/1987 | @ | Los Angeles Lakers | 113 - 126 | 11 - 7 | L 1 | ||
| 6/4/1987 | @ | Los Angeles Lakers | 122 - 141 | 11 - 8 | L 2 | ||
| 6/7/1987 | Los Angeles Lakers | 109 - 103 | 12 - 8 | W 1 | |||
| 6/9/1987 | Los Angeles Lakers | 106 - 107 | 12 - 9 | L 1 | |||
| 6/11/1987 | Los Angeles Lakers | 123 - 108 | 13 - 9 | W 1 | |||
| 6/14/1987 | @ | Los Angeles Lakers | 93 - 106 | 13 - 10 | L 1 |