1986–87 Indiana Pacers season

The 1986–87 NBA season was Indiana's 11th season in the NBA and 20th season as a franchise.[1]

1986–87 Indiana Pacers season
Head coachJack Ramsay
General managerDonnie Walsh
ArenaMarket Square Arena
Results
Record41–41 (.500)
PlaceDivision: 4th (Central)
Conference: 7th (Eastern)
Playoff finishLost to Atlanta Hawks in East First Round (1-3)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
TelevisionWTTV
(Eddie Doucette, Bobby "Slick" Leonard)
RadioWNDE
(Greg Papa)

Offseason

Draft picks
Main article: 1986 NBA Draft

This table only lists picks through the second round.

Round Pick Player Position Nationality College
14Chuck PersonSF United StatesAuburn
226Greg DreilingC United StatesKansas

Roster
Indiana Pacers roster
Players Coaches
Pos.No.NameHeightWeightDOB (YYYY-MM-DD)From
SF 15 Anderson, Ron 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Fresno State
C 54 Dreiling, Greg 7 ft 1 in (2.16 m) 250 lb (113 kg) Kansas
PG 10 Fleming, Vern 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Georgia
C 55 Gray, Stuart 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 235 lb (107 kg) UCLA
PF 33 Kellogg, Clark  6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 225 lb (102 kg) Ohio State
SG 25 Long, John 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Detroit
G 44 Macy, Kyle 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Kentucky
SF 45 Person, Chuck 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Auburn
SG 4 Richardson, Clint 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Seattle
PG 31 Russell, Walker 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Western Michigan
C 40 Stipanovich, Steve 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 245 lb (111 kg) Missouri
PF 23 Tisdale, Wayman 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 240 lb (109 kg) Oklahoma
PF 32 Williams, Herb 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 242 lb (110 kg) Ohio State
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured

Regular season

Season standings
Central Division W L PCT GB Home Road Div
y-Atlanta Hawks 5725.695–35–622–1917–13
x-Detroit Pistons 5230.634532–920–2117–13
x-Milwaukee Bucks 5032.610732–918–2317–13
x-Indiana Pacers 4141.5001628–1313–2813–16
x-Chicago Bulls 4042.4881729–1211–3017–12
Cleveland Cavaliers 3151.3782625–166–358–22
# Eastern Conference
Team W L PCT GB
1 c-Boston Celtics5923.720–
2 y-Atlanta Hawks5725.6952
3 x-Detroit Pistons5230.6347
4 x-Milwaukee Bucks5032.6109
5 x-Philadelphia 76ers4537.54914
6 x-Washington Bullets4240.51217
7 x-Indiana Pacers4141.50018
8 x-Chicago Bulls4042.48819
9 Cleveland Cavaliers3151.37828
10 New Jersey Nets2458.29335
11 New York Knicks2458.29335


z - clinched division title
y - clinched division title
x - clinched playoff spot

Record vs. opponents
1986-87 NBA Records
Team ATL BOS CHI CLE DAL DEN DET GSW HOU IND LAC LAL MIL NJN NYK PHI PHO POR SAC SAS SEA UTA WAS
Atlanta —3–34–24–22–02–03–31–11–13–32–01–13–35–05–13–31–11–12–02–02–02–05–0
Boston 3–3—6–03–22–02–03–22–02–05–12–00–23–34–24–23–32–02–02–02–02–01–14–2
Chicago 2–40–6—5–11–11–13–30–20–23–22–00–24–23–24–23–31–11–11–11–12–00–23–3
Cleveland 2–42–31–5—0–21–11–51–10–23–32–00–21–54–24–12–41–11–11–11–11–10–22–4
Dallas 0–20–21–12–0—4–21–15–03–30–25–03–22–02–02–02–03–22–35–14–25–03–31–1
Denver 0–20–21–11–12–4—0–24–13–31–12–30–51–12–02–00–23–23–22–45–12–32–41–1
Detroit 3–32–33–35–11–12–0—1–11–13–32–01–13–35–16–05–01–10–21–11–12–01–13–3
Golden State 1–10–22–01–10–51–41–1—4–10–26–02–40–22–02–01–11–54–24–14–14–22–30–2
Houston 1–10–22–02–03–33–31–11–4—2–04–11–40–21–11–10–23–22–35–15–11–43–31–1
Indiana 3–31–52–33–32–01–13–32–00–2—2–00–22–45–13–22–41–10–21–12–01–11–14–2
L.A. Clippers 0–20–20–20–20–53–20–20–61–40–2—0–60–21–10–20–21–50–61–41–42–42–30–2
L.A. Lakers 1–12–02–02–02–35–01–14–24–12–06–0—1–12–02–02–05–15–15–04–14–23–21–1
Milwaukee 3–33–32–45–10–21–13–32–02–04–22–01–1—4–24–22–32–00–22–01–12–01–14–1
New Jersey 0–52–42–32–40–20–21–50–21–11–51–10–22–4—5–13–31–10–20–20–20–21–12–4
New York 1–52–42–41–40–20–20–60–21–12–32–00–22–41–5—3–31–10–22–01–10–21–12–4
Philadelphia 3–33–33–34–20–22–00–51–12–04–22–00–23–23–33–3—1–12–02–01–12–01–13–3
Phoenix 1–10–21–11–12–32–31–15–12–31–15–11–50–21–11–11–1—2–42–32–31–54–10–2
Portland 1–10–21–11–13–22–32–02–43–22–06–01–52–02–02–00–24–2—3–24–14–23–21–1
Sacramento 0–20–21–11–11–54–21–11–41–51–14–10–50–22–00–20–23–22–3—3–32–31–51–1
San Antonio 0–20–21–11–12–41–51–11–41–50–24–11–41–12–01–11–13–21–43–3—1–42–40–2
Seattle 0–20–20–21–10–53–20–22–44–11–14–22–40–22–02–00–25–12–43–24–1—3–21–1
Utah 0–21–12–02–03–34–21–13–23–31–13–22–31–11–11–11–11–42–35–14–22–3—1–1
Washington 0–52–43–34–21–11–13–32–01–12–42–01–11–44–24–23–32–01–11–12–01–11–1—

Playoffs
1987 playoff game log
First Round: 1–3 (Home: 1–1; Road: 0–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Series
1 April 24 @ Atlanta L 94–110 Steve Stipanovich (22) Steve Stipanovich (13) Vern Fleming (6) Omni Coliseum
16,522		 0–1
2 April 26 @ Atlanta L 93–94 Chuck Person (24) Herb Williams (8) Williams, Fleming (4) Omni Coliseum
16,522		 0–2
3 April 29 Atlanta W 96–87 Chuck Person (23) Chuck Person (17) Chuck Person (7) Market Square Arena
12,303		 1–2
4 May 1 Atlanta L 97–101 Chuck Person (40) Vern Fleming (11) Vern Fleming (8) Market Square Arena
14,039		 1–3
1987 schedule

Player statistics
Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game

Season
Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Chuck Person 82 78 36.0 46.8 35.5 74.7 8.3 3.6 1.1 0.2 18.8
John Long 80 68 28.3 41.9 28.4 89.0 2.7 3.2 1.2 0.1 15.2
Herb Williams 74 67 34.1 48.0 0.0 74.0 7.3 2.4 0.8 1.3 14.9
Wayman Tisdale 81 15 26.7 51.3 0.0 70.9 5.9 1.4 0.6 0.3 14.5
Steve Stipanovich 81 81 34.1 50.3 25.0 83.7 8.3 2.2 1.3 1.2 13.2
Vern Fleming 82 82 31.1 50.9 20.0 78.8 4.1 5.8 1.3 0.2 12.0
Clint Richardson 78 14 17.9 46.7 35.3 79.7 1.8 3.1 0.6 0.1 6.4
Ron Anderson 63 0 11.4 47.3 0.0 78.7 2.4 0.9 0.5 0.0 5.8
Clark Kellogg 4 4 15.0 36.4 50.0 75.0 2.8 1.5 1.3 0.0 5.0
Kyle Macy 76 0 16.4 48.1 30.4 82.9 1.5 2.6 0.8 0.1 4.9
Michael Brooks 10 0 14.8 35.1 0.0 70.0 2.8 1.1 0.9 0.0 3.3
Walker Russell 48 0 10.6 38.8 12.5 73.0 1.1 2.7 0.4 0.1 3.3
Pete Verhoeven 5 0 8.8 35.7 0.0 0.0 1.4 0.4 0.4 0.2 2.0
Stuart Gray 55 1 8.3 40.6 0.0 71.8 2.3 0.5 0.2 0.5 2.0
Greg Dreiling 24 0 5.3 43.2 0.0 83.3 1.8 0.3 0.1 0.1 1.8

Playoffs
Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Chuck Person 4 4 39.8 51.4 25.0 76.9 8.3 5.0 1.3 0.5 27.0
Steve Stipanovich 4 4 37.3 55.3 0.0 68.4 7.5 0.8 0.8 0.5 13.8
Wayman Tisdale 4 0 27.0 61.3 0.0 56.5 4.0 2.3 0.3 0.0 12.8
Vern Fleming 4 4 35.3 36.1 0.0 76.7 6.5 6.0 1.0 0.3 12.3
Herb Williams 4 4 33.5 58.8 0.0 53.8 5.0 1.8 0.0 0.3 11.8
John Long 4 4 27.3 30.8 16.7 84.6 1.5 2.3 1.5 0.0 11.0
Clint Richardson 4 0 18.3 58.3 0.0 50.0 2.5 2.0 0.0 0.0 4.0
Kyle Macy 4 0 12.3 33.3 0.0 0.0 0.8 1.3 0.3 0.0 1.0
Ron Anderson 4 0 6.0 50.0 0.0 0.0 0.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0
Stuart Gray 3 0 4.7 0.0 0.0 50.0 2.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.7

Player Statistics Citation:[2]

Awards and records

References
  1. "1986-87 Indiana Pacers Roster and Stats". Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved 2021-11-16.
  2. "1986-87 Indiana Pacers Roster and Stats". Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved 2021-07-25.

See also
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