NBA
1986-87 Season
Champions: Los Angeles Lakers (4-2)
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The 1986-87 NBA season featured 23 teams across 1014 recorded games. Los Angeles Lakers posted the league's best record at 65-17. Los Angeles Lakers won the championship, defeating Boston Celtics 4-2 in the Finals. Magic Johnson was named Finals MVP; Magic Johnson took the regular-season MVP award.
Final Standings
Western Conference
- Los Angeles Lakers 🏆 65-17 0.793
- Dallas Mavericks 55-27 0.671
- Portland Trail Blazers 49-33 0.598
- Utah Jazz 44-38 0.537
- Houston Rockets 42-40 0.512
- Golden State Warriors 42-40 0.512
- Seattle SuperSonics 39-43 0.476
- Denver Nuggets 37-45 0.451
- Phoenix Suns 36-46 0.439
- Sacramento Kings 29-53 0.354
- San Antonio Spurs 28-54 0.341
- Los Angeles Clippers 12-70 0.146
Eastern Conference
- Boston Celtics 59-23 0.720
- Atlanta Hawks 57-25 0.695
- Detroit Pistons 52-30 0.634
- Milwaukee Bucks 50-32 0.610
- Philadelphia 76ers 45-37 0.549
- Washington Bullets 42-40 0.512
- Indiana Pacers 41-41 0.500
- Chicago Bulls 40-42 0.488
- Cleveland Cavaliers 31-51 0.378
- New York Knicks 24-58 0.293
- New Jersey Nets 24-58 0.293
Season Leaders
Scoring
- 1 Michael Jordan CHI 37.1 PPG
- 2 Dominique Wilkins ATL 29.0 PPG
- 3 Alex English DEN 28.6 PPG
- 4 Larry Bird BOS 28.1 PPG
- 5 Kiki Vandeweghe POR 26.9 PPG
Rebounding
- 1 Charles Barkley PHI 14.6 RPG
- 2 Charles Oakley CHI 13.1 RPG
- 3 Buck Williams NJN 12.5 RPG
- 4 James Donaldson DAL 11.9 RPG
- 5 Bill Laimbeer DET 11.6 RPG
Assists
- 1 Magic Johnson LAL 12.2 APG
- 2 Sleepy Floyd GSW 10.3 APG
- 3 Doc Rivers ATL 10.0 APG
- 4 Isiah Thomas DET 10.0 APG
- 5 Terry Porter POR 8.9 APG
1986 Draft — Top Picks
- #1 Brad Daugherty Cleveland Cavaliers
- #2 Len Bias Boston Celtics
- #3 Chris Washburn Golden State Warriors