1986–87 Los Angeles Clippers season
Head coachDon Chaney
General managerElgin Baylor
Owner(s)Donald Sterling
ArenaLos Angeles Memorial Sports Arena
Results
Record12–70 (.146)
PlaceDivision: 6th (Pacific)
Conference: 12th (Western)
Playoff finishDid not qualify
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
TelevisionKTLA
(Dave Diles, Norm Nixon)
RadioKLAC
(Ralph Lawler, Norm Nixon, Pete Arbogast)

The 1986–87 Los Angeles Clippers season was their 17th season in the NBA, their 3rd in Los Angeles.[1] The Clippers finished 12–70 (.146), the worst winning percentage in team history.[2]

Draft picks

Round Pick Player Position Nationality College
354Dwayne PoleeG United StatesPepperdine
478John BrownleeC United StatesTexas
5100Steffond JohnsonF United StatesSan Diego State
6124Tim KemptonF United StatesNotre Dame
7146Johnny BrownG United StatesNew Mexico

Roster

Los Angeles Clippers 1986-87 roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.#Nat.NameHt.Wt.From
C 00 United States Benjamin, Benoit 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 250 lb (113 kg) Creighton
F/C 44 United States Cage, Michael 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 235 lb (107 kg) San Diego State
F 25 United States Cureton, Earl 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Detroit Mercy
G 20 United States Dailey, Quintin 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 180 lb (82 kg) San Francisco
G 2 United States Drew, Larry 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Missouri
G 54 United States Fields, Kenny 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 240 lb (109 kg) UCLA
G 4 United States Gordon, Lancaster 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Louisville
F 8 United States Johnson, Marques 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 224 lb (102 kg) UCLA
F 31 United States Johnson, Steffond 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 240 lb (109 kg) San Diego State
F/C 41 United States Kempton, Tim 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 245 lb (111 kg) Notre Dame
G 10 United States Nixon, Norm 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Duquesne
G 1 United States Valentine, Darnell 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 183 lb (83 kg) Kansas
F 22 United States White, Rory 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 215 lb (98 kg) South Alabama
G 42 United States Woodson, Mike 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 198 lb (90 kg) Indiana
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured Injured

Regular season

Season standings

Pacific Division
 W L PCT GB Home Road Div
y-Los Angeles Lakers 6517.793–37–428–1324–6
x-Portland Trail Blazers 4933.5981634–715–2617–13
x-Golden State Warriors 4240.5122325–1617–2417–13
x-Seattle SuperSonics 3943.4762625–1614–2715–15
Phoenix Suns 3646.4392926–1510–3114–16
Los Angeles Clippers 1270.146539–323–383–27
#
Western Conference
Team W L PCT GB
1 z-Los Angeles Lakers6517.793–
2 y-Dallas Mavericks5527.67110
3 x-Portland Trail Blazers4933.59816
4 x-Utah Jazz4438.53721
5 x-Golden State Warriors4240.51223
6 x-Houston Rockets4240.51223
7 x-Seattle SuperSonics3943.47626
8 x-Denver Nuggets3745.45128
9 Phoenix Suns3646.43929
10 Sacramento Kings2953.35436
11 San Antonio Spurs2854.34137
12 Los Angeles Clippers1270.14653
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—

Game log

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
Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Benoit Benjamin
Michael Cage
Earl Cureton
Quintin Dailey
Larry Drew
Kenny Fields
Lancaster Gordon
Geoff Huston
Marques Johnson
Steffond Johnson
Tim Kempton
Cedric Maxwell
Kurt Nimphius
Dwayne Polee
Darnell Valentine
Rory White
Mike Woodson

Awards and records

Transactions

The Clippers were involved in the following transactions during the 1986–87 season.

Trades

August 19, 1986 To Los Angeles Clippers
 To Sacramento Kings
January 16, 1987 To Los Angeles Clippers
  • 1987 first-round pick and 1989 second or third-round draft pick
 To Houston Rockets
January 29, 1987 To Los Angeles Clippers
  • 1987 first and second-round draft picks
 To Detroit Pistons
February 11, 1987 To Los Angeles Clippers
 To Chicago Bulls
  • 1989 conditional third-round draft pick

Free agents

References

  1. ↑ 1986-87 Los Angeles Clippers
  2. ↑ "Worst NBA Teams Ever". ESPN. Retrieved May 13, 2013.
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