1986–87 Dallas Mavericks season

NBA professional basketball team season March 2026 August 2023 Dallas Mavericks 1987 yes 55 27 Midwest 1 2 Dick Motta Norm Sonju Don Carter Reunion Arena First round(lost to SuperSonics 1–3) DAL The 1986–87 Dallas Mavericks season was the Mavericks' 7th season in the NBA.1986-87 Dallas Mavericks After winning Game 1 in a high-scoring affair, the underdog Seattle SuperSonics took the next three games, ending the Mavericks season. The season saw the team draft Roy Tarpley and Mark Price. However, Price would be traded to the Cleveland Cavaliers after refusing to report to Dallas. Draft picks 1986 NBA draft Round Pick Player Position Nationality College 1 7 Roy Tarpley PF/C United States Michigan 2 25 Mark Price PG United States Georgia Tech 2 35 Milt Wagner SG/PG United States Louisville 3 62 Anthony Welch United States Illinois 4 85 Myron Jackson G United States Arkansas-Little Rock 5 108 Jay Bilas United States Duke 6 131 Cadillac Anderson PF/C United States Lamar 7 154 Kim Cooksey United States Middle Tennessee State Roster Dallas Mavericks 1986–87 #FFFFFF; #048234; #042F8C; #FFFFFF; 24 Mark Aguirre SF 6 6 232 1959-12-10 DePaul 33 Uwe Blab C 7 1 252 1962-03-26 Indiana 22 Rolando Blackman SG 6 6 190 1959-02-26 Kansas State 15 Brad Davis basketball PG 6 3 180 1955-12-17 Maryland 40 James Donaldson basketball C 7 2 275 1957-08-16 Washington State 12 Derek Harper PG 6 4 185 1961-10-13 Illinois 21 Dennis Nutt PG 6 2 170 1963-03-25 TCU 44 Sam Perkins PF 6 9 239 1961-06-14 North Carolina 32 Detlef Schrempf SF 6 9 214 1963-01-21 Washington 42 Roy Tarpley PF 6 11 230 1964-11-28 Michigan 23 Bill Wennington C 7 0 245 1963-12-26 St. John's 4 Al Wood SG 6 6 193 1958-06-02 North Carolina Dick Motta Richie Adubato https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/DAL/1987.html December 30, 1986 Regular season Season standings DAL DAL z – clinched division title y – clinched division title x – clinched playoff spot Game log Dallas Mavericks 1987 #042F8C white Total: 55–27 (home: 0–0; road: 0–0) Dallas Mavericks October yes #048234 white 0 0 0 0 Dallas Mavericks November #048234 white 0 0 0 0 Dallas Mavericks December #048234 white 0 0 0 0 Dallas Mavericks January #048234 white 0 0 0 0 Dallas Mavericks February #048234 white 0 0 0 0 Dallas Mavericks March #048234 white 0 0 0 0 Dallas Mavericks April #048234 white 0 0 0 0 DAL 1987 Playoffs Dallas Mavericks 1987 yes #042F8C white Dallas Mavericks First Round no yes yes #048234 white 1 1 0 2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 1 | April 23 | Seattle | W 151–129 | Mark Aguirre (28) | Roy Tarpley (11) | Brad Davis (9) | Reunion Arena17,007 | 1–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 2 | April 25 | Seattle | L 110–112 | Mark Aguirre (28) | Roy Tarpley (8) | Derek Harper (8) | Reunion Arena17,007 | 1–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 3 | April 28 | @ Seattle | L 107–117 | Derek Harper (30) | Sam Perkins (11) | Derek Harper (8) | Hec Edmundson Pavilion8,150 | 1–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 4 | April 30 | @ Seattle | L 98–124 | Rolando Blackman (25) | Roy Tarpley (17) | Derek Harper (5) | Hec Edmundson Pavilion8,150 | 1–3 |- DAL 1987 yes Player statistics Ragular season Player POS Position GP Games played GS Games starter MP Minutes played REB Rebounds AST Assists STL Steals BLK Blocks PTS Points MPG Minutes per game RPG Rebounds per game APG Assists per game SPG Steals per game BPG Blocks per game PPG Points per gameJames Donaldson basketballC82 82 3,028 973 63 51 136 889 36.9 11.9 .8 .6 1.7 10.8Brad Davis basketballPG82 6 1,582 114 373 63 10 577 19.3 1.4 4.5 .8 .1 7.0Detlef SchrempfSF 81 5 1,711 303 161 50 16 756 21.1 3.7 2.0 .6 .2 9.3Rolando BlackmanSG 80 80 2,758 278 266 64 21 1,676 34.5 3.5 3.3 .8 .3 21.0Sam PerkinsPF 80 80 2,687 616 146 109 77 1,186 33.6 7.7 1.8 1.4 1.0 14.8Mark AguirreSF 80 80 2,663 427 254 84 30 2,056 33.3 5.3 3.2 1.1 .4 25.7Derek HarperPG 77 76 2,556 199 609 167 25 1,230 33.2 2.6 7.9 2.2 .3 16.0Roy TarpleyPF 75 1 1,405 533 52 56 79 561 18.7 7.1 .7 .7 1.1 7.5Bill WenningtonC 58 0 560 129 24 13 10 157 9.7 2.2 .4 .2 .2 2.7Al WoodSG 54 0 657 94 34 19 11 358 12.2 1.7 .6 .4 .2 6.6Uwe BlabC 30 0 160 36 13 4 9 53 5.3 1.2 .4 .1 .3 1.8Dennis NuttPG 25 0 91 8 16 7 0 57 3.6 .3 .6 .3 .0 2.3Myron JacksonPG 8 0 22 3 6 1 0 11 2.8 .4 .8 .1 .0 1.4 Playoffs Player POS Position GP Games played GS Games starter MP Minutes played REB Rebounds AST Assists STL Steals BLK Blocks PTS Points MPG Minutes per game RPG Rebounds per game APG Assists per game SPG Steals per game BPG Blocks per game PPG Points per gameRolando BlackmanSG4 4 153 14 17 2 0 94 38.3 3.5 4.3 .5 .0 23.5Sam PerkinsPF4 4 133 34 5 4 1 68 33.3 8.5 1.3 1.0 .3 17.0Mark AguirreSF4 4 130 24 8 8 0 85 32.5 6.0 2.0 2.0 .0 21.3Derek HarperPG4 4 123 12 27 7 0 66 30.8 3.0 6.8 1.8 .0 16.5Roy TarpleyPF4 1 114 42 1 1 7 53 28.5 10.5 .3 .3 1.8 13.3Detlef SchrempfSF4 0 97 12 6 3 2 31 24.3 3.0 1.5 .8 .5 7.8Brad Davis basketballPG4 0 75 9 17 0 0 33 18.8 2.3 4.3 .0 .0 8.3Bill WenningtonC4 0 47 10 4 0 3 15 11.8 2.5 1.0 .0 .8 3.8James Donaldson basketballC 3 3 68 17 2 1 3 16 22.7 5.7 .7 .3 1.0 5.3Uwe BlabC 1 0 10 3 0 1 1 3 10.0 3.0 .0 1.0 1.0 3.0Dennis NuttPG 1 0 10 2 1 0 0 2 10.0 2.0 1.0 .0 .0 2.0 Awards and records Derek Harper, NBA All-Defensive Second Team Roy Tarpley, NBA All-Rookie Team 1st Team Rolando Blackman, NBA All-Star Game Mark Aguirre, NBA All-Star Game References See also 1986–87 NBA season Category:Dallas Mavericks seasons Dallas Dallas Dallas