1986–87 Los Angeles Clippers season

1986–87 Los Angeles Clippers season
Head coach Don Chaney
Arena Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena
Results
Record 12–70 (.146)
Place Division: 6th (Pacific)
Conference: 12th (Western)
Playoff finish DNQ
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television Prime Ticket, KTLA
Radio KLAC
< 1985–86 1987–88 >

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
3 54 Dwayne Polee G  United States Pepperdine
4 78 John Brownlee C  United States Texas
5 100 Steffond Johnson F  United States San Diego State
6 124 Tim Kempton F  United States Notre Dame
7 146 Johnny Brown G  United States New Mexico

Roster

Los Angeles Clippers 1986-87 roster
Players Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Ht. Wt. From
C 00 United States Benjamin, Benoit style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 250 lb (113 kg) Creighton
F/C 44 United States Cage, Michael style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 235 lb (107 kg) San Diego State
F 25 United States Cureton, Earl style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Detroit
G 20 United States Dailey, Quintin style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 180 lb (82 kg) San Francisco
G 2 United States Drew, Larry style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Missouri
G 54 United States Fields, Kenny style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 240 lb (109 kg) UCLA
G 4 United States Gordon, Lancaster style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Louisville
G 15 United States Huston, Geoff (waived) style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Texas Tech
F 8 United States Johnson, Marques style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 224 lb (102 kg) UCLA
F 31 United States Johnson, Steffond style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 240 lb (109 kg) San Diego State
F/C 41 United States Kempton, Tim style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 245 lb (111 kg) Notre Dame
F 19 United States Maxwell, Cedric style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 225 lb (102 kg) UNC Charlotte
C 40 United States Nimphius, Kurt (to DET) style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 225 lb (102 kg) Arizona State
G 10 United States Nixon, Norm style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Duquesne
G 12 United States Polee, Dwayne (waived) style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Pepperdine
G 1 United States Valentine, Darnell style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 183 lb (83 kg) Kansas
F 22 United States White, Rory style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 215 lb (98 kg) South Alabama
G 42 United States Woodson, Mike style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 198 lb (90 kg) Indiana
Head coach


Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured

Regular season

Season standings

Pacific Division W L PCT GB Home Road Div
y-Los Angeles Lakers 65 17 .793 – 37–4 28–13 24–6
x-Portland Trail Blazers 49 33 .598 16 34–7 15–26 17–13
x-Golden State Warriors 42 40 .512 23 25–16 17–24 17–13
x-Seattle SuperSonics 39 43 .476 26 25–16 14–27 15–15
Phoenix Suns 36 46 .439 29 26–15 10–31 14–16
Los Angeles Clippers 12 70 .146 53 9–32 3–38 3–27
# Western Conference
Team W L PCT GB
1 z-Los Angeles Lakers 65 17 .793 –
2 y-Dallas Mavericks 55 27 .671 10
3 x-Portland Trail Blazers 49 33 .598 16
4 x-Utah Jazz 44 38 .537 21
5 x-Golden State Warriors 42 40 .512 23
6 x-Houston Rockets 42 40 .512 23
7 x-Seattle SuperSonics 39 43 .476 26
8 x-Denver Nuggets 37 45 .451 28
9 Phoenix Suns 36 46 .439 29
10 Sacramento Kings 29 53 .354 36
11 San Antonio Spurs 28 54 .341 37
12 Los Angeles Clippers 12 70 .146 53
z - clinched division title
y - clinched division title
x - clinched playoff spot

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
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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

References

  1. ↑ 1986-87 Los Angeles Clippers
  2. ↑ "Worst NBA Teams Ever". ESPN. Retrieved 2013-05-13.