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

Round Pick Player Position Nationality College 1 7 Roy Tarpley PF/C Michigan 2 25 Mark Price PG Georgia Tech 2 35 Milt Wagner SG/PG Louisville 3 62 Anthony Welch Illinois 4 85 Myron Jackson G Arkansas-Little Rock 5 108 Jay Bilas Duke 6 131 Cadillac Anderson PF/C Lamar 7 154 Kim Cooksey Middle Tennessee State

Roster

Regular season

Season standings

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

Game log

Playoffs

|- 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

Player statistics

Ragular season PlayerC82 82 3,028 973 63 51 136 889 36.9 11.9 .8 .6 1.7 10.8PG82 6 1,582 114 373 63 10 577 19.3 1.4 4.5 .8 .1 7.0SF 81 5 1,711 303 161 50 16 756 21.1 3.7 2.0 .6 .2 9.3SG 80 80 2,758 278 266 64 21 1,676 34.5 3.5 3.3 .8 .3 21.0PF 80 80 2,687 616 146 109 77 1,186 33.6 7.7 1.8 1.4 1.0 14.8SF 80 80 2,663 427 254 84 30 2,056 33.3 5.3 3.2 1.1 .4 25.7PG 77 76 2,556 199 609 167 25 1,230 33.2 2.6 7.9 2.2 .3 16.0PF 75 1 1,405 533 52 56 79 561 18.7 7.1 .7 .7 1.1 7.5C 58 0 560 129 24 13 10 157 9.7 2.2 .4 .2 .2 2.7SG 54 0 657 94 34 19 11 358 12.2 1.7 .6 .4 .2 6.6C 30 0 160 36 13 4 9 53 5.3 1.2 .4 .1 .3 1.8PG 25 0 91 8 16 7 0 57 3.6 .3 .6 .3 .0 2.3PG 8 0 22 3 6 1 0 11 2.8 .4 .8 .1 .0 1.4

Playoffs PlayerSG4 4 153 14 17 2 0 94 38.3 3.5 4.3 .5 .0 23.5PF4 4 133 34 5 4 1 68 33.3 8.5 1.3 1.0 .3 17.0SF4 4 130 24 8 8 0 85 32.5 6.0 2.0 2.0 .0 21.3PG4 4 123 12 27 7 0 66 30.8 3.0 6.8 1.8 .0 16.5PF4 1 114 42 1 1 7 53 28.5 10.5 .3 .3 1.8 13.3SF4 0 97 12 6 3 2 31 24.3 3.0 1.5 .8 .5 7.8PG4 0 75 9 17 0 0 33 18.8 2.3 4.3 .0 .0 8.3C4 0 47 10 4 0 3 15 11.8 2.5 1.0 .0 .8 3.8C 3 3 68 17 2 1 3 16 22.7 5.7 .7 .3 1.0 5.3C 1 0 10 3 0 1 1 3 10.0 3.0 .0 1.0 1.0 3.0PG 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