1984–85 Los Angeles Lakers season

The 1984–85 Los Angeles Lakers season was the 39th season of the franchise, 37th in the National Basketball Association (NBA) and 25th in Los Angeles. The Lakers entered the season as runner-ups of the 1984 NBA Finals, where they lost in heartbreaking fashion to the Boston Celtics in seven games, increasing their losing streak to the Celtics in the NBA Finals to 8 consecutive losses.

1984–85 Los Angeles Lakers season
NBA champions
Conference champions
Division champions
Head coachPat Riley
OwnersJerry Buss
ArenaThe Forum
Results
Record62–20 (.756)
PlaceDivision: 1st (Pacific)
Conference: 1st (Western)
Playoff finishNBA Champions
(Defeated Celtics 4–2)
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
TelevisionKHJ-TV
(Chick Hearn, Keith Erickson)
RadioKLAC
(Chick Hearn, Keith Erickson)

In the playoffs, the Lakers swept in the Phoenix Suns in three games in the First Round, then defeated the Portland Trail Blazers in five games in the Semifinals, before defeating the Denver Nuggets in five games in the Conference Finals to advance to the NBA Finals for the fifth time in the 1980s, facing off against the defending NBA champion Boston Celtics in a rematch of last season's NBA Finals. This time, however, the Lakers were able to return to their championship ways and win their ninth NBA championship, avenging their NBA Finals loss and getting revenge on the Celtics, defeating them in six games, and marking the first time the Lakers had defeated the Celtics in the NBA Finals. The Lakers also became the only team to have defeated the Celtics in the NBA Finals while on the road.

NBA Draft
Round Pick Player Position Nationality School/Club Team
1 23 Earl Jones Center  United States District of Columbia

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Transactions

The Lakers have been involved in the following transactions during the 1984–1985 season.

Free Agent Additions
PlayerFormer team
Chuck NevittHouston Rockets
Ronnie LesterChicago Bulls

Roster
Roster listing
Los Angeles Lakers roster
Players Coaches
Pos.No.NameHeightWeightDOB (YYYY-MM-DD)From
C 33 Abdul-Jabbar, Kareem 7 ft 2 in (2.18 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 1947–04–16 UCLA
SG 21 Cooper, Michael 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1956–04–15 New Mexico
PG 32 Johnson, Magic 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1959–08–14 Michigan State
C 1 Jones, Earl 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1961–01–13 Columbia
PF 25 Kupchak, Mitch 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 230 lb (104 kg) 1954–05–24 North Carolina
PG 12 Lester, Ronnie 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1959–01–01 Iowa
C 11 McAdoo, Bob 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1951–09–25 North Carolina
SF 40 McGee, Mike 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1959–07–29 Michigan
C 43 Nevitt, Chuck 7 ft 5 in (2.26 m) 217 lb (98 kg) 1959–06–13 North Carolina State
PF 31 Rambis, Kurt 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 213 lb (97 kg) 1958–02–25 Santa Clara
SG 4 Scott, Byron 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1961–03–28 Arizona State
PF 35 Spriggs, Larry 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 230 lb (104 kg) 1959–09–08 Howard
SF 52 Wilkes, Jamaal 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1953–05–02 UCLA
SF 42 Worthy, James 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 1961–02–27 North Carolina
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • (DL) On assignment to D-League affiliate
  • Injured

Regular season

Season standings
Pacific Division W L PCT GB Home Road Div
y-Los Angeles Lakers 6220.756–36–526–1518–12
x-Portland Trail Blazers 4240.5122033–815–2617–13
x-Phoenix Suns 3646.4392632–910–3114–16
Seattle SuperSonics 3151.3783131–1010–3116–14
Los Angeles Clippers 3151.3783127–1410–3113–17
Golden State Warriors 2260.2684025–165–3612–18
# Western Conference
Team W L PCT GB
1 c-Los Angeles Lakers6220.756–
2 y-Denver Nuggets5230.63410
3 x-Houston Rockets4834.58514
4 x-Dallas Mavericks4438.53718
5 x-Portland Trail Blazers4240.51220
6 x-Utah Jazz4141.50021
7 x-San Antonio Spurs4141.50021
8 x-Phoenix Suns3646.43926
9 Seattle SuperSonics3151.37831
10 Los Angeles Clippers3151.37831
11 Kansas City Kings3151.37831
12 Golden State Warriors2260.26840


Record vs. opponents
1984-85 NBA Records
Team ATL BOS CHI CLE DAL DEN DET GSW HOU IND KCK LAC LAL MIL NJN NYK PHI PHO POR SAS SEA UTA WAS
Atlanta —1–43–33–30–20–21–52–00–26–00–22–00–22–43–33–30–52–00–20–21–12–03–3
Boston 4–1—4–26–02–01–14–22–02–05–12–02–01–11–45–16–03–32–01–12–01–12–05–1
Chicago 3–32–4—2–42–01–13–31–10–22–42–02–01–13–32–44–20–51–11–11–12–00–23–2
Cleveland 3–30–64–2—1–10–21–41–10–24–22–02–00–21–52–33–34–21–11–11–11–11–13–3
Dallas 2–00–20–21–1—2–40–24–12–42–05–13–21–41–11–12–01–12–34–14–25–01–51–1
Denver 2–01–11–12–04–2—0–25–02–42–04–22–32–31–12–01–11–14–14–13–33–24–22–0
Detroit 5–12–43–34–12–02–0—2–01–16–01–11–11–13–31–53–21–52–01–11–11–10–23–3
Golden State 0–20–21–11–11–40–50–2—2–30–22–32–41–50–21–11–10–22–42–41–43–31–41–1
Houston 2–00–22–02–04–24–21–13–2—1–15–12–31–40–21–12–01–14–13–24–23–23–30–2
Indiana 0–61–54–22–40–20–20–62–01–1—1–10–21–11–52–32–41–50–20–21–10–22–01–4
Kansas City 2–00–20–20–21–52–41–13–21–51–1—3–20–50–22–01–11–12–33–22–43–22–41–1
L.A. Clippers 0–20–20–20–22–33–21–14–23–22–02–3—0–60–20–21–10–24–21–52–32–43–21–1
L.A. Lakers 2–01–11–12–04–13–21–15–14–11–15–06–0—1–12–02–01–15–15–13–23–34–11–1
Milwaukee 4–24–13–35–11–11–13–32–02–05–12–02–01–1—3–35–03–31–12–02–02–02–04–2
New Jersey 3–31–54–23–21–10–25–11–11–13–20–22–00–23–3—6–02–41–10–20–22–00–24–2
New York 3–30–62–43–30–21–12–31–10–24–21–11–10–20–50–6—2–40–20–21–12–01–10–6
Philadelphia 5–03–35–02–41–11–15–12–01–15–11–12–01–13–34–24–2—2–02–01–12–02–04–2
Phoenix 0–20–21–11–13–21–40–24–21–42–03–22–41–51–11–12–00–2—3–31–45–13–21–1
Portland 2–01–11–11–11–41–41–14–22–32–02–35–11–50–22–02–00–23–3—3–24–23–21–1
San Antonio 2–00–21–11–12–43–31–14–12–41–14–23–22–30–22–01–11–14–12–3—4–11–50–2
Seattle 1–11–10–21–10–52–31–13–32–32–02–34–23–30–20–20–20–21–52–41–4—3–22–0
Utah 0–20–22–01–15–12–42–04–13–30–24–22–31–40–22–01–10–22–32–35–12–3—1–1
Washington 3–31–52–33–31–10–23–31–12–04–11–11–11–12–42–46–02–41–11–12–00–21–1—

Game log

Regular season
1984–85 Game Log (62–20) (Home: 36–5; Road: 26–15)
October (1–2) (Home: 1–0; Road: 0–2)
November (11–4) (Home: 7–2; Road: 4–2)
December (10–4) (Home: 5–1; Road: 5–3)
January (9–6) (Home: 6–2; Road: 3–4)
February (11–2) (Home: 6–0; Road: 5–2)
March (13–1) (Home: 7–0; Road: 6–1)
April (7–1) (Home: 4–0; Road: 3–1)
1984-85 Schedule

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

Regular season
Los Angeles Lakers statistics
Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 797933.3.599.000.7327.93.20.82.122.0
Magic Johnson 777736.1.561.189.8436.212.61.50.318.3
James Worthy 807633.7.572.000.7766.42.51.10.817.6
Byron Scott 816528.5.539.433.8202.63.01.20.216.0
Bob McAdoo 66019.0.520.000.7534.51.00.30.810.5
Mike McGee 76315.4.538.361.5882.20.90.50.110.2
Michael Cooper 822026.7.465.285.8653.15.21.10.68.6
Jamaal Wilkes 42818.1.488.000.7732.21.00.50.18.3
Larry Spriggs 753217.2.548.000.7673.01.80.60.26.7
Mitch Kupchak 58312.3.504.6593.20.40.30.35.3
Kurt Rambis 824619.7.554.6606.40.81.00.65.2
Ronnie Lester 3218.7.415.000.6770.82.50.50.12.8
Chuck Nevitt 1105.4.294.2501.80.30.01.41.1
Earl Jones 203.5.0000.00.00.00.00.0

Playoffs

West First Round

(1) Los Angeles Lakers vs. (8) Phoenix Suns: Lakers win series 3–0

  • Game 1 @ The Forum, Los Angeles (April 18): Los Angeles 135, Phoenix 88
  • Game 2 @ The Forum, Los Angeles (April 20): Los Angeles 122, Phoenix 94
  • Game 3 @ Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Phoenix (April 23): Los Angeles 114, Phoenix 94

Last Playoff Meeting: 1984 Western Conference Finals (Los Angeles won 4–2)

West Conference Semifinals
A ticket for Game 2 of the Western Conference Semifinals between the Lakers and the Trail Blazers.

(1) Los Angeles Lakers vs. (5) Portland Trail Blazers: Lakers win series 4–1

  • Game 1 @ The Forum, Los Angeles (April 27): Los Angeles 125, Portland 101
  • Game 2 @ The Forum, Los Angeles (April 30): Los Angeles 134, Portland 118
  • Game 3 @ Memorial Coliseum, Portland (May 3): Los Angeles 130, Portland 126
  • Game 4 @ Memorial Coliseum, Portland (May 5): Portland 115, Los Angeles 107
  • Game 5 @ The Forum, Los Angeles (May 7): Los Angeles 139, Portland 120

Last Playoff Meeting: 1983 Western Conference Semifinals (Los Angeles won 4–1)

West Conference Finals

(1) Los Angeles Lakers vs. (2) Denver Nuggets: Lakers win series 4–1

  • Game 1 @ The Forum, Los Angeles (May 11): Los Angeles 139, Denver 122
  • Game 2 @ The Forum, Los Angeles (May 14): Denver 136 , Los Angeles 114
  • Game 3 @ McNichols Sports Arena, Denver (May 17): Los Angeles 136, Denver 118
  • Game 4 @ McNichols Sports Arena, Denver (May 19): Los Angeles 120, Denver 116
  • Game 5 @ The Forum, Los Angeles (May 22): Los Angeles 153, Denver 109

Last Playoff Meeting: 1979 Western Conference First Round (Los Angeles won 2–1)

NBA Finals

The following scoring summary is written in a line score format, except that the quarter numbers are replaced by game numbers.

Team Games Wins
1 2 3 4 5 6
Los Angeles Lakers 1141091361051201114
Boston Celtics 1481021111071111002
1984–85 NBA Playoffs Game Log (15–4) (Home: 9–2; Road: 6–2)
Western Conference First Round vs. (W8) Phoenix Suns – Los Angeles Lakers win series 3–0
Western Conference Semifinals vs. (W5) Portland Trail Blazers – Los Angeles Lakers win series 4–1
Western Conference Finals vs. (W2) Denver Nuggets – Los Angeles Lakers win series 4–1
NBA Finals vs. (E1) Boston Celtics – Los Angeles Lakers win series 4–2
1984-85 Schedule

Awards and records

References
  1. 1984 NBA Draft
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