1984–85 Washington Bullets season

The 1984–85 NBA season was the Bullets 24th season in the NBA and their 12th season in the city of Washington, D.C.[1]

1984–85 Washington Bullets season
Head coachGene Shue
ArenaCapital Centre
Results
Record40–42 (.488)
PlaceDivision: 4th (Atlantic)
Conference: 6th (Eastern)
Playoff finishEast First Round
(eliminated 1-3)
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
TelevisionWDCA
Home Team Sports
RadioWTOP

Draft picks
Main article: 1984 NBA draft
Round Pick Player Position Nationality College
16Melvin TurpinC United StatesKentucky
234Tony Costner United StatesSt. Joseph's
244Fred Reynolds United StatesTexas El-Paso
353Ricky Ross United StatesTulsa
476Jim GrandholmPF United StatesSouth Florida
599Cohn Irish United StatesBowling Green State
6122Blaise Bugajeski United StatesIllinois Wesleyan
7145Tim Garrett United StatesNew Mexico
8168Darryl Odom United StatesWest Virginia Wesleyan
9190Mike Emanuel United StatesNorth Carolina-Pembroke
10212Glynn Myrick United StatesStetson

Roster
Roster listing
Washington Bullets roster
Players Coaches
Pos.No.NameHeightWeightDOB (YYYY-MM-DD)From
F 42 Ballard, Greg 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Oregon
SG 22 Bradley, Dudley 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 195 lb (88 kg) North Carolina
PG 15 Johnson, Frank 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Wake Forest
PF 44 Mahorn, Rick 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 240 lb (109 kg) Hampton
G 24 Malone, Jeff 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Mississippi State
C 54 McMillen, Tom 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Maryland
F 4 Robinson, Cliff 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Southern California
C 43 Ruland, Jeff 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 240 lb (109 kg) Iona (NY)
G 1 Williams, Gus 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Southern California
Head coach
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured

Regular season

Season standings
Atlantic Division W L PCT GB Home Road Div
y-Boston Celtics 6319.768–35–628–1319–5
x-Philadelphia 76ers 5824.707534–724–1715–9
x-New Jersey Nets 4240.5122127–1415–2613–11
x-Washington Bullets 4042.4882328–1312–2911–13
New York Knicks 2458.2933919–225–362–22
# Eastern Conference
Team W L PCT GB
1 z-Boston Celtics6319.768–
2 y-Milwaukee Bucks5923.7204
3 x-Philadelphia 76ers5824.7075
4 x-Detroit Pistons4636.56117
5 x-New Jersey Nets4240.51221
6 x-Washington Bullets4042.48823
7 x-Chicago Bulls3844.46325
8 x-Cleveland Cavaliers3646.43927
9 Atlanta Hawks3448.41529
10 New York Knicks2458.29339
11 Indiana Pacers2260.26841


Notes

  • z, y – division champions
  • x – clinched playoff spot

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
Total: 40–42 (Home: 28–13; Road: 12–29)
October: 2–2 (Home: 1–1; Road: 1–1)
November: 9–5 (Home: 6–2; Road: 3–3)
December: 8–6 (Home: 7–1; Road: 1–5)
January: 8–6 (Home: 5–1; Road: 3–5)
February: 3–9 (Home: 1–3; Road: 2–6)
March: 7–8 (Home: 5–4; Road: 2–4)
April: 3–5 (Home: 3–1; Road: 0–4)
1984–85 schedule

Playoffs
1985 playoff game log
First round: 1–3 (Home: 1–1; Road: 0–2)
1985 schedule

Playoffs

East First Round

(3) Philadelphia 76ers vs. (6) Washington Bullets: 76ers win series 3-1

  • Game 1 @ The Spectrum, Philadelphia (April 17): Philadelphia 104, Washington 97
  • Game 2 @ The Spectrum, Philadelphia (April 21): Philadelphia 113, Washington 94
  • Game 3 @ Capital Centre, Landover (April 24): Washington 118, Philadelphia 100
  • Game 4 @ Capital Centre, Landover (April 26): Philadelphia 106, Washington 98

Last Playoff Meeting: 1980 Eastern Conference First Round (Philadelphia won 2-0)

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

References
  1. 1984-85 Washington Bullets

See also
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