1985–86 Los Angeles Lakers season

1985–86 Los Angeles Lakers season
Pacific Division Champions
Head coach Pat Riley
Owner(s) Jerry Buss
Arena The Forum
Results
Record 62–20 (.756)
Place Division: 1st (Pacific)
Conference: 1st (Western)
Playoff finish West Finals
(Eliminated 1–4)
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television Prime Ticket, KHJ
Radio AM 570 KLAC
Los Angeles Lakers seasons
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Contents

Offseason

NBA Draft

The 1985 NBA Draft took place on June 18, 1985. It was also the first NBA Draft of the "Lottery" era. The lottery was put into place so teams did not have to intentionally lose games to receive the number one pick.

Round Pick Player Position Nationality School/Club Team
1 23 A. C. Green Forward  United States Oregon State

Regular season

Season standings

Pacific Division W L PCT GB Home Road Div
y-Los Angeles Lakers 62 20 .756 – 35–6 27–14 23–7
x-Portland Trail Blazers 40 42 .488 22 27–14 13–28 18–12
Phoenix Suns 32 50 .390 30 23–18 9–32 16–14
Los Angeles Clippers 32 50 .390 30 22–19 10–31 10–20
Seattle SuperSonics 31 51 .378 31 24–17 7–34 11–19
Golden State Warriors 30 52 .366 32 24–17 6–35 12–18

Player stats

Note: GP= Games played; MPG= Minutes per Game; REB = Rebounds; AST = Assists; STL = Steals; BLK = Blocks; PTS = Points; PPG = Points per Game

Player GP MPG REB AST STL BLK PTS PPG
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 79 33.3 478 280 67 130 1846 23.4
James Worthy 75 32.7 387 201 82 77 1500 20.0
Magic Johnson 72 35.8 426 907 113 16 1354 18.8
Byron Scott 76 28.8 189 164 85 15 1174 15.4
Maurice Lucas 77 22.7 566 84 45 24 785 10.2
Michael Cooper 82 27.7 244 466 89 43 758 9.2
Mike McGee 71 17.1 140 83 53 7 587 8.3
A.C. Green 82 18.8 381 54 49 49 521 6.4
Kurt Rambis 74 21.3 517 69 66 33 408 5.5
Mitch Kupchak 55 14.2 191 17 12 7 332 6.0
Larry Spriggs 43 11.0 81 49 18 9 214 5.0
Ronnie Lester 27 8.2 10 54 9 3 67 2.5
Pétur Guðmundsson 8 16.0 38 3 3 4 58 7.3
Chuck Nevitt 4 6.3 7 2 2 2 10 2.5
Jerome Henderson 1 3.0 1 0 0 0 4 4.0

Playoffs

Award winners

References

1985 NBA Draft • All-Star Game • Playoffs • Finals • Transactions
Eastern
Boston • New Jersey • New York • Philadelphia • Washington
Atlanta • Chicago • Cleveland • Detroit • Indiana • Milwaukee
Western
Dallas • Denver • Houston • Sacramento • San Antonio • Utah
Golden State • L.A. Clippers • L.A. Lakers • Phoenix • Portland • Seattle
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