1984–85 San Antonio Spurs season

1984–85 San Antonio Spurs season
Head coach Cotton Fitzsimmons
Arena HemisFair Arena
Results
Record 4141 (.500)
Place Division: 5th (Midwest)
Conference: 7th (Western)
Playoff finish West First Round
(eliminated 2-3)

Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
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The 1984-85 NBA season was the Spurs' 9th season in the NBA, the 12th in San Antonio, and the 18th season as a franchise.[1]

Draft picks

Round Pick Player Position Nationality College
1 7 Alvin Robertson SG  United States Arkansas
3 57 Joe Binion F  United States North Carolina A&T State
4 78 John Devereaux  United States Ohio
4 90 Ozell Jones PF/C  United States California State-Fullerton
5 100 Eric Richardson  United States Alabama
6 124 Dion Brown  United States Louisiana-Lafayette
7 146 Michael Pitts  United States California
8 170 Dan Tarkanian  United States Nevada-Las Vegas
9 191 Melvin Roseboro  United States St. Mary's
10 214 Frank Rodriguez  United States New Mexico State

Regular season

Season standings

Template:1984-85 NBA Midwest standings

# Western Conference
Team W L PCT GB
1 c-Los Angeles Lakers 62 20 .756
2 y-Denver Nuggets 52 30 .634 10
3 x-Houston Rockets 48 34 .585 14
4 x-Dallas Mavericks 44 38 .537 18
5 x-Portland Trail Blazers 42 40 .512 20
6 x-Utah Jazz 41 41 .500 21
7 x-San Antonio Spurs 41 41 .500 21
8 x-Phoenix Suns 36 46 .439 26
9 Seattle SuperSonics 31 51 .378 31
9 Los Angeles Clippers 31 51 .378 31
9 Kansas City Kings 31 51 .378 31
12 Golden State Warriors 22 60 .268 40
z - clinched division title
y - clinched division title
x - clinched playoff spot

Playoffs

West First Round

(2) Denver Nuggets vs. (7) San Antonio Spurs: Nuggets win series 3-2

Last Playoff Meeting: 1983 Western Conference Semifinals (San Antonio won 4-1)

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

Season

Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Gene Banks
Ron Brewer
Jeff Cook
George Gervin
Artis Gilmore
Marc Iavaroni
Edgar Jones
Ozell Jones
Billy Knight
Mark McNamara
Mike Mitchell
Johnny Moore
John Paxson
Fred Roberts
Alvin Robertson
David Thirdkill
Linton Townes

Playoffs

Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Gene Banks
Jeff Cook
George Gervin
Artis Gilmore
Marc Iavaroni
Ozell Jones
Billy Knight
Mike Mitchell
Johnny Moore
John Paxson
David Thirdkill
Linton Townes

References

See also