1984–85 Los Angeles Lakers season

1984–85 Los Angeles Lakers season
NBA Champions
Conference Champions
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	NBA Champions
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television	KHJ
Radio	AM 570 KLAC

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. After the previous seasons heart-breaking game seven road defeat to the Boston Celtics in the finals, the Lakers were able to return to their championship ways and win their ninth NBA championship.

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

Player	Former team
Chuck Nevitt	Houston Rockets
Ronnie Lester	Chicago Bulls

Roster

Depth chart

Pos.	Starter	Bench	Reserve	Inactive
C	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	Bob McAdoo	Chuck Nevitt	Earl Jones
PF	Kurt Rambis	Mitch Kupchak
SF	James Worthy	Larry Spriggs		Jamaal Wilkes
SG	Byron Scott	Mike McGee
PG	Magic Johnson	Michael Cooper	Ronnie Lester

Regular season

Season standings

Pacific Division	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div
y-Los Angeles Lakers	62	20	.756	–	28–13	26–15	18–12
x-Portland Trail Blazers	42	40	.512	20	33–8	15–26	17–13
x-Phoenix Suns	36	46	.439	26	32–9	10–31	14–16
Seattle SuperSonics	31	51	.378	31	31–10	10–31	16–14
Los Angeles Clippers	31	51	.378	31	27–14	10–31	13–17
Golden State Warriors	22	60	.268	40	25–16	5–36	12–18

#	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
10	Los Angeles Clippers	31	51	.378	31
11	Kansas City Kings	31	51	.378	31
12	Golden State Warriors	22	60	.268	40

Player stats

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

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	79	79	33.3	.599	.000	.732	7.9	3.2	0.8	2.1	22.0
Magic Johnson	77	77	36.1	.561	.189	.843	6.2	12.6	1.5	0.3	18.3
James Worthy	80	76	33.7	.572	.000	.776	6.4	2.5	1.1	0.8	17.6
Byron Scott	81	65	28.5	.539	.433	.820	2.6	3.0	1.2	0.2	16.0
Bob McAdoo	66	0	19.0	.520	.000	.753	4.5	1.0	0.3	0.8	10.5
Mike McGee	76	3	15.4	.538	.361	.588	2.2	0.9	0.5	0.1	10.2
Michael Cooper	82	20	26.7	.465	.285	.865	3.1	5.2	1.1	0.6	8.6
Jamaal Wilkes	42	8	18.1	.488	.000	.773	2.2	1.0	0.5	0.1	8.3
Larry Spriggs	75	32	17.2	.548	.000	.767	3.0	1.8	0.6	0.2	6.7
Mitch Kupchak	58	3	12.3	.504		.659	3.2	0.4	0.3	0.3	5.3
Kurt Rambis	82	46	19.7	.554		.660	6.4	0.8	1.0	0.6	5.2
Ronnie Lester	32	1	8.7	.415	.000	.677	0.8	2.5	0.5	0.1	2.8
Chuck Nevitt	11	0	5.4	.294		.250	1.8	0.3	0.0	1.4	1.1
Earl Jones	2	0	3.5	.000			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

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	114	109	136	105	120	111	4
Boston Celtics	148	102	111	107	111	100	2

Awards and records

• Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award
• Magic Johnson, All-NBA First Team
• Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, All-NBA Second Team
• Michael Cooper, NBA All-Defensive First Team

References

1. 1984 NBA Draft

External links

• "Return to Glory" – Documentary on the 1984–85 Los Angeles Lakers on YouTube