1985–86 Dallas Mavericks season

1985–86 Dallas Mavericks season
Head coach Dick Motta
Arena Reunion Arena
Results
Record 44–38 (.537)
Place Division: 3rd (Midwest)
Conference: 4th (Western)
Playoff finish West Conference Semifinals
(eliminated 2-4)

Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com

A ticket for a March 1986 game between the Dallas Mavericks and the Atlanta Hawks.

The 1985-86 NBA season was the Mavericks' 6th season in the NBA.[1]

Dallas continued its strong play, finishing the season at 44-38, earning them the number 4 spot. They defeated the Utah Jazz in the opening round, but couldn't survive a Los Angeles Lakers squad that featured Magic Johnson and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar as they lost the series in six games.

Draft picks

Main article: 1985 NBA Draft
Round Pick Player Position Nationality College
1 8 Detlef Schrempf SF/PF  Germany Washington
1 16 Bill Wennington C  United States St. John's
1 17 Uwe Blab C  Germany Indiana
2 40 Mark Acres PF/C  United States Oral Roberts
3 50 Leonard Allen  United States San Diego State
3 63 Harold Keeling PG  United States Santa Clara
4 86 Bubba Jennings  United States Texas Tech
5 109 Tommy Davis  United States Minnesota
6 132 Carlton Cooper  United States Texas
7 155 Ed Catchings  United States Nevada-Las Vegas

Roster

1985-86 Dallas Mavericks roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From
G/F 24 Aguirre, Mark 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 232 lb (105 kg) 1959-12-10 DePaul
C 33 Blab, Uwe 7 ft 1 in (2.16 m) 252 lb (114 kg) 1962-03-26 Indiana
G 22 Blackman, Rolando 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1959-02-26 Kansas State
C 53 Bryant, Wallace 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 245 lb (111 kg) 1959-07-14 San Francisco
G 15 Davis, Brad 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1955-12-17 Maryland
C 40 Donaldson, James 7 ft 2 in (2.18 m) 275 lb (125 kg) 1957-08-16 Washington State
G/F 14 Ellis, Dale 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1960-08-06 Tennessee
G 12 Harper, Derek 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1961-10-13 Illinois
G 43 Keeling, Harold 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1963-09-18 Santa Clara
F/C 40 Nimphius, Kurt 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 218 lb (99 kg) 1958-03-13 Arizona State
F/C 44 Perkins, Sam 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 239 lb (108 kg) 1961-06-14 North Carolina
F/C 32 Schrempf, Detlef 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 214 lb (97 kg) 1963-01-21 Washington
F 31 Vincent, Jay 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1959-06-10 Michigan State
C 23 Wennington, Bill 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 245 lb (111 kg) 1963-12-26 St. John's
Head coach
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured

Regular season

Season standings

# Western Conference
Team W L PCT GB
1 c-Los Angeles Lakers 62 20 .756 –
2 y-Houston Rockets 51 31 .622 11
3 x-Denver Nuggets 47 35 .573 15
4 x-Dallas Mavericks 44 38 .537 18
5 x-Utah Jazz 42 40 .512 20
6 x-Portland Trail Blazers 40 42 .488 22
7 x-Sacramento Kings 37 45 .451 25
8 x-San Antonio Spurs 35 47 .427 27
9 Phoenix Suns 32 50 .390 30
10 Los Angeles Clippers 32 50 .390 30
11 Seattle SuperSonics 31 51 .378 31
12 Golden State Warriors 30 52 .366 32
z - clinched division title
y - clinched division title
x - clinched playoff spot

Playoffs

West First Round

(4) Dallas Mavericks vs. (5) Utah Jazz: Mavericks win series 3–1

Last Playoff Meeting: This is the first meeting between the Mavericks and Jazz.

West Conference Semifinals

(1) Los Angeles Lakers vs. (4) Dallas Mavericks: Lakers win series 4–2

Last Playoff Meeting: 1984 Western Conference Semifinals (Los Angeles 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
Mark Aguirre 74 73 33.8 .508 .286 .705 6.0 4.6 0.8 0.2 22.6
Uwe Blab 48 0 8.5 .468 .537 1.9 0.4 0.1 0.3 2.6
Rolando Blackman 82 81 34.0 .514 .138 .836 3.5 3.3 1.0 0.3 21.5
Wallace Bryant 9 8 17.1 .367 .545 3.7 1.2 0.3 0.2 3.1
Brad Davis 82 43 24.0 .532 .360 .868 1.8 5.7 0.7 0.2 9.3
James Donaldson 69 64 32.5 .568 .799 9.6 1.2 0.3 1.6 8.3
Dale Ellis 72 1 15.1 .411 .364 .720 2.3 0.5 0.6 0.1 7.1
Derek Harper 79 39 27.2 .534 .235 .747 2.9 5.3 1.9 0.3 12.2
Harold Keeling 20 0 3.8 .436 .714 0.3 0.5 0.4 0.0 2.2
Kurt Nimphius 13 4 21.5 .514 .000 .586 4.6 1.1 0.2 0.9 7.0
Sam Perkins 80 79 32.8 .503 .333 .814 8.6 1.9 0.9 1.2 15.4
Detlef Schrempf 64 12 15.1 .451 .429 .724 3.1 1.4 0.4 0.2 6.2
Jay Vincent 80 3 24.9 .481 .000 .810 4.6 2.3 0.8 0.3 13.8
Bill Wennington 56 3 10.0 .471 .000 .726 2.4 0.4 0.2 0.4 3.4

Playoffs

Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
} 10 10 34.5 .491 .333 .636 7.1 5.4 0.9 0.0 24.7
Uwe Blab 1 0 6.0 .667 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 4.0
Rolando Blackman 10 10 37.1 .497 .000 .792 3.5 3.2 0.8 0.1 20.8
Brad Davis 10 0 16.3 .545 .667 .792 1.9 2.3 0.3 0.0 7.7
James Donaldson 10 10 41.0 .750 .925 11.7 1.0 0.6 1.2 10.9
Dale Ellis 7 0 9.6 .409 .583 1.000 1.0 0.3 0.2 0.2 4.3
Derek Harper 10 10 34.8 .533 .571 .750 1.9 7.6 2.3 0.0 13.4
Harold Keeling 1 0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Sam Perkins 10 10 34.7 .429 .250 .767 8.3 2.4 0.9 1.4 14.9
Detlef Schrempf 10 0 12.0 .464 .000 .647 2.3 1.4 0.2 0.1 3.7
Jay Vincent 10 0 20.4 .384 .882 3.9 1.5 0.4 0.1 10.6
Bill Wennington 6 0 3.0 .333 1.000 1.000 0.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.2

Awards and records

References

  1. ↑ 1985-86 Dallas Mavericks

See also

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