1984–85 San Antonio Spurs season

1984–85 San Antonio Spurs season
Head coachCotton Fitzsimmons
General managerBob Bass
Owner(s)Angelo Drossos
ArenaHemisFair Arena
Results
Record41–41 (.500)
PlaceDivision: 5th (Midwest)
Conference: 7th (Western)
Playoff finishFirst round
(lost to Nuggets 2–3)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
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< 1983–84 1985–86 >

The 1984–85 NBA season was the Spurs' ninth season in the NBA, the 12th in San Antonio, and the 18th season as a franchise.[1] This would be George Gervin's last season with the team before getting traded to the Chicago Bulls following the season. It was also Alvin Robertson's NBA debut.

Draft picks

Main article: 1984 NBA draft
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 Danny Tarkanian  United States Nevada-Las Vegas
9 191 Melvin Roseboro  United States St. Mary's
10 214 Frank Rodriguez  United States New Mexico State

Roster

San Antonio Spurs roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB From
SF 20 Banks, Gene 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Duke
PF 45 Cook, Jeff 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Idaho State
G/F 44 Gervin, George 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Eastern Michigan
C 53 Gilmore, Artis 7 ft 2 in (2.18 m) 240 lb (109 kg) Jacksonville
PF 32 Iavaroni, Marc 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Virginia
C 8 Jones, Ozell 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 235 lb (107 kg) Cal State Fullerton
SF 25 Knight, Billy 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Pittsburgh
SF 34 Mitchell, Mike 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Auburn
PG 00 Moore, Johnny 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Texas
PG 4 Paxson, John 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Notre Dame
SG 21 Robertson, Alvin 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Arkansas
SF 22 Thirdkill, David 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Bradley
SF 2 Townes, Linton 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 190 lb (86 kg) James Madison
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured Injured

Roster
Last transaction: April 12, 1985

Regular season

Season standings

Midwest Division
 W L PCT GB Home Road Div
y-Denver Nuggets 52 30 .634 – 34–7 18–23 17–13
x-Houston Rockets 48 34 .585 4 29–12 19–22 20–10
x-Dallas Mavericks 44 38 .537 8 24–17 20–21 14–16
x-Utah Jazz 41 41 .500 11 26–15 15–26 19–11
x-San Antonio Spurs 41 41 .500 11 30–11 11–30 12–18
Kansas City Kings 31 51 .378 21 23–18 8–33 8–22
#
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
z - clinched division title
y - clinched division title
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 — 1–4 3–3 3–3 0–2 0–2 1–5 2–0 0–2 6–0 0–2 2–0 0–2 2–4 3–3 3–3 0–5 2–0 0–2 0–2 1–1 2–0 3–3
Boston 4–1 — 4–2 6–0 2–0 1–1 4–2 2–0 2–0 5–1 2–0 2–0 1–1 1–4 5–1 6–0 3–3 2–0 1–1 2–0 1–1 2–0 5–1
Chicago 3–3 2–4 — 2–4 2–0 1–1 3–3 1–1 0–2 2–4 2–0 2–0 1–1 3–3 2–4 4–2 0–5 1–1 1–1 1–1 2–0 0–2 3–2
Cleveland 3–3 0–6 4–2 — 1–1 0–2 1–4 1–1 0–2 4–2 2–0 2–0 0–2 1–5 2–3 3–3 4–2 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 3–3
Dallas 2–0 0–2 0–2 1–1 — 2–4 0–2 4–1 2–4 2–0 5–1 3–2 1–4 1–1 1–1 2–0 1–1 2–3 4–1 4–2 5–0 1–5 1–1
Denver 2–0 1–1 1–1 2–0 4–2 — 0–2 5–0 2–4 2–0 4–2 2–3 2–3 1–1 2–0 1–1 1–1 4–1 4–1 3–3 3–2 4–2 2–0
Detroit 5–1 2–4 3–3 4–1 2–0 2–0 — 2–0 1–1 6–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 3–3 1–5 3–2 1–5 2–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 0–2 3–3
Golden State 0–2 0–2 1–1 1–1 1–4 0–5 0–2 — 2–3 0–2 2–3 2–4 1–5 0–2 1–1 1–1 0–2 2–4 2–4 1–4 3–3 1–4 1–1
Houston 2–0 0–2 2–0 2–0 4–2 4–2 1–1 3–2 — 1–1 5–1 2–3 1–4 0–2 1–1 2–0 1–1 4–1 3–2 4–2 3–2 3–3 0–2
Indiana 0–6 1–5 4–2 2–4 0–2 0–2 0–6 2–0 1–1 — 1–1 0–2 1–1 1–5 2–3 2–4 1–5 0–2 0–2 1–1 0–2 2–0 1–4
Kansas City 2–0 0–2 0–2 0–2 1–5 2–4 1–1 3–2 1–5 1–1 — 3–2 0–5 0–2 2–0 1–1 1–1 2–3 3–2 2–4 3–2 2–4 1–1
L.A. Clippers 0–2 0–2 0–2 0–2 2–3 3–2 1–1 4–2 3–2 2–0 2–3 — 0–6 0–2 0–2 1–1 0–2 4–2 1–5 2–3 2–4 3–2 1–1
L.A. Lakers 2–0 1–1 1–1 2–0 4–1 3–2 1–1 5–1 4–1 1–1 5–0 6–0 — 1–1 2–0 2–0 1–1 5–1 5–1 3–2 3–3 4–1 1–1
Milwaukee 4–2 4–1 3–3 5–1 1–1 1–1 3–3 2–0 2–0 5–1 2–0 2–0 1–1 — 3–3 5–0 3–3 1–1 2–0 2–0 2–0 2–0 4–2
New Jersey 3–3 1–5 4–2 3–2 1–1 0–2 5–1 1–1 1–1 3–2 0–2 2–0 0–2 3–3 — 6–0 2–4 1–1 0–2 0–2 2–0 0–2 4–2
New York 3–3 0–6 2–4 3–3 0–2 1–1 2–3 1–1 0–2 4–2 1–1 1–1 0–2 0–5 0–6 — 2–4 0–2 0–2 1–1 2–0 1–1 0–6
Philadelphia 5–0 3–3 5–0 2–4 1–1 1–1 5–1 2–0 1–1 5–1 1–1 2–0 1–1 3–3 4–2 4–2 — 2–0 2–0 1–1 2–0 2–0 4–2
Phoenix 0–2 0–2 1–1 1–1 3–2 1–4 0–2 4–2 1–4 2–0 3–2 2–4 1–5 1–1 1–1 2–0 0–2 — 3–3 1–4 5–1 3–2 1–1
Portland 2–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–4 1–4 1–1 4–2 2–3 2–0 2–3 5–1 1–5 0–2 2–0 2–0 0–2 3–3 — 3–2 4–2 3–2 1–1
San Antonio 2–0 0–2 1–1 1–1 2–4 3–3 1–1 4–1 2–4 1–1 4–2 3–2 2–3 0–2 2–0 1–1 1–1 4–1 2–3 — 4–1 1–5 0–2
Seattle 1–1 1–1 0–2 1–1 0–5 2–3 1–1 3–3 2–3 2–0 2–3 4–2 3–3 0–2 0–2 0–2 0–2 1–5 2–4 1–4 — 3–2 2–0
Utah 0–2 0–2 2–0 1–1 5–1 2–4 2–0 4–1 3–3 0–2 4–2 2–3 1–4 0–2 2–0 1–1 0–2 2–3 2–3 5–1 2–3 — 1–1
Washington 3–3 1–5 2–3 3–3 1–1 0–2 3–3 1–1 2–0 4–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 2–4 2–4 6–0 2–4 1–1 1–1 2–0 0–2 1–1 —

Game log

Regular season

1984–85 game log
Total: 41–41 (home: 30–11; road: 11–30)
October: 2–0 (home: 2–0; road: 0–0)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
1 October 27, 1984
7:30 p.m. CDT 		L.A. Lakers W 113–112 Gervin (32) Gilmore (21) Moore (8) HemisFair Arena
13,506 		1–0
2 October 30, 1984 Denver W 126–118 HemisFair Arena 2–0
November: 5–9 (home: 4–3; road: 1–6)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
3 November 1, 1984 @ Golden State W 123–108 Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena 3–0
4 November 2, 1984
9:30 p.m. CST 		@ L.A. Lakers L 100–119 Mitchell (20) Robertson (7) Moore (8) The Forum
13,550 		3–1
5 November 4, 1984 New York W 131–130 (2OT) HemisFair Arena 4–1
6 November 6, 1984 Seattle W 99–91 HemisFair Arena 5–1
7 November 7, 1984 @ Utah L 124–136 Salt Palace Acord Arena 5–2
8 November 10, 1984 Cleveland W 127–103 HemisFair Arena 6–2
9 November 13, 1984 @ Chicago L 117–120 Chicago Stadium 6–3
10 November 14, 1984 @ Washington L 106–125 Capital Centre 6–4
11 November 16, 1984 @ Indiana L 117–128 (OT) Market Square Arena 6–5
12 November 17, 1984 @ Houston L 133–141 The Summit 6–6
13 November 21, 1984 Detroit L 101–114 HemisFair Arena 6–7
14 November 24, 1984 Utah L 117–123 HemisFair Arena 6–8
15 November 27, 1984 Houston L 97–114 HemisFair Arena 6–9
16 November 29, 1984 Dallas W 124–116 HemisFair Arena 7–9
December: 7–9 (home: 5–1; road: 2–8)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
17 December 1, 1984 L.A. Clippers W 142–110 HemisFair Arena 8–9
18 December 4, 1984 Atlanta W 114–106 HemisFair Arena 9–9
19 December 6, 1984 @ Portland L 96–113 Memorial Coliseum 9–10
20 December 7, 1984 @ Seattle W 117–114 Kingdome 10–10
21 December 9, 1984 @ L.A. Clippers L 123–126 Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena 10–11
22 December 11, 1984 @ Kansas City L 120–121 Kemper Arena 10–12
23 December 12, 1984 Denver W 126–105 HemisFair Arena 11–12
24 December 14, 1984 @ Dallas L 102–119 Reunion Arena 11–13
25 December 15, 1984 Phoenix W 120–111 HemisFair Arena 12–13
26 December 18, 1984 @ Cleveland L 110–118 Richfield Coliseum 12–14
27 December 19, 1984 @ Philadelphia L 118–123 The Spectrum 12–15
28 December 21, 1984 @ New Jersey W 122–116 Brendan Byrne Arena 13–15
29 December 22, 1984 @ Milwaukee L 90–101 MECCA Arena 13–16
30 December 26, 1984 @ Denver L 119–130 McNichols Sports Arena 13–17
31 December 27, 1984 Portland W 141–120 HemisFair Arena 14–17
32 December 29, 1984 Boston L 112–120 HemisFair Arena 14–18
January: 8–5 (home: 6–2; road: 2–3)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
33 January 3, 1985 Dallas W 116–115 HemisFair Arena 15–18
34 January 6, 1985
9:30 p.m. CST 		@ L.A. Lakers L 98–99 Moore (27) Gilmore, Iavaroni (8) Moore (6) The Forum
13,513 		15–19
35 January 8, 1985 Golden State W 139–94 HemisFair Arena 16–19
36 January 11, 1985 Portland L 103–123 HemisFair Arena 16–20
37 January 15, 1985 Utah W 121–101 HemisFair Arena 17–20
38 January 17, 1985 @ Kansas City W 117–113 Kemper Arena 18–20
39 January 19, 1985 Phoenix W 106–100 HemisFair Arena 19–20
40 January 22, 1985 Kansas City W 117–113 HemisFair Arena 20–20
41 January 23, 1985 @ Dallas L 110–122 Reunion Arena 20–21
42 January 25, 1985 @ Houston W 122–107 The Summit 21–21
43 January 27, 1985 Milwaukee L 93–106 HemisFair Arena 21–22
44 January 29, 1985 New Jersey W 130–127 HemisFair Arena 22–22
45 January 31, 1985 @ Seattle L 94–96 Kingdome 22–23
February: 6–8 (home: 4–2; road: 2–6)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
46 February 1, 1985 @ Portland W 104–93 Memorial Coliseum 23–23
47 February 2, 1985 @ Utah L 104–105 Salt Palace Acord Arena 23–24
48 February 4, 1985 Golden State W 114–109 (OT) HemisFair Arena 24–24
49 February 5, 1985 @ Kansas City L 116–135 Kemper Arena 24–25
50 February 7, 1985 L.A. Clippers W 120–108 HemisFair Arena 25–25
All-Star Break
51 February 12, 1985 Kansas City W 127–109 HemisFair Arena 26–25
52 February 14, 1985 Phoenix W 131–102 HemisFair Arena 27–25
53 February 15, 1985 @ Denver L 119–129 McNichols Sports Arena 27–26
54 February 18, 1985 @ L.A. Clippers L 121–125 Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena 27–27
55 February 20, 1985 Washington L 104–105 HemisFair Arena 27–28
56 February 22, 1985 @ Phoenix W 118–111 Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum 28–28
57 February 24, 1985 Portland L 121–137 HemisFair Arena 28–29
58 February 26, 1985 @ New York L 122–129 Madison Square Garden 28–30
59 February 27, 1985 @ Boston L 102–111 Boston Garden 28–31
March: 10–7 (home: 6–2; road: 4–5)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
60 March 1, 1985 @ Detroit W 108–98 Pontiac Silverdome 29–31
61 March 2, 1985 @ Atlanta W 105–92 The Omni 30–31
62 March 4, 1985 Philadelphia W 109–103 HemisFair Arena 31–31
63 March 6, 1985 Indiana W 108–102 HemisFair Arena 32–31
64 March 7, 1985 @ Phoenix L 117–119 Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum 32–32
65 March 9, 1985 Houston L 117–123 HemisFair Arena 32–33
66 March 12, 1985 @ Golden State L 122–145 Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena 32–34
67 March 14, 1985 @ Seattle W 100–93 Kingdome 33–34
68 March 15, 1985
9:30 p.m. CST 		@ L.A. Lakers L 114–115 Gervin (37) Banks (12) Moore (11) The Forum
16,130 		33–35
69 March 17, 1985 Denver W 124–119 HemisFair Arena 34–35
70 March 19, 1985 @ Dallas L 89–96 Reunion Arena 34–36
71 March 20, 1985 Chicago W 106–98 HemisFair Arena 35–36
72 March 22, 1985 Dallas L 114–123 HemisFair Arena 35–37
73 March 24, 1985 Seattle W 104–99 HemisFair Arena 36–37
74 March 27, 1985 Golden State W 121–120 HemisFair Arena 37–37
75 March 29, 1985 @ Utah L 109–114 Salt Palace Acord Arena 37–38
76 March 31, 1985 @ L.A. Clippers W 126–115 Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena 38–38
April: 3–3 (home: 3–1; road: 0–2)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
77 April 3, 1985
7:30 p.m. CST 		L.A. Lakers W 122–108 Mitchell (36) Mitchell (14) Moore (13) HemisFair Arena
11,627 		39–38
78 April 5, 1985 @ Denver L 109–118 McNichols Sports Arena 39–39
79 April 7, 1985 Houston W 126–105 HemisFair Arena 40–39
80 April 9, 1985 @ Houston L 103–124 The Summit 40–40
81 April 12, 1985 Kansas City W 117–112 HemisFair Arena 41–40
82 April 14, 1985 Utah L 102–104 HemisFair Arena 41–41
1984–85 schedule

Playoffs

1985 playoff game log
First Round: 2–3 (home: 1–1; road: 1–2)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Series
1 April 18, 1985 @ Denver L 111–141 Mitchell (23) Jones (8) Moore (5) McNichols Sports Arena
12,128 		0–1
2 April 20, 1985 @ Denver W 113–111 Gervin (41) Gilmore (12) Moore (8) McNichols Sports Arena
17,022 		1–1
3 April 23, 1985 Denver L 112–115 Gervin (30) Gilmore (14) Moore (9) HemisFair Arena
8,799 		1–2
4 April 26, 1985 Denver W 116–111 Mitchell (37) Gilmore (13) Moore (16) HemisFair Arena
8,621 		2–2
5 April 28, 1985 @ Denver L 99–126 Gilmore (19) Gilmore, Iavaroni (8) Moore (4) McNichols Sports Arena
17,022 		2–3
1985 schedule

Player statistics

Ragular season

Player POS GP GS MP REB AST STL BLK PTS MPG RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Mike Mitchell SF 82 82 2,853 417 151 61 27 1,824 34.8 5.1 1.8 .7 .3 22.2
Johnny Moore PG 82 82 2,689 378 816 229 18 1,046 32.8 4.6 10.0 2.8 .2 12.8
Gene Banks SF 82 41 2,091 445 234 65 13 778 25.5 5.4 2.9 .8 .2 9.5
Artis Gilmore C 81 81 2,756 846 131 40 173 1,548 34.0 10.4 1.6 .5 2.1 19.1
Alvin Robertson SG 79 9 1,685 265 275 127 24 726 21.3 3.4 3.5 1.6 .3 9.2
John Paxson PG 78 1 1,259 68 215 45 3 486 16.1 .9 2.8 .6 .0 6.2
George Gervin SG 72 69 2,091 234 178 66 48 1,524 29.0 3.3 2.5 .9 .7 21.2
Ozell Jones C 67 6 888 238 56 30 57 245 13.3 3.6 .8 .4 .9 3.7
Marc Iavaroni† PF 57 33 1,178 275 113 31 32 381 20.7 4.8 2.0 .5 .6 6.7
Jeff Cook† PF 54 2 848 210 39 25 14 214 15.7 3.9 .7 .5 .3 4.0
Billy Knight† SF 52 1 611 96 59 14 1 311 11.8 1.8 1.1 .3 .0 6.0
Fred Roberts† PF 22 0 305 35 22 10 12 117 13.9 1.6 1.0 .5 .5 5.3
Edgar Jones† PF 18 1 322 62 18 9 18 129 17.9 3.4 1.0 .5 1.0 7.2
Mark McNamara† C 12 0 63 17 0 2 1 33 5.3 1.4 .0 .2 .1 2.8
Ron Brewer† SG 9 0 81 3 6 1 1 33 9.0 .3 .7 .1 .1 3.7
David Thirdkill† SF 2 2 52 7 3 2 1 15 26.0 3.5 1.5 1.0 .5 7.5
Linton Townes SF 1 0 8 1 0 0 0 2 8.0 1.0 .0 .0 .0 2.0
  • † Denotes player spent time with another team in the season. Stats reflect time with the Spurs only.

Playoffs

Player POS GP GS MP REB AST STL BLK PTS MPG RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Artis Gilmore C 5 5 185 50 7 2 7 89 37.0 10.0 1.4 .4 1.4 17.8
George Gervin SG 5 5 183 18 14 3 3 111 36.6 3.6 2.8 .6 .6 22.2
Mike Mitchell SF 5 5 180 19 12 3 4 109 36.0 3.8 2.4 .6 .8 21.8
Johnny Moore PG 5 5 168 30 42 10 2 66 33.6 6.0 8.4 2.0 .4 13.2
Marc Iavaroni PF 5 5 116 26 13 5 2 45 23.2 5.2 2.6 1.0 .4 9.0
John Paxson PG 5 0 114 5 21 5 0 51 22.8 1.0 4.2 1.0 .0 10.2
Jeff Cook PF 5 0 98 29 4 5 6 35 19.6 5.8 .8 1.0 1.2 7.0
Ozell Jones C 5 0 73 17 4 1 4 17 14.6 3.4 .8 .2 .8 3.4
Billy Knight SF 5 0 45 6 3 2 0 16 9.0 1.2 .6 .4 .0 3.2
David Thirdkill SF 5 0 22 2 2 0 0 4 4.4 .4 .4 .0 .0 .8
Linton Townes SF 2 0 6 3 0 0 0 8 3.0 1.5 .0 .0 .0 4.0
Gene Banks SF 1 0 10 0 1 0 0 0 10.0 .0 1.0 .0 .0 .0

Awards and records

Transactions

References

  1. ^ 1984-85 San Antonio Spurs

See also