1985–86 Indiana Pacers season

1985–86 Indiana Pacers season
Head coachGeorge Irvine
ArenaMarket Square Arena
Results
Record26–56 (.317)
PlaceDivision: 6th (Central)
Conference: 10th (Eastern)
Playoff finishDid not qualify
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
TelevisionWTTV
(Eddie Doucette, Bobby "Slick" Leonard)
RadioWNDE
(Greg Papa)
< 1984–85 1986–87 >

The 1985–86 NBA season was Indiana's tenth season in the NBA and 19th season as a franchise.[1]

Offseason

Draft picks

Main article: 1985 NBA draft

This table only lists picks through the second round.

Round Pick Player Position Nationality College
1 2 Wayman Tisdale PF/C  United States Oklahoma
2 26 Bill Martin F  United States Georgetown
2 27 Dwayne McClain SG/SF  United States Villanova

Roster

1985–86 Indiana Pacers roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB From
SF 15 Anderson, Ron 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Fresno State
PG 10 Fleming, Vern 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Georgia
PF 20 Garnett, Bill 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 225 lb (102 kg) Wyoming
C 55 Gray, Stuart 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 235 lb (107 kg) UCLA
PF 33 Kellogg, Clark Injured 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 225 lb (102 kg) Ohio State
SF 22 Martin, Bill 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Georgetown
SF 44 McClain, Dwayne 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Villanova
SG 4 Richardson, Clint 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Seattle
SG 43 Stansbury, Terence 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Temple
C 40 Stipanovich, Steve 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 245 lb (111 kg) Missouri
PF 23 Tisdale, Wayman 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 240 lb (109 kg) Oklahoma
PG 21 Warrick, Bryan 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Saint Joseph's
C 32 Williams, Herb 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 242 lb (110 kg) Ohio State
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured Injured

Regular season

Season standings

Central Division
 W L PCT GB Home Road Div
y-Milwaukee Bucks 57 25 .695 – 33–8 24–17 21–9
x-Atlanta Hawks 50 32 .610 7 34–7 16–25 21–9
x-Detroit Pistons 46 36 .561 11 31–10 15–26 18–12
x-Chicago Bulls 30 52 .366 27 22–19 8–33 10–20
Cleveland Cavaliers 29 53 .354 28 16–25 13–28 10–19
Indiana Pacers 26 56 .317 31 19–22 7–34 9–20
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Eastern Conference
Team W L PCT GB
1 z-Boston Celtics 67 15 .817 –
2 y-Milwaukee Bucks 57 25 .695 10
3 x-Philadelphia 76ers 54 28 .659 13
4 x-Atlanta Hawks 50 32 .610 17
5 x-Detroit Pistons 46 36 .561 21
6 x-Washington Bullets 39 43 .476 28
7 x-New Jersey Nets 39 43 .476 28
8 x-Chicago Bulls 30 52 .366 37
9 Cleveland Cavaliers 29 53 .354 38
10 Indiana Pacers 26 56 .317 41
11 New York Knicks 23 59 .280 44
z - clinched division title
y - clinched division title
x - clinched playoff spot

Record vs. opponents

1985-86 NBA Records
Team ATL BOS CHI CLE DAL DEN DET GSW HOU IND LAC LAL MIL NJN NYK PHI PHO POR SAC SAS SEA UTA WAS
Atlanta — 0–6 5–1 4–2 1–1 1–1 4–2 1–1 1–1 5–1 2–0 1–1 3–3 4–2 5–1 4–1 2–0 2–0 2–0 1–1 1–1 0–2 1–4
Boston 6–0 — 5–1 5–1 1–1 1–1 4–1 2–0 2–0 5–1 2–0 2–0 5–0 4–2 5–1 4–2 1–1 1–1 1–1 2–0 2–0 2–0 5–1
Chicago 1–5 1–5 — 3–3 0–2 2–0 2–4 2–0 1–1 3–3 1–1 0–2 1–5 2–3 4–2 1–5 1–1 1–1 0–2 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–4
Cleveland 2–4 1–5 3–3 — 1–1 1–1 1–5 0–2 0–2 3–2 1–1 1–1 1–5 3–3 4–1 0–6 2–0 0–2 2–0 1–1 1–1 0–2 1–5
Dallas 1–1 1–1 2–0 1–1 — 3–3 0–2 4–1 1–5 2–0 2–3 1–4 0–2 2–0 1–1 0–2 5–0 2–3 3–3 4–2 3–2 5–1 1–1
Denver 1–1 1–1 0–2 1–1 3–3 — 1–1 3–2 3–3 2–0 4–1 3–2 2–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 4–1 3–2 3–3 3–3 2–3 3–3 2–0
Detroit 2–4 1–4 4–2 5–1 2–0 1–1 — 1–1 1–1 5–1 2–0 1–1 2–4 4–2 4–1 2–4 0–2 1–1 0–2 1–1 2–0 1–1 4–2
Golden State 1–1 0–2 0–2 2–0 1–4 2–3 1–1 — 0–5 1–1 5–1 2–4 0–2 1–1 1–1 1–1 2–4 1–5 2–3 2–3 2–4 2–3 1–1
Houston 1–1 0–2 1–1 2–0 5–1 3–3 1–1 5–0 — 2–0 3–2 1–4 0–2 1–1 2–0 1–1 3–2 3–2 4–2 5–1 3–2 3–3 2–0
Indiana 1–5 1–5 3–3 2–3 0–2 0–2 1–5 1–1 0–2 — 2–0 0–2 2–4 2–3 2–4 0–6 1–1 0–2 0–2 1–1 2–0 0–2 5–1
L.A. Clippers 0–2 0–2 1–1 1–1 3–2 1–4 0–2 1–5 2–3 0–2 — 2–4 1–1 2–0 2–0 0–2 2–4 2–4 5–0 1–4 3–3 3–2 0–2
L.A. Lakers 1–1 0–2 2–0 1–1 4–1 2–3 1–1 4–2 4–1 2–0 4–2 — 2–0 1–1 1–1 2–0 5–1 6–0 5–0 4–1 4–2 5–0 2–0
Milwaukee 3–3 0–5 5–1 5–1 2–0 0–2 4–2 2–0 2–0 4–2 1–1 0–2 — 4–2 6–0 4–1 1–1 2–0 2–0 2–0 2–0 2–0 4–2
New Jersey 2–4 2–4 3–2 3–3 0–2 1–1 2–4 1–1 1–1 3–2 0–2 1–1 2–4 — 5–1 2–4 2–0 2–0 2–0 1–1 0–2 2–0 2–4
New York 1–5 1–5 2–4 1–4 1–1 1–1 1–4 1–1 0–2 4–2 0–2 1–1 0–6 1–5 — 0–6 2–0 0–2 1–1 1–1 1–1 0–2 3–3
Philadelphia 1–4 2–4 5–1 6–0 2–0 1–1 4–2 1–1 1–1 6–0 2–0 0–2 1–4 4–2 6–0 — 2–0 2–0 2–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 3–3
Phoenix 0–2 1–1 1–1 0–2 0–5 1–4 2–0 4–2 2–3 1–1 4–2 1–5 1–1 0–2 0–2 0–2 — 2–4 2–3 3–2 5–1 1–4 1–1
Portland 0–2 1–1 1–1 2–0 3–2 2–3 1–1 5–1 2–3 2–0 4–2 0–6 0–2 0–2 2–0 0–2 4–2 — 3–2 1–4 5–1 2–3 0–2
Sacramento 0–2 1–1 2–0 0–2 3–3 3–3 2–0 3–2 2–4 2–0 0–5 0–5 0–2 0–2 1–1 0–2 3–2 2–3 — 5–1 5–0 2–4 1–1
San Antonio 1–1 0–2 1–1 1–1 2–4 3–3 1–1 3–2 1–5 1–1 4–1 1–4 0–2 1–1 1–1 1–1 2–3 4–1 1–5 — 2–3 2–4 2–0
Seattle 1–1 0–2 1–1 1–1 2–3 3–2 0–2 4–2 2–3 0–2 3–3 2–4 0–2 2–0 1–1 1–1 1–5 1–5 0–5 3–2 — 2–3 1–1
Utah 2–0 0–2 1–1 2–0 1–5 3–3 1–1 3–2 3–3 2–0 2–3 0–5 0–2 0–2 2–0 1–1 4–1 3–2 4–2 4–2 3–2 — 1–1
Washington 4–1 1–5 4–1 5–1 1–1 0–2 2–4 1–1 0–2 1–5 2–0 0–2 2–4 4–2 3–3 3–3 1–1 2–0 1–1 0–2 1–1 1–1 —

Game log

Player statistics

Ragular season

Player POS GP GS MP REB AST STL BLK PTS MPG RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Clint Richardson SG 82 61 2,224 251 372 58 8 794 27.1 3.1 4.5 .7 .1 9.7
Wayman Tisdale PF 81 60 2,277 584 79 32 44 1,192 28.1 7.2 1.0 .4 .5 14.7
Vern Fleming PG 80 77 2,870 386 505 131 5 1,136 35.9 4.8 6.3 1.6 .1 14.2
Bill Garnett PF 80 2 1,197 275 95 39 22 340 15.0 3.4 1.2 .5 .3 4.3
Steve Stipanovich C 79 65 2,397 623 206 75 69 1,076 30.3 7.9 2.6 .9 .9 13.6
Herb Williams C 78 74 2,770 710 174 50 184 1,549 35.5 9.1 2.2 .6 2.4 19.9
Terence Stansbury SG 74 17 1,331 139 206 59 8 498 18.0 1.9 2.8 .8 .1 6.7
Stuart Gray C 67 3 423 118 15 8 11 155 6.3 1.8 .2 .1 .2 2.3
Bill Martin SF 66 0 691 102 52 21 7 332 10.5 1.5 .8 .3 .1 5.0
Ron Anderson† SF 60 27 1,469 248 136 55 6 621 24.5 4.1 2.3 .9 .1 10.4
Dwayne McClain SF 45 4 461 30 67 38 4 157 10.2 .7 1.5 .8 .1 3.5
Quinn Buckner PG 32 3 419 51 86 40 3 117 13.1 1.6 2.7 1.3 .1 3.7
Bryan Warrick† PG 31 5 658 66 109 25 2 217 21.2 2.1 3.5 .8 .1 7.0
Clark Kellogg PF 19 12 568 168 57 28 8 335 29.9 8.8 3.0 1.5 .4 17.6
  • † Denotes player spent time with another team in the season. Stats reflect time with the Pacers only.

Awards and records

Transactions

References

  1. ^ 1985-86 Indiana Pacers

See also