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1985 NBA Western Conference First Round

Previous Year

League Champion: Los Angeles Lakers

Finals MVP: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (25.7/9.0/5.2)

PTS Leader: Larry Bird (520)
TRB Leader: Robert Parish (219)
AST Leader: Magic Johnson (289)
WS Leader: Magic Johnson (3.0)

4 Series

Click matchup for composite box score
3 vs. 6 Houston Rockets vs. Utah Jazz UTAH JAZZ win 3-2
4 vs. 5 Dallas Mavericks vs. Portland Trail Blazers PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS win 3-1
1 vs. 8 Los Angeles Lakers vs. Phoenix Suns LOS ANGELES LAKERS win 3-0
2 vs. 7 Denver Nuggets vs. San Antonio Spurs DENVER NUGGETS win 3-2

Utah Jazz (3) vs. Houston Rockets (2)

Game 1
UTA
HOU		115
101
Game 2
UTA
HOU		96
122
Game 3
HOU
UTA		104
112
Game 4
HOU
UTA		96
94
Game 5
UTA
HOU		104
97

Utah Jazz

Totals Shooting Per Game
Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST STL BLK
1 Adrian Dantley 28 5 5 201 35 77 0 0 53 65 11 20 31 8 8 0 16 17 123 .455 .815 40.2 24.6 6.2 1.6 1.6 0.0
2 Thurl Bailey 23 5 5 169 33 72 0 0 23 29 10 38 48 16 2 4 13 15 89 .458 .793 33.8 17.8 9.6 3.2 0.4 0.8
3 Darrell Griffith 26 5 5 171 32 80 8 23 6 7 2 12 14 10 5 2 13 11 78 .400 .348 .857 34.2 15.6 2.8 2.0 1.0 0.4
4 Jeff Wilkins 29 5 0 122 24 55 0 1 17 21 6 29 35 8 2 2 5 12 65 .436 .000 .810 24.4 13.0 7.0 1.6 0.4 0.4
5 Rickey Green 30 5 5 153 22 46 0 3 12 12 6 13 19 43 8 0 13 15 56 .478 .000 1.000 30.6 11.2 3.8 8.6 1.6 0.0
6 Mark Eaton 28 5 5 158 12 34 0 0 5 7 11 34 45 5 4 29 12 19 29 .353 .714 31.6 5.8 9.0 1.0 0.8 5.8
7 John Stockton 22 5 0 89 6 18 0 1 17 21 5 9 14 19 2 1 6 12 29 .333 .000 .810 17.8 5.8 2.8 3.8 0.4 0.2
8 Fred Roberts 24 5 0 57 7 17 0 0 13 15 3 5 8 3 2 1 6 9 27 .412 .867 11.4 5.4 1.6 0.6 0.4 0.2
9 Rich Kelley 31 4 0 44 5 12 0 0 4 5 8 4 12 2 2 2 6 9 14 .417 .800 11.0 3.5 3.0 0.5 0.5 0.5
10 Billy Paultz 36 3 0 20 3 5 0 0 1 4 3 3 6 1 1 0 1 6 7 .600 .250 6.7 2.3 2.0 0.3 0.3 0.0
11 Pace Mannion 24 4 0 11 1 2 0 0 2 2 1 1 2 1 0 2 2 1 4 .500 1.000 2.8 1.0 0.5 0.3 0.0 0.5
12 Bob Hansen 24 3 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 1.7 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0
Team Totals 5 1200 180 418 8 28 153 188 66 169 235 116 36 43 96 126 521 240.0 104.2 47.0 23.2 7.2 8.6

Houston Rockets

Totals Shooting Per Game
Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST STL BLK
1 Hakeem Olajuwon 22 5 5 187 42 88 0 0 22 46 33 32 65 7 7 13 11 22 106 .477 .478 37.4 21.2 13.0 1.4 1.4 2.6
2 Ralph Sampson 24 5 5 193 43 100 1 1 19 37 25 58 83 7 2 8 17 23 106 .430 1.000 .514 38.6 21.2 16.6 1.4 0.4 1.6
3 Lewis Lloyd 25 5 5 174 38 77 0 0 10 14 15 14 29 25 7 8 10 12 86 .494 .714 34.8 17.2 5.8 5.0 1.4 1.6
4 John Lucas 31 5 4 152 26 80 2 14 14 22 7 14 21 27 6 0 7 14 68 .325 .143 .636 30.4 13.6 4.2 5.4 1.2 0.0
5 Rodney McCray 23 5 5 181 19 34 0 0 15 23 9 21 30 11 6 1 13 17 53 .559 .652 36.2 10.6 6.0 2.2 1.2 0.2
6 Robert Reid 29 5 0 87 19 45 0 4 0 0 3 14 17 5 4 2 6 22 38 .422 .000 17.4 7.6 3.4 1.0 0.8 0.4
7 Mitchell Wiggins 25 5 0 45 9 18 0 0 0 0 3 1 4 1 4 0 3 6 18 .500 9.0 3.6 0.8 0.2 0.8 0.0
8 Lionel Hollins 31 5 1 94 8 26 0 0 1 1 1 8 9 18 4 0 7 16 17 .308 1.000 18.8 3.4 1.8 3.6 0.8 0.0
9 Larry Micheaux 24 5 0 57 6 19 0 1 4 10 12 9 21 0 0 2 3 8 16 .316 .000 .400 11.4 3.2 4.2 0.0 0.0 0.4
10 Allen Leavell 27 5 0 16 2 6 0 2 2 2 1 2 3 3 0 0 1 2 6 .333 .000 1.000 3.2 1.2 0.6 0.6 0.0 0.0
11 Craig Ehlo 23 3 0 6 1 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 3 4 1.000 1.000 2.0 1.3 0.0 0.0 1.3 0.0
12 Jim Petersen 22 3 0 8 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 2 2 1.000 2.7 0.7 0.7 0.3 0.0 0.0
Team Totals 5 1200 214 495 3 22 89 157 110 174 284 105 44 34 79 147 520 240.0 104.0 56.8 21.0 8.8 6.8

Portland Trail Blazers (3) vs. Dallas Mavericks (1)

Game 1
POR
DAL		131
139
Game 2
POR
DAL		124
121
Game 3
DAL
POR		109
122
Game 4
DAL
POR		113
115

Portland Trail Blazers

Totals Shooting Per Game
Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST STL BLK
1 Kiki Vandeweghe 26 4 4 150 44 76 1 4 14 14 7 9 16 5 4 3 8 11 103 .579 .250 1.000 37.5 25.8 4.0 1.3 1.0 0.8
2 Clyde Drexler 22 4 4 162 31 65 1 2 12 14 14 15 29 37 8 2 11 19 75 .477 .500 .857 40.5 18.8 7.3 9.3 2.0 0.5
3 Mychal Thompson 30 4 0 125 29 50 0 0 10 17 13 20 33 6 4 3 10 16 68 .580 .588 31.3 17.0 8.3 1.5 1.0 0.8
4 Jim Paxson 27 4 0 102 27 50 2 7 9 12 3 7 10 7 2 0 3 7 65 .540 .286 .750 25.5 16.3 2.5 1.8 0.5 0.0
5 Darnell Valentine 25 4 4 128 25 42 0 0 14 14 2 6 8 31 7 0 11 16 64 .595 1.000 32.0 16.0 2.0 7.8 1.8 0.0
6 Kenny Carr 29 4 4 116 22 42 0 1 9 11 10 18 28 6 3 0 6 16 53 .524 .000 .818 29.0 13.3 7.0 1.5 0.8 0.0
7 Sam Bowie 23 4 4 140 11 29 0 0 4 7 8 40 48 12 2 12 6 16 26 .379 .571 35.0 6.5 12.0 3.0 0.5 3.0
8 Steve Colter 22 4 0 63 7 23 1 6 1 2 2 6 8 16 1 0 2 8 16 .304 .167 .500 15.8 4.0 2.0 4.0 0.3 0.0
9 Audie Norris 24 3 0 37 6 10 0 0 2 6 10 9 19 2 0 0 3 8 14 .600 .333 12.3 4.7 6.3 0.7 0.0 0.0
10 Jerome Kersey 22 3 0 12 4 7 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 3 8 .571 4.0 2.7 0.3 0.3 0.0 0.0
Team Totals 4 1035 206 394 5 20 75 97 70 130 200 123 31 20 61 120 492 258.8 123.0 50.0 30.8 7.8 5.0

Dallas Mavericks

Totals Shooting Per Game
Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST STL BLK
1 Rolando Blackman 25 4 4 169 47 92 1 2 36 38 11 15 26 19 2 2 14 8 131 .511 .500 .947 42.3 32.8 6.5 4.8 0.5 0.5
2 Mark Aguirre 25 4 4 164 44 89 1 2 27 32 16 14 30 16 3 0 15 16 116 .494 .500 .844 41.0 29.0 7.5 4.0 0.8 0.0
3 Sam Perkins 23 4 4 169 24 49 1 4 26 34 16 35 51 11 2 1 3 13 75 .490 .250 .765 42.3 18.8 12.8 2.8 0.5 0.3
4 Jay Vincent 25 4 2 134 20 56 0 0 22 29 9 13 22 3 6 3 11 16 62 .357 .759 33.5 15.5 5.5 0.8 1.5 0.8
5 Brad Davis 29 4 4 113 13 26 3 8 12 13 1 7 8 22 4 1 6 11 41 .500 .375 .923 28.3 10.3 2.0 5.5 1.0 0.3
6 Derek Harper 23 4 0 132 10 21 1 3 5 7 1 11 12 20 6 1 4 12 26 .476 .333 .714 33.0 6.5 3.0 5.0 1.5 0.3
7 Dale Ellis 24 4 1 68 10 23 2 5 1 2 4 3 7 3 4 0 4 3 23 .435 .400 .500 17.0 5.8 1.8 0.8 1.0 0.0
8 Kurt Nimphius 26 4 0 50 3 6 0 0 0 0 3 3 6 3 1 1 2 10 6 .500 12.5 1.5 1.5 0.8 0.3 0.3
9 Wallace Bryant 25 2 1 36 0 1 0 0 2 2 1 6 7 1 1 1 2 5 2 .000 1.000 18.0 1.0 3.5 0.5 0.5 0.5
Team Totals 4 1035 171 363 9 24 131 157 62 107 169 98 29 10 61 94 482 258.8 120.5 42.3 24.5 7.3 2.5

Los Angeles Lakers (3) vs. Phoenix Suns (0)

Game 1
PHO
LAL		114
142
Game 2
PHO
LAL		130
147
Game 3
LAL
PHO		119
103

Los Angeles Lakers

Totals Shooting Per Game
Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST STL BLK
1 Mike McGee 25 3 0 74 24 39 2 2 9 15 4 2 6 3 1 0 2 7 59 .615 1.000 .600 24.7 19.7 2.0 1.0 0.3 0.0
2 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 37 3 3 72 23 33 0 0 11 13 6 8 14 4 2 4 3 9 57 .697 .846 24.0 19.0 4.7 1.3 0.7 1.3
3 James Worthy 23 3 3 71 22 32 1 1 11 17 2 8 10 2 2 0 3 9 56 .688 1.000 .647 23.7 18.7 3.3 0.7 0.7 0.0
4 Bob McAdoo 33 3 0 70 24 35 0 0 7 9 3 14 17 4 4 3 6 8 55 .686 .778 23.3 18.3 5.7 1.3 1.3 1.0
5 Magic Johnson 25 3 3 95 17 31 0 0 16 21 4 13 17 42 4 2 11 7 50 .548 .762 31.7 16.7 5.7 14.0 1.3 0.7
6 Byron Scott 23 3 3 77 17 40 0 2 10 12 4 6 10 9 9 1 4 8 44 .425 .000 .833 25.7 14.7 3.3 3.0 3.0 0.3
7 Michael Cooper 28 3 0 88 14 25 2 5 5 5 3 10 13 25 4 1 5 5 35 .560 .400 1.000 29.3 11.7 4.3 8.3 1.3 0.3
8 Larry Spriggs 25 3 0 65 12 22 0 0 1 2 3 5 8 8 2 0 11 13 25 .545 .500 21.7 8.3 2.7 2.7 0.7 0.0
9 Kurt Rambis 26 3 3 52 6 8 0 0 3 4 7 13 20 3 3 3 4 9 15 .750 .750 17.3 5.0 6.7 1.0 1.0 1.0
10 Mitch Kupchak 30 3 0 31 5 7 0 0 0 1 1 5 6 0 0 0 2 7 10 .714 .000 10.3 3.3 2.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
11 Ronnie Lester 26 2 0 14 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 3 0 0 0 1 2 .500 7.0 1.0 1.0 1.5 0.0 0.0
12 Chuck Nevitt 25 2 0 11 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 1 2 1 0 1 1 3 0 .000 .000 5.5 0.0 1.0 0.5 0.0 0.5
Team Totals 3 720 165 275 5 10 73 101 38 87 125 104 31 15 52 86 408 240.0 136.0 41.7 34.7 10.3 5.0

Phoenix Suns

Totals Shooting Per Game
Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST STL BLK
1 Maurice Lucas 32 3 0 84 22 47 0 0 15 19 12 21 33 10 2 2 8 12 59 .468 .789 28.0 19.7 11.0 3.3 0.7 0.7
2 Mike Sanders 24 3 3 91 22 37 0 0 8 10 8 7 15 10 5 0 9 8 52 .595 .800 30.3 17.3 5.0 3.3 1.7 0.0
3 Alvan Adams 30 3 3 79 23 46 0 0 5 6 4 13 17 11 7 1 6 8 51 .500 .833 26.3 17.0 5.7 3.7 2.3 0.3
4 Jay Humphries 22 3 3 90 20 31 0 0 9 12 1 4 5 16 2 0 8 12 49 .645 .750 30.0 16.3 1.7 5.3 0.7 0.0
5 Charles Pittman 26 3 3 82 14 23 0 0 12 17 6 13 19 9 0 3 9 10 40 .609 .706 27.3 13.3 6.3 3.0 0.0 1.0
6 Kyle Macy 27 3 3 85 13 26 1 4 4 5 3 5 8 9 6 0 6 5 31 .500 .250 .800 28.3 10.3 2.7 3.0 2.0 0.0
7 Mike Holton 23 3 0 55 9 19 0 4 4 4 0 2 2 9 0 0 3 8 22 .474 .000 1.000 18.3 7.3 0.7 3.0 0.0 0.0
8 Rod Foster 24 3 0 56 7 25 0 4 6 8 0 3 3 7 5 0 5 4 20 .280 .000 .750 18.7 6.7 1.0 2.3 1.7 0.0
9 Charles Jones 23 2 0 34 3 5 0 0 6 6 1 2 3 3 0 3 3 4 12 .600 1.000 17.0 6.0 1.5 1.5 0.0 1.5
10 Alvin Scott 29 3 0 64 3 12 0 1 5 6 3 5 8 10 1 4 6 8 11 .250 .000 .833 21.3 3.7 2.7 3.3 0.3 1.3
Team Totals 3 720 136 271 1 13 74 93 38 75 113 94 28 13 63 79 347 240.0 115.7 37.7 31.3 9.3 4.3

Denver Nuggets (3) vs. San Antonio Spurs (2)

Game 1
SAS
DEN		111
141
Game 2
SAS
DEN		113
111
Game 3
DEN
SAS		115
112
Game 4
DEN
SAS		111
116
Game 5
SAS
DEN		99
126

Denver Nuggets

Totals Shooting Per Game
Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST STL BLK
1 Alex English 31 5 5 195 59 111 0 0 31 34 9 23 32 16 9 2 11 16 149 .532 .912 39.0 29.8 6.4 3.2 1.8 0.4
2 Calvin Natt 28 5 5 169 40 72 0 0 28 34 9 22 31 20 3 4 11 9 108 .556 .824 33.8 21.6 6.2 4.0 0.6 0.8
3 Fat Lever 24 5 5 178 23 55 0 0 21 29 8 18 26 47 14 2 17 18 67 .418 .724 35.6 13.4 5.2 9.4 2.8 0.4
4 Dan Issel 36 5 0 101 23 51 0 0 14 16 5 9 14 7 1 0 2 14 60 .451 .875 20.2 12.0 2.8 1.4 0.2 0.0
5 Wayne Cooper 28 5 5 111 19 45 0 0 8 8 11 17 28 10 3 11 5 21 46 .422 1.000 22.2 9.2 5.6 2.0 0.6 2.2
6 Bill Hanzlik 27 5 0 92 14 21 0 0 14 19 6 6 12 12 4 0 6 20 42 .667 .737 18.4 8.4 2.4 2.4 0.8 0.0
7 Mike Evans 29 5 0 66 17 38 4 12 3 4 1 5 6 11 4 1 4 6 41 .447 .333 .750 13.2 8.2 1.2 2.2 0.8 0.2
8 Elston Turner 25 5 0 124 15 32 0 0 5 7 10 18 28 10 5 1 6 15 35 .469 .714 24.8 7.0 5.6 2.0 1.0 0.2
9 T.R. Dunn 29 5 5 112 8 17 0 0 10 12 9 8 17 9 6 2 6 19 26 .471 .833 22.4 5.2 3.4 1.8 1.2 0.4
10 Danny Schayes 25 3 0 35 4 7 0 0 6 8 2 6 8 2 1 2 3 6 14 .571 .750 11.7 4.7 2.7 0.7 0.3 0.7
11 Joe Kopicki 24 2 0 9 4 6 0 0 0 3 0 5 5 1 0 0 0 1 8 .667 .000 4.5 4.0 2.5 0.5 0.0 0.0
12 Willie White 22 2 0 8 4 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 .800 4.0 4.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Team Totals 5 1200 230 460 4 12 140 174 70 137 207 145 50 25 71 145 604 240.0 120.8 41.4 29.0 10.0 5.0

San Antonio Spurs

Totals Shooting Per Game
Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST STL BLK
1 George Gervin 32 5 5 183 42 79 0 3 27 34 3 15 18 14 3 3 20 19 111 .532 .000 .794 36.6 22.2 3.6 2.8 0.6 0.6
2 Mike Mitchell 29 5 5 180 44 78 0 1 21 24 5 14 19 12 3 4 9 19 109 .564 .000 .875 36.0 21.8 3.8 2.4 0.6 0.8
3 Artis Gilmore 35 5 5 185 29 52 0 0 31 45 10 40 50 7 2 7 23 18 89 .558 .689 37.0 17.8 10.0 1.4 0.4 1.4
4 Johnny Moore 26 5 5 168 25 54 1 3 15 23 13 17 30 42 10 2 16 17 66 .463 .333 .652 33.6 13.2 6.0 8.4 2.0 0.4
5 John Paxson 24 5 0 114 21 42 2 9 7 9 0 5 5 21 5 0 5 9 51 .500 .222 .778 22.8 10.2 1.0 4.2 1.0 0.0
6 Marc Iavaroni 28 5 5 116 15 28 0 1 15 20 8 18 26 13 5 2 15 23 45 .536 .000 .750 23.2 9.0 5.2 2.6 1.0 0.4
7 Jeff Cook 28 5 0 98 9 18 0 1 17 25 6 23 29 4 5 6 6 23 35 .500 .000 .680 19.6 7.0 5.8 0.8 1.0 1.2
8 Ozell Jones 24 5 0 73 8 11 0 0 1 6 5 12 17 4 1 4 7 18 17 .727 .167 14.6 3.4 3.4 0.8 0.2 0.8
9 Billy Knight 32 5 0 45 8 15 0 4 0 0 3 3 6 3 2 0 2 2 16 .533 .000 9.0 3.2 1.2 0.6 0.4 0.0
10 Linton Townes 25 2 0 6 4 8 0 1 0 0 2 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 8 .500 .000 3.0 4.0 1.5 0.0 0.0 0.0
11 David Thirdkill 24 5 0 22 1 4 0 2 2 4 0 2 2 2 0 0 4 4 4 .250 .000 .500 4.4 0.8 0.4 0.4 0.0 0.0
12 Gene Banks 25 1 0 10 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 3 0 .000 10.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 0.0
Team Totals 5 1200 206 390 3 25 136 190 55 150 205 123 36 28 109 156 551 240.0 110.2 41.0 24.6 7.2 5.6