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1985 NBA Western Conference Semifinals

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)

2 Series

Click matchup for composite box score
2 vs. 6 Denver Nuggets vs. Utah Jazz DENVER NUGGETS win 4-1
1 vs. 5 Los Angeles Lakers vs. Portland Trail Blazers LOS ANGELES LAKERS win 4-1

Denver Nuggets (4) vs. Utah Jazz (1)

Game 1
UTA
DEN		113
130
Game 2
UTA
DEN		123
131
Game 3
DEN
UTA		123
131
Game 4
DEN
UTA		125
118
Game 5
UTA
DEN		104
116

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 5 203 57 101 0 1 39 44 13 21 34 30 6 2 10 15 153 .564 .000 .886 40.6 30.6 6.8 6.0 1.2 0.4
2 Calvin Natt 28 5 5 180 47 77 0 0 20 26 9 28 37 25 1 1 16 18 114 .610 .769 36.0 22.8 7.4 5.0 0.2 0.2
3 Dan Issel 36 5 0 109 29 58 0 0 10 14 6 14 20 8 5 0 4 13 68 .500 .714 21.8 13.6 4.0 1.6 1.0 0.0
4 Wayne Cooper 28 5 5 125 29 56 0 0 9 14 15 29 44 7 4 18 11 17 67 .518 .643 25.0 13.4 8.8 1.4 0.8 3.6
5 Mike Evans 29 5 0 97 25 54 8 17 7 7 0 19 19 11 3 0 12 20 65 .463 .471 1.000 19.4 13.0 3.8 2.2 0.6 0.0
6 Fat Lever 24 3 3 100 17 40 0 0 17 20 11 22 33 31 6 0 12 11 51 .425 .850 33.3 17.0 11.0 10.3 2.0 0.0
7 Bill Hanzlik 27 5 0 103 14 34 0 0 9 10 10 7 17 9 3 2 8 18 37 .412 .900 20.6 7.4 3.4 1.8 0.6 0.4
8 T.R. Dunn 29 5 5 147 13 27 0 0 2 5 7 15 22 7 11 0 1 15 28 .481 .400 29.4 5.6 4.4 1.4 2.2 0.0
9 Willie White 22 3 2 52 8 23 1 1 4 5 4 6 10 9 3 0 7 3 21 .348 1.000 .800 17.3 7.0 3.3 3.0 1.0 0.0
10 Elston Turner 25 5 0 102 7 27 0 0 6 10 12 13 25 9 4 0 9 14 20 .259 .600 20.4 4.0 5.0 1.8 0.8 0.0
11 Danny Schayes 25 1 0 6 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 2 3 1 0 0 0 1 1 .500 6.0 1.0 3.0 1.0 0.0 0.0
12 Joe Kopicki 24 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Team Totals 5 1225 246 497 9 19 124 157 88 177 265 147 46 23 90 145 625 245.0 125.0 53.0 29.4 9.2 4.6

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 5 197 44 74 0 1 42 57 14 30 44 12 8 0 20 22 130 .595 .000 .737 39.4 26.0 8.8 2.4 1.6 0.0
2 Darrell Griffith 26 5 5 169 40 78 5 13 12 18 4 11 15 15 7 3 12 10 97 .513 .385 .667 33.8 19.4 3.0 3.0 1.4 0.6
3 Rickey Green 30 5 5 149 35 60 1 4 23 26 4 7 11 32 4 0 7 8 94 .583 .250 .885 29.8 18.8 2.2 6.4 0.8 0.0
4 Thurl Bailey 23 5 5 206 29 80 0 0 22 26 11 33 44 11 3 14 8 15 80 .363 .846 41.2 16.0 8.8 2.2 0.6 2.8
5 Jeff Wilkins 29 5 0 135 27 63 0 0 10 14 7 21 28 5 2 3 10 15 64 .429 .714 27.0 12.8 5.6 1.0 0.4 0.6
6 John Stockton 22 5 0 97 15 27 0 1 9 14 2 12 14 24 9 1 10 18 39 .556 .000 .643 19.4 7.8 2.8 4.8 1.8 0.2
7 Rich Kelley 31 5 5 130 13 26 0 0 9 10 17 28 45 12 5 3 8 23 35 .500 .900 26.0 7.0 9.0 2.4 1.0 0.6
8 Fred Roberts 24 5 0 73 12 26 0 0 3 5 3 6 9 6 5 2 8 7 27 .462 .600 14.6 5.4 1.8 1.2 1.0 0.4
9 Pace Mannion 24 4 0 30 3 10 0 1 8 10 2 3 5 3 1 0 5 4 14 .300 .000 .800 7.5 3.5 1.3 0.8 0.3 0.0
10 Bob Hansen 24 5 0 29 2 8 0 0 5 8 1 2 3 6 3 0 0 6 9 .250 .625 5.8 1.8 0.6 1.2 0.6 0.0
11 Billy Paultz 36 2 0 10 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 1 1 1 0 .000 5.0 0.0 1.0 0.5 0.0 0.5
Team Totals 5 1225 220 455 6 20 143 188 65 155 220 127 47 27 89 129 589 245.0 117.8 44.0 25.4 9.4 5.4

Los Angeles Lakers (4) vs. Portland Trail Blazers (1)

Game 1
POR
LAL		101
125
Game 2
POR
LAL		118
134
Game 3
LAL
POR		130
126
Game 4
LAL
POR		107
115
Game 5
POR
LAL		120
139

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 Magic Johnson 25 5 5 188 35 62 0 2 39 45 7 31 38 85 9 1 24 11 109 .565 .000 .867 37.6 21.8 7.6 17.0 1.8 0.2
2 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 37 5 5 165 36 72 0 0 33 46 17 31 48 18 12 14 15 16 105 .500 .717 33.0 21.0 9.6 3.6 2.4 2.8
3 James Worthy 23 5 5 175 38 66 0 0 21 31 11 14 25 10 3 3 8 13 97 .576 .677 35.0 19.4 5.0 2.0 0.6 0.6
4 Byron Scott 23 5 5 154 40 73 3 4 10 12 3 6 9 13 8 1 5 14 93 .548 .750 .833 30.8 18.6 1.8 2.6 1.6 0.2
5 Bob McAdoo 33 5 0 115 27 59 0 1 18 22 14 20 34 3 2 10 7 18 72 .458 .000 .818 23.0 14.4 6.8 0.6 0.4 2.0
6 Michael Cooper 28 5 0 114 15 25 2 5 13 15 3 22 25 19 1 1 13 15 45 .600 .400 .867 22.8 9.0 5.0 3.8 0.2 0.2
7 Mike McGee 25 5 0 69 14 33 1 3 10 12 6 6 12 4 4 0 7 6 39 .424 .333 .833 13.8 7.8 2.4 0.8 0.8 0.0
8 Kurt Rambis 26 5 5 94 13 19 0 0 0 0 9 20 29 5 3 1 3 15 26 .684 18.8 5.2 5.8 1.0 0.6 0.2
9 Mitch Kupchak 30 4 0 51 9 16 0 0 4 7 3 6 9 1 0 4 5 12 22 .563 .571 12.8 5.5 2.3 0.3 0.0 1.0
10 Larry Spriggs 25 4 0 54 8 21 0 2 3 4 6 8 14 7 1 1 4 7 19 .381 .000 .750 13.5 4.8 3.5 1.8 0.3 0.3
11 Ronnie Lester 26 2 0 11 1 4 0 0 4 5 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 6 .250 .800 5.5 3.0 1.0 0.5 0.0 0.0
12 Chuck Nevitt 25 2 0 10 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 1 2 1 3 2 .333 5.0 1.0 1.0 0.0 0.5 1.0
Team Totals 5 1200 237 453 6 17 155 199 80 167 247 166 44 38 92 130 635 240.0 127.0 49.4 33.2 8.8 7.6

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 5 5 161 41 82 0 3 17 19 7 4 11 12 4 0 4 12 99 .500 .000 .895 32.2 19.8 2.2 2.4 0.8 0.0
2 Clyde Drexler 22 5 5 177 24 69 1 5 26 31 13 13 26 46 15 7 18 18 75 .348 .200 .839 35.4 15.0 5.2 9.2 3.0 1.4
3 Mychal Thompson 30 5 0 125 21 52 0 0 23 32 12 27 39 8 3 9 9 16 65 .404 .719 25.0 13.0 7.8 1.6 0.6 1.8
4 Steve Colter 22 5 0 103 29 52 2 5 4 6 2 6 8 21 4 0 8 16 64 .558 .400 .667 20.6 12.8 1.6 4.2 0.8 0.0
5 Kenny Carr 29 5 5 149 28 53 0 0 7 9 20 22 42 4 0 2 17 24 63 .528 .778 29.8 12.6 8.4 0.8 0.0 0.4
6 Jim Paxson 27 5 0 110 20 51 1 3 10 12 3 7 10 14 4 0 2 9 51 .392 .333 .833 22.0 10.2 2.0 2.8 0.8 0.0
7 Darnell Valentine 25 5 5 116 18 46 0 0 15 17 4 5 9 27 9 0 10 12 51 .391 .882 23.2 10.2 1.8 5.4 1.8 0.0
8 Sam Bowie 23 5 5 119 15 30 0 0 10 18 8 20 28 9 2 9 6 20 40 .500 .556 23.8 8.0 5.6 1.8 0.4 1.8
9 Audie Norris 24 5 0 72 13 22 0 0 7 16 12 12 24 1 4 5 8 17 33 .591 .438 14.4 6.6 4.8 0.2 0.8 1.0
10 Jerome Kersey 22 5 0 48 12 24 0 0 6 8 4 4 8 5 7 2 1 8 30 .500 .750 9.6 6.0 1.6 1.0 1.4 0.4
11 Tom Scheffler 30 3 0 10 2 3 0 0 3 4 3 2 5 0 1 0 1 0 7 .667 .750 3.3 2.3 1.7 0.0 0.3 0.0
12 Bernard Thompson 22 2 0 10 0 5 0 0 2 2 1 2 3 2 0 1 0 1 2 .000 1.000 5.0 1.0 1.5 1.0 0.0 0.5
Team Totals 5 1200 223 489 4 16 130 174 89 124 213 149 53 35 84 153 580 240.0 116.0 42.6 29.8 10.6 7.0