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1985-86 Los Angeles Clippers Roster and Stats

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Record: 32-50, Finished 4th in NBA Pacific Division (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Don Chaney (32-50)

PTS/G: 108.6 (16th of 23) ▪ Opp PTS/G: 115.5 (22nd of 23)
SRS: -6.83 (23rd of 23) ▪ Pace: 102.7 (11th of 23)
Off Rtg: 105.4 (17th of 23) ▪ Def Rtg: 112.1 (22nd of 23)
Expected W-L: 24-58 (23rd of 23)

Arena: Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena ▪ Attendance: 341,614 (21st of 23)

Roster

No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
00 Benoit Benjamin C 7-0 250 November 22, 1964 R Creighton University
2 Junior Bridgeman SF 6-5 210 September 17, 1953 10 University of Louisville
31 Wallace Bryant C 7-0 245 July 14, 1959 2 University of San Francisco
44 Michael Cage PF 6-9 224 January 28, 1962 1 San Diego State University
38 Jeff Cross PF 6-10 240 September 1, 1961 R University of Maine
40 James Donaldson C 7-2 275 August 16, 1957 5 Washington State University
14 Franklin Edwards PG 6-1 170 February 2, 1959 4 Cleveland State University
4 Lancaster Gordon SG 6-3 185 June 24, 1962 1 University of Louisville
8 Marques Johnson SG 6-7 218 February 8, 1956 8 University of California, Los Angeles
20 Ozell Jones C 6-11 235 November 20, 1960 1 California State University, Fullerton
19 Cedric Maxwell SF 6-8 205 November 21, 1955 8 University of North Carolina at Charlotte
46 Jay Murphy SF 6-9 220 June 26, 1962 1 Boston College
40 Kurt Nimphius PF 6-10 218 March 13, 1958 4 Arizona State University
10 Norm Nixon PG 6-2 170 October 11, 1955 8 Duquesne University
18 Derek Smith SG 6-6 205 November 1, 1961 3 University of Louisville
21 Jim Thomas SG 6-3 190 October 19, 1960 2 Indiana University
1 Darnell Valentine PG 6-1 183 February 3, 1959 4 University of Kansas
22 Rory White SF 6-8 210 August 16, 1959 3 University of South Alabama
52 Jamaal Wilkes SF 6-6 190 May 2, 1953 11 University of California, Los Angeles

Team and Opponent Stats

G MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS PTS/G
Team 82 19755 3388 7165 .473 64 229 .279 2067 2683 .770 1159 2258 3417 1968 694 501 1506 1931 8907 108.6
Lg Rank 20 20 14 19 14 14 10 3 6 8 10 21 21 21 15 5 15 19 16 16
Opponent 82 19755 3849 7588 .507 73 261 .280 1704 2280 .747 1268 2458 3726 2469 760 457 1396 2113 9475 115.5
Lg Rank 20 21 22 22 10 9 11 5 5 4 22 14 20 23 17 16 16 15 22 22

Team Miscellaneous

Offense Four Factors Defense Four Factors
PW PL MOV SOS SRS ORtg DRtg Pace eFG% TOV% ORB% FT/FGA eFG% TOV% DRB% FT/FGA Arena Attendance
Team 24 58 -6.93 0.10 -6.83 105.4 112.1 102.7 .477 15.3 32.0 .288 .512 14.0 64.0 .225 Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena 341,614
Lg Rank 23 23 23 10 23 17 22 11 20 16 13 3 22 17 23 5 21

Totals

Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 Marques Johnson 29 75 75 2605 613 1201 .510 1 15 .067 298 392 .760 156 260 416 283 107 50 183 214 1525
2 Cedric Maxwell 30 76 72 2458 314 661 .475 0 3 .000 447 562 .795 241 383 624 215 61 29 206 252 1075
3 Norm Nixon 30 67 62 2138 403 921 .438 42 121 .347 131 162 .809 45 135 180 576 84 3 190 143 979
4 Benoit Benjamin 21 79 37 2088 324 661 .490 1 3 .333 229 307 .746 161 439 600 79 64 206 145 286 878
5 Rory White 26 75 30 1761 355 684 .519 1 9 .111 164 222 .739 82 99 181 74 74 8 95 161 875
6 Kurt Nimphius 27 67 62 1946 314 622 .505 0 2 .000 177 233 .760 129 264 393 48 30 93 107 229 805
7 Franklin Edwards 26 73 19 1491 262 577 .454 1 9 .111 132 151 .874 24 62 86 259 89 4 137 87 657
8 Michael Cage 24 78 12 1566 204 426 .479 0 3 .000 113 174 .649 168 249 417 81 62 34 106 176 521
9 Junior Bridgeman 32 58 14 1161 199 451 .441 6 18 .333 106 119 .891 29 94 123 108 31 8 68 81 510
10 Lancaster Gordon 23 60 1 704 130 345 .377 7 28 .250 45 56 .804 24 44 68 60 33 10 62 91 312
11 Derek Smith 24 11 9 339 100 181 .552 1 2 .500 58 84 .690 20 21 41 31 9 13 33 35 259
12 Darnell Valentine 26 34 2 483 69 182 .379 3 11 .273 59 75 .787 12 41 53 107 23 1 57 45 200
13 James Donaldson 28 14 14 441 43 84 .512 0 0 57 70 .814 28 103 131 12 5 29 38 33 143
14 Jamaal Wilkes 32 13 1 195 26 65 .400 1 3 .333 22 27 .815 13 16 29 15 7 2 16 19 75
15 Jay Murphy 23 14 0 100 16 45 .356 0 2 .000 9 14 .643 7 8 15 3 4 3 5 12 41
16 Jeff Cross 24 21 0 128 6 24 .250 0 0 14 25 .560 9 21 30 1 2 3 6 38 26
17 Wallace Bryant 26 8 0 64 4 18 .222 0 0 5 8 .625 8 12 20 4 2 3 2 12 13
18 Jim Thomas 25 6 0 69 6 15 .400 0 0 1 2 .500 3 5 8 12 5 1 9 12 13
19 Ozell Jones 25 3 0 18 0 2 .000 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 2 1 3 5 0

Per Game

Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 Derek Smith 24 11 9 30.8 9.1 16.5 .552 0.1 0.2 .500 5.3 7.6 .690 1.8 1.9 3.7 2.8 0.8 1.2 3.0 3.2 23.5
2 Marques Johnson 29 75 75 34.7 8.2 16.0 .510 0.0 0.2 .067 4.0 5.2 .760 2.1 3.5 5.5 3.8 1.4 0.7 2.4 2.9 20.3
3 Norm Nixon 30 67 62 31.9 6.0 13.7 .438 0.6 1.8 .347 2.0 2.4 .809 0.7 2.0 2.7 8.6 1.3 0.0 2.8 2.1 14.6
4 Cedric Maxwell 30 76 72 32.3 4.1 8.7 .475 0.0 0.0 .000 5.9 7.4 .795 3.2 5.0 8.2 2.8 0.8 0.4 2.7 3.3 14.1
5 Kurt Nimphius 27 67 62 29.0 4.7 9.3 .505 0.0 0.0 .000 2.6 3.5 .760 1.9 3.9 5.9 0.7 0.4 1.4 1.6 3.4 12.0
6 Rory White 26 75 30 23.5 4.7 9.1 .519 0.0 0.1 .111 2.2 3.0 .739 1.1 1.3 2.4 1.0 1.0 0.1 1.3 2.1 11.7
7 Benoit Benjamin 21 79 37 26.4 4.1 8.4 .490 0.0 0.0 .333 2.9 3.9 .746 2.0 5.6 7.6 1.0 0.8 2.6 1.8 3.6 11.1
8 James Donaldson 28 14 14 31.5 3.1 6.0 .512 0.0 0.0 4.1 5.0 .814 2.0 7.4 9.4 0.9 0.4 2.1 2.7 2.4 10.2
9 Franklin Edwards 26 73 19 20.4 3.6 7.9 .454 0.0 0.1 .111 1.8 2.1 .874 0.3 0.8 1.2 3.5 1.2 0.1 1.9 1.2 9.0
10 Junior Bridgeman 32 58 14 20.0 3.4 7.8 .441 0.1 0.3 .333 1.8 2.1 .891 0.5 1.6 2.1 1.9 0.5 0.1 1.2 1.4 8.8
11 Michael Cage 24 78 12 20.1 2.6 5.5 .479 0.0 0.0 .000 1.4 2.2 .649 2.2 3.2 5.3 1.0 0.8 0.4 1.4 2.3 6.7
12 Darnell Valentine 26 34 2 14.2 2.0 5.4 .379 0.1 0.3 .273 1.7 2.2 .787 0.4 1.2 1.6 3.1 0.7 0.0 1.7 1.3 5.9
13 Jamaal Wilkes 32 13 1 15.0 2.0 5.0 .400 0.1 0.2 .333 1.7 2.1 .815 1.0 1.2 2.2 1.2 0.5 0.2 1.2 1.5 5.8
14 Lancaster Gordon 23 60 1 11.7 2.2 5.8 .377 0.1 0.5 .250 0.8 0.9 .804 0.4 0.7 1.1 1.0 0.6 0.2 1.0 1.5 5.2
15 Jay Murphy 23 14 0 7.1 1.1 3.2 .356 0.0 0.1 .000 0.6 1.0 .643 0.5 0.6 1.1 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.4 0.9 2.9
16 Jim Thomas 25 6 0 11.5 1.0 2.5 .400 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.3 .500 0.5 0.8 1.3 2.0 0.8 0.2 1.5 2.0 2.2
17 Wallace Bryant 26 8 0 8.0 0.5 2.3 .222 0.0 0.0 0.6 1.0 .625 1.0 1.5 2.5 0.5 0.3 0.4 0.3 1.5 1.6
18 Jeff Cross 24 21 0 6.1 0.3 1.1 .250 0.0 0.0 0.7 1.2 .560 0.4 1.0 1.4 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.3 1.8 1.2
19 Ozell Jones 25 3 0 6.0 0.0 0.7 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.7 0.7 0.0 0.7 0.3 1.0 1.7 0.0

Per 36 Minutes

Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 Derek Smith 24 11 9 339 10.6 19.2 .552 0.1 0.2 .500 6.2 8.9 .690 2.1 2.2 4.4 3.3 1.0 1.4 3.5 3.7 27.5
2 Marques Johnson 29 75 75 2605 8.5 16.6 .510 0.0 0.2 .067 4.1 5.4 .760 2.2 3.6 5.7 3.9 1.5 0.7 2.5 3.0 21.1
3 Rory White 26 75 30 1761 7.3 14.0 .519 0.0 0.2 .111 3.4 4.5 .739 1.7 2.0 3.7 1.5 1.5 0.2 1.9 3.3 17.9
4 Norm Nixon 30 67 62 2138 6.8 15.5 .438 0.7 2.0 .347 2.2 2.7 .809 0.8 2.3 3.0 9.7 1.4 0.1 3.2 2.4 16.5
5 Lancaster Gordon 23 60 1 704 6.6 17.6 .377 0.4 1.4 .250 2.3 2.9 .804 1.2 2.3 3.5 3.1 1.7 0.5 3.2 4.7 16.0
6 Franklin Edwards 26 73 19 1491 6.3 13.9 .454 0.0 0.2 .111 3.2 3.6 .874 0.6 1.5 2.1 6.3 2.1 0.1 3.3 2.1 15.9
7 Junior Bridgeman 32 58 14 1161 6.2 14.0 .441 0.2 0.6 .333 3.3 3.7 .891 0.9 2.9 3.8 3.3 1.0 0.2 2.1 2.5 15.8
8 Cedric Maxwell 30 76 72 2458 4.6 9.7 .475 0.0 0.0 .000 6.5 8.2 .795 3.5 5.6 9.1 3.1 0.9 0.4 3.0 3.7 15.7
9 Benoit Benjamin 21 79 37 2088 5.6 11.4 .490 0.0 0.1 .333 3.9 5.3 .746 2.8 7.6 10.3 1.4 1.1 3.6 2.5 4.9 15.1
10 Kurt Nimphius 27 67 62 1946 5.8 11.5 .505 0.0 0.0 .000 3.3 4.3 .760 2.4 4.9 7.3 0.9 0.6 1.7 2.0 4.2 14.9
11 Darnell Valentine 26 34 2 483 5.1 13.6 .379 0.2 0.8 .273 4.4 5.6 .787 0.9 3.1 4.0 8.0 1.7 0.1 4.2 3.4 14.9
12 Jay Murphy 23 14 0 100 5.8 16.2 .356 0.0 0.7 .000 3.2 5.0 .643 2.5 2.9 5.4 1.1 1.4 1.1 1.8 4.3 14.8
13 Jamaal Wilkes 32 13 1 195 4.8 12.0 .400 0.2 0.6 .333 4.1 5.0 .815 2.4 3.0 5.4 2.8 1.3 0.4 3.0 3.5 13.8
14 Michael Cage 24 78 12 1566 4.7 9.8 .479 0.0 0.1 .000 2.6 4.0 .649 3.9 5.7 9.6 1.9 1.4 0.8 2.4 4.0 12.0
15 James Donaldson 28 14 14 441 3.5 6.9 .512 0.0 0.0 4.7 5.7 .814 2.3 8.4 10.7 1.0 0.4 2.4 3.1 2.7 11.7
16 Wallace Bryant 26 8 0 64 2.3 10.1 .222 0.0 0.0 2.8 4.5 .625 4.5 6.8 11.3 2.3 1.1 1.7 1.1 6.8 7.3
17 Jeff Cross 24 21 0 128 1.7 6.8 .250 0.0 0.0 3.9 7.0 .560 2.5 5.9 8.4 0.3 0.6 0.8 1.7 10.7 7.3
18 Jim Thomas 25 6 0 69 3.1 7.8 .400 0.0 0.0 0.5 1.0 .500 1.6 2.6 4.2 6.3 2.6 0.5 4.7 6.3 6.8
19 Ozell Jones 25 3 0 18 0.0 4.0 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 4.0 4.0 0.0 4.0 2.0 6.0 10.0 0.0

Advanced

Rk Player Age G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS WS/48
1 Marques Johnson 29 75 2605 18.9 .555 .511 6.5 11.2 8.8 17.5 1.9 1.0 11.8 24.0 112 112 4.8 1.1 5.9 .108
2 Cedric Maxwell 30 76 2458 15.6 .592 .475 10.7 17.5 14.0 12.0 1.2 0.6 18.5 18.2 114 112 4.3 1.1 5.4 .105
3 Benoit Benjamin 21 79 2088 16.1 .551 .491 8.4 23.6 15.9 5.4 1.4 5.3 15.4 18.1 106 107 1.7 2.3 4.0 .093
4 Kurt Nimphius 27 67 1946 12.8 .556 .505 7.2 15.2 11.2 3.5 0.7 2.6 12.9 17.1 108 112 1.9 0.8 2.7 .066
5 Rory White 26 75 1761 14.0 .560 .520 5.1 6.3 5.7 6.4 2.0 0.2 10.8 20.0 110 114 2.3 0.3 2.6 .070
6 Norm Nixon 30 67 2138 15.7 .493 .460 2.3 7.1 4.7 40.3 1.8 0.1 16.1 22.2 104 114 1.7 0.3 2.0 .046
7 Michael Cage 24 78 1566 12.3 .518 .479 11.7 17.8 14.7 7.1 1.9 1.2 17.4 15.6 103 110 0.7 1.0 1.7 .052
8 Derek Smith 24 11 339 21.8 .594 .555 6.4 6.9 6.7 16.3 1.2 2.1 13.1 29.7 112 114 0.7 0.1 0.8 .115
9 Junior Bridgeman 32 58 1161 12.0 .507 .448 2.7 9.1 5.9 13.6 1.2 0.4 11.9 19.7 104 115 0.7 0.1 0.8 .033
10 Franklin Edwards 26 73 1491 13.7 .511 .455 1.8 4.7 3.2 25.5 2.8 0.1 17.6 21.0 100 113 0.3 0.5 0.8 .026
11 James Donaldson 28 14 441 12.7 .623 .512 6.9 26.2 16.4 3.6 0.5 3.5 24.9 13.9 105 109 0.2 0.4 0.6 .064
12 Jamaal Wilkes 32 13 195 10.2 .488 .408 7.3 9.2 8.2 10.6 1.7 0.6 17.2 19.1 97 114 0.0 0.0 0.0 .005
13 Wallace Bryant 26 8 64 7.2 .302 .222 13.7 21.0 17.3 7.9 1.5 2.5 8.5 14.7 86 109 -0.1 0.1 0.0 -0.015
14 Jeff Cross 24 21 128 1.5 .371 .250 7.7 18.4 13.0 1.0 0.7 1.3 14.6 12.8 82 112 -0.2 0.1 -0.1 -0.038
15 Jim Thomas 25 6 69 5.3 .409 .400 4.7 8.1 6.4 22.6 3.4 0.8 36.2 14.5 75 110 -0.2 0.0 -0.1 -0.081
16 Jay Murphy 23 14 100 8.4 .401 .356 7.6 9.0 8.3 4.3 1.9 1.6 8.9 22.5 88 113 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 -0.044
17 Ozell Jones 25 3 18 -7.1 .000 .000 0.0 12.5 6.1 0.0 5.2 3.0 60.0 11.1 0 103 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 -0.249
18 Darnell Valentine 26 34 483 11.8 .465 .387 2.7 9.5 6.1 31.0 2.2 0.1 21.0 22.6 94 113 -0.3 0.2 -0.2 -0.017
19 Lancaster Gordon 23 60 704 7.8 .422 .387 3.7 7.0 5.3 12.7 2.2 0.8 14.4 24.6 86 113 -1.3 0.2 -1.1 -0.072

Salaries

Rk Player Salary
1 Marques Johnson $1,100,000
2 Norm Nixon $650,000
3 Benoit Benjamin $575,000
4 Cedric Maxwell $505,000
5 Derek Smith $375,000
6 Junior Bridgeman $350,000
7 Michael Cage $250,000
8 Kurt Nimphius $225,000
9 Lancaster Gordon $200,000
10 Jay Murphy $130,000
11 Franklin Edwards $100,000
12 Jamaal Wilkes $75,000
13 Jim Thomas $70,000
14 Rory White $70,000
15 Dale Wilkinson $70,000