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62-20, Finished 1st in NBA Pacific Division (Schedule and Results)
Coached by: Pat Riley (62-20)
1984-85 NBA Champions
Points Per Game: 118.2 (2nd of 23) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 110.9 (14th of 23)
Pythagorean W-L: 58-24 (1st of 23)
Arena: The Forum ▪ Attendance: 613,826 (3rd of 23)
SRS: 6.48 (2nd of 23) ▪ Pace Factor: 103.2 (9th of 23)
Offensive Rating: 114.1 (1st of 23) ▪ Defensive Rating: 107.0 (7th of 23)
Playoffs:
Won NBA Finals (4-2) versus Boston Celtics
Won NBA Western Conference Finals (4-1) versus Denver Nuggets
Won NBA Western Conference Semifinals (4-1) versus Portland Trail Blazers
Won NBA Western Conference First Round (3-0) versus Phoenix Suns
Click on the Date for game box score, if available.
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sat, Oct 27, 1984 | @ | San Antonio Spurs | L | 112 | 113 | 0 | 1 | L 1 | ||
| 2 | Sun, Oct 28, 1984 | @ | Dallas Mavericks | L | 96 | 107 | 0 | 2 | L 2 | ||
| 3 | Tue, Oct 30, 1984 | Golden State Warriors | W | 144 | 110 | 1 | 2 | W 1 | |||
| 4 | Thu, Nov 1, 1984 | @ | Seattle Supersonics | L | 103 | 105 | 1 | 3 | L 1 | ||
| 5 | Fri, Nov 2, 1984 | San Antonio Spurs | W | 119 | 100 | 2 | 3 | W 1 | |||
| 6 | Sun, Nov 4, 1984 | Portland Trail Blazers | W | 124 | 116 | 3 | 3 | W 2 | |||
| 7 | Tue, Nov 6, 1984 | Denver Nuggets | L | 130 | 146 | 3 | 4 | L 1 | |||
| 8 | Thu, Nov 8, 1984 | @ | Golden State Warriors | L | 106 | 122 | 3 | 5 | L 2 | ||
| 9 | Fri, Nov 9, 1984 | @ | Portland Trail Blazers | W | 130 | 126 | 4 | 5 | W 1 | ||
| 10 | Sun, Nov 11, 1984 | New Jersey Nets | W | 121 | 111 | 5 | 5 | W 2 | |||
| 11 | Fri, Nov 16, 1984 | Kansas City Kings | W | 128 | 116 | 6 | 5 | W 3 | |||
| 12 | Sun, Nov 18, 1984 | Milwaukee Bucks | W | 96 | 89 | 7 | 5 | W 4 | |||
| 13 | Tue, Nov 20, 1984 | Phoenix Suns | W | 130 | 108 | 8 | 5 | W 5 | |||
| 14 | Wed, Nov 21, 1984 | @ | Phoenix Suns | W | 102 | 97 | 9 | 5 | W 6 | ||
| 15 | Sat, Nov 24, 1984 | @ | Los Angeles Clippers | W | 108 | 103 | 10 | 5 | W 7 | ||
| 16 | Sun, Nov 25, 1984 | Seattle Supersonics | L | 94 | 105 | 10 | 6 | L 1 | |||
| 17 | Wed, Nov 28, 1984 | @ | Utah Jazz | W | 114 | 109 | 11 | 6 | W 1 | ||
| 18 | Fri, Nov 30, 1984 | Kansas City Kings | W | 130 | 121 | 12 | 6 | W 2 | |||
| 19 | Sun, Dec 2, 1984 | Chicago Bulls | L | 112 | 113 | 12 | 7 | L 1 | |||
| 20 | Tue, Dec 4, 1984 | @ | Cleveland Cavaliers | W | 116 | 112 | 13 | 7 | W 1 | ||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 21 | Wed, Dec 5, 1984 | @ | New Jersey Nets | W | 104 | 93 | 14 | 7 | W 2 | ||
| 22 | Fri, Dec 7, 1984 | @ | Philadelphia 76ers | L | 116 | 122 | 14 | 8 | L 1 | ||
| 23 | Sat, Dec 8, 1984 | @ | Washington Bullets | L | 98 | 101 | 14 | 9 | L 2 | ||
| 24 | Wed, Dec 12, 1984 | Golden State Warriors | W | 131 | 107 | 15 | 9 | W 1 | |||
| 25 | Thu, Dec 13, 1984 | @ | Seattle Supersonics | L | OT | 122 | 124 | 15 | 10 | L 1 | |
| 26 | Sun, Dec 16, 1984 | Washington Bullets | W | 109 | 101 | 16 | 10 | W 1 | |||
| 27 | Tue, Dec 18, 1984 | @ | Atlanta Hawks | W | 117 | 116 | 17 | 10 | W 2 | ||
| 28 | Wed, Dec 19, 1984 | @ | Houston Rockets | W | 123 | 116 | 18 | 10 | W 3 | ||
| 29 | Fri, Dec 21, 1984 | Phoenix Suns | W | 119 | 105 | 19 | 10 | W 4 | |||
| 30 | Wed, Dec 26, 1984 | Seattle Supersonics | W | 101 | 97 | 20 | 10 | W 5 | |||
| 31 | Fri, Dec 28, 1984 | @ | Denver Nuggets | W | 135 | 123 | 21 | 10 | W 6 | ||
| 32 | Sat, Dec 29, 1984 | Los Angeles Clippers | W | 113 | 107 | 22 | 10 | W 7 | |||
| 33 | Fri, Jan 4, 1985 | Portland Trail Blazers | W | 120 | 95 | 23 | 10 | W 8 | |||
| 34 | Sun, Jan 6, 1985 | San Antonio Spurs | W | 99 | 98 | 24 | 10 | W 9 | |||
| 35 | Tue, Jan 8, 1985 | Denver Nuggets | L | 124 | 126 | 24 | 11 | L 1 | |||
| 36 | Thu, Jan 10, 1985 | Utah Jazz | W | 120 | 112 | 25 | 11 | W 1 | |||
| 37 | Fri, Jan 11, 1985 | @ | Dallas Mavericks | W | 121 | 102 | 26 | 11 | W 2 | ||
| 38 | Sun, Jan 13, 1985 | @ | Detroit Pistons | L | 98 | 121 | 26 | 12 | L 1 | ||
| 39 | Tue, Jan 15, 1985 | @ | Milwaukee Bucks | L | 105 | 115 | 26 | 13 | L 2 | ||
| 40 | Wed, Jan 16, 1985 | @ | Boston Celtics | L | 102 | 104 | 26 | 14 | L 3 | ||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 41 | Fri, Jan 18, 1985 | Dallas Mavericks | W | 110 | 92 | 27 | 14 | W 1 | |||
| 42 | Sat, Jan 19, 1985 | @ | Golden State Warriors | W | 139 | 109 | 28 | 14 | W 2 | ||
| 43 | Tue, Jan 22, 1985 | Los Angeles Clippers | W | 123 | 114 | 29 | 14 | W 3 | |||
| 44 | Fri, Jan 25, 1985 | Philadelphia 76ers | W | 109 | 104 | 30 | 14 | W 4 | |||
| 45 | Sat, Jan 26, 1985 | @ | Utah Jazz | L | 83 | 96 | 30 | 15 | L 1 | ||
| 46 | Tue, Jan 29, 1985 | @ | Portland Trail Blazers | W | 122 | 106 | 31 | 15 | W 1 | ||
| 47 | Wed, Jan 30, 1985 | Houston Rockets | L | 113 | 116 | 31 | 16 | L 1 | |||
| 48 | Fri, Feb 1, 1985 | New York Knickerbockers | W | 105 | 104 | 32 | 16 | W 1 | |||
| 49 | Sat, Feb 2, 1985 | @ | Los Angeles Clippers | W | 105 | 96 | 33 | 16 | W 2 | ||
| 50 | Sun, Feb 3, 1985 | Indiana Pacers | W | 122 | 100 | 34 | 16 | W 3 | |||
| 51 | Tue, Feb 5, 1985 | @ | Houston Rockets | W | 113 | 104 | 35 | 16 | W 4 | ||
| 52 | Tue, Feb 12, 1985 | Los Angeles Clippers | W | 121 | 110 | 36 | 16 | W 5 | |||
| 53 | Fri, Feb 15, 1985 | Atlanta Hawks | W | 120 | 111 | 37 | 16 | W 6 | |||
| 54 | Sun, Feb 17, 1985 | Boston Celtics | W | 117 | 111 | 38 | 16 | W 7 | |||
| 55 | Tue, Feb 19, 1985 | @ | Chicago Bulls | W | 127 | 117 | 39 | 16 | W 8 | ||
| 56 | Thu, Feb 21, 1985 | @ | Kansas City Kings | W | 123 | 117 | 40 | 16 | W 9 | ||
| 57 | Fri, Feb 22, 1985 | @ | Indiana Pacers | L | 113 | 122 | 40 | 17 | L 1 | ||
| 58 | Sun, Feb 24, 1985 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | W | 119 | 114 | 41 | 17 | W 1 | ||
| 59 | Tue, Feb 26, 1985 | Houston Rockets | W | 100 | 94 | 42 | 17 | W 2 | |||
| 60 | Thu, Feb 28, 1985 | @ | Phoenix Suns | L | 105 | 117 | 42 | 18 | L 1 | ||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 61 | Sat, Mar 2, 1985 | @ | Dallas Mavericks | W | 125 | 106 | 43 | 18 | W 1 | ||
| 62 | Wed, Mar 6, 1985 | Golden State Warriors | W | 145 | 119 | 44 | 18 | W 2 | |||
| 63 | Sat, Mar 9, 1985 | Cleveland Cavaliers | W | 133 | 106 | 45 | 18 | W 3 | |||
| 64 | Tue, Mar 12, 1985 | Utah Jazz | W | 123 | 108 | 46 | 18 | W 4 | |||
| 65 | Wed, Mar 13, 1985 | @ | Utah Jazz | W | 120 | 105 | 47 | 18 | W 5 | at Las Vegas, NV | |
| 66 | Fri, Mar 15, 1985 | San Antonio Spurs | W | 115 | 114 | 48 | 18 | W 6 | |||
| 67 | Sat, Mar 16, 1985 | @ | Los Angeles Clippers | W | 123 | 112 | 49 | 18 | W 7 | ||
| 68 | Tue, Mar 19, 1985 | @ | Phoenix Suns | W | 130 | 112 | 50 | 18 | W 8 | ||
| 69 | Fri, Mar 22, 1985 | @ | Houston Rockets | W | 130 | 107 | 51 | 18 | W 9 | ||
| 70 | Sun, Mar 24, 1985 | Detroit Pistons | W | 148 | 130 | 52 | 18 | W 10 | |||
| 71 | Tue, Mar 26, 1985 | @ | Portland Trail Blazers | L | OT | 113 | 116 | 52 | 19 | L 1 | |
| 72 | Wed, Mar 27, 1985 | @ | Seattle Supersonics | W | 122 | 97 | 53 | 19 | W 1 | ||
| 73 | Fri, Mar 29, 1985 | Dallas Mavericks | W | 120 | 115 | 54 | 19 | W 2 | |||
| 74 | Sun, Mar 31, 1985 | Phoenix Suns | W | 123 | 98 | 55 | 19 | W 3 | |||
| 75 | Tue, Apr 2, 1985 | @ | Denver Nuggets | W | 118 | 104 | 56 | 19 | W 4 | ||
| 76 | Wed, Apr 3, 1985 | @ | San Antonio Spurs | L | 108 | 122 | 56 | 20 | L 1 | ||
| 77 | Fri, Apr 5, 1985 | Kansas City Kings | W | 132 | 125 | 57 | 20 | W 1 | |||
| 78 | Sun, Apr 7, 1985 | Portland Trail Blazers | W | OT | 135 | 133 | 58 | 20 | W 2 | ||
| 79 | Tue, Apr 9, 1985 | Denver Nuggets | W | 148 | 119 | 59 | 20 | W 3 | |||
| 80 | Thu, Apr 11, 1985 | @ | Golden State Warriors | W | 137 | 130 | 60 | 20 | W 4 | ||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 81 | Fri, Apr 12, 1985 | Seattle Supersonics | W | 145 | 131 | 61 | 20 | W 5 | |||
| 82 | Sun, Apr 14, 1985 | @ | Kansas City Kings | W | 122 | 116 | 62 | 20 | W 6 |
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thu, Apr 18, 1985 | Phoenix Suns | W | 142 | 114 | 1 | 0 | W 1 | |||
| 2 | Sat, Apr 20, 1985 | Phoenix Suns | W | 147 | 130 | 2 | 0 | W 2 | |||
| 3 | Tue, Apr 23, 1985 | @ | Phoenix Suns | W | 119 | 103 | 3 | 0 | W 3 | ||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 4 | Sat, Apr 27, 1985 | Portland Trail Blazers | W | 125 | 101 | 4 | 0 | W 4 | |||
| 5 | Tue, Apr 30, 1985 | Portland Trail Blazers | W | 134 | 118 | 5 | 0 | W 5 | |||
| 6 | Fri, May 3, 1985 | @ | Portland Trail Blazers | W | 130 | 126 | 6 | 0 | W 6 | ||
| 7 | Sun, May 5, 1985 | @ | Portland Trail Blazers | L | 107 | 115 | 6 | 1 | L 1 | ||
| 8 | Tue, May 7, 1985 | Portland Trail Blazers | W | 139 | 120 | 7 | 1 | W 1 | |||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 9 | Sat, May 11, 1985 | Denver Nuggets | W | 139 | 122 | 8 | 1 | W 2 | |||
| 10 | Tue, May 14, 1985 | Denver Nuggets | L | 114 | 136 | 8 | 2 | L 1 | |||
| 11 | Fri, May 17, 1985 | @ | Denver Nuggets | W | 136 | 118 | 9 | 2 | W 1 | ||
| 12 | Sun, May 19, 1985 | @ | Denver Nuggets | W | 120 | 116 | 10 | 2 | W 2 | ||
| 13 | Wed, May 22, 1985 | Denver Nuggets | W | 153 | 109 | 11 | 2 | W 3 | |||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 14 | Mon, May 27, 1985 | @ | Boston Celtics | L | 114 | 148 | 11 | 3 | L 1 | ||
| 15 | Thu, May 30, 1985 | @ | Boston Celtics | W | 109 | 102 | 12 | 3 | W 1 | ||
| 16 | Sun, Jun 2, 1985 | Boston Celtics | W | 136 | 111 | 13 | 3 | W 2 | |||
| 17 | Wed, Jun 5, 1985 | Boston Celtics | L | 105 | 107 | 13 | 4 | L 1 | |||
| 18 | Fri, Jun 7, 1985 | Boston Celtics | W | 120 | 111 | 14 | 4 | W 1 | |||
| 19 | Sun, Jun 9, 1985 | @ | Boston Celtics | W | 111 | 100 | 15 | 4 | W 2 |