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59-23, Finished 1st in NBA Central Division (Game Results)
NBA Season Summary
Scored 110.9 points per game, Allowed 104.0 points per game (Pythagorean W-L: 58-24)
Coached by Don Nelson (59-23)
Arena: MECCA Arena / Attendance: 422,924 (14th of 23 available)
SRS: 6.70 (1st of 23) / Pace Factor: 99.7 (19th of 23)
Offensive Rating: 110.5 (6th of 23) / Defensive Rating: 103.6 (2nd of 23)
Playoffs:
Lost NBA Eastern Conference Semifinals (4-0) versus Philadelphia 76ers
Won NBA Eastern Conference First Round (3-1) versus Chicago Bulls
1984-85 Statistics / Schedule
Click on the Date for game box score, if available.
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sat, Oct 27, 1984 | Chicago Bulls | W | 108 | 106 | 1 | 0 | W 1 | |||
| 2 | Mon, Oct 29, 1984 | @ | Chicago Bulls | L | 110 | 116 | 1 | 1 | L 1 | ||
| 3 | Wed, Oct 31, 1984 | Washington Bullets | W | 105 | 79 | 2 | 1 | W 1 | |||
| 4 | Fri, Nov 2, 1984 | @ | Washington Bullets | W | 102 | 96 | 3 | 1 | W 2 | ||
| 5 | Sat, Nov 3, 1984 | Cleveland Cavaliers | W | 117 | 88 | 4 | 1 | W 3 | |||
| 6 | Wed, Nov 7, 1984 | Atlanta Hawks | W | 103 | 99 | 5 | 1 | W 4 | |||
| 7 | Fri, Nov 9, 1984 | Indiana Pacers | W | 122 | 105 | 6 | 1 | W 5 | |||
| 8 | Sat, Nov 10, 1984 | @ | Detroit Pistons | L | 100 | 104 | 6 | 2 | L 1 | ||
| 9 | Tue, Nov 13, 1984 | @ | Atlanta Hawks | W | 110 | 99 | 7 | 2 | W 1 | ||
| 10 | Thu, Nov 15, 1984 | @ | Los Angeles Clippers | W | 103 | 90 | 8 | 2 | W 2 | ||
| 11 | Fri, Nov 16, 1984 | @ | Phoenix Suns | L | 106 | 118 | 8 | 3 | L 1 | ||
| 12 | Sun, Nov 18, 1984 | @ | Los Angeles Lakers | L | 89 | 96 | 8 | 4 | L 2 | ||
| 13 | Tue, Nov 20, 1984 | @ | Dallas Mavericks | L | 108 | 109 | 8 | 5 | L 3 | ||
| 14 | Wed, Nov 21, 1984 | Chicago Bulls | W | 108 | 98 | 9 | 5 | W 1 | |||
| 15 | Sat, Nov 24, 1984 | Golden State Warriors | W | 103 | 97 | 10 | 5 | W 2 | |||
| 16 | Tue, Nov 27, 1984 | @ | Indiana Pacers | L | 105 | 126 | 10 | 6 | L 1 | ||
| 17 | Wed, Nov 28, 1984 | @ | Atlanta Hawks | L | 83 | 95 | 10 | 7 | L 2 | at New Orleans, LA | |
| 18 | Fri, Nov 30, 1984 | New York Knickerbockers | W | 118 | 100 | 11 | 7 | W 1 | |||
| 19 | Sat, Dec 1, 1984 | @ | Washington Bullets | L | 97 | 100 | 11 | 8 | L 1 | ||
| 20 | Wed, Dec 5, 1984 | @ | Philadelphia 76ers | L | 111 | 112 | 11 | 9 | L 2 | ||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 21 | Thu, Dec 6, 1984 | Detroit Pistons | W | 114 | 99 | 12 | 9 | W 1 | |||
| 22 | Sat, Dec 8, 1984 | Indiana Pacers | W | 99 | 96 | 13 | 9 | W 2 | |||
| 23 | Tue, Dec 11, 1984 | @ | Cleveland Cavaliers | W | 120 | 106 | 14 | 9 | W 3 | ||
| 24 | Wed, Dec 12, 1984 | @ | New Jersey Nets | L | 109 | 116 | 14 | 10 | L 1 | ||
| 25 | Fri, Dec 14, 1984 | Philadelphia 76ers | L | 111 | 115 | 14 | 11 | L 2 | |||
| 26 | Sun, Dec 16, 1984 | Utah Jazz | W | 115 | 102 | 15 | 11 | W 1 | |||
| 27 | Tue, Dec 18, 1984 | Dallas Mavericks | W | 110 | 96 | 16 | 11 | W 2 | |||
| 28 | Wed, Dec 19, 1984 | @ | Boston Celtics | W | 107 | 92 | 17 | 11 | W 3 | ||
| 29 | Fri, Dec 21, 1984 | @ | Philadelphia 76ers | W | 104 | 101 | 18 | 11 | W 4 | ||
| 30 | Sat, Dec 22, 1984 | San Antonio Spurs | W | 101 | 90 | 19 | 11 | W 5 | |||
| 31 | Wed, Dec 26, 1984 | Houston Rockets | W | 97 | 87 | 20 | 11 | W 6 | |||
| 32 | Sat, Dec 29, 1984 | @ | Cleveland Cavaliers | W | 115 | 102 | 21 | 11 | W 7 | ||
| 33 | Sun, Dec 30, 1984 | Boston Celtics | W | 114 | 98 | 22 | 11 | W 8 | |||
| 34 | Thu, Jan 3, 1985 | Los Angeles Clippers | W | 111 | 87 | 23 | 11 | W 9 | |||
| 35 | Fri, Jan 4, 1985 | @ | Chicago Bulls | L | 101 | 106 | 23 | 12 | L 1 | ||
| 36 | Sat, Jan 5, 1985 | Philadelphia 76ers | L | 106 | 110 | 23 | 13 | L 2 | |||
| 37 | Tue, Jan 8, 1985 | Washington Bullets | L | 95 | 99 | 23 | 14 | L 3 | |||
| 38 | Wed, Jan 9, 1985 | @ | Indiana Pacers | W | 106 | 105 | 24 | 14 | W 1 | ||
| 39 | Fri, Jan 11, 1985 | Cleveland Cavaliers | W | 130 | 117 | 25 | 14 | W 2 | |||
| 40 | Sun, Jan 13, 1985 | Denver Nuggets | W | 140 | 116 | 26 | 14 | W 3 | |||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 41 | Tue, Jan 15, 1985 | Los Angeles Lakers | W | 115 | 105 | 27 | 14 | W 4 | |||
| 42 | Fri, Jan 18, 1985 | New Jersey Nets | W | 102 | 93 | 28 | 14 | W 5 | |||
| 43 | Thu, Jan 24, 1985 | @ | Kansas City Kings | W | 120 | 119 | 29 | 14 | W 6 | ||
| 44 | Sat, Jan 26, 1985 | @ | Houston Rockets | W | 105 | 102 | 30 | 14 | W 7 | ||
| 45 | Sun, Jan 27, 1985 | @ | San Antonio Spurs | W | 106 | 93 | 31 | 14 | W 8 | ||
| 46 | Tue, Jan 29, 1985 | @ | Golden State Warriors | W | 108 | 101 | 32 | 14 | W 9 | ||
| 47 | Fri, Feb 1, 1985 | @ | Seattle Supersonics | W | 109 | 91 | 33 | 14 | W 10 | ||
| 48 | Sat, Feb 2, 1985 | @ | Portland Trail Blazers | W | 105 | 95 | 34 | 14 | W 11 | ||
| 49 | Mon, Feb 4, 1985 | Detroit Pistons | L | OT | 111 | 113 | 34 | 15 | L 1 | ||
| 50 | Wed, Feb 6, 1985 | @ | New Jersey Nets | L | 93 | 106 | 34 | 16 | L 2 | ||
| 51 | Thu, Feb 7, 1985 | Atlanta Hawks | L | OT | 91 | 94 | 34 | 17 | L 3 | ||
| 52 | Tue, Feb 12, 1985 | New Jersey Nets | W | 111 | 103 | 35 | 17 | W 1 | |||
| 53 | Thu, Feb 14, 1985 | @ | Indiana Pacers | W | OT | 132 | 128 | 36 | 17 | W 2 | |
| 54 | Sun, Feb 17, 1985 | Chicago Bulls | W | 125 | 105 | 37 | 17 | W 3 | |||
| 55 | Tue, Feb 19, 1985 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | W | 129 | 118 | 38 | 17 | W 4 | ||
| 56 | Wed, Feb 20, 1985 | @ | Detroit Pistons | W | 113 | 112 | 39 | 17 | W 5 | ||
| 57 | Sat, Feb 23, 1985 | @ | Cleveland Cavaliers | L | 106 | 128 | 39 | 18 | L 1 | ||
| 58 | Tue, Feb 26, 1985 | Philadelphia 76ers | W | 116 | 97 | 40 | 18 | W 1 | |||
| 59 | Wed, Feb 27, 1985 | @ | Utah Jazz | W | 119 | 100 | 41 | 18 | W 2 | ||
| 60 | Sat, Mar 2, 1985 | @ | Denver Nuggets | L | 122 | 123 | 41 | 19 | L 1 | ||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 61 | Tue, Mar 5, 1985 | Seattle Supersonics | W | 102 | 87 | 42 | 19 | W 1 | |||
| 62 | Fri, Mar 8, 1985 | Kansas City Kings | W | 127 | 114 | 43 | 19 | W 2 | |||
| 63 | Sun, Mar 10, 1985 | Portland Trail Blazers | W | 110 | 94 | 44 | 19 | W 3 | |||
| 64 | Mon, Mar 11, 1985 | @ | Atlanta Hawks | W | 121 | 115 | 45 | 19 | W 4 | ||
| 65 | Wed, Mar 13, 1985 | Cleveland Cavaliers | W | 128 | 93 | 46 | 19 | W 5 | |||
| 66 | Sat, Mar 16, 1985 | Phoenix Suns | W | 125 | 96 | 47 | 19 | W 6 | |||
| 67 | Sun, Mar 17, 1985 | @ | Chicago Bulls | L | OT | 117 | 119 | 47 | 20 | L 1 | |
| 68 | Tue, Mar 19, 1985 | New Jersey Nets | W | 130 | 111 | 48 | 20 | W 1 | |||
| 69 | Wed, Mar 20, 1985 | @ | Boston Celtics | L | 105 | 107 | 48 | 21 | L 1 | ||
| 70 | Fri, Mar 22, 1985 | @ | Philadelphia 76ers | W | 131 | 112 | 49 | 21 | W 1 | ||
| 71 | Sat, Mar 23, 1985 | Indiana Pacers | W | 140 | 129 | 50 | 21 | W 2 | |||
| 72 | Mon, Mar 25, 1985 | New York Knickerbockers | W | 126 | 106 | 51 | 21 | W 3 | |||
| 73 | Tue, Mar 26, 1985 | @ | Washington Bullets | W | 107 | 96 | 52 | 21 | W 4 | ||
| 74 | Thu, Mar 28, 1985 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | W | 121 | 116 | 53 | 21 | W 5 | ||
| 75 | Sat, Mar 30, 1985 | Atlanta Hawks | W | 106 | 95 | 54 | 21 | W 6 | |||
| 76 | Tue, Apr 2, 1985 | Boston Celtics | W | 109 | 103 | 55 | 21 | W 7 | |||
| 77 | Thu, Apr 4, 1985 | Detroit Pistons | W | 130 | 121 | 56 | 21 | W 8 | |||
| 78 | Sat, Apr 6, 1985 | @ | New Jersey Nets | L | 104 | 108 | 56 | 22 | L 1 | ||
| 79 | Sun, Apr 7, 1985 | @ | Detroit Pistons | L | 91 | 113 | 56 | 23 | L 2 | ||
| 80 | Wed, Apr 10, 1985 | Washington Bullets | W | 106 | 97 | 57 | 23 | W 1 | |||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 81 | Fri, Apr 12, 1985 | @ | Boston Celtics | W | OT | 115 | 113 | 58 | 23 | W 2 | |
| 82 | Sat, Apr 13, 1985 | New York Knickerbockers | W | 88 | 84 | 59 | 23 | W 3 |
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fri, Apr 19, 1985 | Chicago Bulls | W | 109 | 100 | 1 | 0 | W 1 | |||
| 2 | Sun, Apr 21, 1985 | Chicago Bulls | W | 122 | 115 | 2 | 0 | W 2 | |||
| 3 | Wed, Apr 24, 1985 | @ | Chicago Bulls | L | 107 | 109 | 2 | 1 | L 1 | ||
| 4 | Fri, Apr 26, 1985 | @ | Chicago Bulls | W | 105 | 97 | 3 | 1 | W 1 | ||
| 5 | Sun, Apr 28, 1985 | Philadelphia 76ers | L | 105 | 127 | 3 | 2 | L 1 | |||
| 6 | Tue, Apr 30, 1985 | Philadelphia 76ers | L | 108 | 112 | 3 | 3 | L 2 | |||
| 7 | Fri, May 3, 1985 | @ | Philadelphia 76ers | L | 104 | 109 | 3 | 4 | L 3 | ||
| 8 | Sun, May 5, 1985 | @ | Philadelphia 76ers | L | 112 | 121 | 3 | 5 | L 4 |