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1984-85 New Jersey Nets Roster and Statistics

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42-40, Finished 3rd in NBA Atlantic Division (Schedule and Results)
Coached by: Stan Albeck (42-40)

Points Per Game: 109.5 (13th of 23) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 109.2 (9th of 23)
Pythagorean W-L: 42-40 (11th of 23)

Arena: Brendan Byrne Arena ▪ Attendance: 501,963 (8th of 23)

SRS: 0.64 (10th of 23) ▪ Pace Factor: 101.0 (14th of 23)
Offensive Rating: 107.9 (13th of 23) ▪ Defensive Rating: 107.7 (12th of 23)

Playoffs:
Lost NBA Eastern Conference First Round (3-0) versus Detroit Pistons

1984-85 New Jersey Nets:

Roster

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No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
10 Otis Birdsong G 6-3 190 December 9, 1955 7 University of Houston
22 Ron Brewer G 6-4 180 September 16, 1955 6 University of Arkansas
12 Darwin Cook G 6-3 184 August 6, 1958 4 University of Portland
53 Darryl Dawkins C 6-11 251 January 11, 1957 9
34 Chris Engler C 6-11 245 March 1, 1959 2 University of Wyoming
42 Mike Gminski C 6-11 250 August 3, 1959 4 Duke University
43 George Johnson C-F 6-11 205 December 18, 1948 11 Dillard University
55 Albert King F-G 6-6 190 December 17, 1959 3 University of Maryland
34 Tom LaGarde C-F 6-10 220 February 10, 1955 5 University of North Carolina
33 Kevin McKenna G-F 6-5 195 January 8, 1959 2 Creighton University
31 Mike O'Koren F-G 6-7 207 February 7, 1958 4 University of North Carolina
14 Kelvin Ransey G 6-1 170 May 3, 1958 4 Ohio State University
20 Micheal Ray Richardson G-F 6-5 189 April 11, 1955 6 University of Montana
44 Wayne Sappleton F 6-9 215 November 17, 1960 R Loyola University of Chicago
35 Jeff Turner F-C 6-9 230 April 9, 1962 R Vanderbilt University
52 Buck Williams F-C 6-8 215 March 8, 1960 3 University of Maryland
22 Michael Wilson G 6-4 175 September 15, 1959 1 Marquette University

Team and Opponent Statistics

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G MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS PTS
Team 82 19755 3646 7445 .490 52 224 .232 1631 2237 .729 1233 2325 3558 2163 772 415 1355 2011 8975 109.5
Opponent 82 19755 3514 7040 .499 79 262 .302 1849 2454 .753 1084 2405 3489 1975 680 352 1496 1933 8956 109.2

Player Statistics

Totals

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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 Micheal Ray Richardson 29 82 82 3127 690 1470 .469 29 115 .252 240 313 .767 156 301 457 669 243 22 249 277 1649
2 Buck Williams 24 82 82 3182 577 1089 .530 1 4 .250 336 538 .625 323 682 1005 167 63 110 238 293 1491
3 Otis Birdsong 29 56 45 1842 495 968 .511 4 21 .190 161 259 .622 60 88 148 232 84 7 117 145 1155
4 Mike Gminski 25 81 54 2418 380 818 .465 0 1 .000 276 328 .841 229 404 633 158 38 92 136 135 1036
5 Kelvin Ransey 26 81 29 1689 300 654 .459 2 11 .182 122 142 .859 40 90 130 355 87 7 113 134 724
6 Albert King 25 42 7 860 226 460 .491 0 8 .000 85 104 .817 70 89 159 58 41 9 65 110 537
7 Darryl Dawkins 28 39 30 972 192 339 .566 0 1 .000 143 201 .711 55 126 181 45 14 35 93 171 527
8 Darwin Cook 26 58 9 1063 212 453 .468 2 23 .087 47 54 .870 21 71 92 160 74 10 75 96 473
9 Mike O'Koren 26 43 29 1119 194 393 .494 8 21 .381 42 67 .627 46 120 166 102 32 16 51 115 438
10 Jeff Turner 22 72 36 1429 171 377 .454 0 3 .000 79 92 .859 88 130 218 108 29 7 90 243 421
11 Kevin McKenna 26 29 7 535 61 134 .455 5 13 .385 38 43 .884 20 29 49 58 30 7 32 63 165
12 Ron Brewer 29 11 0 245 49 84 .583 0 2 .000 16 18 .889 8 10 18 11 5 5 5 15 114
13 George Johnson 36 65 0 800 42 79 .532 1 1 1.000 22 27 .815 74 111 185 22 19 78 39 151 107
14 Wayne Sappleton 24 33 0 298 41 87 .471 0 0 14 34 .412 28 47 75 7 7 4 21 50 96
15 Michael Wilson 25 8 0 92 9 23 .391 0 0 4 6 .667 4 9 13 11 4 2 5 7 22
16 Chris Engler 25 7 0 76 7 16 .438 0 0 5 9 .556 10 17 27 0 2 4 1 4 19
17 Tom LaGarde 29 1 0 8 0 1 .000 0 0 1 2 .500 1 1 2 0 0 0 1 2 1

Per Game

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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 Otis Birdsong 29 56 45 32.9 8.8 17.3 .511 0.1 0.4 .190 2.9 4.6 .622 1.1 1.6 2.6 4.1 1.5 0.1 2.1 2.6 20.6
2 Micheal Ray Richardson 29 82 82 38.1 8.4 17.9 .469 0.4 1.4 .252 2.9 3.8 .767 1.9 3.7 5.6 8.2 3.0 0.3 3.0 3.4 20.1
3 Buck Williams 24 82 82 38.8 7.0 13.3 .530 0.0 0.0 .250 4.1 6.6 .625 3.9 8.3 12.3 2.0 0.8 1.3 2.9 3.6 18.2
4 Darryl Dawkins 28 39 30 24.9 4.9 8.7 .566 0.0 0.0 .000 3.7 5.2 .711 1.4 3.2 4.6 1.2 0.4 0.9 2.4 4.4 13.5
5 Albert King 25 42 7 20.5 5.4 11.0 .491 0.0 0.2 .000 2.0 2.5 .817 1.7 2.1 3.8 1.4 1.0 0.2 1.5 2.6 12.8
6 Mike Gminski 25 81 54 29.9 4.7 10.1 .465 0.0 0.0 .000 3.4 4.0 .841 2.8 5.0 7.8 2.0 0.5 1.1 1.7 1.7 12.8
7 Ron Brewer 29 11 0 22.3 4.5 7.6 .583 0.0 0.2 .000 1.5 1.6 .889 0.7 0.9 1.6 1.0 0.5 0.5 0.5 1.4 10.4
8 Mike O'Koren 26 43 29 26.0 4.5 9.1 .494 0.2 0.5 .381 1.0 1.6 .627 1.1 2.8 3.9 2.4 0.7 0.4 1.2 2.7 10.2
9 Kelvin Ransey 26 81 29 20.9 3.7 8.1 .459 0.0 0.1 .182 1.5 1.8 .859 0.5 1.1 1.6 4.4 1.1 0.1 1.4 1.7 8.9
10 Darwin Cook 26 58 9 18.3 3.7 7.8 .468 0.0 0.4 .087 0.8 0.9 .870 0.4 1.2 1.6 2.8 1.3 0.2 1.3 1.7 8.2
11 Jeff Turner 22 72 36 19.8 2.4 5.2 .454 0.0 0.0 .000 1.1 1.3 .859 1.2 1.8 3.0 1.5 0.4 0.1 1.3 3.4 5.8
12 Kevin McKenna 26 29 7 18.4 2.1 4.6 .455 0.2 0.4 .385 1.3 1.5 .884 0.7 1.0 1.7 2.0 1.0 0.2 1.1 2.2 5.7
13 Wayne Sappleton 24 33 0 9.0 1.2 2.6 .471 0.0 0.0 0.4 1.0 .412 0.8 1.4 2.3 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.6 1.5 2.9
14 Michael Wilson 25 8 0 11.5 1.1 2.9 .391 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.8 .667 0.5 1.1 1.6 1.4 0.5 0.3 0.6 0.9 2.8
15 Chris Engler 25 7 0 10.9 1.0 2.3 .438 0.0 0.0 0.7 1.3 .556 1.4 2.4 3.9 0.0 0.3 0.6 0.1 0.6 2.7
16 George Johnson 36 65 0 12.3 0.6 1.2 .532 0.0 0.0 1.000 0.3 0.4 .815 1.1 1.7 2.8 0.3 0.3 1.2 0.6 2.3 1.6
17 Tom LaGarde 29 1 0 8.0 0.0 1.0 .000 0.0 0.0 1.0 2.0 .500 1.0 1.0 2.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 2.0 1.0

Per 36 Minutes

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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 Otis Birdsong 29 56 45 1842 9.7 18.9 .511 0.1 0.4 .190 3.1 5.1 .622 1.2 1.7 2.9 4.5 1.6 0.1 2.3 2.8 22.6
2 Albert King 25 42 7 860 9.5 19.3 .491 0.0 0.3 .000 3.6 4.4 .817 2.9 3.7 6.7 2.4 1.7 0.4 2.7 4.6 22.5
3 Darryl Dawkins 28 39 30 972 7.1 12.6 .566 0.0 0.0 .000 5.3 7.4 .711 2.0 4.7 6.7 1.7 0.5 1.3 3.4 6.3 19.5
4 Micheal Ray Richardson 29 82 82 3127 7.9 16.9 .469 0.3 1.3 .252 2.8 3.6 .767 1.8 3.5 5.3 7.7 2.8 0.3 2.9 3.2 19.0
5 Buck Williams 24 82 82 3182 6.5 12.3 .530 0.0 0.0 .250 3.8 6.1 .625 3.7 7.7 11.4 1.9 0.7 1.2 2.7 3.3 16.9
6 Ron Brewer 29 11 0 245 7.2 12.3 .583 0.0 0.3 .000 2.4 2.6 .889 1.2 1.5 2.6 1.6 0.7 0.7 0.7 2.2 16.8
7 Darwin Cook 26 58 9 1063 7.2 15.3 .468 0.1 0.8 .087 1.6 1.8 .870 0.7 2.4 3.1 5.4 2.5 0.3 2.5 3.3 16.0
8 Kelvin Ransey 26 81 29 1689 6.4 13.9 .459 0.0 0.2 .182 2.6 3.0 .859 0.9 1.9 2.8 7.6 1.9 0.1 2.4 2.9 15.4
9 Mike Gminski 25 81 54 2418 5.7 12.2 .465 0.0 0.0 .000 4.1 4.9 .841 3.4 6.0 9.4 2.4 0.6 1.4 2.0 2.0 15.4
10 Mike O'Koren 26 43 29 1119 6.2 12.6 .494 0.3 0.7 .381 1.4 2.2 .627 1.5 3.9 5.3 3.3 1.0 0.5 1.6 3.7 14.1
11 Wayne Sappleton 24 33 0 298 5.0 10.5 .471 0.0 0.0 1.7 4.1 .412 3.4 5.7 9.1 0.8 0.8 0.5 2.5 6.0 11.6
12 Kevin McKenna 26 29 7 535 4.1 9.0 .455 0.3 0.9 .385 2.6 2.9 .884 1.3 2.0 3.3 3.9 2.0 0.5 2.2 4.2 11.1
13 Jeff Turner 22 72 36 1429 4.3 9.5 .454 0.0 0.1 .000 2.0 2.3 .859 2.2 3.3 5.5 2.7 0.7 0.2 2.3 6.1 10.6
14 Chris Engler 25 7 0 76 3.3 7.6 .438 0.0 0.0 2.4 4.3 .556 4.7 8.1 12.8 0.0 0.9 1.9 0.5 1.9 9.0
15 Michael Wilson 25 8 0 92 3.5 9.0 .391 0.0 0.0 1.6 2.3 .667 1.6 3.5 5.1 4.3 1.6 0.8 2.0 2.7 8.6
16 George Johnson 36 65 0 800 1.9 3.6 .532 0.0 0.0 1.000 1.0 1.2 .815 3.3 5.0 8.3 1.0 0.9 3.5 1.8 6.8 4.8
17 Tom LaGarde 29 1 0 8 0.0 4.5 .000 0.0 0.0 4.5 9.0 .500 4.5 4.5 9.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 4.5 9.0 4.5

Advanced

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Rk Player Age G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS
1 Micheal Ray Richardson 29 82 3127 19.8 .513 .479 5.4 11.2 8.2 30.5 3.7 0.4 13.4 24.0 109 105 4.5 4.2 8.7
2 Buck Williams 24 82 3182 16.7 .562 .530 11.0 24.8 17.7 7.1 0.9 2.0 15.2 19.8 109 106 3.7 4.0 7.7
3 Mike Gminski 25 81 2418 16.1 .538 .465 10.3 19.4 14.7 8.5 0.7 2.2 12.4 18.3 113 108 3.6 2.5 6.1
4 Otis Birdsong 29 56 1842 18.1 .534 .513 3.5 5.5 4.5 19.3 2.2 0.2 9.8 26.3 109 110 2.8 1.4 4.2
5 Kelvin Ransey 26 81 1689 15.3 .505 .460 2.6 6.2 4.3 28.2 2.4 0.2 13.6 19.8 108 109 1.9 1.5 3.4
6 Darryl Dawkins 28 39 972 14.5 .616 .566 6.1 15.0 10.4 6.4 0.7 2.1 17.9 21.6 109 109 1.2 0.9 2.1
7 Mike O'Koren 26 43 1119 12.4 .518 .504 4.5 12.4 8.3 12.2 1.4 0.8 10.8 17.1 108 109 0.9 1.0 1.9
8 Albert King 25 42 860 17.7 .531 .491 8.8 12.0 10.4 10.2 2.3 0.6 11.4 26.8 107 108 1.0 0.9 1.9
9 Darwin Cook 26 58 1063 14.3 .496 .470 2.1 7.7 4.9 20.8 3.3 0.5 13.6 21.0 102 107 0.3 1.2 1.6
10 George Johnson 36 65 800 8.3 .589 .538 10.0 16.1 13.0 3.2 1.1 5.7 30.0 6.6 106 105 0.2 1.1 1.3
11 Jeff Turner 22 72 1429 7.4 .504 .454 6.7 10.5 8.6 9.4 1.0 0.3 17.7 14.3 101 111 0.2 1.0 1.2
12 Kevin McKenna 26 29 535 10.9 .539 .474 4.1 6.3 5.1 13.4 2.7 0.8 17.3 14.0 108 108 0.4 0.5 0.9
13 Ron Brewer 29 11 245 15.5 .620 .583 3.5 4.7 4.1 6.2 1.0 1.2 5.2 16.0 129 112 0.6 0.1 0.8
14 Chris Engler 25 7 76 13.9 .476 .438 14.3 25.9 19.9 0.0 1.3 3.1 4.8 11.1 116 104 0.1 0.1 0.2
15 Michael Wilson 25 8 92 9.3 .429 .391 4.7 11.3 7.9 14.5 2.1 1.3 16.3 13.4 95 108 0.0 0.1 0.1
16 Wayne Sappleton 24 33 298 7.7 .471 .471 10.2 18.3 14.1 3.0 1.1 0.8 17.1 16.7 92 108 -0.2 0.3 0.1
17 Tom LaGarde 29 1 8 -5.0 .266 .000 13.6 14.5 14.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 34.7 14.5 56 112 0.0 0.0 0.0

Playoffs

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Totals Shooting Per Game
Rk Player Age G MP FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA ORB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST
1 Buck Williams 24 3 123 26 40 0 0 22 30 14 32 1 3 5 6 12 74 .650 .733 41.0 24.7 10.7 0.3
2 Albert King 25 3 105 28 57 1 1 9 13 4 23 5 7 2 10 14 66 .491 1.000 .692 35.0 22.0 7.7 1.7
3 Micheal Ray Richardson 29 3 125 23 57 0 2 9 14 4 18 34 4 0 8 12 55 .404 .000 .643 41.7 18.3 6.0 11.3
4 Mike Gminski 25 3 81 18 33 0 0 6 6 4 19 4 3 5 10 5 42 .545 1.000 27.0 14.0 6.3 1.3
5 Ron Brewer 29 3 93 15 30 0 1 6 8 1 5 5 3 0 3 7 36 .500 .000 .750 31.0 12.0 1.7 1.7
6 Darryl Dawkins 28 3 64 11 23 0 0 3 4 4 14 4 2 6 7 13 25 .478 .750 21.3 8.3 4.7 1.3
7 Kelvin Ransey 26 3 63 6 16 0 0 5 5 0 5 17 2 1 2 10 17 .375 1.000 21.0 5.7 1.7 5.7
8 Darwin Cook 26 1 7 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 6 .750 7.0 6.0 0.0 1.0
9 Mike O'Koren 26 3 34 3 7 0 0 0 2 1 10 4 0 0 1 6 6 .429 .000 11.3 2.0 3.3 1.3
10 Jeff Turner 22 3 21 2 5 0 0 0 0 2 4 2 0 0 0 6 4 .400 7.0 1.3 1.3 0.7
11 George Johnson 36 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Playoffs Advanced

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Rk Player Age G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS
1 Buck Williams 24 3 123 21.6 .695 .650 12.1 15.2 13.6 1.1 1.1 2.2 10.1 19.4 133 114 0.4 0.1 0.5
2 Kelvin Ransey 26 3 63 11.7 .467 .375 0.0 8.2 4.2 32.0 1.4 0.9 9.9 12.9 113 117 0.1 0.0 0.1
3 Micheal Ray Richardson 29 3 125 14.1 .435 .404 3.4 11.6 7.5 36.1 1.5 0.0 11.2 23.0 100 116 0.0 0.0 0.0
4 Ron Brewer 29 3 93 9.9 .537 .500 1.1 4.5 2.8 6.9 1.5 0.0 8.2 15.8 106 118 0.0 0.0 0.0
5 Albert King 25 3 105 15.8 .526 .500 4.0 18.7 11.5 7.1 3.0 1.0 13.8 27.9 96 110 -0.1 0.1 0.0
6 George Johnson 36 1 4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 123 0.0 0.0 0.0
7 Mike Gminski 25 3 81 15.4 .589 .545 5.2 19.2 12.3 6.9 1.7 3.3 21.9 22.7 96 111 -0.1 0.1 0.0
8 Darryl Dawkins 28 3 64 10.1 .505 .478 6.6 16.2 11.5 8.2 1.4 5.0 22.0 20.0 88 111 -0.1 0.1 0.0
9 Darwin Cook 26 1 7 12.5 .750 .750 0.0 0.0 0.0 28.1 0.0 0.0 33.3 34.6 90 123 0.0 0.0 0.0
10 Mike O'Koren 26 3 34 5.8 .381 .429 3.1 27.4 15.4 13.9 0.0 0.0 11.3 10.5 89 115 0.0 0.0 0.0
11 Jeff Turner 22 3 21 5.0 .400 .400 10.1 9.9 10.0 11.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 9.6 112 120 0.0 0.0 0.0

Salaries

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Rk Player Salary
1 Otis Birdsong $1,075,000
2 Darryl Dawkins $768,000
3 Buck Williams $513,000
4 Micheal Ray Richardson $427,000
5 Mike Gminski $350,000
6 Albert King $275,000
7 Kelvin Ransey $275,000
8 Darwin Cook $255,000
9 Mike O'Koren $244,000
10 Jeff Turner $75,000
11 George Johnson $65,000
12 Wayne Sappleton $65,000
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*)