1984-85 Los Angeles Clippers Roster and Stats

Record: 31-51, Finished 5th in NBA Pacific Division

Coach: Jim Lynam (22-39), Don Chaney (9-12)

Executive: Carl Scheer

PTS/G: 107.1 (19th of 23) Opp PTS/G: 111.6 (16th of 23)

SRS: -4.55 (20th of 23) Pace: 100.9 (15th of 23)

Off Rtg: 105.8 (17th of 23) Def Rtg: 110.3 (21st of 23) Net Rtg: -4.4 (19th of 23)

Expected W-L: 30-52 (19th of 23)

Preseason Odds: Championship +3500

Arena: Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena Attendance: 384,519 (15th of 23)

Recent Game Results

Height of bar is margin of victory • Mouseover bar for details • Click for box score • Grouped by Month

Roster Table
No.	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Birth Date		Exp	College
2	Junior Bridgeman	SF	6-5	210	September 17, 1953	us	9	Louisville
44	Michael Cage	PF	6-9	224	January 28, 1962	us	R	San Diego State
42	Harvey Catchings	C	6-9	218	September 2, 1951	us	10	Hardin-Simmons University
40	James Donaldson	C	7-2	275	August 16, 1957	gb	4	Washington State
14	Franklin Edwards	PG	6-1	170	February 2, 1959	us	3	Cleveland State University
4	Lancaster Gordon	SG	6-3	185	June 24, 1962	us	R	Louisville
8	Marques Johnson	SF	6-7	218	February 8, 1956	us	7	UCLA
46	Jay Murphy	PF	6-9	220	June 26, 1962	us	R	Boston College
10	Norm Nixon	PG	6-2	170	October 11, 1955	us	7	Duquesne
18	Derek Smith	SG	6-6	205	November 1, 1961	us	2	Louisville
32	Bill Walton	C	6-11	210	November 5, 1952	us	7	UCLA
13	Bryan Warrick	PG	6-5	195	July 22, 1959	us	2	Saint Joseph's
22	Rory White	PF	6-8	210	August 16, 1959	us	2	University of South Alabama
38	Dale Wilkinson	SF	6-10	220	March 18, 1960	us	R	Idaho State University

Ranks are per game (except for MP, which are total) and sorted descending (except for TOV and PF); opponents ranked are flipped; year/year calculations are also per game

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Norm Nixon	29	81	81	35.7	7.4	15.8	.465	0.4	1.2	.333	7.0	14.6	.476	.478	2.1	2.7	.780	0.7	2.0	2.7	8.8	1.2	0.0	3.4	2.2	17.2
2	Derek Smith	23	80	80	34.5	8.5	15.9	.537	0.0	0.2	.158	8.5	15.7	.542	.538	5.0	6.3	.794	2.2	3.2	5.3	2.7	1.0	0.7	2.9	4.0	22.1
3	Marques Johnson	28	72	68	34.0	6.9	15.2	.452	0.0	0.2	.231	6.8	15.0	.454	.453	2.6	3.6	.731	2.6	3.3	5.9	3.4	1.0	0.4	2.4	2.7	16.4
4	James Donaldson	27	82	58	29.2	4.3	6.7	.637	0.0	0.0		4.3	6.7	.637	.637	2.8	3.7	.749	2.0	6.1	8.1	0.6	0.3	1.6	2.5	2.6	11.3
5	Junior Bridgeman	31	80	15	25.5	5.8	12.4	.465	0.2	0.5	.359	5.6	11.9	.469	.472	2.3	2.6	.879	0.7	2.2	2.9	2.1	0.6	0.2	1.5	1.6	13.9
6	Bill Walton	32	67	37	24.6	4.0	7.7	.521	0.0	0.0	.000	4.0	7.7	.523	.521	2.1	3.0	.680	2.5	6.4	9.0	2.3	0.7	2.1	2.6	2.7	10.1
7	Michael Cage	23	75	41	21.5	2.9	5.3	.543	0.0	0.0		2.9	5.3	.543	.543	1.3	1.8	.737	1.7	3.5	5.2	0.7	0.5	0.4	1.1	2.2	7.1
8	Harvey Catchings	33	70	14	15.0	1.0	2.1	.483	0.0	0.0	.000	1.0	2.1	.486	.483	0.8	1.3	.663	1.3	2.5	3.7	0.2	0.2	0.8	0.8	2.3	2.9
9	Rory White	25	80	14	13.8	1.8	3.5	.516	0.0	0.0		1.8	3.5	.516	.516	1.1	1.6	.692	1.2	1.3	2.4	0.4	0.4	0.3	1.1	1.4	4.7
10	Franklin Edwards	25	16	0	12.4	2.3	4.1	.545	0.0	0.0		2.3	4.1	.545	.545	1.2	1.5	.792	0.2	0.7	0.9	2.4	1.1	0.0	1.1	0.6	5.7
11	Bryan Warrick	25	58	1	12.3	1.5	3.0	.491	0.0	0.1	.250	1.4	2.9	.497	.494	0.8	1.0	.772	0.2	0.8	1.0	2.6	0.4	0.1	1.2	1.5	3.7
12	Lancaster Gordon	22	63	1	10.8	1.7	4.6	.383	0.0	0.1	.222	1.7	4.4	.388	.387	0.6	0.8	.755	0.4	0.6	1.0	1.4	0.5	0.1	1.1	1.0	4.1
13	Jay Murphy	22	23	0	6.5	0.3	2.2	.160	0.0	0.0	.000	0.3	2.1	.163	.160	0.5	0.9	.571	0.3	1.5	1.8	0.2	0.0	0.1	0.3	0.9	1.2
14	Dale Wilkinson	24	10	0	3.8	0.4	1.4	.286	0.0	0.1	.000	0.4	1.3	.308	.286	0.6	0.7	.857	0.1	0.2	0.3	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.4	0.8	1.4

Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Norm Nixon	29	81	81	2894	596	1281	.465	33	99	.333	563	1182	.476	.478	170	218	.780	55	163	218	711	95	4	273	175	1395
2	Derek Smith	23	80	80	2762	682	1271	.537	3	19	.158	679	1252	.542	.538	400	504	.794	174	253	427	216	77	52	230	317	1767
3	Marques Johnson	28	72	68	2448	494	1094	.452	3	13	.231	491	1081	.454	.453	190	260	.731	188	240	428	248	72	30	176	193	1181
4	James Donaldson	27	82	58	2392	351	551	.637	0	0		351	551	.637	.637	227	303	.749	168	500	668	48	28	130	206	217	929
5	Junior Bridgeman	31	80	15	2042	460	990	.465	14	39	.359	446	951	.469	.472	181	206	.879	55	175	230	171	47	18	116	128	1115
6	Bill Walton	32	67	37	1647	269	516	.521	0	2	.000	269	514	.523	.521	138	203	.680	168	432	600	156	50	140	174	184	676
7	Michael Cage	23	75	41	1610	216	398	.543	0	0		216	398	.543	.543	101	137	.737	126	266	392	51	41	32	81	164	533
8	Rory White	25	80	14	1106	144	279	.516	0	0		144	279	.516	.516	90	130	.692	94	101	195	34	35	20	87	115	378
9	Harvey Catchings	33	70	14	1049	72	149	.483	0	1	.000	72	148	.486	.483	59	89	.663	89	173	262	14	15	57	55	162	203
10	Bryan Warrick	25	58	1	713	85	173	.491	1	4	.250	84	169	.497	.494	44	57	.772	10	48	58	153	23	6	70	85	215
11	Lancaster Gordon	22	63	1	682	110	287	.383	2	9	.222	108	278	.388	.387	37	49	.755	26	35	61	88	33	6	69	61	259
12	Franklin Edwards	25	16	0	198	36	66	.545	0	0		36	66	.545	.545	19	24	.792	3	11	14	38	17	0	17	10	91
13	Jay Murphy	22	23	0	149	8	50	.160	0	1	.000	8	49	.163	.160	12	21	.571	6	35	41	4	1	2	8	21	28
14	Dale Wilkinson	24	10	0	38	4	14	.286	0	1	.000	4	13	.308	.286	6	7	.857	1	2	3	2	0	0	4	8	14
			82		19730	3527	7119	.495	56	188	.298	3471	6931	.501	.499	1674	2208	.758	1163	2434	3597	1934	534	497	1587	1840	8784

Advanced Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	PER	TS%	3PAr	FTr	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%	OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48	OBPM	DBPM	BPM	VORP
1	Norm Nixon	29	81	2894	15.6	.507	.077	.170	2.2	6.0	4.2	35.7	1.6	0.1	16.5	23.2	2.5	1.2	3.7	.061	1.4	-1.9	-0.6	1.1
2	Derek Smith	23	80	2762	19.1	.592	.015	.397	7.2	9.8	8.6	12.1	1.3	1.0	13.4	25.4	6.3	1.7	8.0	.139	2.0	-0.6	1.4	2.4
3	Marques Johnson	28	72	2448	14.3	.489	.012	.238	8.8	10.5	9.7	14.6	1.4	0.7	12.7	23.1	1.2	1.5	2.7	.053	-0.3	-1.1	-1.4	0.4
4	James Donaldson	27	82	2392	14.6	.679	.000	.550	8.0	22.4	15.5	2.7	0.6	2.9	23.1	15.2	2.5	2.5	5.0	.101	-1.0	0.3	-0.7	0.8
5	Junior Bridgeman	31	80	2042	14.8	.516	.039	.208	3.1	9.2	6.2	12.5	1.1	0.5	9.7	23.9	2.2	0.9	3.1	.074	-0.2	-1.2	-1.4	0.3
6	Bill Walton	32	67	1647	17.8	.558	.004	.393	11.7	28.1	20.2	13.0	1.4	4.6	22.3	19.3	0.6	2.7	3.3	.097	-0.2	2.4	2.2	1.7
7	Michael Cage	23	75	1610	12.5	.582	.000	.344	9.0	17.7	13.5	4.2	1.2	1.1	15.0	13.7	1.8	1.4	3.2	.096	-1.3	-0.2	-1.5	0.2
8	Rory White	25	80	1106	10.4	.562	.000	.466	9.7	9.8	9.8	4.0	1.5	1.0	20.6	15.6	0.3	0.7	1.0	.045	-2.0	-0.5	-2.5	-0.2
9	Harvey Catchings	33	70	1049	7.8	.539	.007	.597	9.7	17.7	13.8	1.6	0.7	2.9	22.6	9.5	0.1	1.0	1.1	.050	-4.1	0.4	-3.7	-0.5
10	Bryan Warrick	25	58	713	10.5	.543	.023	.329	1.6	7.2	4.5	27.7	1.5	0.5	26.1	15.3	0.2	0.4	0.5	.035	-2.6	-0.7	-3.3	-0.2
11	Lancaster Gordon	22	63	682	8.2	.420	.031	.171	4.4	5.5	5.0	17.6	2.3	0.5	18.3	22.6	-1.2	0.4	-0.8	-0.055	-4.8	-1.2	-6.1	-0.7
12	Franklin Edwards	25	16	198	18.7	.594	.000	.364	1.7	6.0	3.9	27.0	4.1	0.0	18.2	19.3	0.4	0.2	0.6	.134	0.9	1.5	2.3	0.2
13	Jay Murphy	22	23	149	-0.9	.236	.020	.420	4.6	25.2	15.2	3.2	0.3	0.7	11.9	18.4	-0.6	0.1	-0.5	-0.154	-9.6	-2.8	-12.4	-0.4
14	Dale Wilkinson	24	10	38	0.5	.410	.071	.500	3.0	5.6	4.4	6.7	0.0	0.0	19.0	22.6	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	-0.110	-9.1	-3.9	-13.0	-0.1

Qualified players in the top 20 · Includes full-season stats for all players who saw court time during the regular season or playoffs.