1984–85 Boston Celtics season

The 1984–85 Boston Celtics season was the 39th season of the Boston Celtics in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The Celtics entered the season as the defending NBA Champions, coming off an NBA Finals victory over the Los Angeles Lakers in seven games, and increasing their NBA Finals victories over the Lakers to 8.

1984–85 Boston Celtics season
Conference champions
Division champions
Head coachK.C. Jones
OwnersDon Gaston
Alan N. Cohen
Paul Dupee
ArenaBoston Garden
Hartford Civic Center
Results
Record63–19 (.768)
PlaceDivision: 1st (Atlantic)
Conference: 1st (Eastern)
Playoff finishNBA Finals
(Lost to Lakers 2–4)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
TelevisionWBZ-TV
(Gil Santos, Bob Cousy)
SportsChannel New England
(Mike Gorman, Tom Heinsohn)
RadioWRKO
(Johnny Most, Glenn Ordway)

On March 3, 1985, Kevin McHale surpassed Larry Bird's Celtics single game scoring record when he netted 56 points against the Detroit Pistons.[1] Less than two weeks later, on March 12, Bird answered, scoring a career-high 60 points against the Atlanta Hawks.

In the playoffs, the Celtics defeated the Cleveland Cavaliers in the First Round in four games, the Detroit Pistons in the Semi-finals in six games, and the Philadelphia 76ers in the Conference Finals in five games to advance to the NBA Finals. In the Finals, they faced off against the Los Angeles Lakers, the team who they beat in last season's NBA Finals in seven games, and have beaten a total of 8 consecutive times in their NBA Finals matchups. However, the Celtics were defeated in six games by the Lakers, marking the first time the Celtics were defeated by the Lakers in the NBA Finals. This also marked the only time the Celtics lost the NBA Finals at home.

Trivia

A majority of this team moved onto coaching later in their careers. Kevin McHale, Rick Carlisle, Larry Bird, Danny Ainge, Dennis Johnson, and Sam Vincent have all coached in the NBA.[2][3]

Draft picks
Main article: 1984 NBA Draft
Round Pick Player Position Nationality College
124Michael YoungSF/SG United StatesHouston
247Ronnie Williams United StatesFlorida
370Rick CarlisleG United StatesVirginia
493Kevin Mullin United StatesPrinceton
5116Todd Orlando United StatesBentley
6139Steve CarfinoG United StatesIowa
7162Mark Van Valkenburg United StatesFramingham State
8184Champ Godboldt United StatesHoly Cross
9206Joe Dixon United StatesMerrimack
10228Dan Trant United StatesClark

Roster
Boston Celtics roster
Players Coaches
Pos.No.NameHeightWeightDOB (YYYY-MM-DD)From
G/F 44 Ainge, Danny 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 175 lb (79 kg) BYU
F 33 Bird, Larry (C) 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Indiana State
G 28 Buckner, Quinn 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Indiana
G 34 Carlisle, Rick 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Virginia
G/F 30 Carr, M.L. 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Guilford
G 40 Clark, Carlos 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Mississippi
G 3 Johnson, Dennis 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Pepperdine
C 50 Kite, Greg 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 250 lb (113 kg) BYU
F 31 Maxwell, Cedric 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Charlotte
F/C 32 McHale, Kevin 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Minnesota
C 00 Parish, Robert 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 230 lb (104 kg) Centenary College of Louisiana
G/F 8 Wedman, Scott 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Colorado
G 20 Williams, Ray 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 188 lb (85 kg) Minnesota
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured

Roster

[4]

Regular season

Season standings
Atlantic Division W L PCT GB Home Road Div
y-Boston Celtics 6319.768–35–628–1319–5
x-Philadelphia 76ers 5824.707534–724–1715–9
x-New Jersey Nets 4240.5122127–1415–2613–11
x-Washington Bullets 4042.4882328–1312–2911–13
New York Knicks 2458.2933919–225–362–22
# Eastern Conference
Team W L PCT GB
1 z-Boston Celtics6319.768–
2 y-Milwaukee Bucks5923.7204
3 x-Philadelphia 76ers5824.7075
4 x-Detroit Pistons4636.56117
5 x-New Jersey Nets4240.51221
6 x-Washington Bullets4042.48823
7 x-Chicago Bulls3844.46325
8 x-Cleveland Cavaliers3646.43927
9 Atlanta Hawks3448.41529
10 New York Knicks2458.29339
11 Indiana Pacers2260.26841


Record vs. opponents
1984-85 NBA Records
Team ATL BOS CHI CLE DAL DEN DET GSW HOU IND KCK LAC LAL MIL NJN NYK PHI PHO POR SAS SEA UTA WAS
Atlanta –1–43–33–30–20–21–52–00–26–00–22–00–22–43–33–30–52–00–20–21–12–03–3
Boston 4–1–4–26–02–01–14–22–02–05–12–02–01–11–45–16–03–32–01–12–01–12–05–1
Chicago 3–32–4–2–42–01–13–31–10–22–42–02–01–13–32–44–20–51–11–11–12–00–23–2
Cleveland 3–30–64–2–1–10–21–41–10–24–22–02–00–21–52–33–34–21–11–11–11–11–13–3
Dallas 2–00–20–21–1–2–40–24–12–42–05–13–21–41–11–12–01–12–34–14–25–01–51–1
Denver 2–01–11–12–04–2–0–25–02–42–04–22–32–31–12–01–11–14–14–13–33–24–22–0
Detroit 5–12–43–34–12–02–0–2–01–16–01–11–11–13–31–53–21–52–01–11–11–10–23–3
Golden State 0–20–21–11–11–40–50–2–2–30–22–32–41–50–21–11–10–22–42–41–43–31–41–1
Houston 2–00–22–02–04–24–21–13–2–1–15–12–31–40–21–12–01–14–13–24–23–23–30–2
Indiana 0–61–54–22–40–20–20–62–01–1–1–10–21–11–52–32–41–50–20–21–10–22–01–4
Kansas City 2–00–20–20–21–52–41–13–21–51–1–3–20–50–22–01–11–12–33–22–43–22–41–1
L.A. Clippers 0–20–20–20–22–33–21–14–23–22–02–3–0–60–20–21–10–24–21–52–32–43–21–1
L.A. Lakers 2–01–11–12–04–13–21–15–14–11–15–06–0–1–12–02–01–15–15–13–23–34–11–1
Milwaukee 4–24–13–35–11–11–13–32–02–05–12–02–01–1–3–35–03–31–12–02–02–02–04–2
New Jersey 3–31–54–23–21–10–25–11–11–13–20–22–00–23–3–6–02–41–10–20–22–00–24–2
New York 3–30–62–43–30–21–12–31–10–24–21–11–10–20–50–6–2–40–20–21–12–01–10–6
Philadelphia 5–03–35–02–41–11–15–12–01–15–11–12–01–13–34–24–2–2–02–01–12–02–04–2
Phoenix 0–20–21–11–13–21–40–24–21–42–03–22–41–51–11–12–00–2–3–31–45–13–21–1
Portland 2–01–11–11–11–41–41–14–22–32–02–35–11–50–22–02–00–23–3–3–24–23–21–1
San Antonio 2–00–21–11–12–43–31–14–12–41–14–23–22–30–22–01–11–14–12–3–4–11–50–2
Seattle 1–11–10–21–10–52–31–13–32–32–02–34–23–30–20–20–20–21–52–41–4–3–22–0
Utah 0–20–22–01–15–12–42–04–13–30–24–22–31–40–22–01–10–22–32–35–12–3–1–1
Washington 3–31–52–33–31–10–23–31–12–04–11–11–11–12–42–46–02–41–11–12–00–21–1—

Game log
1984-85 Game Log
October
GameDateOpponentScoreLocationRecord
1Fri. Oct. 26@ Detroit Pistons130-123Pontiac Silverdome1-0
2Wed. Oct. 31New Jersey Nets116-105Boston Garden2-0
November
GameDateOpponentScoreLocationRecord
3Fri. Nov. 2Detroit Pistons127-116Boston Garden3-0
4Wed. Nov. 7Los Angeles Clippers135-108Boston Garden4-0
5Fri. Nov. 9Philadelphia 76ers130-119Boston Garden5-0
6Sat. Nov. 10@ Washington Bullets95-112Capital Centre5-1
7Mon. Nov. 12@ Indiana Pacers132-115Market Square Arena6-1
8Wed. Nov. 14New York Knicks115-99Boston Garden7-1
9Thu. Nov. 15@ Chicago Bulls125-105Chicago Stadium8-1
10Wed. Nov. 21Golden State Warriors135-91Boston Garden9-1
11Fri. Nov. 23Washington Bullets118-110Boston Garden10-1
12Sat. Nov. 24@ Kansas City Kings135-124Kemper Arena11-1
13Tue. Nov. 27@ Dallas Mavericks114-99Reunion Arena12-1
14Wed. Nov. 28@ Houston Rockets110-100The Summit13-1
December
GameDateOpponentScoreLocationRecord
15Sat. Dec. 1@ Cleveland Cavaliers110-104Richfield Coliseum14-1
16Sun. Dec. 2Cleveland Cavaliers122-99Boston Garden15-1
17Tue. Dec. 4@ Detroit Pistons99-104Pontiac Silverdome15-2
18Wed. Dec. 5Denver Nuggets123-107Boston Garden16-2
19Sat. Dec. 8@ New Jersey Nets107-98Brendan Byrne Arena17-2
20Sun. Dec. 9Atlanta Hawks128-127Boston Garden18-2
21Tue. Dec. 11New Jersey Nets130-121Hartford Civic Center19-2
22Wed. Dec. 12@ Philadelphia 76ers107-110The Spectrum19-3
23Fri. Dec. 14Utah Jazz117-106Boston Garden20-3
24Sat. Dec. 15@ Atlanta Hawks101-94The Omni21-3
25Tue. Dec. 18@ New York Knicks126-108Madison Square Garden22-3
26Wed. Dec. 19Milwaukee Bucks92-107Boston Garden22-4
27Fri. Dec. 21Indiana Pacers117-107Boston Garden23-4
28Sat. Dec. 22@ Chicago Bulls85-110Chicago Stadium23-5
29Wed. Dec. 26@ Phoenix Suns119-114Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum24-5
30Thu. Dec. 27@ Los Angeles Clippers118-103Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena25-5
31Sat. Dec. 29@ San Antonio Spurs120-112HemisFair Arena26-5
32Sun. Dec. 30@ Milwaukee Bucks98-114The MECCA26-6
January
GameDateOpponentScoreLocationRecord
33Wed. Jan. 2@ New Jersey Nets110-95Brendan Byrne Arena27-6
34Fri. Jan. 4New York Knicks105-94Boston Garden28-6
35Mon. Jan. 7@ New York Knicks108-97Madison Square Garden29-6
36Wed. Jan. 9Chicago Bulls111-108Boston Garden30-6
37Fri. Jan. 11Washington Bullets103-101Boston Garden31-6
38Sat. Jan. 12@ Atlanta Hawks119-111The Omni32-6
39Wed. Jan. 16Los Angeles Lakers104-102Boston Garden33-6
40Fri. Jan. 18@ Indiana Pacers86-91Market Square Arena33-7
41Sun. Jan. 20Philadelphia 76ers113-97Boston Garden34-7
42Wed. Jan. 23Seattle SuperSonics97-107Boston Garden34-8
43Fri. Jan. 25Indiana Pacers125-94Boston Garden35-8
44Sun. Jan. 27Portland Trail Blazers128-127Boston Garden36-8
45Tue. Jan. 29Detroit Pistons131-130Hartford Civic Center37-8
46Wed. Jan. 30@ Philadelphia 76ers104-122The Spectrum37-9
February
GameDateOpponentScoreLocationRecord
47Fri. Feb. 1Kansas City Kings142-123Boston Garden38-9
48Sat. Feb. 2@ Washington Bullets97-91Capital Centre39-9
49Tue. Feb. 5@ Chicago Bulls110-106Chicago Stadium40-9
50Wed. Feb. 6Cleveland Cavaliers113-108Boston Garden41-9
51Tue. Feb. 12@ Portland Trail Blazers103-111Memorial Coliseum41-10
52Thu. Feb. 14@ Seattle SuperSonics110-94Seattle Center Coliseum42-10
53Fri. Feb. 15@ Golden State Warriors107-100Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena43-10
54Sun. Feb. 17@ Los Angeles Lakers111-117The Forum43-11
55Mon. Feb. 18@ Utah Jazz110-94Salt Palace44-11
56Wed. Feb. 20@ Denver Nuggets129-132McNichols Sports Arena44-12
57Fri. Feb. 22Chicago Bulls115-105Hartford Civic Center45-12
58Sun. Feb. 24@ Indiana Pacers113-110Market Square Arena46-12
59Wed. Feb. 27San Antonio Spurs111-102Boston Garden47-12
March
GameDateOpponentScoreLocationRecord
60Fri. Mar. 1Atlanta Hawks105-114Boston Garden47-13
61Sun. Mar. 3Detroit Pistons138-129Boston Garden48-13
62Tue. Mar. 5@ New York Knicks110-102Madison Square Garden49-13
63Wed. Mar. 6Chicago Bulls104-107Boston Garden49-14
64Fri. Mar. 8Dallas Mavericks133-122Boston Garden50-14
65Tue. Mar. 12@ Atlanta Hawks126-115Lakefront Arena51-14
66Wed. Mar. 13Phoenix Suns123-106Boston Garden52-14
67Fri. Mar. 15@ Cleveland Cavaliers119-96Richfield Coliseum53-14
68Sun. Mar. 17Houston Rockets134-120Boston Garden54-14
69Wed. Mar. 20Milwaukee Bucks107-105Boston Garden55-14
70Fri. Mar. 22Cleveland Cavaliers129-117Boston Garden56-14
71Sat. Mar. 23@ Washington Bullets104-98Capital Centre57-14
72Wed. Mar. 27@ New Jersey Nets105-95Brendan Byrne Arena58-14
73Fri. Mar. 29Philadelphia 76ers112-108Boston Garden59-14
74Sun. Mar. 31@ Detroit Pistons105-113Joe Louis Arena59-15
April
GameDateOpponentScoreLocationRecord
75Tue. Apr. 2@ Milwaukee Bucks103-109The MECCA59-16
76Wed. Apr. 3Indiana Pacers119-103Boston Garden60-16
77Fri. Apr. 5Washington Bullets115-104Boston Garden61-16
78Sun. Apr. 7New York Knicks114-102Boston Garden62-16
79Tue. Apr. 9@ Philadelphia 76ers104-113The Spectrum62-17
80Thu. Apr. 11@ Cleveland Cavaliers121-115Richfield Coliseum63-17
81Fri. Apr. 12Milwaukee Bucks113-115 (OT)Boston Garden63-18
82Sun. Apr. 14New Jersey Nets118-129Boston Garden63-19
1984-85 Schedule

Playoffs
1985 playoff game log
First round: 3–1 (Home: 2–0; Road: 1–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Series
1 April 18 Cleveland W 126–123 Larry Bird (40) Kevin McHale (12) Dennis Johnson (11) Boston Garden
14,890		 1–0
2 April 20 Cleveland W 108–106 Larry Bird (30) Bird, Parish (11) Larry Bird (7) Boston Garden
14,890		 2–0
3 April 23 @ Cleveland L 98–105 Scott Wedman (30) Kevin McHale (11) Dennis Johnson (10) Richfield Coliseum
20,900		 2–1
4 April 25 @ Cleveland W 117–115 Larry Bird (34) Larry Bird (14) Larry Bird (7) Richfield Coliseum
20,900		 3–1
Conference Semi-finals: 4–2 (Home: 3–0; Road: 1–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Series
1 April 28 Detroit W 133–99 Robert Parish (27) Robert Parish (16) Ainge, Williams (7) Boston Garden
14,890		 1–0
2 April 30 Detroit W 121–114 Larry Bird (42) McHale, Bird (10) Dennis Johnson (7) Boston Garden
14,890		 2–0
3 May 2 @ Detroit L 117–125 Dennis Johnson (27) Larry Bird (13) Larry Bird (8) Joe Louis Arena
14,209		 2–1
4 May 5 @ Detroit L 99–102 Kevin McHale (24) Kevin McHale (10) Larry Bird (7) Joe Louis Arena
14,350		 2–2
5 May 8 Detroit W 130–123 Larry Bird (43) Larry Bird (13) Johnson, Ainge (6) Boston Garden
14,890		 3–2
6 May 10 @ Detroit W 123–113 Dennis Johnson (22) Robert Parish (13) Danny Ainge (9) Joe Louis Arena
21,193		 4–2
Conference Finals: 4–1 (Home: 3–0; Road: 1–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Series
1 May 12 Philadelphia W 108–93 Kevin McHale (28) Robert Parish (13) Dennis Johnson (8) Boston Garden
14,890		 1–0
2 May 14 Philadelphia W 106–98 Larry Bird (24) Robert Parish (16) Bird, Johnson (7) Boston Garden
14,890		 2–0
3 May 18 @ Philadelphia W 105–94 Larry Bird (26) Robert Parish (14) Danny Ainge (7) Spectrum
17,921		 3–0
4 May 19 @ Philadelphia L 104–115 Kevin McHale (25) Kevin McHale (17) Danny Ainge (8) Spectrum
17,921		 3–1
5 May 22 Philadelphia W 102–100 Dennis Johnson (23) Kevin McHale (14) Dennis Johnson (8) Boston Garden
14,890		 4–1
NBA Finals: 2–4 (Home: 1–2; Road: 1–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Series
1 May 27 L.A. Lakers W 148–114 McHale, Wedman (26) Kevin McHale (9) Dennis Johnson (10) Boston Garden
14,890		 1–0
2 May 30 L.A. Lakers L 102–109 Larry Bird (30) Larry Bird (12) Dennis Johnson (8) Boston Garden
14,890		 1–1
3 June 2 @ L.A. Lakers L 111–136 Kevin McHale (31) Kevin McHale (10) Danny Ainge (10) The Forum
17,505		 1–2
4 June 5 @ L.A. Lakers W 107–105 Kevin McHale (28) Kevin McHale (12) Dennis Johnson (12) The Forum
17,505		 2–2
5 June 7 @ L.A. Lakers L 111–120 Robert Parish (26) Kevin McHale (10) Dennis Johnson (17) The Forum
17,505		 2–3
6 June 9 L.A. Lakers L 100–111 Kevin McHale (32) Kevin McHale (16) Danny Ainge (11) Boston Garden
14,890		 2–4
1985 schedule

Player statistics
Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game

Regular season

* – Recorded statistics when playing for Boston

Boston Celtics statistics
Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Larry Bird 807739.5.522.427.88210.56.61.61.228.7
Dennis Johnson 807737.2.462.269.8534.06.81.2.515.7
Robert Parish 797836.1.524.000.74310.61.6.71.317.6
Danny Ainge 757334.2.529.268.8683.65.31.6.112.9
Kevin Mchale 793133.6.5701.000.7609.01.8.41.519.8
Cedric Maxwell 575126.2.533.000.8314.21.8.6.311.1
Ray Williams 23520.0.385.261.6742.53.91.3.26.4
Scott Wedman 78514.4.478.500.7642.01.2.3.16.4
Quinn Buckner 75611.4.383.000.6401.22.0.8.02.4
Carlos Clark 6239.1.421.000.7741.1.8.6.02.7
M.L. Carr 4708.4.416.3911.000.9.5.4.13.2
Greg Kite 5547.7.375.000.6881.6.3.1.21.6
Rick Carlisle 3804.7388.000.882.6.7.1.01.8

Awards and records

See also

References
  1. March 3, 1985 Pistons@Celtics on YouTube
  2. http://myespn.go.com/blogs/truehoop/0-38-5/Friday-Bullets.html%5B%5D
  3. "DimeMag".
  4. "1984-85 Boston Celtics Roster and Stats".
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