1984–85 San Antonio Spurs season

The 1984–85 NBA season was the Spurs' ninth season in the NBA, the 12th in San Antonio, and the 18th season as a franchise.[1] This would be George Gervin's last season with the team before getting traded to the Chicago Bulls following the season. It was also Alvin Robertson's NBA debut.

1984–85 San Antonio Spurs season
Head coachCotton Fitzsimmons
ArenaHemisFair Arena
Results
Record41–41 (.500)
PlaceDivision: 5th (Midwest)
Conference: 7th (Western)
Playoff finishWest First Round
(Lost to Nuggets 2–3)
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
TelevisionKMOL-TV
Home Sports Entertainment
RadioWOAI

Draft picks
Round Pick Player Position Nationality College
17Alvin RobertsonSG United StatesArkansas
357Joe BinionF United StatesNorth Carolina A&T State
478John Devereaux United StatesOhio
490Ozell JonesPF/C United StatesCalifornia State-Fullerton
5100Eric Richardson United StatesAlabama
6124Dion Brown United StatesLouisiana-Lafayette
7146Michael Pitts United StatesCalifornia
8170Dan Tarkanian United StatesNevada-Las Vegas
9191Melvin Roseboro United StatesSt. Mary's
10214Frank Rodriguez United StatesNew Mexico State

Roster
Roster listing
San Antonio Spurs roster
Players Coaches
Pos.No.NameHeightWeightDOB (YYYY-MM-DD)From
F 20 Banks, Gene 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Duke
F/C 45 Cook, Jeff 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Idaho State
G/F 44 Gervin, George 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Eastern Michigan
C 53 Gilmore, Artis 7 ft 2 in (2.18 m) 240 lb (109 kg) Jacksonville
F 32 Iavaroni, Marc 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Virginia
C 8 Jones, Ozell 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 235 lb (107 kg) Cal State Fullerton
G/F 25 Knight, Billy 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Pittsburgh
F 34 Mitchell, Mike 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Auburn
G 00 Moore, Johnny 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Texas
G 4 Paxson, John 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Notre Dame
G 21 Robertson, Alvin 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Arkansas
F 22 Thirdkill, David 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Bradley
F 2 Townes, Linton 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 190 lb (86 kg) James Madison
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured

Regular season

Season standings
Midwest Division W L PCT GB Home Road Div
y-Denver Nuggets 5230.634–34–718–2317–13
x-Houston Rockets 4834.585429–1219–2220–10
x-Dallas Mavericks 4438.537824–1720–2114–16
x-Utah Jazz 4141.5001126–1515–2619–11
x- San Antonio Spurs 4141.500130–1111–3012–18
Kansas City Kings 3151.3782123–188–338–22
# Western Conference
Team W L PCT GB
1 c-Los Angeles Lakers6220.756–
2 y-Denver Nuggets5230.63410
3 x-Houston Rockets4834.58514
4 x-Dallas Mavericks4438.53718
5 x-Portland Trail Blazers4240.51220
6 x-Utah Jazz4141.50021
7 x-San Antonio Spurs4141.50021
8 x-Phoenix Suns3646.43926
9 Seattle SuperSonics3151.37831
10 Los Angeles Clippers3151.37831
11 Kansas City Kings3151.37831
12 Golden State Warriors2260.26840


z - clinched division title
y - clinched division title
x - clinched playoff spot

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

Regular season
1984–85 game log
Total: 41–41 (Home: 30–11; Road: 11–30)
October: 2–0 (Home: 2–0; Road: 0–0)
November: 5–9 (Home: 4–3; Road: 1–6)
December: 7–9 (Home: 5–1; Road: 2–8)
January: 8–5 (Home: 6–2; Road: 2–3)
February: 6–8 (Home: 4–2; Road: 2–6)
March: 10–7 (Home: 6–2; Road: 4–5)
April: 3–3 (Home: 3–1; Road: 0–2)
1984–85 schedule

Playoffs
1985 playoff game log
First round: 2–3 (Home: 1–1; Road: 1–2)
1985 schedule

Playoffs

West First Round

(2) Denver Nuggets vs. (7) San Antonio Spurs: Nuggets win series 3-2

Last Playoff Meeting: 1983 Western Conference Semifinals (San Antonio won 4-1)

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

Season
Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Gene Banks
Ron Brewer
Jeff Cook
George Gervin
Artis Gilmore
Marc Iavaroni
Edgar Jones
Ozell Jones
Billy Knight
Mark McNamara
Mike Mitchell
Johnny Moore
John Paxson
Fred Roberts
Alvin Robertson
David Thirdkill
Linton Townes

Playoffs
Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Gene Banks
Jeff Cook
George Gervin
Artis Gilmore
Marc Iavaroni
Ozell Jones
Billy Knight
Mike Mitchell
Johnny Moore
John Paxson
David Thirdkill
Linton Townes

Awards and records

Transactions
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References
  1. 1984-85 San Antonio Spurs

See also
  • 1984-85 NBA season
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