1984–85 New Jersey Nets season

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1984–85 New Jersey Nets season
Head coachStan Albeck
General managerLewis Schaffel
OwnersSecaucus Seven (led by Alan N. Cohen and Joseph Taub)
ArenaBrendan Byrne Arena
Results
Record42–40 (.512)
PlaceDivision: 3rd (Atlantic)
Conference: 5th (Eastern)
Playoff finishFirst round
(lost to Pistons 0–3)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
TelevisionWOR-TV
SportsChannel New York
(Steve Albert, Bill Raftery, Bob Goldsholl)
RadioWNBC
(Mel Proctor, Mike DiTomasso)
< 1983–84 1985–86 >

The 1984–85 New Jersey Nets season was the Nets' ninth season in the NBA.[1]

Draft picks

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Main article: 1984 NBA draft
Round Pick Player Position Nationality College
1 17 Jeff Turner PF  United States Vanderbilt
3 63 Yommy Sangodeyi  Nigeria Sam Houston State
4 85 Hank Cornley  United States Illinois State
5 109 Michael Gerren  United States South Alabama
6 131 Oscar Schmidt SG/SF  Brazil
7 155 Sean Kerins  United States Syracuse
8 177 Chris Winans  United States Utah
9 200 Billy Ryan  United States Princeton
10 221 Phil Jamison  United States Saint Peter's

Roster

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1984–85 New Jersey Nets roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB From
SG 10 Birdsong, Otis Injured 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1955-12-09 Houston
SG 22 Brewer, Ron 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1955-09-16 Arkansas
PG 12 Cook, Darwin 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 184 lb (83 kg) 1958-08-06 Portland
C 53 Dawkins, Darryl 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 251 lb (114 kg) 1957-01-11 Maynard Evans HS (FL)
C 42 Gminski, Mike 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 250 lb (113 kg) 1959-08-03 Duke
C 43 Johnson, George 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1948-12-18 Dillard
SF 55 King, Albert 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1959-12-17 Maryland
SG 33 McKenna, Kevin 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1959-01-08 Creighton
SF 31 O'Koren, Mike 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 207 lb (94 kg) 1958-02-07 North Carolina
PG 14 Ransey, Kelvin 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1958-05-03 Ohio State
PG 20 Richardson, Micheal Ray 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 189 lb (86 kg) 1955-04-11 Montana
PF 22 Sappleton, Wayne 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1960-11-17 Loyola Chicago
PF 35 Turner, Jeff 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 230 lb (104 kg) 1962-04-09 Vanderbilt
PF 52 Williams, Buck 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1954-10-14 Maryland
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured Injured

Roster

Regular season

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Season standings

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Atlantic Division
 W L PCT GB Home Road Div
y-Boston Celtics 63 19 .768 – 35–6 28–13 19–5
x-Philadelphia 76ers 58 24 .707 5 34–7 24–17 15–9
x-New Jersey Nets 42 40 .512 21 27–14 15–26 13–11
x-Washington Bullets 40 42 .488 23 28–13 12–29 11–13
New York Knicks 24 58 .293 39 19–22 5–36 2–22
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Eastern Conference
Team W L PCT GB
1 z-Boston Celtics 63 19 .768 –
2 y-Milwaukee Bucks 59 23 .720 4
3 x-Philadelphia 76ers 58 24 .707 5
4 x-Detroit Pistons 46 36 .561 17
5 x-New Jersey Nets 42 40 .512 21
6 x-Washington Bullets 40 42 .488 23
7 x-Chicago Bulls 38 44 .463 25
8 x-Cleveland Cavaliers 36 46 .439 27
9 Atlanta Hawks 34 48 .415 29
10 New York Knicks 24 58 .293 39
11 Indiana Pacers 22 60 .268 41

Record vs. opponents

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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 – 1–4 3–3 3–3 0–2 0–2 1–5 2–0 0–2 6–0 0–2 2–0 0–2 2–4 3–3 3–3 0–5 2–0 0–2 0–2 1–1 2–0 3–3
Boston 4–1 – 4–2 6–0 2–0 1–1 4–2 2–0 2–0 5–1 2–0 2–0 1–1 1–4 5–1 6–0 3–3 2–0 1–1 2–0 1–1 2–0 5–1
Chicago 3–3 2–4 – 2–4 2–0 1–1 3–3 1–1 0–2 2–4 2–0 2–0 1–1 3–3 2–4 4–2 0–5 1–1 1–1 1–1 2–0 0–2 3–2
Cleveland 3–3 0–6 4–2 – 1–1 0–2 1–4 1–1 0–2 4–2 2–0 2–0 0–2 1–5 2–3 3–3 4–2 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 3–3
Dallas 2–0 0–2 0–2 1–1 – 2–4 0–2 4–1 2–4 2–0 5–1 3–2 1–4 1–1 1–1 2–0 1–1 2–3 4–1 4–2 5–0 1–5 1–1
Denver 2–0 1–1 1–1 2–0 4–2 – 0–2 5–0 2–4 2–0 4–2 2–3 2–3 1–1 2–0 1–1 1–1 4–1 4–1 3–3 3–2 4–2 2–0
Detroit 5–1 2–4 3–3 4–1 2–0 2–0 – 2–0 1–1 6–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 3–3 1–5 3–2 1–5 2–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 0–2 3–3
Golden State 0–2 0–2 1–1 1–1 1–4 0–5 0–2 – 2–3 0–2 2–3 2–4 1–5 0–2 1–1 1–1 0–2 2–4 2–4 1–4 3–3 1–4 1–1
Houston 2–0 0–2 2–0 2–0 4–2 4–2 1–1 3–2 – 1–1 5–1 2–3 1–4 0–2 1–1 2–0 1–1 4–1 3–2 4–2 3–2 3–3 0–2
Indiana 0–6 1–5 4–2 2–4 0–2 0–2 0–6 2–0 1–1 – 1–1 0–2 1–1 1–5 2–3 2–4 1–5 0–2 0–2 1–1 0–2 2–0 1–4
Kansas City 2–0 0–2 0–2 0–2 1–5 2–4 1–1 3–2 1–5 1–1 – 3–2 0–5 0–2 2–0 1–1 1–1 2–3 3–2 2–4 3–2 2–4 1–1
L.A. Clippers 0–2 0–2 0–2 0–2 2–3 3–2 1–1 4–2 3–2 2–0 2–3 – 0–6 0–2 0–2 1–1 0–2 4–2 1–5 2–3 2–4 3–2 1–1
L.A. Lakers 2–0 1–1 1–1 2–0 4–1 3–2 1–1 5–1 4–1 1–1 5–0 6–0 – 1–1 2–0 2–0 1–1 5–1 5–1 3–2 3–3 4–1 1–1
Milwaukee 4–2 4–1 3–3 5–1 1–1 1–1 3–3 2–0 2–0 5–1 2–0 2–0 1–1 – 3–3 5–0 3–3 1–1 2–0 2–0 2–0 2–0 4–2
New Jersey 3–3 1–5 4–2 3–2 1–1 0–2 5–1 1–1 1–1 3–2 0–2 2–0 0–2 3–3 – 6–0 2–4 1–1 0–2 0–2 2–0 0–2 4–2
New York 3–3 0–6 2–4 3–3 0–2 1–1 2–3 1–1 0–2 4–2 1–1 1–1 0–2 0–5 0–6 – 2–4 0–2 0–2 1–1 2–0 1–1 0–6
Philadelphia 5–0 3–3 5–0 2–4 1–1 1–1 5–1 2–0 1–1 5–1 1–1 2–0 1–1 3–3 4–2 4–2 – 2–0 2–0 1–1 2–0 2–0 4–2
Phoenix 0–2 0–2 1–1 1–1 3–2 1–4 0–2 4–2 1–4 2–0 3–2 2–4 1–5 1–1 1–1 2–0 0–2 – 3–3 1–4 5–1 3–2 1–1
Portland 2–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–4 1–4 1–1 4–2 2–3 2–0 2–3 5–1 1–5 0–2 2–0 2–0 0–2 3–3 – 3–2 4–2 3–2 1–1
San Antonio 2–0 0–2 1–1 1–1 2–4 3–3 1–1 4–1 2–4 1–1 4–2 3–2 2–3 0–2 2–0 1–1 1–1 4–1 2–3 – 4–1 1–5 0–2
Seattle 1–1 1–1 0–2 1–1 0–5 2–3 1–1 3–3 2–3 2–0 2–3 4–2 3–3 0–2 0–2 0–2 0–2 1–5 2–4 1–4 – 3–2 2–0
Utah 0–2 0–2 2–0 1–1 5–1 2–4 2–0 4–1 3–3 0–2 4–2 2–3 1–4 0–2 2–0 1–1 0–2 2–3 2–3 5–1 2–3 – 1–1
Washington 3–3 1–5 2–3 3–3 1–1 0–2 3–3 1–1 2–0 4–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 2–4 2–4 6–0 2–4 1–1 1–1 2–0 0–2 1–1 —

Game log

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Regular season

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1984–85 game log
Total: 42–40 (home: 27–14; road: 15–26)
October: 1–3 (home: 0–2; road: 1–1)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
1 October 26, 1984 Atlanta L 104–119 Brendan Byrne Arena 0–1
2 October 27, 1984 @ Cleveland W 131–106 Richfield Coliseum 1–1
3 October 30, 1984 Philadelphia L 96–118 Brendan Byrne Arena 1–2
4 October 31, 1984 @ Boston L 105–116 Boston Garden 1–3
November: 7–5 (home: 4–1; road: 3–4)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
5 November 3, 1984 Indiana W 118–117 Brendan Byrne Arena 2–3
6 November 7, 1984 Washington W 99–88 Brendan Byrne Arena 3–3
7 November 9, 1984 Kansas City L 99–101 Brendan Byrne Arena 3–4
8 November 11, 1984
10:30 p.m. EST 		@ L.A. Lakers L 111–121 King (22) Williams (10) Richardson (8) The Forum
13,257 		3–5
9 November 13, 1984 @ L.A. Clippers W 99–90 Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena 4–5
10 November 14, 1984 @ Phoenix L 86–98 Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum 4–6
11 November 17, 1984 @ Golden State W 131–114 Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena 5–6
12 November 18, 1984 @ Seattle W 102–97 Kingdome 6–6
13 November 20, 1984 @ Portland L 107–117 (OT) Memorial Coliseum 6–7
14 November 24, 1984 @ Atlanta L 99–101 The Omni 6–8
15 November 28, 1984 New York W 111–96 Brendan Byrne Arena 7–8
16 November 30, 1984 Indiana W 123–100 Brendan Byrne Arena 8–8
December: 7–9 (home: 5–3; road: 2–6)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
17 December 2, 1984 @ Philadelphia L 112–114 The Spectrum 8–9
18 December 4, 1984 @ Chicago L 97–112 Chicago Stadium 8–10
19 December 5, 1984
7:30 p.m. EST 		L.A. Lakers L 93–104 Birdsong (26) Sappleton (11) Richardson (11) Brendan Byrne Arena
14,532 		8–11
20 December 8, 1984 Boston L 98–107 Brendan Byrne Arena 8–12
21 December 11, 1984 @ Boston
(at Hartford, CT) 		L 121–130 Hartford Civic Center 8–13
22 December 12, 1984 Milwaukee W 116–109 Brendan Byrne Arena 9–13
23 December 14, 1984 Chicago W 111–109 Brendan Byrne Arena 10–13
24 December 15, 1984 @ Indiana L 100–112 Market Square Arena 10–14
25 December 18, 1984 @ Washington L 95–104 Capital Centre 10–15
26 December 19, 1984 Washington W 115–106 Brendan Byrne Arena 11–15
27 December 21, 1984 San Antonio L 116–122 Brendan Byrne Arena 11–16
28 December 22, 1984 @ Philadelphia L 93–107 The Spectrum 11–17
29 December 25, 1985 @ New York W 120–114 Madison Square Garden 12–17
30 December 26, 1984 Detroit W 112–97 Brendan Byrne Arena 13–17
31 December 28, 1984 New York W 100–97 Brendan Byrne Arena 14–17
32 December 29, 1984 @ Detroit W 110–108 Pontiac Silverdome 15–17
January: 6–9 (home: 5–2; road: 1–7)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
33 January 2, 1985 Boston L 95–110 Brendan Byrne Arena 15–18
34 January 4, 1985 Phoenix W 105–98 Brendan Byrne Arena 16–18
35 January 5, 1985 @ Atlanta L 114–124 The Omni 16–19
36 January 8, 1985 @ Cleveland L 101–107 Richfield Coliseum 16–20
37 January 11, 1985 Atlanta W 122–103 Brendan Byrne Arena 17–20
38 January 13, 1985 Houston W 100–99 Brendan Byrne Arena 18–20
39 January 16, 1985 Chicago W 100–94 Brendan Byrne Arena 19–20
40 January 18, 1985 @ Milwaukee L 93–102 MECCA Arena 19–21
41 January 19, 1985 Detroit L 107–109 Brendan Byrne Arena 19–22
42 January 22, 1985 @ Utah L 99–102 Salt Palace Acord Arena 19–23
43 January 24, 1985 @ Denver L 110–119 McNichols Sports Arena 19–24
44 January 26, 1985 @ Dallas W 103–93 Reunion Arena 20–24
45 January 28, 1985 @ Houston L 93–97 The Summit 20–25
46 January 29, 1985 @ San Antonio L 127–130 HemisFair Arena 20–26
47 January 31, 1985 L.A. Clippers W 122–99 Brendan Byrne Arena 21–26
February: 8–3 (home: 5–2; road: 3–1)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
48 February 2, 1985 Philadelphia W 101–96 Brendan Byrne Arena 22–26
49 February 5, 1985 @ Detroit W 119–117 Pontiac Silverdome 23–26
50 February 6, 1985 Milwaukee W 106–93 Brendan Byrne Arena 24–26
All-Star Break
51 February 12, 1985 @ Milwaukee L 103–111 MECCA Arena 24–27
52 February 13, 1985 Cleveland W 112–105 Brendan Byrne Arena 25–27
53 February 15, 1985 Detroit W 124–123 Brendan Byrne Arena 26–27
54 February 16, 1985 @ New York W 126–117 Brendan Byrne Arena 27–27
55 February 20, 1985 Utah L 104–110 (OT) Brendan Byrne Arena 27–28
56 February 22, 1985 Golden State L 127–131 Brendan Byrne Arena 27–29
57 February 23, 1985 @ Detroit W 111–103 Pontiac Silverdome 28–29
58 February 27, 1985 Atlanta W 114–91 Brendan Byrne Arena 29–29
March: 8–9 (home: 4–4; road: 4–5)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
59 March 1, 1985 @ Washington W 100–98 Capital Centre 30–29
60 March 3, 1985 @ Chicago W 117–113 Chicago Stadium 31–29
61 March 5, 1985 @ Kansas City L 113–134 Kemper Arena 31–30
62 March 6, 1985 Seattle W 129–108 Brendan Byrne Arena 32–30
63 March 8, 1985 Portland L 110–128 Brendan Byrne Arena 32–31
64 March 10, 1985 Dallas L 113–126 Brendan Byrne Arena 32–32
65 March 12, 1985 @ Indiana L 108–109 Market Square Arena 32–33
66 March 13, 1985 Washington W 114–109 Brendan Byrne Arena 33–33
67 March 16, 1985 @ Philadelphia L 107–127 The Spectrum 33–34
68 March 17, 1985 Indiana W 129–105 Brendan Byrne Arena 34–34
69 March 19, 1985 @ Milwaukee L 111–130 MECCA Arena 34–35
70 March 20, 1985 Cleveland W 128–108 Brendan Byrne Arena 35–35
71 March 22, 1985 Denver L 111–123 Brendan Byrne Arena 35–36
72 March 26, 1985 @ Atlanta
at (New Orleans, LA) 		W 109–108 (OT) Lakefront Arena 36–36
73 March 27, 1985 Boston L 95–105 Brendan Byrne Arena 36–37
74 March 29, 1985 @ Washington L 98–122 Capital Centre 36–38
75 March 30, 1985 @ New York W 123–114 Madison Square Garden 37–38
April: 5–2 (home: 4–0; road: 1–2)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
76 April 2, 1985 @ Chicago L 94–108 Chicago Stadium 37–39
77 April 3, 1985 New York W 113–100 Brendan Byrne Arena 38–39
78 April 6, 1985 Milwaukee W 108–104 Brendan Byrne Arena 39–39
79 April 9, 1985 @ Cleveland L 100–114 Richfield Coliseum 39–40
80 April 10, 1985 Philadelphia W 125–100 Brendan Byrne Arena 40–40
81 April 13, 1985 Chicago W 123–111 Brendan Byrne Arena 41–40
82 April 14, 1985 @ Boston W 129–118 Boston Garden 42–40
1984–85 schedule

Playoffs

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1985 playoff game log
First round: 0–3 (home: 0–1; road: 0–2)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Series
1 April 18, 1985 @ Detroit L 105–125 Williams (23) Williams (9) Richardson (10) Joe Louis Arena
10,465 		0–1
2 April 21, 1985 @ Detroit L 111–121 Williams (23) Williams (11) Richardson (14) Joe Louis Arena
11,501 		0–2
3 April 24, 1985 Detroit L 115–116 Williams, King (28) Williams (12) Richardson (10) Brendan Byrne Arena
9,999 		0–3
1985 schedule

Player statistics

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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

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Playoffs

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Awards and records

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Transactions

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References

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  1. ^ 1984–85 New Jersey Nets

See also

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