1984–85 Los Angeles Clippers season

1984–85 Los Angeles Clippers season
Head coach Jim Lynam
Arena Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena
Results
Record 31–51 (.378)
Place Division: 4th (Pacific)
Conference: 9th (Western)
Playoff finish DNQ
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television KTTV
(Al Albert, Ted Green, Eddie Doucette)
Radio KLAC
(Eddie Doucette, Ted Green, Pete Arbogast)

The 1984-85 Los Angeles Clippers season was their 15th season in the NBA, their first season in the city of Los Angeles.[1] Team owner and real estate mogul Donald Sterling, who for the past two seasons had been trying to move the team from San Diego, finally succeeded.

Draft picks

Round Pick Player Position Nationality College
18Lancaster GordonG United StatesLouisville
114Michael CageF United StatesSan Diego State
475Marc GlassG United StatesMontana
598Alonza AllenF United StatesLouisiana-Lafayette
6121Phillip HaynesG United StatesMemphis
7144David BrantleyF United StatesOregon
8167Jim McLoughlinG United StatesTemple
9189Dave SchultzF United StatesWestmont College
10211Dick MummaC United StatesPenn State

Roster

Los Angeles Clippers 1984-85 roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.#Nat.NameHt.Wt.From
G 2 United States Bridgeman, Junior 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Louisville
F 7 United States Brooks, Michael  (IN) 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 220 lb (100 kg) La Salle
F/C 44 United States Cage, Michael 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 235 lb (107 kg) San Diego State
F 42 United States Catchings, Harvey 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 218 lb (99 kg) Hardin-Simmons
C 40 United States Donaldson, James 7 ft 2 in (2.18 m) 278 lb (126 kg) Washington State
G 14 United States Edwards, Franklin 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Cleveland State
C 36 United States Engler, Chris 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 248 lb (112 kg) Wyoming
G 4 United States Gordon, Lancaster 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Louisville
F 8 United States Johnson, Marques 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 224 lb (102 kg) UCLA
F 46 United States Murphy, Jay 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Boston College
G 10 United States Nixon, Norm 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Duquesne
G 18 United States Smith, Derek 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 218 lb (99 kg) Louisville
C 32 United States Walton, Bill 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 235 lb (107 kg) UCLA
G 13 United States Warrick, Bryan (waived) 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Saint Joseph's
F 22 United States White, Rory 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 215 lb (98 kg) South Alabama
F 38 United States Wilkinson, Dale 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Idaho State
Head coach
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured

Roster Notes

  • With the team moving from San Diego to Los Angeles, point guard Norm Nixon becomes the first former Laker to play with its crosstown rival, the new Los Angeles Clippers.

Regular season

Season standings

Pacific Division W L PCT GB Home Road Div
y-Los Angeles Lakers 6220.756–28–1326–1518–12
x-Portland Trail Blazers 4240.5122033–815–2617–13
x-Phoenix Suns 3646.4392632–910–3114–16
Seattle SuperSonics 3151.3783131–1010–3116–14
Los Angeles Clippers 3151.3783127–1410–3113–17
Golden State Warriors 2260.2684025–165–3612–18
# 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—

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
Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Junior Bridgeman
Michael Cage
Harvey Catchings
James Donaldson
Franklin Edwards
Lancaster Gordon
Marques Johnson
Jay Murphy
Norm Nixon
Derek Smith
Bill Walton
Bryan Warrick
Rory White
Dale Wilkinson

Awards, records and milestones

Awards

All-Star

  • Norm Nixon selected as a reserve guard for the Western Conference All-Stars. This is his second All-Star Game appearance. This also makes Nixon the very first Los Angeles Clipper All-Star selection and the first franchise All-Star since World B. Free then with the San Diego Clippers was selected in 1980.

Transactions

The Clippers were involved in the following transactions during the 1984–85 season.

Trades

June 19, 1984
 To Los Angeles Clippers
 To Golden State Warriors
August 29, 1984
 To Los Angeles Clippers
  • 1985 third-round draft pick
 To Houston Rockets
September 25, 1984
 To Los Angeles Clippers
 To Washington Bullets
  • 1985 third-round draft pick
September 29, 1984
 To Los Angeles Clippers
 To Milwaukee Bucks

Free agents

References

  1. ↑ 1984-85 Los Angeles Clippers
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