1985–86 Phoenix Suns season

1985–86 Phoenix Suns season
Head coach John MacLeod
General manager Jerry Colangelo
Owner(s) Richard Bloch
Arena Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Results
Record 32–50 (.390)
Place Division: 3rd (Pacific)
Conference: 9th (Western)
Playoff finish Did not qualify
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television KNXV-TV
Radio KTAR

The 1985–86 Phoenix Suns season was the 18th season for the Phoenix Suns of the National Basketball Association. The Suns finished the regular season tied with their third-worst record to that point, going just 32–50. Coupled with every team in the Western Conference's Midwest division finishing with a better record than all but two teams from the Pacific division, and the Suns were out of the playoffs for the first time in eight seasons, ending a then-franchise record streak for consecutive playoff berths. The Suns were led by head coach John MacLeod, in his 13th year with the Suns, and played all home games in Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum.

Walter Davis bounced back from injury that caused him to miss the majority of the previous season, leading the Suns in scoring at 22 points per game, his highest output since his 1978–79 season with the Suns. Phoenix boasted a pair of 20–20 scorers, as Larry Nance continued to increase his scoring each season since being drafted five seasons by Phoenix, with a 20.2 average a game for the season. Nance would finish the season ranked third in the NBA in field goal percentage and lead the Suns in rebounds. Mike Sanders came off the bench and appeared in all 82 regular season games, averaging a career-high 11.0 points a game.

Offseason

NBA Draft

Round Pick Player Position Nationality College / Club
1 10 Ed Pinckney Forward  United States Villanova
2 32 Nick Vanos Center  United States Santa Clara
3 56 Jerry Everett Guard  United States Lamar
4 78 Granger Hall Forward  United States Temple
5 102 Shawn Campbell Center  United States Weber State
6 124 Charles Rayne Guard  United States Temple
7 148 Georgi Glouchkov Forward Bulgaria Bulgaria Bulgaria Akademik Varna

Roster

Phoenix Suns roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.#Nat.NameHeightWeightDOB (Y-M-D)From
F/C 33 United States Adams, Alvan 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1954-07-19 Oklahoma
G/F 6 United States Davis, Walter 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 193 lb (88 kg) 1954-09-09 North Carolina
C 53 United States Edwards, James  7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 1955-11-22 Washington
G 10 United States Foster, Rod 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 160 lb (73 kg) 1960-10-10 UCLA
F 16 Bulgaria Glouchkov, Georgi 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 235 lb (107 kg) 1960-01-10 Bulgaria
G 24 United States Humphries, Jay 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1962-10-17 Colorado
F 34 United States Jones, Charles 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1962-01-12 Louisville
F/C 22 United States Nance, Larry 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1959-02-12 Clemson
F 54 United States Pinckney, Ed 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1963-03-27 Villanova
F 32 United States Pittman, Charles 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1958-03-23 Maryland
C 8 United States Robey, Rick 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 230 lb (104 kg) 1956-01-30 Kentucky
G/F 11 United States Sanders, Mike 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1960-05-07 UCLA
G/F 7 United States Thompson, Bernard 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1962-08-30 Cal State Fresno
G 15 United States Toney, Sedric 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 178 lb (81 kg) 1962-04-13 Dayton
C 30 United States Vanos, Nick 7 ft 1 in (2.16 m) 255 lb (116 kg) 1963-04-13 Santa Clara
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured

Regular season

  • The Suns were the last winless team, starting the season 0-9.
  • On February 18, 1986, Alvin Robertson recorded the second quadruple-double (double digits in four statistical categories in a single game) in NBA history, when he registered 20 points, 11 rebounds, 10 assists and 10 steals while playing for the Spurs against the Suns.[1] He is also the only player to do so with steals as the fourth category (the other three were with blocks).[2]

Standings

Pacific Division W L PCT GB Home Road Div
y-Los Angeles Lakers 6220.756–35–627–1423–7
x-Portland Trail Blazers 4042.4882227–1413–2818–12
Phoenix Suns 3250.3903023–189–3216–14
Los Angeles Clippers 3250.3903022–1910–3110–20
Seattle SuperSonics 3151.3783124–177–3411–19
Golden State Warriors 3052.3663224–176–3512–18
# Western Conference
Team W L PCT GB
1 c-Los Angeles Lakers6220.756–
2 y-Houston Rockets5131.62211
3 x-Denver Nuggets4735.57315
4 x-Dallas Mavericks4438.53718
5 x-Utah Jazz4240.51220
6 x-Portland Trail Blazers4042.48822
7 x-Sacramento Kings3745.45125
8 x-San Antonio Spurs3547.42727
9 Phoenix Suns3250.39030
10 Los Angeles Clippers3250.39030
11 Seattle SuperSonics3151.37831
12 Golden State Warriors3052.36632

Record vs. opponents

1985-86 NBA Records
Team ATL BOS CHI CLE DAL DEN DET GSW HOU IND LAC LAL MIL NJN NYK PHI PHO POR SAC SAS SEA UTA WAS
Atlanta —0–65–14–21–11–14–21–11–15–12–01–13–34–25–14–12–02–02–01–11–10–21–4
Boston 6–0—5–15–11–11–14–12–02–05–12–02–05–04–25–14–21–11–11–12–02–02–05–1
Chicago 1–51–5—3–30–22–02–42–01–13–31–10–21–52–34–21–51–11–10–21–11–11–11–4
Cleveland 2–41–53–3—1–11–11–50–20–23–21–11–11–53–34–10–62–00–22–01–11–10–21–5
Dallas 1–11–12–01–1—3–30–24–11–52–02–31–40–22–01–10–25–02–33–34–23–25–11–1
Denver 1–11–10–21–13–3—1–13–23–32–04–13–22–01–11–11–14–13–23–33–32–33–32–0
Detroit 2–41–44–25–12–01–1—1–11–15–12–01–12–44–24–12–40–21–10–21–12–01–14–2
Golden State 1–10–20–22–01–42–31–1—0–51–15–12–40–21–11–11–12–41–52–32–32–42–31–1
Houston 1–10–21–12–05–13–31–15–0—2–03–21–40–21–12–01–13–23–24–25–13–23–32–0
Indiana 1–51–53–32–30–20–21–51–10–2—2–00–22–42–32–40–61–10–20–21–12–00–25–1
L.A. Clippers 0–20–21–11–13–21–40–21–52–30–2—2–41–12–02–00–22–42–45–01–43–33–20–2
L.A. Lakers 1–10–22–01–14–12–31–14–24–12–04–2—2–01–11–12–05–16–05–04–14–25–02–0
Milwaukee 3–30–55–15–12–00–24–22–02–04–21–10–2—4–26–04–11–12–02–02–02–02–04–2
New Jersey 2–42–43–23–30–21–12–41–11–13–20–21–12–4—5–12–42–02–02–01–10–22–02–4
New York 1–51–52–41–41–11–11–41–10–24–20–21–10–61–5—0–62–00–21–11–11–10–23–3
Philadelphia 1–42–45–16–02–01–14–21–11–16–02–00–21–44–26–0—2–02–02–01–11–11–13–3
Phoenix 0–21–11–10–20–51–42–04–22–31–14–21–51–10–20–20–2—2–42–33–25–11–41–1
Portland 0–21–11–12–03–22–31–15–12–32–04–20–60–20–22–00–24–2—3–21–45–12–30–2
Sacramento 0–21–12–00–23–33–32–03–22–42–00–50–50–20–21–10–23–22–3—5–15–02–41–1
San Antonio 1–10–21–11–12–43–31–13–21–51–14–11–40–21–11–11–12–34–11–5—2–32–42–0
Seattle 1–10–21–11–12–33–20–24–22–30–23–32–40–22–01–11–11–51–50–53–2—2–31–1
Utah 2–00–21–12–01–53–31–13–23–32–02–30–50–20–22–01–14–13–24–24–23–2—1–1
Washington 4–11–54–15–11–10–22–41–10–21–52–00–22–44–23–33–31–12–01–10–21–11–1—

Awards and honors

Week/Month

  • Larry Nance was named Player of the Week for games played December 16 through December 22.

All-Star

This was the first year in franchise history that the Suns were not represented in the All-Star Game.

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
Alvan Adams784525.7.502..7836.14.21.3.610.8
Walter Davis706232.0.485.237.8432.95.21.4.021.8
Devin Durrant4012.8.381..2502.01.3.8.04.3
James Edwards525125.3.542..7025.81.4.4.616.3
Rod Foster48014.7.390.281.7191.22.5.5.04.2
Georgi Glouchkov491615.8.4021.000.5743.30.7.5.54.9
Mike Holton*4016.3.200.000.6670.81.8.5.03.0
Jay Humphries828233.3.479.138.7673.26.41.6.111.0
Charles Jones431817.3.457.000.5104.51.2.7.64.7
Larry Nance736934.0.581†.000.6988.53.31.01.820.2
Ed Pinckney802420.0.558.000.6733.91.1.9.58.5
Charles Pittman691716.4.583†..7023.60.8.5.35.1
Rick Robey46113.7.377.000.6883.21.3.4.13.8
Mike Sanders82520.0.513.200.8093.31.8.9.411.0
Bernard Thompson612021.0.489.000.8092.32.2.8.28.5
Sedric Toney*10020.6.441.300.6672.32.6.5.07.5
Nick Vanos11018.4.319..3485.51.5.2.54.9

* – Stats with the Suns.
† – Minimum 300 field goals made.

Transactions

Trades

June 14, 1985
 To Portland Trail Blazers---- To Phoenix Suns----
August 19, 1985
 To Los Angeles Lakers---- To Phoenix Suns----
October 4, 1985
 To Chicago Bulls----

Suns agree to waive their right of first refusal on free agent Kyle Macy

 To Phoenix Suns----

Free agents

Additions

Date Player Contract Old Team
September 26, 1985 Alvin Scott Re-signed to 1-year contract Phoenix Suns
October 8, 1985 Devin Durrant Undisclosed Indiana Pacers
December 13, 1985 Charles Pittman Undisclosed Phoenix Suns
March 29, 1986 Sedric Toney Undisclosed Atlanta Hawks

Subtractions

Date Player Reason Left New Team
October 4, 1985 Kyle Macy Free agent Chicago Bulls
October 14, 1985 Alvin Scott Waived RCD Espanyol Bàsquet (Spain)
November 4, 1985 Devin Durrant Waived Olympique Antibes (France)
November 4, 1985 Michael Holton Waived Florida Stingers (CBA)
December 10, 1985 Charles Pittman Waived Phoenix Suns

References

  1. ↑ "San Antonio Spurs History". spurs.com. Archived from the original on April 24, 2007. Retrieved 2007-04-20.
  2. ↑ "Nate Thurmond's Most MemoraBull Game". 2006-12-18. Retrieved 2007-04-21.
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