NBA
1984-85 Season
Champions: Los Angeles Lakers (4-2)
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The 1984-85 NBA season featured 23 teams across 1011 recorded games. Boston Celtics posted the league's best record at 63-19. Los Angeles Lakers won the championship, defeating Boston Celtics 4-2 in the Finals. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was named Finals MVP; Larry Bird took the regular-season MVP award.
Final Standings
Eastern Conference
- Boston Celtics 63-19 0.768
- Milwaukee Bucks 59-23 0.720
- Philadelphia 76ers 58-24 0.707
- Detroit Pistons 46-36 0.561
- New Jersey Nets 42-40 0.512
- Washington Bullets 40-42 0.488
- Chicago Bulls 38-44 0.463
- Cleveland Cavaliers 36-46 0.439
- Atlanta Hawks 34-48 0.415
- New York Knicks 24-58 0.293
- Indiana Pacers 22-60 0.268
Western Conference
- Los Angeles Lakers 🏆 62-20 0.756
- Denver Nuggets 52-30 0.634
- Houston Rockets 48-34 0.585
- Dallas Mavericks 44-38 0.537
- Portland Trail Blazers 42-40 0.512
- Utah Jazz 41-41 0.500
- San Antonio Spurs 41-41 0.500
- Phoenix Suns 36-46 0.439
- Kansas City Kings 31-51 0.378
- Los Angeles Clippers 31-51 0.378
- Seattle SuperSonics 31-51 0.378
- Golden State Warriors 22-60 0.268
Season Leaders
Scoring
- 1 Larry Bird BOS 28.7 PPG
- 2 Michael Jordan CHI 28.2 PPG
- 3 Purvis Short GSW 28.0 PPG
- 4 Alex English DEN 27.9 PPG
- 5 Dominique Wilkins ATL 27.4 PPG
Rebounding
- 1 Moses Malone PHI 13.1 RPG
- 2 Bill Laimbeer DET 12.4 RPG
- 3 Buck Williams NJN 12.3 RPG
- 4 Hakeem Olajuwon HOU 11.9 RPG
- 5 Mark Eaton UTA 11.3 RPG
Assists
- 1 Isiah Thomas DET 13.9 APG
- 2 Magic Johnson LAL 12.6 APG
- 3 Johnny Moore SAS 10.0 APG
- 4 Norm Nixon LAC 8.8 APG
- 5 John Bagley CLE 8.6 APG
1984 Draft — Top Picks
- #1 Hakeem Olajuwon Houston Rockets
- #2 Sam Bowie Portland Trail Blazers
- #3 Michael Jordan Chicago Bulls