NBA
1985-86 Season
Champions: Boston Celtics (4-2)
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The 1985-86 NBA season featured 23 teams across 1011 recorded games. Boston Celtics posted the league's best record at 67-15. Boston Celtics won the championship, defeating Houston Rockets 4-2 in the Finals. Larry Bird was named Finals MVP; Larry Bird took the regular-season MVP award.
Final Standings
Eastern Conference
- Boston Celtics 🏆 67-15 0.817
- Milwaukee Bucks 57-25 0.695
- Philadelphia 76ers 54-28 0.659
- Atlanta Hawks 50-32 0.610
- Detroit Pistons 46-36 0.561
- Washington Bullets 39-43 0.476
- New Jersey Nets 39-43 0.476
- Chicago Bulls 30-52 0.366
- Cleveland Cavaliers 29-53 0.354
- Indiana Pacers 26-56 0.317
- New York Knicks 23-59 0.280
Western Conference
- Los Angeles Lakers 62-20 0.756
- Houston Rockets 51-31 0.622
- Denver Nuggets 47-35 0.573
- Dallas Mavericks 44-38 0.537
- Utah Jazz 42-40 0.512
- Portland Trail Blazers 40-42 0.488
- Sacramento Kings 37-45 0.451
- San Antonio Spurs 35-47 0.427
- Los Angeles Clippers 32-50 0.390
- Phoenix Suns 32-50 0.390
- Seattle SuperSonics 31-51 0.378
- Golden State Warriors 30-52 0.366
Season Leaders
Scoring
- 1 Dominique Wilkins ATL 30.3 PPG
- 2 Adrian Dantley UTA 29.8 PPG
- 3 Alex English DEN 29.8 PPG
- 4 Larry Bird BOS 25.8 PPG
- 5 Purvis Short GSW 25.5 PPG
Rebounding
- 1 Bill Laimbeer DET 13.1 RPG
- 2 Charles Barkley PHI 12.8 RPG
- 3 Buck Williams NJN 12.0 RPG
- 4 Moses Malone PHI 11.8 RPG
- 5 Hakeem Olajuwon HOU 11.5 RPG
Assists
- 1 Magic Johnson LAL 12.6 APG
- 2 Isiah Thomas DET 10.8 APG
- 3 Reggie Theus SAC 9.6 APG
- 4 John Bagley CLE 9.4 APG
- 5 Maurice Cheeks PHI 9.2 APG
1985 Draft — Top Picks
- #1 Patrick Ewing New York Knicks
- #2 Wayman Tisdale Indiana Pacers
- #3 Benoit Benjamin Los Angeles Clippers