1984–85 Dallas Mavericks season: Difference between revisions

1984–85 Dallas Mavericks season
1984–85 Dallas Mavericks season
Head coach	Dick Motta
General manager	Norm Sonju
Owner(s)	Don Carter
Arena	Reunion Arena
Results
Record	44–38 (.537)
Place	Division: 3rd (Midwest); Conference: 4th (Western)
Playoff finish	First Round; (Lost to Trail Blazers 1–3)
	Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television	KTVT; Home Sports Entertainment;
Radio	WBAP
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The 1984–85 NBA season was the Mavericks' 5th season in the NBA.^[1]

For the second consecutive time in its young history, the Mavericks reached the playoffs. However, this time, they did not make it out of the first round, losing to the Portland Trail Blazers in five games.

Draft picks

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College
1	4	Sam Perkins	PF	United States	North Carolina
1	15	Terence Stansbury	SG	United States	Temple
2	38	Charlie Sitton	SF	United States	Oregon State
2	40	Anthony Teachey		United States	Wake Forest
2	41	Tom Sluby	SG	United States	Notre Dame
3	61	Jeff Cross	PF	United States	Maine
4	84	John Horrocks		United States	North Texas State
5	107	Dave Williams		United States	Illinois-Chicago
6	130	LaVerne Evans		United States	Marshall
7	153	George Turner		United States	California-Irvine
8	176	Leroy Sutton		United States	Arkansas
9	198	John Tudor		United States	Louisiana State
10	220	Napoleon Johnson		United States	Grambling State
11	185	Anthony Mealing	Guard	United States	North Dakota State

Roster

1984–85 Dallas Mavericks roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Height	Weight	DOB	From
SF	24	Aguirre, Mark	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	232 lb (105 kg)	1959–12–10	DePaul
SG	22	Blackman, Rolando	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	1959–02–26	Kansas State
C	55	Bryant, Wallace	7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	245 lb (111 kg)	1959–07–14	San Francisco
PG	15	Davis, Brad	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	1955–12–17	Maryland
SF	14	Ellis, Dale	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	1960–08–06	Tennessee
PG	12	Harper, Derek	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1961–10–13	Illinois
C	40	Nimphius, Kurt	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	218 lb (99 kg)	1958–03–13	Arizona State
PF	44	Perkins, Sam	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	239 lb (108 kg)	1961–06–14	North Carolina
SF	52	Sitton, Charlie	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	1962–07–03	Oregon State
SG	7	Sluby, Tom	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	1962–02–18	Notre Dame
PF	31	Vincent, Jay	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	1959–06–10	Michigan State

Head coach

Dick Motta

Assistant coach(es)

Bob Weiss

Legend

(DP) Unsigned draft pick
(FA) Free agent
(S) Suspended
Injured

Roster
Last transaction: December 17, 1984

Regular season

Season standings

Midwest Division v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div
y-Denver Nuggets	52	30	.634	–	34–7	18–23	17–13
x-Houston Rockets	48	34	.585	4	29–12	19–22	20–10
x-Dallas Mavericks	44	38	.537	8	24–17	20–21	14–16
x-Utah Jazz	41	41	.500	11	26–15	15–26	19–11
x-San Antonio Spurs	41	41	.500	11	30–11	11–30	12–18
Kansas City Kings	31	51	.378	21	23–18	8–33	8–22

#	Western Conference v t e
#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB
1	c-Los Angeles Lakers	62	20	.756	–
2	y-Denver Nuggets	52	30	.634	10
3	x-Houston Rockets	48	34	.585	14
4	x-Dallas Mavericks	44	38	.537	18
5	x-Portland Trail Blazers	42	40	.512	20
6	x-Utah Jazz	41	41	.500	21
7	x-San Antonio Spurs	41	41	.500	21
8	x-Phoenix Suns	36	46	.439	26

9	Seattle SuperSonics	31	51	.378	31
10	Los Angeles Clippers	31	51	.378	31
11	Kansas City Kings	31	51	.378	31
12	Golden State Warriors	22	60	.268	40

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	—	1–4	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

1984–85 game log
Total: 44–38 (Home: 24–17; Road: 20–21)

October: 2–2 (home: 1–1; road: 1–1)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
1	October 27, 1984	Houston	L 111–121				Reunion Arena	0–1
2	October 28, 1984 7:00 p.m. CST	L.A. Lakers	W 107–96	Aguirre (31)	Vincent (10)	Davis, Nimphuis (6)	Reunion Arena 17,007	1–1
3	October 30, 1984	@ Houston	L 84–106				The Summit	1–2
4	October 31, 1984	@ Indiana	W 101–100				Market Square Arena	2–2

November: 7–7 (home: 6–3; road: 1–4)

Game	Date	Team	Score	Location Attendance	Record
5	November 2, 1984	@ Philadelphia	L 103–107	The Spectrum	2–3
6	November 3, 1984	Phoenix	L 93–105	Reunion Arena	2–4
7	November 6, 1984	New York	W 107–104	Reunion Arena	3–4
8	November 8, 1984	Atlanta	W 112–105 (OT)	Reunion Arena	4–4
10	November 12, 1984	@ Utah	L 97–123	Salt Palace Acord Arena	5–5
11	November 13, 1984	@ Portland	W 101–94	Memorial Coliseum	6–5
13	November 17, 1984	Detroit	L 110–124	Reunion Arena	6–7
14	November 20, 1984	Milwaukee	W 109–108	Reunion Arena	7–7
15	November 24, 1984	Houston	W 113–95	Reunion Arena	8–7
16	November 27, 1984	Boston	L 99–114	Reunion Arena	8–8
17	November 29, 1984	@ San Antonio	L 116–124	HemisFair Arena	8–9

December: 6–6 (home: 3–2; road: 3–4)

Game	Date	Team	Score	Location Attendance	Record
20	December 6, 1984	@ New York	W 112–83	Madison Square Garden	10–10
21	December 8, 1984	@ Chicago	L 97–99	Chicago Stadium	10–11
23	December 14, 1984	San Antonio	W 119–102	Reunion Arena	12–11
24	December 15, 1984	@ Houston	L 115–117	The Summit	12–12
25	December 18, 1984	@ Milwaukee	L 96–110	MECCA Arena	12–13
26	December 21, 1984	@ Denver	L 93–116	McNichols Sports Arena	12–14
27	December 22, 1984	@ Utah	W 113–96	Salt Palace Acord Arena	13–14
29	December 28, 1984	@ Phoenix	W 125–111	Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum	15–14
30	December 29, 1984	Utah	L 97–99	Reunion Arena	15–15

January: 9–7 (home: 4–2; road: 5–5)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
31	January 3, 1985	@ San Antonio	L 115–116				HemisFair Arena	15–16
34	January 8, 1985	@ Portland	W 108–102				Memorial Coliseum	18–16
36	January 11, 1985 7:30 p.m. CST	L.A. Lakers	L 102–121	Aguirre (28)	Aguirre (8)	Davis (6)	Reunion Arena 17,007	19–17
37	January 13, 1985	Portland	W 124–101				Reunion Arena	20–17
39	January 16, 1985	@ Phoenix	L 95–98				Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum	21–18
40	January 18, 1985 9:30 p.m. CST	@ L.A. Lakers	L 92–110	Aguirre (22)	Bryant, Vincent (7)	Davis (13)	The Forum 17,505	21–19
42	January 23, 1985	San Antonio	W 122–110				Reunion Arena	23–19
43	January 24, 1985	@ Washington	L 92–93				Capital Centre	23–20
44	January 26, 1985	New Jersey	L 93–103				Reunion Arena	23–21
45	January 28, 1985	Philadelphia	W 111–109				Reunion Arena	24–21
46	January 31, 1985	@ Denver	L 110–121				McNichols Sports Arena	24–22

February: 8–4 (home: 4–3; road: 4–1)

Game	Date	Team	Score	Location Attendance	Record
47	February 1, 1985	Utah	L 109–121	Reunion Arena	24–23
48	February 3, 1985	Denver	W 114–106	Reunion Arena	25–23
49	February 5, 1985	@ Atlanta (at New Orleans, LA)	W 112–103	Reunion Arena	26–23
All-Star Break
51	February 12, 1985	@ Cleveland	W 131–112	Richfield Coliseum	28–23
52	February 13, 1985	@ Detroit	L 119–124	Pontiac Silverdome	28–24
53	February 15, 1985	Phoenix	L 103–126	Reunion Arena	28–25
54	February 19, 1985	@ Houston	W 124–115	The Summit	29–25
55	February 20, 1985	Portland	W 104–98	Reunion Arena	30–25
56	February 22, 1985	Washington	W 110–101	Reunion Arena	31–25
58	February 26, 1985	Utah	L 96–103	Reunion Arena	32–26

March: 9–8 (home: 6–4; road: 3–4)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
59	March 1, 1985	Denver	L 140–141 (OT)				Reunion Arena	32–27
60	March 2, 1985 7:30 p.m. CST	L.A. Lakers	L 106–125	Aguirre (33)	Perkins (11)	Harper (5)	Reunion Arena 17,007	32–28
61	March 4, 1985	@ Phoenix	W 107–99				Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum	33–28
62	March 5, 1985	Indiana	W 108–102				Reunion Arena	34–28
63	March 8, 1985	@ Boston	L 122–133				Boston Garden	34–29
64	March 10, 1985	@ New Jersey	W 126–113				Brendan Byrne Arena	35–29
67	March 15, 1985	Denver	W 127–108				Reunion Arena	38–29
68	March 16, 1985	Cleveland	L 128–135 (OT)				Reunion Arena	38–30
69	March 18, 1985	@ Denver	L 111–113				McNichols Sports Arena	38–31
70	March 19, 1985	San Antonio	W 96–89				Reunion Arena	39–31
71	March 22, 1985	@ San Antonio	W 123–114				HemisFair Arena	40–31
72	March 23, 1985	Chicago	L 97–107				Reunion Arena	40–32
74	March 27, 1985	@ Utah	L 101–116				Salt Palace Acord Arena	41–33
75	March 29, 1985 9:30 p.m. CST	@ L.A. Lakers	L 115–120	Aguirre (28)	Perkins (10)	Davis (12)	The Forum 17,505	41–34

April: 3–4 (home: 0–2; road: 3–2)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
78	April 6, 1985	Houston	L 127–139 (2OT)				Reunion Arena	42–36
81	April 12, 1985	@ Portland	L 111–131				Memorial Coliseum	43–38

1984–85 schedule

Playoffs

1985 playoff game log

First Round: 1–3 (home: 1–1; road: 0–2)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Series
1	April 18, 1985	Portland	W 139–131 (2OT)	Blackman (43)	Aguirre (14)	Blackman (6)	Reunion Arena 17,007	1–0
2	April 20, 1985	Portland	L 121–124 (OT)	Blackman (41)	Perkins (19)	Harper (8)	Reunion Arena 17,007	1–1
3	April 23, 1985	@ Portland	L 109–122	Aguirre, Blackman (30)	Perkins, Vincent (9)	Davis (5)	Memorial Coliseum 12,666	1–2
4	April 25, 1985	@ Portland	L 113–115	Aguirre (39)	Perkins (10)	Davis (8)	Memorial Coliseum 12,666	1–3

1985 schedule

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
Mark Aguirre
Rolando Blackman
Wallace Bryant
Howard Carter
Brad Davis
Dale Ellis
Derek Harper
Kurt Nimphius
Sam Perkins
Charlie Sitton
Tom Sluby
Jay Vincent

Playoffs

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Mark Aguirre
Rolando Blackman

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v t e Dallas Mavericks
Founded in 1980 Based in Dallas, Texas
Franchise	History All-time roster Draft history 1980 Head coaches Seasons Current season
Arenas	Reunion Arena (1980-2001) American Airlines Center (2001-present)
Personnel	Owner(s) Miriam Adelson and Patrick Dumont President Nico Harrison General manager Nico Harrison Head coach Jason Kidd CEO Cynt Marshall
G League affiliate	Texas Legends
Retired numbers	12 15 22 41
NBA championships	2011
Rivalries	Houston Rockets San Antonio Spurs
Culture and lore	Don Carter Mark Cuban Nellie Ball Moody Madness Miki, Milane German Wunderkind The Jet "Eminence Front"

1984–85 Dallas Mavericks season: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 20:13, 17 June 2022

Draft picks

Roster

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Game log

Playoffs

Player statistics

Season

Playoffs

Awards and records

Transactions

References

See also