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1984–85 Dallas Mavericks season
Head coachDick Motta
General managerNorm Sonju
Owner(s)Don Carter
ArenaReunion Arena
Results
Record44–38 (.537)
PlaceDivision: 3rd (Midwest)
Conference: 4th (Western)
Playoff finishFirst Round
(Lost to Trail Blazers 1–3)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television
RadioWBAP
< 1983–84 1985–86 >

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

Main article: 1984 NBA Draft
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
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured Injured

Roster
Last transaction: December 17, 1984

Regular season

Season standings

Midwest Division
 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
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
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
November: 7–7 (home: 6–3; road: 1–4)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
5 November 2, 1984 @ Philadelphia L 103–107 The Spectrum 2–3
6 November 3, 1984 Phoenix
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
16 November 27, 1984 Boston L 99–114 Reunion Arena 8–8
17 November 29, 1984 @ San Antonio
December: 6–6 (home: 3–2; road: 3–4)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
21 December 8, 1984 @ Chicago
23 December 14, 1984 San Antonio
24 December 15, 1984 @ Houston
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
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
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
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
43 January 24, 1985 @ Washington
44 January 26, 1985 New Jersey
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 High points High rebounds High assists 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
All-Star Break
51 February 12, 1985 @ Cleveland
52 February 13, 1985 @ Detroit L 119–124 Pontiac Silverdome 28–24
53 February 15, 1985 Phoenix
54 February 19, 1985 @ Houston
55 February 20, 1985 Portland W 104–98 Reunion Arena 30–25
56 February 22, 1985 Washington
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
63 March 8, 1985 @ Boston L 122–133 Boston Garden 34–29
64 March 10, 1985 @ New Jersey
67 March 15, 1985 Denver W 127–108 Reunion Arena 38–29
68 March 16, 1985 Cleveland
69 March 18, 1985 @ Denver L 111–113 McNichols Sports Arena 38–31
70 March 19, 1985 San Antonio
71 March 22, 1985 @ San Antonio
72 March 23, 1985 Chicago
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
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

Awards and records

Transactions

References

  1. ^ 1984-85 Dallas Mavericks

See also

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