1984–85 Washington Bullets season
1984–85 Washington Bullets season | |
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Head coach | Gene Shue |
General manager | Bob Ferry |
Owner(s) | Abe Pollin |
Arena | Capital Centre |
Results | |
Record | 40–42 (.488) |
Place | Division: 4th (Atlantic) Conference: 6th (Eastern) |
Playoff finish | First round (lost to 76ers 1–3) |
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
Local media | |
Television | |
Radio | WTOP |
The 1984–85 NBA season was the Bullets 24th season in the NBA and their 12th season in the city of Washington, D.C.[1]
Draft picks
[edit]Round | Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | College |
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1 | 6 | Melvin Turpin | C | ![]() |
Kentucky |
2 | 34 | Tony Costner | ![]() |
St. Joseph's | |
2 | 44 | Fred Reynolds | ![]() |
Texas El-Paso | |
3 | 53 | Ricky Ross | ![]() |
Tulsa | |
4 | 76 | Jim Grandholm | PF | ![]() |
South Florida |
5 | 99 | Cohn Irish | ![]() |
Bowling Green State | |
6 | 122 | Blaise Bugajeski | ![]() |
Illinois Wesleyan | |
7 | 145 | Tim Garrett | ![]() |
New Mexico | |
8 | 168 | Darryl Odom | ![]() |
West Virginia Wesleyan | |
9 | 190 | Mike Emanuel | ![]() |
North Carolina-Pembroke | |
10 | 212 | Glynn Myrick | ![]() |
Stetson |
Roster
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Regular season
[edit]Season standings
[edit]W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Div | |
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y-Boston Celtics | 63 | 19 | .768 | – | 35–6 | 28–13 | 19–5 |
x-Philadelphia 76ers | 58 | 24 | .707 | 5 | 34–7 | 24–17 | 15–9 |
x-New Jersey Nets | 42 | 40 | .512 | 21 | 27–14 | 15–26 | 13–11 |
x-Washington Bullets | 40 | 42 | .488 | 23 | 28–13 | 12–29 | 11–13 |
New York Knicks | 24 | 58 | .293 | 39 | 19–22 | 5–36 | 2–22 |
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Team | W | L | PCT | GB | |
1 | z-Boston Celtics | 63 | 19 | .768 | – |
2 | y-Milwaukee Bucks | 59 | 23 | .720 | 4 |
3 | x-Philadelphia 76ers | 58 | 24 | .707 | 5 |
4 | x-Detroit Pistons | 46 | 36 | .561 | 17 |
5 | x-New Jersey Nets | 42 | 40 | .512 | 21 |
6 | x-Washington Bullets | 40 | 42 | .488 | 23 |
7 | x-Chicago Bulls | 38 | 44 | .463 | 25 |
8 | x-Cleveland Cavaliers | 36 | 46 | .439 | 27 |
9 | Atlanta Hawks | 34 | 48 | .415 | 29 |
10 | New York Knicks | 24 | 58 | .293 | 39 |
11 | Indiana Pacers | 22 | 60 | .268 | 41 |
Notes
- z, y – division champions
- x – clinched playoff spot
Record vs. opponents
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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
[edit]Regular season
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October: 2–2 (home: 1–1; road: 1–1)
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November: 9–5 (home: 6–2; road: 3–3)
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December: 8–6 (home: 7–1; road: 1–5)
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January: 8–6 (home: 5–1; road: 3–5)
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February: 3–9 (home: 1–3; road: 2–6)
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March: 7–8 (home: 5–4; road: 2–4)
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April: 3–5 (home: 3–1; road: 0–4)
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1984–85 schedule |
Playoffs
[edit]1985 playoff game log | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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First Round: 1–3 (home: 1–1; road: 0–2)
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1985 schedule |
Player statistics
[edit]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
[edit]Playoffs
[edit]Awards and records
[edit]Transactions
[edit]References
[edit]See also
[edit]Eastern |
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Western |
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1970s | |
1980s | |
1990s | |
2000s | |
2010s | |
2020s | |
Bold indicates NBA Finals victory |
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