1984–85 Indiana Pacers season

NBA professional basketball team season

NBA professional basketball team season
1984–85 Indiana Pacers season
Head coachGeorge Irvine
ArenaMarket Square Arena
Results
Record22–60 (.268)
PlaceDivision: 6th (Central)
Conference: 11th (Eastern)
Playoff finishDid not qualify
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
TelevisionWTTV
(Jerry Gross)
RadioWNDE
(Greg Papa)
< 1983–84 1985–86 >

The 1984–85 NBA season was Indiana's ninth season in the NBA and 18th season as a franchise.[1]

Offseason

Draft picks

This table only lists picks through the second round.

Round Pick Player Position Nationality College
1 18 Vern Fleming G  United States Georgia
2 25 Devin Durrant SF  United States BYU
2 29 Stuart Gray C/PF  United States UCLA

Roster

1984–85 Indiana Pacers roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB From
SF 8 Brown, Tony 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Arkansas
SF 7 Durrant, Devin 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 200 lb (91 kg) BYU
SF 25 Edelin, Kenton 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Virginia
PG 10 Fleming, Vern 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Georgia
PF 20 Garnett, Bill Injured 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 225 lb (102 kg) Wyoming
C 55 Gray, Stuart 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 235 lb (107 kg) UCLA
PF 33 Kellogg, Clark 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 225 lb (102 kg) Ohio State
SF 11 Kelser, Greg 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Michigan State
PG 14 Sichting, Jerry 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 168 lb (76 kg) Purdue
SG 43 Stansbury, Terence 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Temple
C 40 Stipanovich, Steve 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 245 lb (111 kg) Missouri
SG 19 Thomas, Jim 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Indiana
C 31 Waiters, Granville 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 225 lb (102 kg) Ohio State
C 32 Williams, Herb 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 242 lb (110 kg) Ohio State
Head coach
  • George Irvine
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured Injured

Regular season

Season standings

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 W L PCT GB Home Road Div
y-Milwaukee Bucks 59 23 .720 – 36–5 23–18 20–10
x-Detroit Pistons 46 36 .561 13 26–15 20–21 21–8
x-Chicago Bulls 38 44 .463 21 26–15 12–29 13–17
x-Cleveland Cavaliers 36 46 .439 23 20–21 16–25 13–16
Atlanta Hawks 34 48 .415 25 19–22 15–26 15–15
Indiana Pacers 22 60 .268 37 16–25 6–35 7–23
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Eastern Conference
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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
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

Player statistics

Ragular season

Player POS GP GS MP REB AST STL BLK PTS MPG RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Steve Stipanovich C 82 66 2,315 614 199 71 78 1,126 28.2 7.5 2.4 .9 1.0 13.7
Tony Brown SF 82 26 1,586 288 159 59 12 544 19.3 3.5 1.9 .7 .1 6.6
Vern Fleming PG 80 65 2,486 323 247 99 8 1,126 31.1 4.0 3.1 1.2 .1 14.1
Jim Thomas SG 80 52 2,059 261 234 76 5 885 25.7 3.3 2.9 1.0 .1 11.1
Clark Kellogg PF 77 65 2,449 724 244 86 26 1,432 31.8 9.4 3.2 1.1 .3 18.6
Herb Williams C 75 70 2,557 634 252 54 134 1,375 34.1 8.5 3.4 .7 1.8 18.3
Terence Stansbury SG 74 14 1,278 114 127 47 12 526 17.3 1.5 1.7 .6 .2 7.1
Jerry Sichting PG 70 25 1,808 114 264 47 4 771 25.8 1.6 3.8 .7 .1 11.0
Bill Garnett PF 65 13 1,123 286 67 28 15 418 17.3 4.4 1.0 .4 .2 6.4
Granville Waiters C 62 5 703 170 30 16 44 199 11.3 2.7 .5 .3 .7 3.2
Devin Durrant SF 59 8 756 124 80 19 10 300 12.8 2.1 1.4 .3 .2 5.1
Stuart Gray C 52 0 391 123 15 9 14 102 7.5 2.4 .3 .2 .3 2.0
Kenton Edelin SF 10 1 143 26 10 5 4 11 14.3 2.6 1.0 .5 .4 1.1
Greg Kelser SF 10 0 114 19 13 7 0 62 11.4 1.9 1.3 .7 .0 6.2
Ralph Jackson PG 1 0 12 1 4 2 0 2 12.0 1.0 4.0 2.0 .0 2.0

Awards and records

Transactions

References

  1. ^ 1984-85 Indiana Pacers

See also

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  • Founded in 1967
  • Based in Indianapolis, Indiana
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Kevin Pritchard
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