1984–85 Boston Celtics season

1984–85 Boston Celtics season
Conference champions
Division champions
Head coachK. C. Jones
General managerJan Volk
OwnersDon Gaston
Alan N. Cohen
Paul Dupee
ArenaBoston Garden
Hartford Civic Center
Results
Record63–19 (.768)
PlaceDivision: 1st (Atlantic)
Conference: 1st (Eastern)
Playoff finishNBA Finals
(lost to Lakers 2–4)
Stats at Basketball Reference
Local media
TelevisionWBZ-TV
(Gil Santos, Bob Cousy)
SportsChannel New England
(Mike Gorman, Tom Heinsohn)
RadioWRKO
(Johnny Most, Glenn Ordway)

The 1984–85 Boston Celtics season was the 39th season of the Boston Celtics in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The Celtics entered the season as the defending NBA Champions, coming off an NBA Finals victory over the Los Angeles Lakers in seven games, and increasing their NBA Finals victories over the Lakers to 8.

On March 3, 1985, Kevin McHale surpassed Larry Bird's Celtics single game scoring record when he netted 56 points against the Detroit Pistons.[1] Less than two weeks later, on March 12, Bird answered, scoring a career-high 60 points against the Atlanta Hawks.

In the playoffs, the Celtics defeated the Cleveland Cavaliers in the First Round in four games, the Detroit Pistons in the Semi-finals in six games, and the Philadelphia 76ers in the conference finals in five games to advance to the NBA Finals. In the Finals, they faced off against the Los Angeles Lakers, the team who they beat in last season's NBA Finals in seven games, and have beaten a total of 8 consecutive times in their NBA Finals matchups. However, the Celtics were defeated in six games by the Lakers, marking the first time the Celtics were defeated by the Lakers in the NBA Finals. This also marked the first time the Celtics lost the NBA Finals at home.

Trivia

A majority of this team moved onto coaching later in their careers. Kevin McHale, Rick Carlisle, Larry Bird, Danny Ainge, Dennis Johnson, and Sam Vincent have all coached in the NBA.[2][3]

Draft picks

Main article: 1984 NBA draft
Round Pick Player Position Nationality College
1 24 Michael Young SF/SG  United States Houston
2 47 Ronnie Williams  United States Florida
3 70 Rick Carlisle G  United States Virginia
4 93 Kevin Mullin  United States Princeton
5 116 Todd Orlando  United States Bentley
6 139 Steve Carfino G  United States Iowa
7 162 Mark Van Valkenburg  United States Framingham State
8 184 Champ Godboldt  United States Holy Cross
9 206 Joe Dixon  United States Merrimack
10 228 Dan Trant  United States Clark

Roster

1984–85 Boston Celtics roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Player Height Weight DOB From
G/F 44 Danny Ainge 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 175 lb (79 kg) BYU
F 33 Larry Bird 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Indiana State
G 28 Quinn Buckner 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Indiana
G 34 Rick Carlisle 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Virginia
G/F 30 M.L. Carr 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Guilford
G 40 Carlos Clark 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Mississippi
G 3 Dennis Johnson 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Pepperdine
C 50 Greg Kite 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 250 lb (113 kg) BYU
F 31 Cedric Maxwell 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Charlotte
F/C 32 Kevin McHale 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Minnesota
C 00 Robert Parish 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 230 lb (104 kg) Centenary
G/F 8 Scott Wedman 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Colorado
G 20 Ray Williams 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 188 lb (85 kg) Minnesota
Head coach
Assistant(s)
Legend
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured

Roster

[4]

Regular season

Season standings

Atlantic Division
 W L PCT GB Home Road Div
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
#
Eastern Conference
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

Game log

1984–85 game log
Total: 63–19 (home: 35–6; road: 28–13)
October: 2–0 (home: 1–0; road: 1–0)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
1 October 26 @ Detroit W 130–123 Bird (33) McHale (15) Johnson (9) Pontiac Silverdome
27,563 		1–0
2 October 31 New Jersey W 116–105 Bird (29) McHale, Parish (15) Bird (8) Boston Garden
14,890 		2–0
November: 11–1 (home: 6–0; road: 5–1)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
3 November 2 Detroit W 127–116 Bird (34) Parish, Johnson (10) Johnson (7) Boston Garden
14,890 		3–0
4 November 7 L.A. Clippers W 135–108 Bird (31) Bird (14) Johnson (12) Boston Garden
14,890 		4–0
5 November 9 Philadelphia W 130–119 Bird (42) Maxwell, McHale (8) Ainge (12) Boston Garden
14,890 		5–0
6 November 10 @ Washington L 95–112 Bird (18) Parish (10) Ainge (4) Capital Centre
14,395 		5–1
7 November 12 @ Indiana W 132–115 Bird (29) Bird (9) Ainge (9) Market Square Arena
13,876 		6–1
8 November 14 New York W 115–99 Bird (29) McHale (11) Bird (7) Boston Garden
14,890 		7–1
9 November 15 @ Chicago W 125–105 McHale (25) Parish, Bird (17) Johnson (7) Chicago Stadium
17,753 		8–1
10 November 21 Golden State W 135–91 Parish (18) McHale (8) Johnson (7) Boston Garden
14,890 		9–1
11 November 23 Washington W 118–110 Bird (29) Bird (13) Johnson (8) Boston Garden
14,890 		10–1
12 November 24 @ Kansas City W 135–124 Parish (28) Bird (13) Bird (7) Kemper Arena
17,341 		11–1
13 November 27 @ Dallas W 114–99 Bird (40) McHale (12) Bird (9) Reunion Arena
17,007 		12–1
14 November 28 @ Houston W 110–100 Bird (23) Parish (11) Bird (9) The Summit
16,016 		13–1
December: 13–5 (home: 6–1; road: 7–4)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
15 December 1 @ Cleveland W 110–104 Bird (34) Parish (16) Johnson (9) Richfield Coliseum
12,503 		14–1
16 December 2 Cleveland W 122–99 Bird (23) Maxwell (9) Bird (5) Boston Garden
14,890 		15–1
17 December 4 @ Detroit L 99–104 Johnson (25) Bird (17) Bird, Ainge (7) Pontiac Silverdome
19,413 		15–2
18 December 5 Denver W 123–107 Parish (25) Bird (12) Johnson (7) Boston Garden
14,890 		16–2
19 December 8 @ New Jersey W 107–98 Bird (37) Parish (18) Johnson (8) Brendan Byrne Arena
15,581 		17–2
20 December 9 Atlanta W 128–127 Bird (48) Bird (14) Ainge (11) Boston Garden
14,890 		18–2
21 December 11 New Jersey W 130–121 Bird (35) Parish (11) Bird, Johnson (10) Hartford Civic Center
13,357 		19–2
22 December 12 @ Philadelphia L 107–110 Bird (34) Parish (15) Ainge (11) The Spectrum
17,921 		19–3
23 December 14 Utah W 117–106 McHale (25) Parish (17) Johnson (7) Boston Garden
14,890 		20–3
24 December 15 @ Atlanta W 101–94 Bird (23) Parish (15) Bird (6) The Omni
11,808 		21–3
25 December 18 @ New York W 126–108 Bird (23) Bird (15) Johnson (12) Madison Square Garden
16,798 		22–3
26 December 19 Milwaukee L 92–107 Bird, Johnson (18) Bird (9) Johnson, Ainge (4) Boston Garden
14,890 		22–4
27 December 21 Indiana W 117–107 Bird (33) Parish (9) Bird (9) Boston Garden
14,890 		23–4
28 December 22 @ Chicago L 85–110 Ainge (16) Parish (11) Ainge (5) Chicago Stadium
14,414 		23–5
29 December 26 @ Phoenix W 119–114 Bird (34) Bird (11) Bird (10) Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum
14,660 		24–5
30 December 27 @ L.A. Clippers W 118–103 McHale (27) Bird (13) Bird (13) Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena
15,371 		25–5
31 December 29 @ San Antonio W 120–112 McHale (26) Bird (15) Bird (10) HemisFair Arena
15,180 		26–5
32 December 30 @ Milwaukee L 98–114 Bird, McHale (24) Bird, Parish (14) Ainge (7) MECCA Arena
11,052 		26–6
January: 11–3 (home: 8–1; road: 3–2)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
33 January 2 @ New Jersey W 110–95 Bird (23) Parish (13) Bird (10) Brendan Byrne Arena
14,496 		27–6
34 January 4 New York W 105–94 Bird (32) Parish (12) Johnson (7) Boston Garden
14,890 		28–6
35 January 7 @ New York W 108–97 Bird (26) Parish (11) Johnson (12) Madison Square Garden
14,600 		29–6
36 January 9 Chicago W 111–108 Bird (28) Bird (11) Johnson (6) Boston Garden
14,890 		30–6
37 January 11 Washington W 103–101 Bird (33) Parish (16) Johnson (11) Boston Garden
14,890 		31–6
38 January 12 @ Atlanta W 119–111 Ainge (25) Parish (13) Johnson (9) The Omni
16,048 		32–6
39 January 16 L.A. Lakers W 104–102 Johnson (20) Parish (13) Ainge, Bird, Johnson (7) Boston Garden
14,890 		33–6
40 January 18 @ Indiana L 86–91 Bird (25) Bird (12) Johnson (7) Market Square Arena
16,920 		33–7
41 January 20 Philadelphia W 113–97 Bird (38) Bird, McHale (9) Johnson (9) Boston Garden
14,890 		34–7
42 January 23 Seattle L 97–107 Bird (30) Parish, McHale (8) Bird (6) Boston Garden
14,890 		34–8
43 January 25 Indiana W 125–94 Parish (27) Bird (11) Ainge (6) Boston Garden
14,890 		35–8
44 January 27 Portland W 128–127 Bird (48) Parish (12) Johnson (10) Boston Garden
14,890 		36–8
45 January 29 Detroit W 131–130 Bird (32) Johnson (11) Ainge (7) Hartford Civic Center
15,685 		37–8
46 January 30 @ Philadelphia L 104–122 Johnson (20) Parish (8) Bird (8) The Spectrum
17,921 		37–9
February: 10–3 (home: 4–0; road: 6–3)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
47 February 1 Kansas City W 142–123 Bird (38) Bird (11) Johnson (13) Boston Garden
14,890 		38–9
48 February 2 @ Washington W 97–91 Bird (21) Bird, Parish (12) Bird, Johnson (8) Capital Centre
19,105 		39–9
49 February 5 @ Chicago W 110–106 Bird (27) Bird (9) Bird, Johnson (7) Chicago Stadium
18,061 		40–9
50 February 6 Cleveland W 113–108 Bird (26) Parish, Bird (11) Ainge (6) Boston Garden
14,890 		41–9
All-Star Break
51 February 12 @ Portland L 103–111 Bird (25) Bird (11) Johnson (9) Memorial Coliseum
12,666 		41–10
52 February 14 @ Seattle W 110–94 McHale (26) Bird (13) Johnson (10) Kingdome
13,509 		42–10
53 February 15 @ Golden State W 107–100 Bird (30) Parish (22) Johnson, Ainge, Bird (7) Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena
13,295 		43–10
54 February 17 @ L.A. Lakers L 111–117 Bird (33) Bird (15) Ainge, Johnson (10) The Forum
17,505 		43–11
55 February 18 @ Utah W 110–94 Bird (30) Bird (12) Bird (10) Salt Palace Acord Arena
12,716 		44–11
56 February 20 @ Denver L 129–132 Bird (40) Bird, McHale (9) Bird, Ainge (6) McNichols Sports Arena
17,022 		44–12
57 February 22 Chicago W 115–105 Bird (34) McHale, Parish (11) Johnson (12) Hartford Civic Center
15,685 		45–12
58 February 24 @ Indiana W 113–100 Bird (45) Parish (17) Johnson (12) Market Square Arena
16,920 		46–12
59 February 27 San Antonio W 111–102 Bird (35) Bird, McHale (14) Ainge (12) Boston Garden
14,890 		47–12
March: 12–3 (home: 7–2; road: 5–1)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
60 March 1 Atlanta L 105–114 Bird (34) McHale (11) Johnson (9) Boston Garden
14,890 		47–13
61 March 3 Detroit W 138–129 McHale (56) McHale (16) Bird (10) Boston Garden
14,890 		48–13
62 March 5 @ New York W 110–102 McHale (42) Bird (19) Bird (10) Madison Square Garden
14,243 		49–13
63 March 6 Chicago L 104–107 Parish (26) Parish (13) Bird (10) Boston Garden
14,890 		49–14
64 March 8 Dallas W 133–122 Bird (32) Bird (15) Bird (9) Boston Garden
14,890 		50–14
65 March 12 @ Atlanta W 126–115 Bird (60) Parish (19) Johnson (17) Lakefront Arena
10,079 		51–14
66 March 13 Phoenix W 123–106 Bird (31) Parish (14) Bird (7) Boston Garden
14,890 		52–14
67 March 15 @ Cleveland W 119–96 Bird (35) McHale (14) Williams (6) Richfield Coliseum
20,900 		53–14
68 March 17 Houston W 134–120 Bird (48) Bird (15) Bird, Buckner (7) Boston Garden
14,890 		54–14
69 March 20 Milwaukee W 107–105 McHale (28) Parish (19) Bird (10) Boston Garden
14,890 		53–14
70 March 22 Cleveland W 129–117 Bird (36) Parish (11) Bird (15) Boston Garden
14,890 		56–14
71 March 23 @ Washington W 104–98 McHale (29) Bird (12) Bird (9) Capital Centre
19,015 		57–14
72 March 27 @ New Jersey W 105–95 McHale (23) McHale (16) Williams (6) Brendan Byrne Arena
18,333 		58–14
73 March 29 Philadelphia W 112–108 Bird (24) McHale (13) Johnson (8) Boston Garden
14,890 		59–14
74 March 31 @ Detroit L 105–113 Wedman (31) Parish (14) Wedman (5) Joe Louis Arena
22,136 		59–15
April: 4–4 (home: 3–2; road: 1–2)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
75 April 2 @ Milwaukee L 103–109 McHale (25) McHale (12) Johnson, Williams (7) MECCA Arena
11,052 		59–16
76 April 3 Indiana W 119–103 Bird (35) Parish (13) Bird, Williams (6) Boston Garden
14,890 		60–16
77 April 5 Washington W 115–104 Bird (26) Bird (15) Ainge (7) Boston Garden
14,890 		61–16
78 April 7 New York W 114–102 Bird (38) Parish (21) Bird (10) Boston Garden
14,890 		62–16
79 April 9 @ Philadelphia L 104–113 Wedman (24) McHale (10) Bird (9) The Spectrum
17,921 		62–17
80 April 11 @ Cleveland W 121–115 Bird (29) McHale (11) Bird (12) Richfield Coliseum
20,363 		63–17
81 April 12 Milwaukee L 113–115 (OT) Bird (47) Bird (14) Williams (7) Boston Garden
14,890 		63–18
82 April 14 New Jersey L 118–129 McHale, Bird (23) Bird (7) Johnson (7) Boston Garden
14,890 		63–19
1984–85 schedule

Playoffs

1985 playoff game log
First round: 3–1 (home: 2–0; road: 1–1)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Series
1 April 18 Cleveland W 126–123 Larry Bird (40) Kevin McHale (12) Dennis Johnson (11) Boston Garden
14,890 		1–0
2 April 20 Cleveland W 108–106 Larry Bird (30) Bird, Parish (11) Larry Bird (7) Boston Garden
14,890 		2–0
3 April 23 @ Cleveland L 98–105 Scott Wedman (30) Kevin McHale (11) Dennis Johnson (10) Richfield Coliseum
20,900 		2–1
4 April 25 @ Cleveland W 117–115 Larry Bird (34) Larry Bird (14) Larry Bird (7) Richfield Coliseum
20,900 		3–1
Conference Semi-finals: 4–2 (home: 3–0; road: 1–2)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Series
1 April 28 Detroit W 133–99 Robert Parish (27) Robert Parish (16) Ainge, Williams (7) Boston Garden
14,890 		1–0
2 April 30 Detroit W 121–114 Larry Bird (42) McHale, Bird (10) Dennis Johnson (7) Boston Garden
14,890 		2–0
3 May 2 @ Detroit L 117–125 Dennis Johnson (27) Larry Bird (13) Larry Bird (8) Joe Louis Arena
14,209 		2–1
4 May 5 @ Detroit L 99–102 Kevin McHale (24) Kevin McHale (10) Larry Bird (7) Joe Louis Arena
14,350 		2–2
5 May 8 Detroit W 130–123 Larry Bird (43) Larry Bird (13) Johnson, Ainge (6) Boston Garden
14,890 		3–2
6 May 10 @ Detroit W 123–113 Dennis Johnson (22) Robert Parish (13) Danny Ainge (9) Joe Louis Arena
21,193 		4–2
Conference finals: 4–1 (home: 3–0; road: 1–1)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Series
1 May 12 Philadelphia W 108–93 Kevin McHale (28) Robert Parish (13) Dennis Johnson (8) Boston Garden
14,890 		1–0
2 May 14 Philadelphia W 106–98 Larry Bird (24) Robert Parish (16) Bird, Johnson (7) Boston Garden
14,890 		2–0
3 May 18 @ Philadelphia W 105–94 Larry Bird (26) Robert Parish (14) Danny Ainge (7) Spectrum
17,921 		3–0
4 May 19 @ Philadelphia L 104–115 Kevin McHale (25) Kevin McHale (17) Danny Ainge (8) Spectrum
17,921 		3–1
5 May 22 Philadelphia W 102–100 Dennis Johnson (23) Kevin McHale (14) Dennis Johnson (8) Boston Garden
14,890 		4–1
NBA Finals: 2–4 (home: 1–2; road: 1–2)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Series
1 May 27, 1985
3:00 p.m. EDT 		L.A. Lakers W 148–114 McHale, Wedman (26) McHale (9) Johnson (10) Boston Garden
14,890 		1–0
2 May 30, 1985
9:00 p.m. EDT 		L.A. Lakers L 102–109 Bird (30) Bird (12) Johnson (8) Boston Garden
14,890 		1–1
3 June 2, 1985
3:30 p.m. EDT 		@ L.A. Lakers L 111–136 McHale (31) McHale (10) Ainge (10) The Forum
17,505 		1–2
4 June 5, 1985
9:00 p.m. EDT 		@ L.A. Lakers W 107–105 McHale (28) McHale (12) Johnson (12) The Forum
17,505 		2–2
5 June 7, 1985
9:00 p.m. EDT 		@ L.A. Lakers L 111–120 Parish (26) McHale (10) Johnson (17) The Forum
17,505 		2–3
6 June 9, 1985
1:00 p.m. EDT 		L.A. Lakers L 100–111 McHale (32) McHale (16) Ainge (11) Boston Garden
14,890 		2–4
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

Regular season

* – Recorded statistics when playing for Boston

Boston Celtics statistics
Player GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Larry Bird 80 77 39.5 .522 .427 .882 10.5 6.6 1.6 1.2 28.7
Dennis Johnson 80 77 37.2 .462 .269 .853 4.0 6.8 1.2 .5 15.7
Robert Parish 79 78 36.1 .524 .000 .743 10.6 1.6 .7 1.3 17.6
Danny Ainge 75 73 34.2 .529 .268 .868 3.6 5.3 1.6 .1 12.9
Kevin Mchale 79 31 33.6 .570 1.000 .760 9.0 1.8 .4 1.5 19.8
Cedric Maxwell 57 51 26.2 .533 .000 .831 4.2 1.8 .6 .3 11.1
Ray Williams 23 5 20.0 .385 .261 .674 2.5 3.9 1.3 .2 6.4
Scott Wedman 78 5 14.4 .478 .500 .764 2.0 1.2 .3 .1 6.4
Quinn Buckner 75 6 11.4 .383 .000 .640 1.2 2.0 .8 .0 2.4
Carlos Clark 62 3 9.1 .421 .000 .774 1.1 .8 .6 .0 2.7
M.L. Carr 47 0 8.4 .416 .391 1.000 .9 .5 .4 .1 3.2
Greg Kite 55 4 7.7 .375 .000 .688 1.6 .3 .1 .2 1.6
Rick Carlisle 38 0 4.7 388 .000 .882 .6 .7 .1 .0 1.8

Awards and records

See also

References

  1. ^ March 3, 1985 Pistons@Celtics on YouTube
  2. ^ http://myespn.go.com/blogs/truehoop/0-38-5/Friday-Bullets.html
  3. ^ "DimeMag". November 8, 2024.
  4. ^ "1984-85 Boston Celtics Roster and Stats".
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