1984–85 New Jersey Nets season

1984–85 New Jersey Nets season
1984–85 New Jersey Nets season
Head coach	Stan Albeck
General manager	Lewis Schaffel
Owners	Secaucus Seven (led by Alan N. Cohen and Joseph Taub)
Arena	Brendan Byrne Arena
Results
Record	42–40 (.512)
Place	Division: 3rd (Atlantic); Conference: 5th (Eastern)
Playoff finish	First round; (lost to Pistons 0–3)
	Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television	WOR-TV; SportsChannel New York; (Steve Albert, Bill Raftery, Bob Goldsholl)
Radio	WNBC; (Mel Proctor, Mike DiTomasso)
< 1983–84	1985–86 >

The 1984–85 New Jersey Nets season was the Nets' ninth season in the NBA.^[1]

Draft picks

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College
1	17	Jeff Turner	PF	United States	Vanderbilt
3	63	Yommy Sangodeyi		Nigeria	Sam Houston State
4	85	Hank Cornley		United States	Illinois State
5	109	Michael Gerren		United States	South Alabama
6	131	Oscar Schmidt	SG/SF	Brazil
7	155	Sean Kerins		United States	Syracuse
8	177	Chris Winans		United States	Utah
9	200	Billy Ryan		United States	Princeton
10	221	Phil Jamison		United States	Saint Peter's

Roster

1984–85 New Jersey Nets roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Height	Weight	DOB	From
SG	10	Birdsong, Otis	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	1955-12-09	Houston
SG	22	Brewer, Ron	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	1955-09-16	Arkansas
PG	12	Cook, Darwin	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	184 lb (83 kg)	1958-08-06	Portland
C	53	Dawkins, Darryl	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	251 lb (114 kg)	1957-01-11	Maynard Evans HS (FL)
C	42	Gminski, Mike	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	250 lb (113 kg)	1959-08-03	Duke
C	43	Johnson, George	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	1948-12-18	Dillard
SF	55	King, Albert	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	1959-12-17	Maryland
SG	33	McKenna, Kevin	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	1959-01-08	Creighton
SF	31	O'Koren, Mike	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	207 lb (94 kg)	1958-02-07	North Carolina
PG	14	Ransey, Kelvin	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	1958-05-03	Ohio State
PG	20	Richardson, Micheal Ray	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	189 lb (86 kg)	1955-04-11	Montana
PF	22	Sappleton, Wayne	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	1960-11-17	Loyola Chicago
PF	35	Turner, Jeff	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	1962-04-09	Vanderbilt
PF	52	Williams, Buck	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	1954-10-14	Maryland

Head coach

Stan Albeck

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

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

Roster

Regular season

Season standings

Atlantic Division v t e	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 v t e
#	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

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

Regular season

1984–85 game log
Total: 42–40 (home: 27–14; road: 15–26)

October: 1–3 (home: 0–2; road: 1–1)

Game	Date	Team	Score	Location Attendance	Record
1	October 26, 1984	Atlanta	L 104–119	Brendan Byrne Arena	0–1
2	October 27, 1984	@ Cleveland	W 131–106	Richfield Coliseum	1–1
3	October 30, 1984	Philadelphia	L 96–118	Brendan Byrne Arena	1–2
4	October 31, 1984	@ Boston	L 105–116	Boston Garden	1–3

November: 7–5 (home: 4–1; road: 3–4)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
5	November 3, 1984	Indiana	W 118–117				Brendan Byrne Arena	2–3
6	November 7, 1984	Washington	W 99–88				Brendan Byrne Arena	3–3
7	November 9, 1984	Kansas City	L 99–101				Brendan Byrne Arena	3–4
8	November 11, 1984 10:30 p.m. EST	@ L.A. Lakers	L 111–121	King (22)	Williams (10)	Richardson (8)	The Forum 13,257	3–5
9	November 13, 1984	@ L.A. Clippers	W 99–90				Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena	4–5
10	November 14, 1984	@ Phoenix	L 86–98				Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum	4–6
11	November 17, 1984	@ Golden State	W 131–114				Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena	5–6
12	November 18, 1984	@ Seattle	W 102–97				Kingdome	6–6
13	November 20, 1984	@ Portland	L 107–117 (OT)				Memorial Coliseum	6–7
14	November 24, 1984	@ Atlanta	L 99–101				The Omni	6–8
15	November 28, 1984	New York	W 111–96				Brendan Byrne Arena	7–8
16	November 30, 1984	Indiana	W 123–100				Brendan Byrne Arena	8–8

December: 7–9 (home: 5–3; road: 2–6)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
17	December 2, 1984	@ Philadelphia	L 112–114				The Spectrum	8–9
18	December 4, 1984	@ Chicago	L 97–112				Chicago Stadium	8–10
19	December 5, 1984 7:30 p.m. EST	L.A. Lakers	L 93–104	Birdsong (26)	Sappleton (11)	Richardson (11)	Brendan Byrne Arena 14,532	8–11
20	December 8, 1984	Boston	L 98–107				Brendan Byrne Arena	8–12
21	December 11, 1984	@ Boston (at Hartford, CT)	L 121–130				Hartford Civic Center	8–13
22	December 12, 1984	Milwaukee	W 116–109				Brendan Byrne Arena	9–13
23	December 14, 1984	Chicago	W 111–109				Brendan Byrne Arena	10–13
24	December 15, 1984	@ Indiana	L 100–112				Market Square Arena	10–14
25	December 18, 1984	@ Washington	L 95–104				Capital Centre	10–15
26	December 19, 1984	Washington	W 115–106				Brendan Byrne Arena	11–15
27	December 21, 1984	San Antonio	L 116–122				Brendan Byrne Arena	11–16
28	December 22, 1984	@ Philadelphia	L 93–107				The Spectrum	11–17
29	December 25, 1985	@ New York	W 120–114				Madison Square Garden	12–17
30	December 26, 1984	Detroit	W 112–97				Brendan Byrne Arena	13–17
31	December 28, 1984	New York	W 100–97				Brendan Byrne Arena	14–17
32	December 29, 1984	@ Detroit	W 110–108				Pontiac Silverdome	15–17

January: 6–9 (home: 5–2; road: 1–7)

Game	Date	Team	Score	Location Attendance	Record
33	January 2, 1985	Boston	L 95–110	Brendan Byrne Arena	15–18
34	January 4, 1985	Phoenix	W 105–98	Brendan Byrne Arena	16–18
35	January 5, 1985	@ Atlanta	L 114–124	The Omni	16–19
36	January 8, 1985	@ Cleveland	L 101–107	Richfield Coliseum	16–20
37	January 11, 1985	Atlanta	W 122–103	Brendan Byrne Arena	17–20
38	January 13, 1985	Houston	W 100–99	Brendan Byrne Arena	18–20
39	January 16, 1985	Chicago	W 100–94	Brendan Byrne Arena	19–20
40	January 18, 1985	@ Milwaukee	L 93–102	MECCA Arena	19–21
41	January 19, 1985	Detroit	L 107–109	Brendan Byrne Arena	19–22
42	January 22, 1985	@ Utah	L 99–102	Salt Palace Acord Arena	19–23
43	January 24, 1985	@ Denver	L 110–119	McNichols Sports Arena	19–24
44	January 26, 1985	@ Dallas	W 103–93	Reunion Arena	20–24
45	January 28, 1985	@ Houston	L 93–97	The Summit	20–25
46	January 29, 1985	@ San Antonio	L 127–130	HemisFair Arena	20–26
47	January 31, 1985	L.A. Clippers	W 122–99	Brendan Byrne Arena	21–26

February: 8–3 (home: 5–2; road: 3–1)

Game	Date	Team	Score	Location Attendance	Record
48	February 2, 1985	Philadelphia	W 101–96	Brendan Byrne Arena	22–26
49	February 5, 1985	@ Detroit	W 119–117	Pontiac Silverdome	23–26
50	February 6, 1985	Milwaukee	W 106–93	Brendan Byrne Arena	24–26
All-Star Break
51	February 12, 1985	@ Milwaukee	L 103–111	MECCA Arena	24–27
52	February 13, 1985	Cleveland	W 112–105	Brendan Byrne Arena	25–27
53	February 15, 1985	Detroit	W 124–123	Brendan Byrne Arena	26–27
54	February 16, 1985	@ New York	W 126–117	Brendan Byrne Arena	27–27
55	February 20, 1985	Utah	L 104–110 (OT)	Brendan Byrne Arena	27–28
56	February 22, 1985	Golden State	L 127–131	Brendan Byrne Arena	27–29
57	February 23, 1985	@ Detroit	W 111–103	Pontiac Silverdome	28–29
58	February 27, 1985	Atlanta	W 114–91	Brendan Byrne Arena	29–29

March: 8–9 (home: 4–4; road: 4–5)

Game	Date	Team	Score	Location Attendance	Record
59	March 1, 1985	@ Washington	W 100–98	Capital Centre	30–29
60	March 3, 1985	@ Chicago	W 117–113	Chicago Stadium	31–29
61	March 5, 1985	@ Kansas City	L 113–134	Kemper Arena	31–30
62	March 6, 1985	Seattle	W 129–108	Brendan Byrne Arena	32–30
63	March 8, 1985	Portland	L 110–128	Brendan Byrne Arena	32–31
64	March 10, 1985	Dallas	L 113–126	Brendan Byrne Arena	32–32
65	March 12, 1985	@ Indiana	L 108–109	Market Square Arena	32–33
66	March 13, 1985	Washington	W 114–109	Brendan Byrne Arena	33–33
67	March 16, 1985	@ Philadelphia	L 107–127	The Spectrum	33–34
68	March 17, 1985	Indiana	W 129–105	Brendan Byrne Arena	34–34
69	March 19, 1985	@ Milwaukee	L 111–130	MECCA Arena	34–35
70	March 20, 1985	Cleveland	W 128–108	Brendan Byrne Arena	35–35
71	March 22, 1985	Denver	L 111–123	Brendan Byrne Arena	35–36
72	March 26, 1985	@ Atlanta at (New Orleans, LA)	W 109–108 (OT)	Lakefront Arena	36–36
73	March 27, 1985	Boston	L 95–105	Brendan Byrne Arena	36–37
74	March 29, 1985	@ Washington	L 98–122	Capital Centre	36–38
75	March 30, 1985	@ New York	W 123–114	Madison Square Garden	37–38

April: 5–2 (home: 4–0; road: 1–2)

Game	Date	Team	Score	Location Attendance	Record
76	April 2, 1985	@ Chicago	L 94–108	Chicago Stadium	37–39
77	April 3, 1985	New York	W 113–100	Brendan Byrne Arena	38–39
78	April 6, 1985	Milwaukee	W 108–104	Brendan Byrne Arena	39–39
79	April 9, 1985	@ Cleveland	L 100–114	Richfield Coliseum	39–40
80	April 10, 1985	Philadelphia	W 125–100	Brendan Byrne Arena	40–40
81	April 13, 1985	Chicago	W 123–111	Brendan Byrne Arena	41–40
82	April 14, 1985	@ Boston	W 129–118	Boston Garden	42–40

1984–85 schedule

Playoffs

1985 playoff game log

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

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Series
1	April 18, 1985	@ Detroit	L 105–125	Williams (23)	Williams (9)	Richardson (10)	Joe Louis Arena 10,465	0–1
2	April 21, 1985	@ Detroit	L 111–121	Williams (23)	Williams (11)	Richardson (14)	Joe Louis Arena 11,501	0–2
3	April 24, 1985	Detroit	L 115–116	Williams, King (28)	Williams (12)	Richardson (10)	Brendan Byrne Arena 9,999	0–3

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

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Founded in 1967 Formerly the New Jersey Americans (1967–1968); played in New York (1968–1977) and New Jersey (1977–2012) Based in Brooklyn, New York
Franchise	History ABA–NBA merger All-time roster Draft history Records Head coaches Seasons Current season
Arenas	Teaneck Armory Long Island Arena Island Garden Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum Rutgers Athletic Center Meadowlands Arena Prudential Center Barclays Center
Personnel	Owner(s) Joseph Tsai General manager Sean Marks Head coach Jordi Fernández
G League affiliate	Long Island Nets
Retired numbers	3 5 23 25 32 52
ABA championships	1974 1976
Rivalries	New York Knicks Toronto Raptors
Culture and lore	Broadcasters Just Wright BrooklyKnight Marv Albert Erving for $6 million Forest City Enterprises
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1984–85 New Jersey Nets season

Draft picks

Roster

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Game log

Regular season

Playoffs

Player statistics

Season

Playoffs

Awards and records

Transactions

References

See also