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(Top) 1 Draft picks 2 Roster 3 Regular season 3.1 Season standings 3.2 Record vs. opponents 4 Game log 4.1 Regular season 4.2 Playoffs 5 Player statistics 5.1 Season 5.2 Playoffs 6 Awards and records 7 Transactions 8 References 9 See also

1984–85 San Antonio Spurs season

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Head coach

General manager

Owner(s)

Arena

Results

Record

41–41 (.500)

Place

Division: 5th (Midwest)
Conference: 7th (Western)

Playoff finish

First round
(lost to Nuggets 2–3)

Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

Local media

Television

KMOL-TV
Home Sports Entertainment

Radio

WOAI

< 1983–84

1985–86 >

The 1984–85 NBA season was the Spurs' ninth season in the NBA, the 12th in San Antonio, and the 18th season as a franchise.^[1] This would be George Gervin's last season with the team before getting traded to the Chicago Bulls following the season. It was also Alvin Robertson's NBA debut.

Draft picks[edit]

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College
1	7	Alvin Robertson	SG	United States	Arkansas
3	57	Joe Binion	F	United States	North Carolina A&T State
4	78	John Devereaux		United States	Ohio
4	90	Ozell Jones	PF/C	United States	California State-Fullerton
5	100	Eric Richardson		United States	Alabama
6	124	Dion Brown		United States	Louisiana-Lafayette
7	146	Michael Pitts		United States	California
8	170	Danny Tarkanian		United States	Nevada-Las Vegas
9	191	Melvin Roseboro		United States	St. Mary's
10	214	Frank Rodriguez		United States	New Mexico State

Roster[edit]

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Height	Weight	From
SF	20	Banks, Gene	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	Duke
PF	45	Cook, Jeff	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	Idaho State
G/F	44	Gervin, George	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Eastern Michigan
C	53	Gilmore, Artis	7 ft 2 in (2.18 m)	240 lb (109 kg)	Jacksonville
PF	32	Iavaroni, Marc	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	Virginia
C	8	Jones, Ozell	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	Cal State Fullerton
SF	25	Knight, Billy	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	Pittsburgh
SF	34	Mitchell, Mike	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	Auburn
PG	00	Moore, Johnny	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Texas
PG	4	Paxson, John	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Notre Dame
SG	21	Robertson, Alvin	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Arkansas
SF	22	Thirdkill, David	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	Bradley
SF	2	Townes, Linton	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	James Madison

Head coach

Cotton Fitzsimmons

Assistant coach(es)

Gary Fitzsimmons
Scotty Robertson

Legend

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

Roster
Last transaction: April 12, 1985

Regular season[edit]

Season standings[edit]

Midwest Division v t e	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 v t e
#	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[edit]

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[edit]

Regular season[edit]

1984–85 game log
Total: 41–41 (home: 30–11; road: 11–30)

October: 2–0 (home: 2–0; road: 0–0)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
1	October 27, 1984 7:30 p.m. CDT	L.A. Lakers	W 113–112	Gervin (32)	Gilmore (21)	Moore (8)	HemisFair Arena 13,506	1–0
2	October 30, 1984	Denver	W 126–118				HemisFair Arena	2–0

November: 5–9 (home: 4–3; road: 1–6)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
3	November 1, 1984	@ Golden State	W 123–108				Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena	3–0
4	November 2, 1984 9:30 p.m. CST	@ L.A. Lakers	L 100–119	Mitchell (20)	Robertson (7)	Moore (8)	The Forum 13,550	3–1
5	November 4, 1984	New York	W 131–130 (2OT)				HemisFair Arena	4–1
6	November 6, 1984	Seattle	W 99–91				HemisFair Arena	5–1
7	November 7, 1984	@ Utah	L 124–136				Salt Palace Acord Arena	5–2
8	November 10, 1984	Cleveland	W 127–103				HemisFair Arena	6–2
9	November 13, 1984	@ Chicago	L 117–120				Chicago Stadium	6–3
10	November 14, 1984	@ Washington	L 106–125				Capital Centre	6–4
11	November 16, 1984	@ Indiana	L 117–128 (OT)				Market Square Arena	6–5
12	November 17, 1984	@ Houston	L 133–141				The Summit	6–6
13	November 21, 1984	Detroit	L 101–114				HemisFair Arena	6–7
14	November 24, 1984	Utah	L 117–123				HemisFair Arena	6–8
15	November 27, 1984	Houston	L 97–114				HemisFair Arena	6–9
16	November 29, 1984	Dallas	W 124–116				HemisFair Arena	7–9

December: 7–9 (home: 5–1; road: 2–8)

Game	Date	Team	Score	Location Attendance	Record
17	December 1, 1984	L.A. Clippers	W 142–110	HemisFair Arena	8–9
18	December 4, 1984	Atlanta	W 114–106	HemisFair Arena	9–9
19	December 6, 1984	@ Portland	L 96–113	Memorial Coliseum	9–10
20	December 7, 1984	@ Seattle	W 117–114	Kingdome	10–10
21	December 9, 1984	@ L.A. Clippers	L 123–126	Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena	10–11
22	December 11, 1984	@ Kansas City	L 120–121	Kemper Arena	10–12
23	December 12, 1984	Denver	W 126–105	HemisFair Arena	11–12
24	December 14, 1984	@ Dallas	L 102–119	Reunion Arena	11–13
25	December 15, 1984	Phoenix	W 120–111	HemisFair Arena	12–13
26	December 18, 1984	@ Cleveland	L 110–118	Richfield Coliseum	12–14
27	December 19, 1984	@ Philadelphia	L 118–123	The Spectrum	12–15
28	December 21, 1984	@ New Jersey	W 122–116	Brendan Byrne Arena	13–15
29	December 22, 1984	@ Milwaukee	L 90–101	MECCA Arena	13–16
30	December 26, 1984	@ Denver	L 119–130	McNichols Sports Arena	13–17
31	December 27, 1984	Portland	W 141–120	HemisFair Arena	14–17
32	December 29, 1984	Boston	L 112–120	HemisFair Arena	14–18

January: 8–5 (home: 6–2; road: 2–3)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
33	January 3, 1985	Dallas	W 116–115				HemisFair Arena	15–18
34	January 6, 1985 9:30 p.m. CST	@ L.A. Lakers	L 98–99	Moore (27)	Gilmore, Iavaroni (8)	Moore (6)	The Forum 13,513	15–19
35	January 8, 1985	Golden State	W 139–94				HemisFair Arena	16–19
36	January 11, 1985	Portland	L 103–123				HemisFair Arena	16–20
37	January 15, 1985	Utah	W 121–101				HemisFair Arena	17–20
38	January 17, 1985	@ Kansas City	W 117–113				Kemper Arena	18–20
39	January 19, 1985	Phoenix	W 106–100				HemisFair Arena	19–20
40	January 22, 1985	Kansas City	W 117–113				HemisFair Arena	20–20
41	January 23, 1985	@ Dallas	L 110–122				Reunion Arena	20–21
42	January 25, 1985	@ Houston	W 122–107				The Summit	21–21
43	January 27, 1985	Milwaukee	L 93–106				HemisFair Arena	21–22
44	January 29, 1985	New Jersey	W 130–127				HemisFair Arena	22–22
45	January 31, 1985	@ Seattle	L 94–96				Kingdome	22–23

February: 6–8 (home: 4–2; road: 2–6)

Game	Date	Team	Score	Location Attendance	Record
46	February 1, 1985	@ Portland	W 104–93	Memorial Coliseum	23–23
47	February 2, 1985	@ Utah	L 104–105	Salt Palace Acord Arena	23–24
48	February 4, 1985	Golden State	W 114–109 (OT)	HemisFair Arena	24–24
49	February 5, 1985	@ Kansas City	L 116–135	Kemper Arena	24–25
50	February 7, 1985	L.A. Clippers	W 120–108	HemisFair Arena	25–25
All-Star Break
51	February 12, 1985	Kansas City	W 127–109	HemisFair Arena	26–25
52	February 14, 1985	Phoenix	W 131–102	HemisFair Arena	27–25
53	February 15, 1985	@ Denver	L 119–129	McNichols Sports Arena	27–26
54	February 18, 1985	@ L.A. Clippers	L 121–125	Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena	27–27
55	February 20, 1985	Washington	L 104–105	HemisFair Arena	27–28
56	February 22, 1985	@ Phoenix	W 118–111	Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum	28–28
57	February 24, 1985	Portland	L 121–137	HemisFair Arena	28–29
58	February 26, 1985	@ New York	L 122–129	Madison Square Garden	28–30
59	February 27, 1985	@ Boston	L 102–111	Boston Garden	28–31

March: 10–7 (home: 6–2; road: 4–5)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
60	March 1, 1985	@ Detroit	W 108–98				Pontiac Silverdome	29–31
61	March 2, 1985	@ Atlanta	W 105–92				The Omni	30–31
62	March 4, 1985	Philadelphia	W 109–103				HemisFair Arena	31–31
63	March 6, 1985	Indiana	W 108–102				HemisFair Arena	32–31
64	March 7, 1985	@ Phoenix	L 117–119				Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum	32–32
65	March 9, 1985	Houston	L 117–123				HemisFair Arena	32–33
66	March 12, 1985	@ Golden State	L 122–145				Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena	32–34
67	March 14, 1985	@ Seattle	W 100–93				Kingdome	33–34
68	March 15, 1985 9:30 p.m. CST	@ L.A. Lakers	L 114–115	Gervin (37)	Banks (12)	Moore (11)	The Forum 16,130	33–35
69	March 17, 1985	Denver	W 124–119				HemisFair Arena	34–35
70	March 19, 1985	@ Dallas	L 89–96				Reunion Arena	34–36
71	March 20, 1985	Chicago	W 106–98				HemisFair Arena	35–36
72	March 22, 1985	Dallas	L 114–123				HemisFair Arena	35–37
73	March 24, 1985	Seattle	W 104–99				HemisFair Arena	36–37
74	March 27, 1985	Golden State	W 121–120				HemisFair Arena	37–37
75	March 29, 1985	@ Utah	L 109–114				Salt Palace Acord Arena	37–38
76	March 31, 1985	@ L.A. Clippers	W 126–115				Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena	38–38

April: 3–3 (home: 3–1; road: 0–2)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
77	April 3, 1985 7:30 p.m. CST	L.A. Lakers	W 122–108	Mitchell (36)	Mitchell (14)	Moore (13)	HemisFair Arena 11,627	39–38
78	April 5, 1985	@ Denver	L 109–118				McNichols Sports Arena	39–39
79	April 7, 1985	Houston	W 126–105				HemisFair Arena	40–39
80	April 9, 1985	@ Houston	L 103–124				The Summit	40–40
81	April 12, 1985	Kansas City	W 117–112				HemisFair Arena	41–40
82	April 14, 1985	Utah	L 102–104				HemisFair Arena	41–41

1984–85 schedule

Playoffs[edit]

1985 playoff game log

First Round: 2–3 (home: 1–1; road: 1–2)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Series
1	April 18, 1985	@ Denver	L 111–141	Mitchell (23)	Jones (8)	Moore (5)	McNichols Sports Arena 12,128	0–1
2	April 20, 1985	@ Denver	W 113–111	Gervin (41)	Gilmore (12)	Moore (8)	McNichols Sports Arena 17,022	1–1
3	April 23, 1985	Denver	L 112–115	Gervin (30)	Gilmore (14)	Moore (9)	HemisFair Arena 8,799	1–2
4	April 26, 1985	Denver	W 116–111	Mitchell (37)	Gilmore (13)	Moore (16)	HemisFair Arena 8,621	2–2
5	April 28, 1985	@ Denver	L 99–126	Gilmore (19)	Gilmore, Iavaroni (8)	Moore (4)	McNichols Sports Arena 17,022	2–3

1985 schedule

Player statistics[edit]

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[edit]

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Gene Banks
Ron Brewer
Jeff Cook
George Gervin
Artis Gilmore
Marc Iavaroni
Edgar Jones
Ozell Jones
Billy Knight
Mark McNamara
Mike Mitchell
Johnny Moore
John Paxson
Fred Roberts
Alvin Robertson
David Thirdkill
Linton Townes

Playoffs[edit]

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Gene Banks
Jeff Cook
George Gervin
Artis Gilmore
Marc Iavaroni
Ozell Jones
Billy Knight
Mike Mitchell
Johnny Moore
John Paxson
David Thirdkill
Linton Townes

Awards and records[edit]

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Transactions[edit]

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References[edit]

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