1985–86 Los Angeles Lakers season

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1985–86 Los Angeles Lakers season
Pacific Division Champions
Head coach Pat Riley
Owner(s) Jerry Buss
Arena The Forum
Results
Record 62–20 (.756)
Place Division: 1st (Pacific)
Conference: 1st (Western)
Playoff finish West Finals
(Eliminated 1–4)
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television Prime Ticket, KHJ
Radio AM 570 KLAC
< 1984–85 1986–87 >

The Lakers looked to repeat as NBA Champions, but they couldn't flick the switch this time as they lost to the Houston Rockets in Conference Finals in five games.

NBA Draft

The 1985 NBA Draft took place on June 18, 1985. It was also the first NBA Draft of the "Lottery" era. The lottery was put into place so teams did not have to intentionally lose games to receive the number one pick.

Round Pick Player Position Nationality School/Club Team
1 23 A. C. Green Forward  United States Oregon State

Regular season

  • On Wednesday, December 4, 1985, Maurice Lucas made a 60-foot shot at the regulation buzzer to send the game into overtime. The Lakers would go on to defeat the Utah Jazz 131-127.[1]
  • The Lakers started the season 19-2.[2]
  • On Wednesday, January 22, 1986, the Boston Celtics (31-8) defeated the defending champion Lakers (32-8) 110-95 in a matchup of the league's two best teams.[3]
  • On Friday, January 24, 1986, the Boston Celtics (32-8) overtook the Los Angeles Lakers (32-9) as the team with the best record in the NBA. The Celtics maintained the league's best record for the remainder of the season.
  • On Sunday, February 16, 1986, in the season's second matchup between the Celtics and Lakers, Boston won again, 105-99.[5]

Season standings

Pacific Division
W L PCT GB Home Road Div
y-Los Angeles Lakers 62 20 .756 – 35–6 27–14 23–7
x-Portland Trail Blazers 40 42 .488 22 27–14 13–28 18–12
Phoenix Suns 32 50 .390 30 23–18 9–32 16–14
Los Angeles Clippers 32 50 .390 30 22–19 10–31 10–20
Seattle SuperSonics 31 51 .378 31 24–17 7–34 11–19
Golden State Warriors 30 52 .366 32 24–17 6–35 12–18


Game log

Playoffs

West First Round

(1) Los Angeles Lakers vs. (8) San Antonio Spurs: Lakers win series 3–0

  • Game 1 @ The Forum, Los Angeles (April 17): Los Angeles 135, San Antonio 88
  • Game 2 @ The Forum, Los Angeles (April 19): Los Angeles 122, San Antonio 94
  • Game 3 @ HemisFair Arena, San Antonio (April 23): Los Angeles 114, San Antonio 94

Last Playoff Meeting: 1983 Western Conference Finals (Los Angeles won 4–2)

West Conference Semifinals

(1) Los Angeles Lakers vs. (4) Dallas Mavericks: Lakers win series 4–2

  • Game 1 @ The Forum, Los Angeles (April 27): Los Angeles 130, Dallas 116
  • Game 2 @ The Forum, Los Angeles (April 30): Los Angeles 117, Dallas 113
  • Game 3 @ Reunion Arena, Dallas (May 2): Dallas 110, Los Angeles 108
  • Game 4 @ Reunion Arena, Dallas (May 4): Dallas 120, Los Angeles 118
  • Game 5 @ The Forum, Los Angeles (May 6): Los Angeles 116, Dallas 113
  • Game 6 @ Reunion Arena, Dallas (May 8): Los Angeles 120, Dallas 107

Last Playoff Meeting: 1984 Western Conference Semifinals (Los Angeles won 4–1)

West Conference Finals

(1) Los Angeles Lakers vs. (2) Houston Rockets: Rockets win series 4–1

  • Game 1 @ The Forum, Los Angeles (May 10): Los Angeles 119, Houston 107
  • Game 2 @ The Forum, Los Angeles (May 13): Houston 112, Los Angeles 102
  • Game 3 @ The Summit, Houston (May 16): Houston 117, Los Angeles 109
  • Game 4 @ The Summit, Houston (May 18): Houston 105, Los Angeles 95
  • Game 5 @ The Forum, Los Angeles (May 21): Houston 114, Los Angeles 112

Last Playoff Meeting: 1981 Western Conference First Round (Houston won 2–1)

Player stats

Note: GP= Games played; MPG= Minutes per Game; REB = Rebounds; AST = Assists; STL = Steals; BLK = Blocks; PTS = Points; PPG = Points per Game

Season

Player GP MPG REB AST STL BLK PTS PPG
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 79 33.3 478 280 67 130 1846 23.4
James Worthy 75 32.7 387 201 82 77 1500 20.0
Magic Johnson 72 35.8 426 907 113 16 1354 18.8
Byron Scott 76 28.8 189 164 85 15 1174 15.4
Maurice Lucas 77 22.7 566 84 45 24 785 10.2
Michael Cooper 82 27.7 244 466 89 43 758 9.2
Mike McGee 71 17.1 140 83 53 7 587 8.3
A. C. Green 82 18.8 381 54 49 49 521 6.4
Kurt Rambis 74 21.3 517 69 66 33 408 5.5
Mitch Kupchak 55 14.2 191 17 12 7 332 6.0
Larry Spriggs 43 11.0 81 49 18 9 214 5.0
Ronnie Lester 27 8.2 10 54 9 3 67 2.5
Pétur Guðmundsson 8 16.0 38 3 3 4 58 7.3
Chuck Nevitt 4 6.3 7 2 2 2 10 2.5
Jerome Henderson 1 3.0 1 0 0 0 4 4.0

Playoffs

Award winners

Transactions

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